Alice Guo and her siblings, Shiela and Wesley, likely used the Tawi-Tawi backdoor to escape Philippine jurisdiction undetected.

Sinama love songs, whether about requited or unrequited love, evoke powerful emotions from the attendees. This kind of community ambiance is emblematic of the Sama, Badjao, and Jama Mapun people, for ...

TAWI-TAWI — Police Regional Office authorities of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PRO-BAR) rescued four Russians on board a distressed vessel near San Miguel Island (Bangkawan) in ...

Last Nov. 6, I had the honor and privilege of going to Sibutu in Tawi-Tawi to give the keynote address at the unveiling of the historical landmark for the burial site of Sheik Makhdum with Dr.

KALTIMEX Rural Energy Corp. (KREC), a Philippine subsidiary of Indonesian firm PT. Kaltimex Energy, is expanding its power supply operations in the island province of Tawi-Tawi through a ...

TAWI-TAWI, the Philippine’s southernmost province and major seaweed producer, is getting a major boost in transport access with the start of local flight services this week and the recent ...

Key political leaders in Tawi-Tawi, including all of the province's mayors, signed two resolutions, unanimously adopting Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte as their group's top bets ...

Ensuring that no one is left out in the government’s vaccination drive against COVID-19, the Phillipine Navy has transported more than 1,000 vaccine doses in Taganak and Mapun towns in Tawi-Tawi.

Mapun Islands, Tawi-Tawi. Courtesy of Google Maps ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 30 June) — Many of the elderly members of the Jama Mapun ethnic tribe in Mapun Islands municipality are afraid of getting ...

Google map of Mapun municipality, Tawi-Tawi province. ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Army's 54th Engineer Brigade (54EBde) has assisted the Cagayan de Sulu Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Caselco) to expand power ...

Sisters Alyssa Sahali Tan, 21, and Dayang Sahali, 23, who are Tausug and from the Jama Mapun tribe of Tawi-Tawi—the southernmost island province in the Philippines and part of the Bangsamoro ...