Illegal cigarette smuggling has become a significant contributor to funding terrorism and organized crime, both in the ...

Authorities and security experts noted the link between illicit cigarette smuggling and the funding of terrorism and ...

Lawmakers and law enforcement officials warned that the unchecked proliferation of the illicit tobacco trade is financing ...

The illicit tobacco trade has prompted heightened concern amongst lawmakers and law enforcement who warn that the proceeds ...

Two former Abu Sayyaf bandits were killed in an attack by unidentified assailants in Sumisip, Basilan on Monday.

TWO former members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) were killed in an ambush in a remote area in Sumisip, Basilan province, the ...

Authorities have arrested the alleged mastermind in the kidnapping of American blogger Elliot Eastman in Zamboanga del Norte, ...

The mastermind behind the abduction of American vlogger Elliot Eastman has been arrested, Philippine police said today. Alleged kidnapping ringleader Jackaria Jamani, 35, was detained by police on a ...

COTABATO CITY — The last four remaining Abu Sayyaf terrorists in Basilan province in the Bangsamoro region pledged allegiance to the government on Thursday, December 26. Major Gen. Antonio ...

The Province of Basilan is now free of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) following the surrender of ASG’s reported last four members a day after Christmas on December 26, 2024, the military said. According ...

New resorts, restaurants and markets have opened across the islands of Tawi-Tawi, Jolo and Basilan, which sit west of the ...