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Transport, defense departments to work together on 4 airport projects

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 09:16 AM

The cooperation will include works on Laoag, Vigan, Cotobato and Tawi-Tawi airports. Read more »

3 Indonesian kidnap victims freed in south: military

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 01:22 PM

The group was turned over to authorities in Sulu province on Saturday. They are set to be repatriated to Indonesia, the military said. Read more »

Piñol defends proposed trading center for rice 'smugglers'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 11:55 AM

MANILA - The only way to address the high prices of rice in the country's south is to turn rice smugglers into legitimate importers, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said Thursday.  Read more »

Agri chief, NFA officials, pinagbibitiw dahil sa kakulangan sa bigas, isda

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 29 08:54 PM

Nanawagan ang ilang mambabatas na magbitiw na sa puwesto si Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel "Manny" Piñol at ang mga opisyal ng NFA dahil sa sunod-sunod na problema sa suplay ng bigas at galunggong.  Read more »

23 hinihinalang biktima ng human trafficking, nasagip sa Tawi-Tawi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 07:00 PM

Naharang ng Philippine Coast Goard ang barkong patungo sanang Turtle Islands para umano magdadala sa 23 hinihinalang biktima ng human trafficking sa Malaysia. Read more »

Nahintong rice smuggling, sanhi ng krisis sa bigas sa Zamboanga City: DA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 24 11:28 PM

Kinulang ng suplay ng bigas sa Zamboanga City dahil hindi na umano makapasok ang smuggled rice mula nang isara ang maritime border sa Malaysia. Read more »

Magsasaka, milagrong nakaligtas matapos ang 5 araw sa dagat

RJ Rosalado, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 09 09:07 PM

Tanging si Ibrahim Mandul ang nakaligtas sa mga pasahero ng lumubog na bangka sa bahagi ng Si Amil Island noong ika-31 ng Hulyo. Read more »

Search continues for passengers of sunken vessel near Malaysian border

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 09:31 AM

MANILA - The Philippine Coast Guard continues to search for 8 missing passengers of a vessel that sank in the country's southern waters near the Malaysian border Monday last week.  Read more »

7 bodies found in Tawi-Tawi seas

Chrisel Almonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 07:54 PM

Seven bodies were found Sunday in the seas of Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi. Read more »

Pulis na suspek sa pagpatay sa Tawi-Tawi town vice mayor, kinasuhan na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 01:07 PM

Kinasuhan ng murder ang pulis na suspek sa pagpatay noong nakaraang buwan sa bise alkalde ng bayan ng Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi. Read more »

Politika, ikinokonekta sa pamamaslang sa Tawi-Tawi vice mayor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 13 02:27 AM

Tatakbo daw dapat na alkalde si Vice Mayor Rashid Mohammad Ali ng Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi, kapalit ng kaniyang ama. Read more »

Politics possible motive in Tawi-Tawi town vice-mayor's slay: police

Leizel Lacastesantos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 06:25 PM

ZAMBOANGA CITY- Police are looking at politics as a possible motive in the fatal ambush of the vice mayor of Sapa-Sapa town in Tawi-Tawi. Read more »

Tawi-Tawi town vice mayor shot dead

Jewel Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 01:06 AM

ZAMBOANGA CITY (3rd UPDATE) - The vice mayor of Sapa Sapa town in Tawi-Tawi was gunned down Wednesday. Read more »

Anak ng negosyante dinukot sa Tawi-tawi

RJ Rosalado, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 01:10 PM

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Dinukot ng 7 hindi pa nakikilalang lalaki ang pitong taong gulang na anak ng isang negosyante sa Himbah, Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi nitong Martes. Read more »

MILF, nais makilahok sa bicam ng panukalang BBL

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 09:37 PM

Ayon kay MILF vice chairman Ghazali Jaafar, dapat matutukan nila ang diskusyon upang siguruhing hindi lalabnaw ang maipapasang Bangsamoro Basic Law.  Read more »

Chinese national na nagka-epileptic seizure, sinagip ng coast guard

Leizel Lacastesantos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 05:28 PM

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Sinagip ng Philippine Coast Guard sa karagatang sakop ng Pearl Bank sa Tawi-Tawi, Sulu ang isang Chinese national na hinihinalang nagkaroon ng epileptic seizure habang sakay ng kanilang barko, Martes ng madaling araw. Read more »

Mangingisdang Indonesian, nasagip matapos ang 3 linggo sa dagat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 11:44 AM

MANILA – Matapos na magpalutang-lutang ng tatlong linggo sa dagat, nasagip ng mga lokal na residente ang isang Indonesian na mangingisda sa Tawi-Tawi coast. Read more »

71 mangingisdang biktima ng bagyong Vinta, nasagip sa Tawi-Tawi

Rex Ruta, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 04:39 PM

Umabot sa 71 mangingisda mula sa Palawan ang nasa ospital ngayon sa Mapun, Tawi-Tawi matapos na masagip mula sa pananalasa ng bagyong Vinta noong Pasko.   Read more »

Rescued in Tawi-Tawi

Photo courtesy of the Philippine Coast Guard
Updated as of Dec 21 11:57 PM

Members of the Search and Rescue team (SAR) of the Bongao Coast Guard Station rescue passengers from a drifted motorized boat at the vicinity of Manangkai, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi on Thursday. The Coast Guard rescued 60 passengers upon receiving a distress call from the boat captain of ML Nurhidzra after it experienced steering problems and damage on its portside freeboard. Read more »

50 boat passengers rescued off Tawi-Tawi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 02:00 AM

Fifty passengers were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) after a wooden boat turned sideways off Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Wednesday. Read more »