Starting May 20, the minimum wage of domestic helpers, or kasambahay, in Zamboanga Peninsula Region will increase by P500 to P1,000, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. This, after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board of Region IX approved the wage increase petition...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) released on Wednesday eight rehabilitated wildlife back to their natural habitat in Zamboanga Sibugay province. The DENR-9 led the wildlife release activity in line with the celebration of the 2026...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has issued a red tide warning in two areas in the Zamboanga Peninsula. Shellfish Bulletin No. 9 disclosed the presence of toxins in shellfish collected and tested from Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur and Tantanang Bay in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Applicants trooped to several job fairs held by the Department of Labor and Employment-9 in the Zamboanga Peninsula on Labor Day. These were held in Zamboanga City, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay; Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga del Norte province. The job fair in...
Some events stay with you even before they happen. When "Medium Rare" was announced in BGC at Gallery by Chele, it was one of those. It did not sound like a typical event, and that was exactly the point. A mix of music, food, and art, all happening in one space, with no clear lines separating one...
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Premier turned some of the most recognizable spaces inside The Peninsula Manila into immersive “worlds” for its top clients, transforming the hotel into a series of environments built around the priorities of modern global living. The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources warned people against consuming shellfish as it reiterated its red tide warning in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The BFAR, in Shellfish Bulletin No. 4, Series of 2026, stated that shellfish collected and tested from Dumanquillas Bay in...
President Marcos has directed the Regional Development Council (RDC) IX to speed up the implementation of priority infrastructure projects in the region. Marcos made the directive when he presided over a meeting with Cabinet officials and key members of the RDC IX at the Camp Major Cesar Sang-an in...
Once a year on a late Sunday afternoon in December, something familiar and quietly magical unfolds at The Peninsula Manila. Families arrive dressed in their Sunday best. Children tug at their parents’ hands as they enter The Lobby and look up at the towering tree that has watched Manila grow for...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Office of the Civil Defense-9 has ordered all local government units in Zamboanga Peninsula on Friday, Oct. 10, to activate their CDRRMO operations centers following the strong earthquake in the Davao region. The CDRRMO operations centers were ordered to monitor all updates...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Land Transportation Office has suspended the driver’s license of an official based in Zamboanga Peninsula following a crash involving an agency vehicle that went viral on social media. LTO chief Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor Mendoza II said a show-cause order was issued...
The Philippines is now operationalizing Japan’s proposed “one-theater” concept which envisions the South China Sea, East China Sea, and the Korean Peninsula as a single and integrated theater of operations in wartime. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said...
