ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Bureau of Internal Revenue employee tagged as a person of interest in the recent murder of two BIR security guards in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay was shot dead on Friday night. The Ipil municipal police identified the victim as Ian Jude Soriano Nario, 47, Revenue Officer II and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two security guards were found dead with multiple bullet wounds at the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) office in Ipil municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The Ipil Municipal Police Station identified the victims as 52-year-old Jamie Dante, a resident of...
ILIGAN CITY – Col. Samuel Yunque on Tuesday assumed as head of the 102nd Infantry (Igsoon) Brigade of the 1st Infantry (Tabak) Division. Yunque, who led the 1st Scout Ranger Battalion during the Marawi City siege in 2017, succeeded Col. Eddie M. Pilapil during a change of command ceremony at the...
Brighter days await 100 members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) as they received new houses from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU), a milestone in the government’s continuing peace and reintegration efforts in Mindanao. In a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two individuals died and four were hospitalized after consuming a deadly puffer fish in Olutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay on Tuesday, July 1. Police identified the fatalities as Repsine Galliner, 16, and Mary Joy Gumata, 30. Hospitalized were Joash Gumata, 13; Jerome Gumata, 44; and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit was gunned down in Tungawan town, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Tuesday, June 17. Police identified the victim as Arbi Abdukahal. Investigation said the victim’s sister-in-law heard several gunshots outside their house....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The province of Zamboanga Sibugay has confirmed its first monkeypox case, which was recorded in Tungawan municipality. A press statement from the Zamboanga Sibugay Provincial Health Office said the patient is three-years-old who is confined at the Dr. George T. Hofer Medical...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was bitten by a crocodile after he reportedly went inside its cage in a wetlands park in Siay town, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Monday, April 28. A report from the Siay Municipal Police Station said the victim was bitten on the right leg by the reptile when lawmen...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) has raised a red tide alert in Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay provinces. Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-9 Memorandum No. 032, Series of 2025,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested on Monday, Jan. 7, the alleged mastermind in the kidnapping of American Elliot Eastman last Oct. 17. EASTMAN The suspect was identified as Jackaira Jamaani, 35, from Sibuco municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province. He was arrested on a warrant for...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A senior citizen and his daughter were injured after their van plunged off a cliff in Zamboanga Sibugay on Friday, Jan. 3. THE Pasuquins’ van lies on its side after falling off a cliff in Zamboanga Sibugay. (FB) Police identified the victim as 60-year-old Hersole Pasuquin...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The municipality of Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay suspended classes on all levels from Nov. 12 to 13 due to hot-pursuit operations being conducted by security forces against lawless elements in Barangay Mamagon. Mayor Rino O. delos Reyes has issued Executive Order No. 18, Series...
