The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) assured that all necessary assistance will be provided to the soldiers wounded in a clash with lawless elements in Basilan province on Jan. 22. “The AFP ...

City officials have assured the family of Mr. Lim to facilitate his transfer to a more modern hospital in Zamboanga City as recommended by ... said on Sunday that he had ordered police units in ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Two soldiers, both members of the Army’s 32nd Infantry Battalion, were killed while six others were wounded in an encounter in Basilan province on Wednesday ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines ... escape to Basilan when he was arrested on board a passenger vessel, according to Lt. Col. Ramoncelio Sawan, acting spokesman for the Zamboanga peninsula police.

The Northeast monsoon and easterlies will bring about rains to many parts of the country on Friday, January 24, the ...

An official of the United Nations (UN) in the Philippines condemned Thursday the Basilan clash that left two soldiers dead. Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. said the encounter took place ...

It is located at the southernmost tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula and is bounded in ... and in the south by the Basilan Strait. Zamboanga City commands the sea lanes of southwestern Philippines. It is ...

City officials have assured the family of Lim to facilitate his transfer to a more modern hospital in Zamboanga City as ... he had ordered police units in Basilan to intensify their enforcement ...