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ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Western Mindanao Naval Command (WMNC) dealt a significant blow to the illegal tobacco trade in the region after intercepting two vessels carrying thousands of cases of…
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan — Efforts to strengthen peacebuilding and prevent violent extremism gained momentum in Basilan as government agencies, security forces, and community leaders gathered for a Localization Workshop on…
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), through its Technical Diving Group (TDG), has completed a full underwater search of the sunken MV Trisha Kerstin 3 after nearly a month of complex…
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) apprehended three minors allegedly involved in a theft incident aboard the passenger vessel M/V Maria Erlina while it was transiting…
LAMITAN CITY — A pedicab driver was shot dead in broad daylight on Sunday afternoon, February 22, after an assailant opened fire at Sitio Kayu Poteh along Calle Pote in…
BASILAN, Philippines — The death toll from the tragic sinking of M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 has climbed to 65 after technical divers from the Philippine Coast Guard recovered another cadaver…
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan — Authorities recovered dozens of boxes of suspected smuggled cigarettes after they were found abandoned during a routine police patrol on Saturday afternoon, February 21, reinforcing the…
BASILAN, Philippines — A longstanding rido or clan feud was formally resolved on February 13, 2026, in a peace settlement ceremony held at the Barangay Hall of Pintasan in the…
SUMISIP, Basilan — Authorities confiscated illegally cut lumber during a joint inspection operation against suspected illegal logging in Barangay Mahatalang on February 19, 2026, as part of continuing efforts to…
BASILAN – The death toll in the tragic sinking of MV Trisha Kerstin III has risen to 64 after Philippine Coast Guard technical divers recovered two additional bodies during underwater…