Peace Returns to Sulu: A Victory over Decades of Conflict

AFTER 30 years of conflict with the Philippine Army, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), notorious for its campaign of violence in the southern Philippines, has been largely defeated. This milestone has ushered in an era of peace and development in the southernmost points of the Philippine archipelago.

DBM to BARMM, Sulu: Maintain status quo after SC ruling

THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday urged the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and Sulu to maintain “status quo,” following the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision to exclude the province from the region.

Sulu to produce ecobricks

A provincial government photo shows Gov. Sakur Tan and First

Lady Nurunisah Tan,Provincial Director of Sulu Provincial

Women Council, posing with staff.

SULU – This southern Filipino province has now embarked on an environment-friendly facility that will manufacture or produce ecobricks and the project has received strong support from various stakeholders. Governor Sakur Tan and Nurunisah Tan,Provincial Director of Sulu Provincial Women Council, led the cutting of the ribbon at Sulu Sahaya Eco-Hub signaling the start of the eco-friendly operation,and advocacy towards reducing plastic waste in the province.

ISIS woman captured in the Philippines

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Security forces captured Thursday a Filipino woman wanted by the United States and the United Nations for her links to the Islamic State (IS) also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and its local counterpart, the Dawlah Islamiya or ISIS-Philippines in the southern province of Sulu, officials said.

No more ransom abductions at Sulu-Celebes Seas: Report

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.

PNP Chief visits wounded cops in Zambo, awards medals

ZAMBOANGA CITY – National Police Chief Benjamin Acorda flew Thursday to this southern Filipino city and visited wounded police commandos whose unit clashed with an Abu Sayyaf fighter in Sulu province.

Navy rescues 175 passengers from ferry off Sulu

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy rescued 175 passengers and crew members from a ferry off the southern province of Sulu after its engine malfunctioned.

Peace now reigns in Sulu

'Sulu is now Abu Sayyaf-free'

SULU - Philippine authorities have finally declared the whole of the southern province of Sulu as Abu Sayyaf-free after decades of fighting with officials saying the extremist Muslim group had been defeated.

Sulu campaigns for environmental protection, climate change

SULU - Over 100 people, mostly young adults, championed environmental protection and promoted sustainable development goals in the southern Philippine province of Sulu.

LEAP Bangsamoro eyes projects in Sulu

SULU – Good news for coffee and seaweeds farmers! A group of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) recently visited Sulu province and met with Governor Sakur Tan and discussed the projects that will benefit the farmers and cooperatives.

UAE projects for Sulu hailed

SULU – Governor Sakur Tan met with the religious sector to discuss the various projects pledged by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the capital town of Jolo.

Muslim region remains top fish producer

MARAWI CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) maintained its performance as the country’s top fish producer, with 31.6% of the total fisheries production for the first quarter of 2023, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.

BARMM govt. suportado ang PNP, AFP sa Sulu

COTABATO CITY - Nakahandang tumulong ang Bangsamoro Government sa Philippine National Police (PNP) para tugisin si Pando Mudjasan, ang dating vice mayor ng Maimbung sa lalawigan ng Sulu.

Sulu governor calls on people not to panic after deadly clashes

A provincial government photo shows Governor Sakur Tan reading Monday, June 26, 2023 a document while Maimbung Mayor Shihla Hayudini (left) and other staff look on.

SULU – Sulu Governor Sakur Tan on Monday has called on the public not to panic following the weekend fighting between a fugitive ex-vice mayor of Maimbung town and members of the security forces that killed at least 2 persons and wounded 14 more in the southern Philippine province.

Police recover body of gunman, wanted ex-Sulu vice mayor escapes

A police photo shows commandos during the operations to capture ex-Maimbung vice mayor Pando Mudjsan. (Mindanao Examiner)

SULU – Security forces have recovered a cadaver of one of the gunmen of fugitive ex-vice mayor Pando Mudjasan of Maimbung town as soldiers and policemen continue hunting down the former politician who eluded arrest in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, national police chief Benjamin Acorda Jr said on Sunday evening.

BTA bills push to create, upgrade hospitals in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi

COTABATO CITY - To answer the pressing medical needs in the island provinces of the Bangsamoro region, several lawmakers filed bills that seek to establish and upgrade hospitals in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. 

Fighting breaks out in Philippine town, leaves 14 casualties

SULU - A policeman was killed and 13 others wounded in the southern province of Sulu after security forces trying to arrest a former town official clashed with gunmen in the seaside town of Maimbung.

Egyptian, Filipino jihadists surrender in southern Philippines

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine military is holding a young Egyptian jihadist whose mother blew herself up in an attack on an army checkpoint in 2019 in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Friday.

BARMM governors send manifesto, letter to Marcos

Photo released by the Bangsamoro Governor's Caucus shows BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim raising the hand of Sulu Governor Sakur Tan at the Regional Peace and Order Council meeting in Sulu’s Maimbung town, as Mayor Shihla Hayudini looks on.

SULU – The five provincial governors of the Bangsamoro autonomous region have submitted a manifesto and a letter to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr outlining serious security problems in areas under the Muslim provinces following a recent peace and order meeting in Sulu province.

Sulu leaders visit former President Duterte

DAVAO CITY – Sulu Governor Sakur Tan, tagging his 19 municipal mayors, visited ex-President Rodrigo Duterte in his hometown in the southern Philippine city of Davao, and thanked the former leader for all he had done for the province and its people.