3 girls raped every week in Zamboanga City, crime stats show

Julie S. Alipala 09/01/2023

  ZAMBOANGA CITY — In the last eight months, an average of three girls were raped in this city every week, crime statistics compiled by the local police showed. Police Lt. Col. Paul Andrew Cortes, information officer…

Death toll from vessel fire off Basilan now 26

Jean Mangaluz, Julie S. Alipala, Leah D. Agonoy - @inquirerdotnet 03/30/2023

UPDATED ZAMBOANGA CITY —The death toll in the fire that hit a Sulu-bound vessel on Wednesday night had reached 26. Basilan Gov. Jim Hataman-Salliman said the count of fatalities increased after rescuers from the Philippine Coast Guard recovered…

7 dead as Sulu-bound boat catches fire off Basilan

Julie S. Alipala, Leah D. Agonoy - @inquirerdotnet 03/30/2023

ZAMBOANGA CITY — Seven bodies were fished out of the waters off Baluk-Baluk island of Hadji Muhtamad town, Basilan Gov. Jim Hataman-Salliman said on Thursday. The fatalities were passengers of the boat M/V Lady Mary Joy that…

Death by ‘brotherhood’: Family, university in grief

Julie S. Alipala 03/03/2023

ZAMBOANGA CITY — Jeoffrey Salilig, father of the 24-year-old chemistry student who died in hazing rites, said he and his family were on a quest for justice for his son who was brutalized by his fraternity brothers.…

Another Army team misses Abu targets after agents’ killing

Jeannette I. Andrade, Julie S. Alipala 07/03/2020

An Army unit awaiting a signal to swoop down on an Abu Sayyaf bomb maker and two suspected female bombers instead received word that four of their comrades had been gunned down in Jolo, Sulu, a military…

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