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Published April 5, 2021, 5:43 PM DAVAO CITY – Nine Filipino crew members of a motor launch boat that sank after an explosion were rescued by troops of the Marine Battalion Landing Team-12 (MBLT-12) on Easter Sunday. In a statement Monday, Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom) commander Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan Jr. said the Joint Task Force Tawi-Tawi reported that crew members of M/L Marissa were “loading gasoline from a tanker from Sabah when its generator battery sparked, causing its explosion.” MBLT-12 commanding officer Lt. Col. Aladdin Caluza said the troops of the 312th...

9 boatmen rescued after explosion at sea off Tawi-Tawi ZAMBOANGA CITY – Philippine Marines rescued 9 Filipino boatmen, three of them injured, following an explosion while loading gasoline from a Malaysian tanker near the border in Sabah.   Military photos show one of 9 boatmen posing while his boat burns from afar following an explosion that injured 3 people.  Army Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr., chief of the Western Mindanao Command, said the Filipino boat ML Marissa burned and sunk off Bulu-Bulu Island in Tawi-Tawi province.  The tanker, which came from Sabah, quickly fled the area be...

April 01, 2021 THE Joint Task Force Tawi-Tawi, in partnership with the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Government, spearheaded a three-day youth leadership summit to educate them for their role in nation building. The summit, which reeled off Thursday, April 1, and will run until Saturday, April 3, is being held at the headquarters of the 2nd Marine Brigade in Sanga-Sanga, Bongao, the capital of Tawi-Tawi, and is being attended by 150 youth aged 14 to 20 from the different island municipalities of the province. "We initiated this activity to train and educate young leaders for their role in...

Published January 30, 2021, 12:01 PM ZAMBOANGA CITY – The provincial government of Tawi-Tawi, with the help of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Tawi-Tawi, was able to dismantle a Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) camp at a coastal area of Bongao, the capital town of the province. The group of the military is heading to the MNLF camp to ask them to dismantle their camp in Lakid-Lakid, in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. (Nonoy E Lacson / MANILA BULLETIN) Tawi-Tawi Governor Yshmael I. Sali said on Friday, January 29, that his office, in coordination with JTF Tawi-Tawi, was able to settle an emerging security...