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Alert Level 3 in these areas effectve until Feb. 15, 2022 (Eagle News) – Six more provinces were placed under Covid Alert Level 3 that would take effect today, Friday, January 28. These are Palawan, Camiguin, Davao Occidental, Dinagat Islands, Tawi-Tawi and Sulu, according to Malacanang. Acting presidential spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved the escalation of alert level status of these provinces noting the rise […]
(Eagle News) –Authorities seized P5.3 million worth of cocaine in an operation in Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi recently. According to Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar, Basir Daud, 49, was also arrested in the operation jointly conducted by the PNP and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency operatives. Eleazar said also seized from the suspect was an M16 rifle. “Iniimbestigahan na si Basir Daud upang alamin kung saan galing ang nakumpiskang cocaine sa kanya at kilalanin ang iba pa […]
P10.2 million worth of shabu seized (Eagle News) — Two drug suspects died in an armed encounter with police on Saturday, Oct. 16, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also seized from Nadzmil Ladja of Barangay Sipangkot and Malaysian national Hari Man Bin Sabtula were P10.2 million worth of shabu. The PNP said the shootout ensued after the suspects fought it out with police who were about to arrest them in a […]
(Eagle News) — A father and his son were killed in Tawi tawi after they shot it out with authorities who were about to arrest them for murder, the Philippine National Police said on Sunday, May 9. According to the PNP, apart from Girang Lipae and Basil Lipae, also killed was an unidentified female after the shootout in Barangay Sipangkot in Sitangkai. The authorities at that time were carrying an arrest warrant for multiple murder […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P4.76 million worth of shabu in Tawi-Tawi, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested during the joint Philippine National Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency buy-bust operation in Bongao on Wednesday were Hassan Anggie Hawaan, 30; Mannan Nusuri Muhadi, 48; and Mudzna Anggie Hawaan, 42. Apart from the fourteen packs of shabu weighing more or less 700 grams, the PNP said identification cards and two cellular […]
(Eagle News) — Maritime police seized P3.3 million worth of smuggled gasoline on Thursday, March 18, and arrested 10 people it said were behind the crime. In a statement, the Philippine National Police said Saldi Sali, 29; Kads Abdulmajid, 37; Tanong Sali, 28; Asri Tuwad, 32; Pepe Mdyusof, 25; Totoh Poteh Abdulgafur, 38; Raki Idris, 30; Moktaden Daud, 37; Toy Iya, 39; and Puwa Idris were nabbed by members of the PNP Maritime Group in […]
(Eagle News)– Tawi-Tawi has confirmed its first COVID-19 case. The Tawi-Tawi government said the 44-year-old male of the Philippine National Police, has a travel history from San Isidro, Quezon City to Zamboanga City to Basilan. From there he went to Zamboanga City and then to Tawi-Tawi. The local government said so far, he has been isolated and is currently isolated. Contact tracing is ongoing. Entry of locally stranded individuals including frontliners to Zamboanga City is […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck Tawi-Tawi early Wednesday, June 3. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 12:37 a.m., had its epicenter 320 kilometers southeast of South Ubian. Depth of focus was 31 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan – Umabot sa 75 mangingisda ang na-rescue ng Mapun Coastguard nang manalasa ang bagyong Vinta noong Sabado, Disyember 23 sa karagatang sakop ng Tawi-tawi. Una nang naiulat na ilang lantsa ang lumubog at ilang mangingisda ang nawawala sa kasagsagan ng pananalasa ng bagyo sa Balabac, Palawan. Ayon sa inilabas na ulat ng Mapun MDRRMC, ang mga mangingisda na napadpad sa Mapun, Tawi-tawi ay dinala sa Cagayan de Tawi-tawi District Hospital upang […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Doble bantay ngayon ang mga tauhan ng Philippine National Police (PNP) at Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa Zamboanga Port Area. Ito ay dahil sa pagdating ng mga kalalakihan mula sa isla ng Basilan, Sulu at Tawi-tawi na dadalo sa dalawang araw na Bangsamoro general assembly sa Maguindanao. Inaasahan din na dadagsain ng maraming kalalakihan ang Bangsamoro general assembly na isasagawa ngayong darating na Nobyembre 26 at 27 sa […]
BONGAO, Tawi-tawi (Eagle News) – Nabawi ng mga tauhan ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 9 at PNP Special Action Force ang shabu na nagkakahalaga ng 1.5 milyon pesos sa isinasagawang buy bust operation sa Tawi-tawi kamakailan. Pinangalan ni PDEA Regional Director-9 Lyndon Aspacio ang suspek na si Badang Awang Abdul, may asawa at nakatira sa naturang lugar. Bukod sa shabu, nabawi din ng PDEA9 ang tatlong libong piso na marked money na ginamit […]
(Agence France Presse) — Three Vietnamese sailors held for eight months by Islamist gunmen have been rescued by soldiers, the army said Saturday, in the latest operation against the kidnap-for-ransom militants. The sailors were found in the southernmost island group of Tawi-Tawi on Friday, along with the body of another Vietnamese seaman who had died in captivity from an illness, regional military commander Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez said. “He was already dead when the troops […]
