ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a woman last Wednesday, Jan. 21, for allegedly drowning her four-year-old daughter in Barangay Abong Abong, Tabina municipality, Zamboanga del Sur. Investigation showed that a witness spotted a naked woman leading a naked child to sea last Monday, Jan. 19. The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are pursuing a gang of six persons who allegedly shot and killed a young government employee of Midsalip municipality, Zamboanga del Sur province last Monday, Jan. 19. The 25-year-old employee, whose identity was withheld, succumbed to a lone bullet wound in the head after...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two Chinese nationals were arrested during operations last Monday, Jan. 19, in the Zamboanga Peninsula by the Bureau of Immigration and the military for allegedly violating Philippine immigration laws. Lieben Chen, alias Peter Chen, was arrested in Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has temporarily closed a section of the Pagadian–Zamboanga City Road in Zamboanga del Sur after authorities detected unstable rock formations that pose a threat to motorists’ safety. Traffic is being rerouted while corrective measures are...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A municipal government employee was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Midsalip town, Zamboanga del Sur province on Thursday, Nov. 20. Police identified the victim as Rommel Geraldizo Bendicion, 53, a resident of Barangay Timbaboy, Midsalip, and a municipal government...
President Marcos has declared special non-working days in three municipalities and one city in Catanduanes, Zamboanga del Sur, Rizal, and Quezon Province this month. Through Proclamation No. 983, Marcos declared Aug. 15 as a special non-working day in the municipality of Viga in Catanduanes for...
A principal’s heartfelt social media post showing students crossing a neck-deep river to get to school has prompted the national government to begin construction of a new concrete bridge to ensure safer access to education. The now-viral photos and videos taken by Mr. Gideon Goc-ong, principal...
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...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have arrested a militiaman allegedly responsible for the killing of a government official in Zamboanga del Sur province on Thursday evening. In a report Friday, Police Col. Bonifacio Arañas Jr., Zamboanga del Sur police director, identified the fatality as Jesriel...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An investigation is under way after a video circulated on social media purportedly showing a cockfighting incident within a protected area in Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur. Arturo Fadriquela, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Zamboanga Peninsula executive...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two persons were killed and 14 individuals were injured when a delivery van lost its brakes and rammed six vehicles in a chain collision on Black Saturday in front of a police station in Dumalinao municipality, Zamboanga del Sur province. THE ill-fated pickup truck. (PNP photo)...
