Tolentino cites need for gov’t coordination on Sulu transition fund

Antonio Iñares 09/28/2024

Senate Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino has announced that his proposal for the establishment of a Sulu transition fund has been submitted to both the Office of the President and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).…

Malaysia wins appeal against partial award in $15 billion claim by Sulu sultan’s heirs

06/07/2023

KUALA LUMPUR — A Paris court has upheld the Malaysian government’s challenge against enforcing a partial award to the heirs of a former sultan who won $15 billion in an arbitration over a colonial-era land deal, Malaysia…

Many still searching for kin after ferry fire

Julie Alipala - Reporter / @alipalajulieINQ 04/01/2023

ZAMBOANGA CITY — Michelle Chico, 23, and her sister Carmelita, 41, were traveling aboard MV Lady Mary Joy 3 on Wednesday with her 2-year-old niece, Angelica, who was making her first trip to the family’s hometown of…

Floating inferno: Dozens dead, missing in ferry fire

Julie S. Alipala - Reporter / @alipalajulieINQ 03/31/2023

ZAMBOANGA CITY — At least 29 people died and 17 others were reported missing after a fire swept through the ferry MV Lady Mary Joy 3 and turned it into a raging inferno as it was passing…

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…

Stranger than fiction

Raphael A. Pangalangan - @inquirerdotnet 02/23/2023

Who would have thought that a film starring two-time Razzie nominee Gerard Butler could lie at the center of political controversy? First-term Sen. Robinhood C. Padilla is calling for the ban of “Plane”—a B-movie production on a…

Drugs confiscated in Cebu City from Sulu?

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 04/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City police continue to investigate reports they received that the source of ‘shabu’ from major drug hauls in the city over the weekend was from Sulu in Mindanao. Police Lieutenant Colonel Maria…

Construction worker praised for rushing in to help Sulu crash survivors

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 07/09/2021

GINATILAN, Cebu, Philippines — A true hero does not hesitate to rush in to help others, despite the danger. This was proved to us by Erham Awaluddin, 22, a Tausug construction worker from Barangay Patikul, Sulu, who…

Jolo military plane crash death toll rises to 45

Agence France Presse 07/05/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The death toll from the C-130 transport plane crash in Sulu on Sunday has risen to 45, the Department of National Defense (DND) reported. Of those killed, 42 are military personnel, while three are…

9 suspected female suicide bombers arrested in Sulu

Frances Mangosing 02/23/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Nine suspected female suicide bombers, including three daughters of Abu Sayyaf Group leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, were recently arrested in separate operations in Sulu, the military said Tuesday. Joint Task Force Sulu identified the…

DNA test shows Asian suicide bombers pulled off Jolo blasts, police say

Consuelo Marquez - Reporter / @ConsINQ 09/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The suicide bombers in the Aug. 24 twin blasts in Jolo, Sulu were Asians as shown in a recent DNA test results, police said Thursday. “Pagdating sa DNA, they (Crime Laboratory members) said na…

Duterte tells troops: Fight hard ‘hanggang magkaubusan na’

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 08/31/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — In the wake of the deadly explosions in Jolo, Sulu last week that left at least 15 dead and 75 wounded, President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to government troops to keep fighting until terrorists…

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