ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two passengers died and 28 others were injured when their bus crashed into a tree and plunged into a roadside ditch in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday morning. Jufil Mabanag, Dumingag municipal information officer, said the accident occurred around 7:20 a.m. in Purok 4,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four people were killed and 12 were rescued after a rescue vehicle of Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur plunged into the Dapitan River in Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte on Monday, June 23. The Libertad Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office said the vehicle, a green Fuso...
ILIGAN CITY – A leader of the Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee (WMRPC) of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front was killed in an encounter with the military in Barangay Malagalad, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday, February 27. The 102nd...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes worth P850,000 in a checkpoint in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday, July 6. Three persons were arrested after they failed to present documents to legalize the transport of the cargo. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9...
BUTUAN CITY – A 4.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Zamboanga del Sur province anew Thursday afternoon, April 6, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In its bulletin, Phivolcs said the earthquake was recorded at 12:04 p.m. The epicenter was plotted only eight...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.2 earthquake rocked Zamboanga del Sur on Wednesday morning, April 5. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the tectonic earthquake was recorded at 4:53 a.m. Epicenter was three kilometers (kms) northeast of Dumingag, Zamboanga del...
ILIGAN CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Christmas Day. Joint Task Force Zampelan commander Brig. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete identified the slain communist guerrilla as Martino Ayas, alias “Nasser,” a remnant of the Guerrilla Front...
