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SIBUTU PASSAGE, Tawi-Tawi — January 30, 2026 — In a tense race against time, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) successfully rescued more than 30 passengers and seven crew members after…
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi — Authorities seized more than ₱80 million worth of illegal drugs and arrested two suspects, including a Malaysian national, during a buy-bust operation conducted early Monday morning in…
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi — Authorities seized an estimated ₱286,500 worth of smuggled cigarettes during a late-night mobile patrol at Lumboy Wharf in Sitio Lumboy, Barangay Nalil, here on January 17, 2026,…
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi — Twelve passengers of the motor boat M/L Sitti Nur were rescued and treated after the vessel sank on Monday morning while en route from Simunul to Bongao,…
TURTLE ISLANDS, Tawi-Tawi — For six harrowing days, hunger, exhaustion, and fear stalked 84 passengers stranded at sea after the motor launch M/L Nurdia broke down while sailing from Zamboanga…
TAGANAK, Tawi-Tawi — The timely presence of naval assets and sustained maritime patrols once again proved crucial after 30 passengers were rescued by the Philippine Navy from a distressed motor…
SIBUTU, Tawi-Tawi — In a powerful display of human endurance and sheer will to live, one of the survivors of the capsized outboard motorboat in the treacherous waters of the…
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) intercepted a large shipment of smuggled cigarettes worth approximately ₱1.7 million during a pre-departure inspection at the Port of Bongao on January…
PANG LIMA SUGALA, Tawi-Tawi — Residents of Sitio Pulau Satu, Barangay Luuk Buntal in the municipality of Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi were alarmed early Wednesday morning after discovering the lifeless body…
Tawi-Tawi, BARMM — Two hundred Returning Filipinos from Sabah (ReFS) are now safely back in the country after the MV Kristel Joy docked at Bongao Port on December 27, 2025.…