Basilan is the largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago and is located just off the southern coast of the Zamboanga Peninsula. The island is a 30-minute boat ride from ...

Basilan residents went to shore to try and save those that jumped off the ship after seeing from afar that the vessel had caught fire and was heading toward their remote island, she said.

ZAMBOANGA CITY –– More than a hundred persons, who were isolated in a remote island in Basilan province, have completed their 21-day quarantine and are ready to be reunited with their families ...

Nine prisoners were killed yesterday when 53, mostly Abu Sayyaf activists escaped from a tight prison facility on Basilan island, in the southern Philippines, police and military officials said.

BASILAN, Philippines – In a move expected to streamline operations in two critical island provinces in southern Mindanao, the Philippine Army has deactivated its Joint Task Force Basilan and ...

MANILA Philippines — Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman is seeking to declare his province’s Lampinigan Island an ecotourism zone to fast-track development in the area. He said many communities in ...