The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the attack in Sumisip, Basilan where two soldiers, who were providing security to a United Nations Development Programme mission in the area, died ...

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. said Wednesday that negotiations are ongoing with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to surrender its members involved in ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is looking to send additional soldiers to Basilan even as the Senate and House of Representatives agreed to move the date of the inaugural parliamentary ...

The PLA patrol occurred after Beijing and Manila exchanged barbs over the transit of a Chinese destroyer fleet in the Basilan Strait, which separates the Philippine islands of Mindanao and Basilan.

Brig. Gen. Romeo Juan Macapaz, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, said on Sunday that he had ordered police units in Basilan to intensify their enforcement ...

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 ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Tuesday the deadly clash in Sumisip, Basilan did not spoil the normalization program of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as stipulated in the ...

AFP Spokesperson Francel Margareth Padilla made this remark following the MILF ambush which killed two soldiers in Sumisip, Basilan. Padilla said the encounter as an “isolated incident ...

These included areas approximately 85 nautical miles from Rozul Reef, 40 nautical miles from Puerto Princesa in Palawan, and 33 nautical miles from Hadji Muhtamad in Basilan. However ...

Over 100 families flee their homes and take shelter at the Sumisip town hall, fearing a possible escalation in fighting COTABATO CITY, Philippines – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is ...

Basilan, on Wednesday. Brawner said the soldiers were not involved in a law enforcement operation since their mission was to secure UNDP officials. “So, we don’t need to seek permission from ...

COTABATO CITY—The Moro Islamic Liberation Front said a lack of coordination by government security forces led to Wednesday’s clash in Basilan that killed two soldiers and wounded 12 others. “The ...