SULU Provincial Government with the United Nations Action for Conflict Transformation for Peace Programme (UN Act for Peace) is embarking on a P2.5-million project in enhancing Sulu’s coffee industry.

A GRADE six pupil died after her father's shotgun accidentally went off in a far-flung village in Zamboanga City, the local police reported.

A TOP police official said one of the six Moro rebels implicated in the kidnapping of Fr. Michael Sinnott is also involved in the abduction of an Italian priest two years ago.

POLICE are conducting a deep investigation to unmask the suspect behind the grenade explosion in an old church in Zamboanga City.

AGENTS of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have arrested five suspected big-time drug pushers and recovered shabu with an estimated market value of P1 million in a buy-bust operation in Z

A BUSINESSWOMAN lost P20,000 in cash and other valuables in a highway robbery staged by three gunmen in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported.

THE Philippine National Police (PNP) released Friday the identities of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders who may have involvement or knowledge in the kidnapping of an Irish priest in Mindan

POLITICAL leaders of Basilan have joined the Lakas-Kampi-CMD in a move widely perceived to have solidified the ruling coalition's political dominance in the southern Philippines.

SOME 2,000 civilian volunteers took their oath as members of police auxiliaries that will help authorities protect villages from terrorist attacks in the island province of Sulu.

MEMBERS of the ruling coalition party Lakas-Kampi-CMD in Sulu have withdrawn their support and endorsement for Vice Governor Hadja Nur-Ana I.

A MORO rebel group on Thursday threatened to stop helping in the search for Fr. Michael Sinnot as it rejected the accusations that they are behind the abduction.

LOCAL Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno remains firm on his statement that a faction of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has a hand in the kidnapping of Fr. Michael Sinnott.

A TOP military official belied claims Thursday of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) that it is helping in the rescue of the Irish priest kidnapped almost a month ago in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur.

TWO persons were killed while eight others were wounded in an ambush in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, a military official said Thursday.

MILITARY troops cordoned the area where kidnappers are believed to be holding captive an ailing Irish priest they snatched in Pagadian City, a military official said Wednesday.