the Abu Sayyaf’s hostage-taking in Basilan made headlines. Father Rhoel Gallardo, a Claretian priest, was abducted in the town of Sumisip, along with a number of students and faculty members. There ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — A government employee was killed in an attack by motorcycle-riding assailants in Lamitan, Basilan on Thursday night. Richard Piedad, 49, administrative employee at ...

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 ...

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) 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 ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government issued on Saturday a high alert for residents in Palawan and Basilan, urging them to stay vigilant ahead of China's Long March 8A rocket launch, which ...

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 ...

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 ...