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ZAMBOANGA CITY – Fishing companies operating in southern Luzon, Western and Central Visayas and the Southern Philippines (SoPhil) Fishing Association Incorporated have banded together in declaring a “fishing holiday” on Monday, March 1.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The vice mayor of Mabuhay, Zamboanga Sibugay was killed while two others were wounded in a shooting incident in Barangay Poblacion, Mabuhay Friday.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A fishing boat loaded with P17.3-million worth of smuggled cigarettes from Indonesia was intercepted Tuesday by operatives of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) off the coast of Karangdato Point, Karingalan Caluang, Sulu.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A female Green Sea Turtle died shortly after it was rescued by Community Environment and Natural Resources (CENRO) of Guipos and Bureau of Fish and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Barangay Kabatan, Vincenzo Sagun, Zamboanga del Sur.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Eleven members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) -Karialan Faction surrendered to the military in Datu Piang, Maguindanao, the Armed Force of the Philippines- Western Mindanao Command (AFP-WestMinCom) reported Saturday, February 6.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested two allegedly notorious drug dealers, and confiscated from them about 264 grams of shabu with an estimated street value of P1.8 million during a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Sta. Catalina in this city.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The provincial government of Tawi-Tawi, with the help of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Tawi-Tawi, was able to dismantle a Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) camp at a coastal area of Bongao, the capital town of the province.

ZAMBOANGA CITY - A police junior officer was killed after allegedly shooting it out with authorities who were about to serve a warrant of arrest Wednesday in Barangay Mampang in this city.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Operatives of the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) arrested three alleged drug personalities and seized from them about P1.8-million worth of shabu in an anti-illegal drugs operation in Barangay Talon-Talon here on Sunday, January 24.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The people of Sulu is against the postponement of elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), and the extension of the elective term of the current Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) officials.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four young siblings, aged four to nine years old, died when they were trapped inside their burning home in Mahayag town, Zamboanga del Sur, on Thursday night.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A former member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), who has shifted his illegal activities to dealing in illegal drugs, was shot dead by police and military authorities in a buy-bust operation in Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi on Thursday, January 21.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 18 tremors, ranging from magnitude 3.2 to 4.2, were recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) in the 10 hours after a 7.1 earthquake hit Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental on Thursday night.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Medical services received a boost after Germany and the United Kingdom donated COVID-19 equipment and medical vehicles to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Ministry of Health (MOH) last Wednesday.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – About P40 million worth of infrastructure projects and aquaculture products were destroyed in Sulu province due to the strong rains, winds, and waves brought by the low-pressure area (LPA) that hit the province from Sunday until Monday.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The provincial government of Sulu lifted the 14-day lockdown it imposed early this month after Malaysia also sealed its border with the Philippines.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – House in coastal villages of at least five towns in Sulu province were destroyed by heavy rains, strong winds and big waves caused by a low pressure area (LPA) that passed through the province Sunday until early Monday.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police authorities here arrested an alleged drug dealer in a buy-bust operation in this city, and confiscated from him two packs of suspected shabu with an estimated market value of P1.1 million.