15 people bound for Sabah rescued

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Philippine authorities rescued over a dozen people, including three toddlers, from two passenger vessels in the southern Muslim province of Tawi-Tawi, officials said Monday.

7 Malaysians, 3 Filipinos rescued at sea

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two foreign vessels have rescued seven Malaysian and three Filipinos drifting at sea off the southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi, the military said Monday.

Another cocaine brick recovered in Tawi-Tawi

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Philippine authorities said another brick of cocaine weighing about 2.2 pounds had been washed ashore in South Ubian town in the southern province of Tawi-Tawi, just 137 nautical miles from Malaysia’s state of Sabah.

27 boat passengers, crewmen rescued off Sabah

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Philippine and Malaysian navies have rescued over two dozen Filipino passengers and crewmen of a motor launch off Borneo after being adrift for four days, the Philippine Navy said Saturday.