Under his command, SOUTHCOM had operational control of the whole of Mindanao including Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.
This operation took place in early October 1943, and reported on Japanese sea-traffic in the Sibutu Passage and the Balabac Strait of the Sulu Sea, just to the north of North Borneo.
Mindanao State University - Tawi-tawi College of Technology and Oceanography is an autonomous campus of the Mindanao State University system located in Sanga-Sanga, Bongao, in the province of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines.
A sea connection to other parts of the Filipino archipelago as well as an international route to Semporna, Malaysia also available from Bongao.
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These include the Tawi Tawi Brown-dove, the Sulu Hornbill and the Sulu Bleeding-heart, although this latter species may already be extinct.
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The province is the southernmost of the country sharing sea borders with the Malaysian State of Sabah and the Indonesian North Kalimantan province.
Tawi-Tawi | Tawi River | Tawi | Sibutu, Tawi-Tawi | Bongao, Tawi-Tawi |
After acquiring St. John College and Hospital, Medina College Pagadian City in the Philippines is the leading nursing school in the province of Zamboanga del Sur attracting students from Sulo, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga City, Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and even Cotabato City.
The territory between Tawi and Jhelum, became known as the Chibhal, after the largest tribe in the region, the Chib.
Hadji Sadikul "Dick" Adalla Sahali (born June 18, 1941) is a Filipino politician and current Governor of Tawi-Tawi, an island province in the Sulu Archipelago.