Serbisyo Fair provides P700-M in gov’t aid to 135K Tawi-Tawi residents

A TOTAL of 135,000 beneficiaries in Tawi-Tawi will receive almost PHP700 million in government services and financial aid during the two-day Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) in Tawi-Tawi from Thursday to Friday.

Bongao, Turtle Islands play ‘big role’ in Sabah trade: Gov. Sali

TAWI-TAWI - The southern Philippine towns of Bongao and Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi province continue to play a “big role” in barter trading and the recently opened sea route between here and the state of Sabah in Malaysia.

Zambo Coast Guard seizes boat loaded with diesel fuel

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday announced the seizure here of 89,600 liters of diesel believed to have been smuggled into the country, but it has not named the owner of the fuel for a still unknown reason.

Navy seizes boat loaded with fuel in Southern 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.

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. 

Sabah extends curfew due to kidnap threats

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.

Cargo ship rescues 11 Malaysians off Tawi-Tawi province

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.

Boat transporting fuel seized in southern Philippines

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.

Malaysia rescues 21 Filipino boat passengers off Sabah

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.

Human traffickers warned

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.

15 people bound for Sabah rescued

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.

Tight guarding in Philippine border

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.

Philippines seizes Malaysian boat smuggling fuel

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.

Bangsamoro legislators want Tawi-Tawi to be the seaweed capital of the Philippines

COTABATO CITY – Considered the biggest producer of seaweed in the Philippines, a measure seeking to make Tawi-Tawi the seaweed capital of the Philippines has been introduced on first reading in the Bangsamoro Parliament.

BTA lawmakers seek to establish, upgrade hospitals in Basilan, Tawi-Tawi

COTABATO CITY ― Bangsamoro lawmakers are pushing for the upgrading and constructions of hospitals in the provinces of Basilan and Tawi-Tawi in an effort to meet the growing health and social services needs of the residents.

Smuggling rampant in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggling is so rampant in this southern Filipino port city that even red onions are now being sneaked into Zamboanga, a known entry point of contraband in Mindanao region.

7 Malaysians, 3 Filipinos rescued at sea

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two foreign vessels have rescued seven Malaysian and three Filipinos drifting at sea off the southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi, the military said Monday.

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.

Cocaine brick recovered off Tawi-Tawi

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two Filipino fishermen recovered a 2.2-pound brick of cocaine packed in watertight plastic off Tawi-Tawi’s South Ubian town in southern Philippines, just 137 nautical miles from Malaysia’s state of Sabah.

Bangsamoro Parliament concludes consultations on Local Governance Code in Tawi-Tawi

BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi - The two-day public consultation on the proposed Bangsamoro Local Governance Code in this province concluded today, December 7, with participants from various civil society organizations and academe sharing their expert opinions and sentiments.