A government employee was killed in an attack by motorcycle-riding assailants in Lamitan, Basilan on Thursday night.

A college teacher was seriously wounded in another shooting incident in Lamitan City late Saturday, the second in the area in just three days, amid a nationwide election-related gun ban. The ...

A school teacher was critically wounded in a shooting incident in Lamitan City late Saturday, February 1, the second such ...

HOUSE Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman has called for an investigation into a recent encounter between government forces and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in ...

Hataman filed House Resolution 2206 directing the appropriate House committee to investigate the Jan. 22 clash in Barangay Lower Cabengbeng, Sumisip, Basilan, which resulted in the deaths of Pfc. Mark ...

PBP is running on a barangay-first platform, aiming to improve basic services in local communities, with a focus on clean water, healthcare, and infrastructure. “Barangays are where governance ...

THREE fugitives yielded P3.4 million worth of illegal drugs when authorities arrested them in a law enforcement operation in the province of Basilan, the police said Thursday, January 30, 2025. Police ...

THE peace process with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) would not be derailed despite the recent clash in Basilan between government forces and Muslim separatist guerrillas, the Armed Forces of ...

Hajj Hamad Atain, MILF-CCCH chief in Basilan, said the Army version of the incident “was not exactly true.” Atain said the UNDP party was in Barangay Upper Benembengan, which is 12 kilometers away ...

Basilan, and Tawi-Tawi, as well as the cities of Cotabato, Marawi, and Lamitan, and the eight municipalities in BARMM’s Special Geographic Area. (PNA) ...

Basilan. In a statement released Thursday, Brig. Gen. Alvin Luzon, Army’s 101st Infantry Brigade commander, said the clash happened shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday in Barangay Lower Cabengbeng. He said ...

The wounded soldiers were brought to a hospital in Lamitan City. “We are reassuring the people of Basilan of the government’s commitment to peace, justice, and security,” said Galvez. The Joint Task ...