Day: May 12, 2025
4 killed in election-eve clash in Basilan village
IPIL, Philippines โ Four people, including two village officials, were killed in an armed clash in Hadji Mohammad Ajul town in Basilan on Sunday, May 12, just a day before the 2025 midterm elections. The skirmish broke out around 9 a.m. near the primary school in Barangay Langil, an island village designated as a polling
Lanao del Sur opens first dialysis center, offers free treatment to kidney patients
COTABATO CITY, Philippines โ For the first time, kidney patients in Lanao del Sur no longer have to travel far or spend thousands for treatment. A newly opened dialysis center in Malabang town now provides life-saving servicesโfor free. The facility, located inside the Dr. Serapio Montaรฑer, Jr. Memorial Hospital, is the first of its kind
PDEA seizes P6.8 million worth of shabu in Basilan drug bust
COTABATO CITY, Philippines โ Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives arrested a suspected drug dealer during a Sunday morning sting operation in Isabela City, Basilan, seizing over P6.8 million worth of crystal meth or shabu. PDEA-Zamboanga Peninsula (PDEA-9) identified the suspect as Ibnoraba Asamli Saddalani, a resident of Barangay Lawe-Lawe in Lantawan town. The anti-narcotics
