Basilan,officially the Province of Basilan,is an island province of the Philippines located primarily in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Basilan Island is the largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago. It is just off the southern coast of the geographic Zamboanga Peninsula.
2000 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 2000.
Akbar,officially the Municipality of Akbar,is a municipality in the province of Basilan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 23,098 people.
The 2007 Batasang Pambansa bombing occurred on the night of November 13,2007 at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City,Philippines—the seat of the country's House of Representatives. As representatives Wahab Akbar,Luzviminda Ilagan (Gabriela),and Pryde Henry Teves were exiting the south wing of the building after a session,explosives in a nearby parked motorcycle were detonated. Akbar and a staffer of Ilagan were killed in the blast. Ilagan and Teves were injured,while four injured staffers later succumbed to their injuries.
Ustadz Wahab M. Akbar was a Filipino politician who served three terms as governor of Basilan,during which time he was known for his "eye for an eye,tooth for a tooth" policy for dealing with kidnappers and terrorists in the province. He was later elected as congressman for the lone district of Basilan in the House of Representatives,but was one of 4 people killed in a bomb attack at the Batasang Pambansa. Police publicly suspected the attack was directed at him by political opponents.
Basilan is an island province of the Philippines. It is the largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago and is located just off the southern coast of Zamboanga Peninsula. Its capital is Lamitan. Basilan is home to three main ethnic groups,the indigenous Yakans,and the later-arriving Tausugs and Zamboangueños. The Yakans and Tausugs are predomimantly Muslim,while the Chavacanos are mainly Christian. There are also a number of smaller groups.
The Maguindanao massacre,also known as the Ampatuan massacre,named after the town where mass graves of victims were found,occurred on the morning of November 23,2009,in the town of Ampatuan in then-undivided Maguindanao province,on the island of Mindanao. The 58 victims were on their way to file a certificate of candidacy for Esmael Mangudadatu,vice mayor of Buluan,when they were kidnapped and later killed. Mangudadatu was challenging Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr.,son of the incumbent Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. and member of one of Mindanao's leading Muslim political clans,in the forthcoming Maguindanao gubernatorial election,part of the national elections in 2010. The people killed included Mangudadatu's wife,his two sisters,journalists,lawyers,aides,and motorists who were witnesses or were mistakenly identified as part of the convoy.
Hadjiman Sabbihi Hataman Saliman,also known as Jim Hataman Saliman or Jim Saliman is a Filipino politician serving as the governor of Basilan since 2016. He previously served as the representative of Basilan's lone district from 2010 to 2016. Despite his nickname,he should not be confused with Benjamin Hataman—his cousin—who was arrested on murder charges for the assassination of Wahab Akbar in 2007. Hadjiman himself may or may not have been involved;he competed and lost against Akbar for the same congressional seat in 2007,and the two became bitter enemies.
Tahira Ismael-Sansawi (PMP) is a Filipino politician and was mayor of Lantawan in Basilan from 2001 to 2010. She was also the president of the influential Mayors League of Basilan. She is the niece of slain political leader Wahab Akbar.
Jomar "Jom" Malangkit Maturan is a Filipino politician and current mayor of Ungkaya Pukan. Ungkaya Pukan is a relatively new municipality in Basilan carved out of Tipo-Tipo in 2006.
Mujiv Sabbihi Hataman is a Filipino politician and indigenous people's rights advocate from the Yakan people of the Sulu Archipelago. He became nationally prominent when he served as the sixth and last regional governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) from 2011 until it was replaced by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in 2019.
Ansaruddin Abdul Malik Alonto Adiong is a Filipino politician serving as mayor of Ditsaan-Ramain,Lanao del Sur since 2022. Previously,he was the representative of Lanao del Sur's 1st district (2013–2022). He was elected vice governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in 2005. After Governor Zaldy Ampatuan's removal from office in 2009,Adiong became the acting governor until 2011.
Datu Yusoph Boyog Mama is a Filipino politician and government official. He was a candidate for public office as Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Regional Governor in the previous 2013 Mid-term Elections,being the lone candidate representing the province of Lanao del Sur,one of the five (5) provinces constituting the ARMM territory. With the support of various key multi-sectoral groups in the province of Lanao del Sur and the provincial capital Islamic City of Marawi,Datu Yusoph B. Mama ran as an independent candidate.
Hataman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Zamboanga City crisis or Zamboanga Siege was an armed conflict in Zamboanga City,Philippines between the government forces of the Philippines and Moro rebels from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) that began on September 9,2013 and ended twenty days later on September 28. The conflict began when MNLF rebels,under the command of Nur Misuari,attempted to occupy several coastal communities in Zamboanga City in protest of the Philippine government's failure to implement the 1996 final peace agreement with the MNLF.
The 2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite was a two-part plebiscite held in Mindanao,Philippines,that ratified the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) and replaced the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM),as well as the scope of the said region.
The Bangsamoro Darul Ifta' (BDI-BARMM) is an Islamic advisory council which has jurisdiction over the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Basilan's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Basilan. The province has been represented in the country's national legislatures since 1984. It first elected a representative provincewide at-large during the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election following the restoration of provincial and city district representation in the Batasang Pambansa where Basilan had previously been included in the regionwide representation of Western Mindanao for the interim parliament. The province,created by the 1973 separation from Zamboanga del Sur of the entire island with its two municipal districts and the municipality of Isabela outside its poblacion which was earlier organized as the City of Basilan separated from Zamboanga City,was formerly represented as part of Zamboanga del Sur's,Zamboanga's and Department of Mindanao and Sulu's at-large representations in earlier legislatures. Since the 1987 restoration of Congress following the ratification of a new constitution,Basilan has been entitled to one member in the House of Representatives. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Mujiv Hataman of the Basilan Unity Party (BUP).
The Basilan Steel Spikers,also known as the Basilan Steel Spikers Amin–Anak Mindanao due to sponsorship of Anak Mindanao,are a men's volleyball team based in Basilan which have competed in the PNVF Champions League.
On November 8,2022,the Philippine Army and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) engaged in a gunfight in Ungkaya Pukan,Basilan,while the army was conducting clearing operations on "lawless elements" allegedly taking refuge in the territory controlled by the MILF. Fighting between the two sides continued until November 10,2022 when a ceasefire between two sides were signed.
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