While Basilan Strait is recognized as an international sea lane where innocent passage of other countries is allowed, Trinidad pointed out that the AFP will keep its vigilance to secure the ...

and specifically over the Basilan Strait and Sibutu Passage — two key channels linking the South China Sea to the western Pacific. To lead the effort, the military tapped the deputy commander on ...

The PCG did not disclose details on the accident that happened in the vicinity waters of Basilan Strait last week but said the National Maritime Center received a request for medical evacuation.

Basilan. Lt. Col. Mark Lagud, commander of the 18th IB, confirmed that at about 4:25 p.m., the three were ambushed by an undetermined number of “lawless individuals using M-16 rifles.” ...

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Two members of the Army’s 18th Infantry Battalion were killed while another was wounded seriously in an ambush in Tuburan town in Basilan on Friday, April 11.

SUMISIP, Basilan (PIA) – As a step toward reintegration and community rebuilding, 80 former violent extremists (FVEs) in Basilan received essential farming tools and seedlings during a distribution ...