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BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi — A massive fire tore through Barangay Lamion late Tuesday night, reducing an estimated 1,000 houses to ashes and forcing thousands of residents to flee their homes in…
SIBUTU, Tawi-Tawi — The 4th Marine Rifle Battalion formally marked a new chapter in its mission to secure the country’s southern maritime frontier after it conducted its first-ever Flag Raising…
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Long isolated by geography and years of limited digital infrastructure, the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi are poised to take a major step toward digital…
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…