TUNGAWAN, Zamboanga Sibugay โ€” The local government of Tungawan has expressed full support for the national governmentโ€™s drive to eliminate red tape and improve public service delivery, following a recent visit by the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA). Mayor Angelito Aniรฑon welcomed the ARTA teamโ€™s visit, describing it as โ€œa vitalContinue Reading

TUNGAWAN, Zamboanga Sibugay โ€” Mayor Angelito Aniรฑon is earning cheers from Tungaweรฑos for his steadfast support of the Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) campus in the municipality, the townโ€™s only higher education institution. For the faculty and staff of WMSU-ESU Tungawan, Aniรฑonโ€™s victory in the last mayoral elections was aContinue Reading

COTABATO CITY, October 19, 2025 โ€” Bangsamoro Health Minister Dr. Kadil โ€œJojoโ€ M. Sinolinding, Jr. lauded the medical team and volunteers behind the โ€œAll-In-One Surgical Missionโ€ in the Special Geographic Area (SGA), Montawal, and Pagalungan, saying their work โ€œtransformed the lives of countless people of BARMM.โ€ The mission, held fromContinue Reading

IPIL, ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY โ€“ The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region IX (DENR-IX) confirmed that a female Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis), a critically endangered species, went missing from a privately managed wildlife facility in Barangay Poblacion, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur. The facility, owned by Junevell O. Lamiing, operatesContinue Reading

COTABATO CITY โ€“ Thirty-seven indigent residents of the newly established municipality of Nabalawag in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) underwent free ophthalmic surgeries last Friday, October 17, as part of a public service mission led by regional officials. The beneficiaries, allContinue Reading

COTABATO CITY, Philippines โ€“ The Ministry of Health (MOH) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has extended nutrition assistance to families affected by the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Manay, Davao Oriental, on October 10. Working closely with the Department of Healthโ€“Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Davao Region,Continue Reading