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A library photo shows a US Navy vessel sailing off Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.
(Photo by Al Jacinto)
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The ReCAAP has noticed that threat on abduction of crew for ransom in the Sulu-Celebes Seas remained low and there has been no incident due to the successful military operations and robust law enforcement initiatives by the Philippines.
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Philippine authorities seized a boat illegally transporting 250 drums of diesel fuel off Tawi-Tawi province near the Malaysian border of Sabah.
KOTA KINABALU - Sabah’s Special Envoy to BIMP-Eaga, Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia, called on the state government to come up with a referendum on the people’s stand towards any demands for the state, the Borneo Post reported.
SULU - A Dutch court of appeal dismissed a bid by eight descendants of a former sultanate to enforce a $15-billion (RM69 billion) arbitration award they had won against the government of Malaysia, media reports said, citing a judgement released on the court website.
SULU – Malaysia hailed a French court decision setting aside the US$15 billion (RM69 billion) award in a case brought by eight heirs of the Sultan of Sulu regarding territorial claims related to the mineral-rich Sabah in Borneo, the New Straits Times reported.
SULU - Muslims in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, the seat of power of the Sultanate of Sulu and Borneo, have assailed Sabah for attacking the credibility of the eight descendants of the last sultan of Sulu who secured a disputed arbitration award against Malaysia last year.
TAWI-TAWI – The Malaysian state of Sabah has extended anew its dusk-to-dawn sea curfew following fresh threats of ransom kidnappings from Abu Sayyaf and other criminal gangs.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – After tagging as a terrorist one of the eight descendants of the sultan of Sulu who secured a disputed arbitration award against Malaysia last year, Kuala Lumpur now launched a website attacking the credibility of all the heirs who have filed legal action to seek compensation for land in Sabah which was leased by their ancestors to a British trading company in 1878.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Kuala Lumpur has listed as a terrorist one of the eight descendants of the sultan of Sulu who secured a disputed arbitration award against Malaysia last year.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier bound for China rescued 11 Malaysian nationals off the southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi after their speedboat’s engine malfunctioned, a Filipino Navy commander Brig. Gen. Romeo Racadio said Tuesday.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy on Saturday said it seized a vessel carrying 447 drums of smuggled fuel off Indanan town in the southern province of Sulu.
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A Vietnamese man and his daughter jumped from a ferry here while trying to evade deportation, police said on Monday.
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A Filipino Muslim drowned after jumping from a ferry carrying hundreds of deportees in Sandakan City in Malaysia's eastern state of Sabah.
FRENCH BAILIFFS attempted to enforce a seizure order on three Paris properties owned by the Malaysian government in a case linked to a $15 billion court award to descendants of a former sultan, according to the heirs' lawyers and court documents.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Malaysia has rescued 21 Filipinos from a motor launch off Sabah after the Philippine Navy sought assistance to help secure the passengers of the distressed boat.
KUALA LUMPUR continues to defend its rights against any attempts by the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu to grab Malaysia’s assets, The Malay Mail quoted Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.
TAWI-TAWI – Philippine authorities warned human traffickers to stop their illegal activities or face the full force of the law as consequences of their actions.
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.
TAWI-TAWI – The Philippine military ordered a tight guarding of the border with Sabah following the recent apprehension of a Malaysian vessel smuggling 400,000 liters of diesel fuel into the remote Filipino town of Taganak.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Philippine authorities have seized a Malaysian vessel smuggling 400,000 liters of diesel fuel into the remote Filipino town of Taganak near the Sabah border.
