Sulu inaugurates modern library

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Sulu Governor Sakur Tan and Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr led government officials in the inauguration Wednesday of the Lupah Sug Provincial Library in the capital town of Jolo.

Sayyaf wanted by Malaysia is captured in Sulu

SULU - A notorious Abu Sayyaf terrorist wanted by Malaysia for cross-border kidnappings was captured Wednesday morning by police forces in the southern Philippine province of Sulu.

Zambo cops seize smuggled cigarettes anew

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The smuggling of cigarettes continues and so is the campaign against contraband and this time, local police seized some P7 million worth of Fort menthol cigarettes bound for General Santos City.

Police seize another contraband boat in Zambo

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police and customs agents patrolling off Zamboanga City in southern Philippines intercepted another speedboat loaded with 142 boxes of smuggled cigarettes worth nearly P5 million.

A pathway to entrepreneurship for Sulu women

SULU - Dotted with beautiful beaches and rich in history as the former home of the Sultanate of Sulu, the Sulu Archipelago, extending from the southern Philippines to Malaysia, is an island province of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, commonly known as the BARMM.

One of 9 ex-cops in killings of soldiers captured in Sulu

SECURITY FORCES captured one of nine former policemen accused in the June 2020 killing of four undercover army intelligence soldiers in the Jolo town in the southern Philippine province of Sulu.

DPWH, World Bank line up infra projects for Sulu

SULU - Governor Sakur Tan thanked executives of the World Bank and officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways who visited the southern province for possible road and water projects initially worth some $50 million. 

Sayyaf bomber captured in Sulu

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces captured a suspected Abu Sayyaf bomber who is also the wife of a notorious terror leader and bomb expert Mundi Sawadaan in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said Monday.

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‘Sulu State College sumuungsung na mahinang university’

YARI NA pyapaaun in mga hinang pakaradjaan sin pagiyanun pagpa “accredit” sin Sulu State College Graduate Studies ha CHED ha mga courses offered nila (7 in taud) sumaghawa waypa dimaragbus in accreditation.

Police intercept smuggled cigarettes

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police seized at least 137 boxes of smuggled cigarettes in separate operations off Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, officials said on Saturday. 

Cop wounded in Sulu ambush

ZAMBOANGA CITY – One policeman was wounded in an ambush Friday evening in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, police said.

8 Sulu villages get new dump trucks

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Sulu Rep. Samier Tan donated eight new multi-purpose dump trucks to different villages in the capital town of Jolo as part of his peace and development projects in the province. 

Duterte ally bares more projects for Sulu

SULU REP. Samier Tan, a close political ally of President Rodrigo Duterte, bares a plan to install more street lights in the municipalities of his province’s first congressional district, especially in the capital town of Jolo.

Cebu Pacific transports 7 million Covid vaccines

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Cebu Pacific or CEB, the Philippines’ leading carrier, has transported over 7 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in at least 23 provinces and cities across the country – another milestone in the industry’s history.

Sayyaf luring recruits, releases guidelines for jihadists

THE SITE Intelligence Group reported that an Abu Sayyaf-linked account has called for new fighters and provided guidelines for aspiring jihadists and promoting the pursuit of “martyrdom.”

Sulu police chief gunned down

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The provincial police chief of Sulu was killed Friday afternoon after a cop he allegedly reprimanded at a checkpoint shot him in the capital town of Jolo. The attacker was eventually shot dead by responding policemen.

Philippines stops planned terror attacks, 9 women arrested

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Philippine authorities may have stopped a planned suicide attacks following the arrest of nine women who are related to notorious Abu Sayyaf terrorist leaders in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Tuesday.

Jolo flood victims receive cash aid

SULU – Acting Governor Toto Tan distributed financial aid Tuesday to some 200 villagers whose houses were either destroyed or damaged following heavy rains the past days.

Sulu now has ‘Malasakit Center,’ Tausugs praise Duterte, Go

SULU – Governor Sakur Tan expressed his deep appreciation and thanked President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Bong Go for various pro-poor programs and projects in the southern province of Sulu.

Former Jolo police chief slain

COTABATO CITY – The former police chief of Jolo town in Sulu province was reportedly killed Saturday afternoon in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao.