The newly-elected governor of Basilan has banned any mention of his name and depiction of his image on tarpaulins with printed details about government infrastructure projects in the province, setting ...

With efforts now underway to promote the Philippines as a premier destination with a flourishing halal industry, the country ...

BASILAN, Philippines (CNN) -- When you board the ferry to Basilan, you're met by soldiers carrying submachine guns. They say the Abu Sayyaf has its informers watching the people boarding, and that ...

The Philippine Coast Guard responds to the fire aboard a passenger ferry in waters off Baluk-Baluk Island, Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan, Philippines, March 29, 2023.

BASILAN Mindanao Philippines travel vlog. Posted: March 31, 2025 | Last updated: March 31, 2025. In Discovering Basilan Mindanao, we experience Filipino hospitality, visit Lamitan City, try Betel ...

Philippine Coast Guard personnel search for survivors from the fire on MV Lady Mary Joy at Basilan, southern Philippines on March 30, 2023. AP At least 23 passengers were injured and brought to ...

The burned ferry was towed to Basilan’s shoreline where the bodies of 18 of the 31 ... At least 31 people are dead after a fire broke out on a ferry in the southern Philippines and raged ...

Police in the Philippines say they've launched a search after gunmen reportedly abducted an American national who was shot in the leg as he tried to resist.

In 2019, around 270 residents from a remote village in Basilan province were forced to flee their homes due to armed clashes between government forces and a non-state armed group. ... Asniah, ICRC ...