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.

8 dead in Basilan clashes

ISABELA CITY – At least three army soldiers and five members of the former rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front were killed in fierce clashes that erupted in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, security officials said Thursday.