ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police recovered a military explosive in a junk shop in Pagadian City on Monday, Feb. 20. The Bomb Squad swooped down on the junk shop owned by Necario Alcano after receiving reports that an explosive was in the area. The explosive later identified as a CTG 60mm was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested a driver tagged as Pagadian City’s most wanted during a law enforcement operation in Barangay Bacusanon, Pangantucan, Bukidnon on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 Information Officer, identified the suspect as Rudy Armada...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A ‘’perya’’ or carnival controller was gunned down in Santa Lucia, Pagadian City on Thursday, Dec. 22. Major Shellamie Chang said the victim, 35-year-old Niña Lou Aguilar Flores, was watching a perya game at around 9:30 p.m. when the suspect appeared from behind and shot...
Ten additional free WiFi sites were launched in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Among DICT’s initiatives, its Free WiFi for All (FW4A) program aims to provide Filipinos the access to "opportunities, education, and...
A lotto ticket bought in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur produced a new millionaire in the evening draw of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Thursday, Dec. 1. Courtesy of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office The lone bettor will take home P39,292,522.80 after correctly guessing...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo did not win in Zamboanga del Sur in 2016 but her supporters in the province vowed it will not be the case come May. Vice President Leni Robredo in Pagadian City, March 18, 2022. (Photo courtesy of VP Leni Media Bureau) "Alam n'yo po gulat na gulat ako...
About 40 members of urban poor associations have benefited from the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor’s (PCUP) capability building program in Pagadian City. (File Photo / Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor) The capability building program, held on Friday, Dec. 3, was about...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday, Nov. 2 that at least 100,000 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines were affected by the fire that hit the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Government Center in Pagadian City. Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA...
Pagadianons celebrate their first-ever Lechon Festival Lechon, Spanish for roast pig, is Filipino’s favorite delicacy during special occasions like weddings, holidays, parties, and fiestas. Also, there are festivals in different towns where lechon is the main attraction. For instance, in Balayan,...
