Badja Elementary School News Today

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Three gunmen, one of them a village chieftain, surrendered to the military following an intensified manhunt by security forces in the Muslim province of Basilan in southern Philippines, an army commander said Thursday, November 2.

Voter killed, another wounded in Basilan town A voter was killed and another wounded in a gun attack at a voting precinct in Basilan province, the police reported Monday, October 30, 2023. The Basilan police said the incident happened shortly after 10 a.m. at the Badja Elementary School, Tipo-Tipo, Basilan. The police identified the fatality as Nasri Uddin while the wounded victim was not immediately identified. Investigation showed the victims were queuing to cast their votes when unidentified ...

As the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) marred parts of Mindanao with bloodshed, candidates and supporters alike fell victim to the violence. In one incident, a candidate for barangay captain was killed by his own brother, who is also running for the same post. In another incident, two persons were killed, while four others were wounded in a shooting incident. Tensions ran high and voting was disrupted in several areas as a result of the violence.