Filipino boy brutally killed by grandma

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 53-year old woman had brutally killed her 12-year grandson in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, police said Saturday.

Sayyaf man killed, 9 cops wounded in Sulu clash

ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf fighter was killed and nine police commandos were wounded in a firefight in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, reports said Saturday.

Crucifix desecrated in Basilan province

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police were investigating Wednesday the shocking desecration of a crucifix at a chapel in the predominantly Muslim province of Basilan in southern Philippines, the second attack in two months.

Security forces kill man, recover bomb materials

BASILAN - Security forces have recovered materials in the manufacture of improvised explosives from a man who engaged policemen and army soldiers in a gunfight in the southern Philippine province of Basilan.

Security forces capture hired killer

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces captured a suspected gun for hire in an operation over the weekend following a failed assassination attempt on the life of a policeman in Lamitan City in the restive province of Basilan.

4 injured in Basilan attack; 21 Sayyafs yield in Sulu

BASILAN - Four people, including a minor, were injured when gunmen attacked a government militia sparking a firefight that left him and family members wounded in the restive Muslim province of Basilan in southern Philippines.

MILF, MNLF clash in Basilan province

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Rival groups Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) continue sporadic clashes in the restive province of Basilan in the Bangsamoro autonomous region.

Mother, child wounded in drive-by shooting

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Motorcycle gunmen opened fire on a woman and her one-year old daughter in an attack Monday in Lamitan City in the restive Muslim province of Basilan in southern Philippines.

Gunmen kill pa of ex-Lamitan mayor shooter

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Gunmen shot dead Friday the father of a prominent doctor who killed the former mayor of Lamitan City in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, police said.

Former Lamitan City mayor, 2 others killed in gun attack

ZAMBOANGA CITY - A lone gunman shot dead the former mayor of Lamitan City in a daring attack Sunday afternoon inside a prestigious Catholic university in Manila. 

2 Sayyafs killed in South

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two Abu Sayyaf terrorists were killed in separate clashes in southern Philippines, a hotbed of Muslim insurgency in the country, officials said Friday.

Politician, son-in-law murdered in Lamitan City

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former village chieftain who ran and lost in the mayoralty race in the recent election, and his son-in-law in separate attacks in Lamitan City in the Muslim province of Basilan, reports said.

SAF commando killed serving arrest warrant

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police commando and a criminal suspect were killed in a gunfight Tuesday that left three other people wounded in Lamitan City in the southern Muslim province of Basilan, reports said.

Gunmen attack army post in Lamitan City, 1 killed

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three gunmen exploded an improvised bomb and shot two soldiers manning an army outpost, killing one of them in a daring broad daylight attack in Lamitan City in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, officials announced Wednesday.

Holders of fake RT-PCR test results face charges

DOZENS OF people who were caught using fake RT-PCR test results to enter Zamboanga City are facing criminal charges as local authorities tightened its security in all points of entry.

Commandos kill 4 Sayyafs in Lamitan City

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police commandos killed four Abu Sayyaf terrorists and captured another following a firefight in Lamitan City in the southern province of Basilan, officials said Friday.

Sayyafs bomb Basilan bridge

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Abu Sayyaf terrorists bombed a bridge at dawn Wednesday in Basilan province, one of the major strongholds of the pro-ISIS group in the volatile Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines.

Catholic statues beheaded in Basilan province

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Statues of Catholic saints that have been in the small chapel of San Isidro Labrador had been beheaded in the largely Muslim province of Basilan.

3 wounded in Basilan ambush

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Gunmen ambushed and wounded a village chieftain and two of his aides in Basilan, one of 5 provinces under the restive Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines, reports said Thursday.