There ought to be a law setting a timetable for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to decide whether or not a certain poll bet is indeed a "nuisance candidate". (Zanorte News Flash Facebook) Thus, said congressman-elect Romeo Jalosjos Jr. of Zamboanga del Norte's first district, who, despite his...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Hundreds of supporters of Zamboanga del Norte Rep. Romeo “Kuya Jon” M. Jalosjos Jr. gathered in Dapitan City on Tuesday, Dec. 27, to question the prolonged vacancy in the first district congressional seat at the House of Representatives. HUNDREDS of residents protest the...
There is great confusion and frustration right now in the first district of Zamboanga del Norte due to the absence of a duly-elected congressman over seven months after the May polls were held. (PPAB) The supposed winner of the congressional seat race, Rep. Romeo Jalosjos Jr., has been removed from...
REP. Romeo Jalosjos Jr. CEBU CITY – Zamboanga del Norte Rep. Romeo Jalosjos Jr. thanked a fellow lawmaker for standing up for him after he was delisted from the roll of members in the 19th Congress. Jalosjos thanked Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace S. Barbers not just for standing up for him but...
MEMBERS of the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC) in Zamboanga del Norte deliberate prior to declaring one municipality and 19 barangays in the province as drug-cleared. (DILG-9 photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug-Clearing...
KAMPO HENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – Police arrested a man wanted for murder in Laguna on Thursday, Dec. 8, in Barangay Lower Irasan, Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte. Laguna police director Col. Randy Glenn Silvio said alias “Ranulo,” a resident of Barangay Lower Irasan, also faces...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued nine passengers from a distressed motor banca in the sea of Zamboanga del Norte province at dawn on Friday, Dec. 2. THE Philippine Coast Guard rescues nine passengers of a distressed motor banca in the sea of Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte....
Nine crew members of a motorbanca were rescued from a nearly nine-hour ordeal after their vessel encountered a sea mishap off Zamboanga del Norte on Friday, Dec. 2, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. Photo by PCG The PCG identified the rescued individuals as Henry Burong, 35; Diego Burong, 35;...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A chairman of the Sangguniang Kabataan in Manukan Municipality, Zamboanga del Norte was arrested by authorities during a drug buy bust operation on Wednesday, Aug. 17. P/Maj. Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 Public Information Officer, identified the suspect as Mark...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga del Norte Police Provincial Office has a new director. P/Col. Rainier Diaz presides over his first Command Conference as Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Police Director. (ZNPPO photo) He is P/Col. Rainier P. Diaz who took over the reins of the ZNPPO on Monday,...
MARAMO ZAMBOANGA CITY – Zamboanga del Norte acting police director Police Col. Rodrigo Omega Maramo died in a hospital before dawn Wednesday, August 3. Reports from the Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Office said Maramo died of acute respiratory failure secondary to hypertensive cerebrovascular...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A senior citizen who bolted the San Ramon Penal Colony here earlier this week was rescued on a boat in the sea off Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte Thursday, July 28. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 public information officer, identified the escapee as...
