ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested a notorious Abu Sayyaf Group member in this city on Saturday, May 31. Police identified the suspect as Isnaji Jundam Hasim, 34. Hasim was allegedly a supporter of ASG leader Ibni Acosta. Hasim was accused of involvement in several high-profile abductions and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office reported an increase in dengue cases here in the first quarter of this year. In a press briefing on Wednesday, City Health Officer Dr. Dulce Miravite said 524 dengue cases, with three fatalities, were recorded in the first four months of 2025. The figure...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – “I just wanted to avoid a confrontation.” Thus said 60-year-old Oscar Palacio, an engineer who survived a gun attack in what was initially probed as a road rage incident at the intersection of Gov. Camins Ave. and Nuñez Extension here at dawn on Thursday, May 29. A black...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five possible monkeypox cases are being monitored here, a local health official said during a press conference on Wednesday, May 28. City Health Officer Dr. Dulce Miravite refused to identify them but said they are from the central, east, and west coast. She said that they have...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council held an emergency meeting to discuss proactive and response efforts on the presence of monkeypox in some Mindanao provinces. Mayor John Dalipe presided over the meeting which focused on the Zamboanga City Preparedness...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two persons were killed by gunmen onboard a motorcycle on Gov. Alvarez Ave. near a private university here on Monday night, May 26. Police identified the fatalities as Michael Kubili Perez, a resident of Barangay Guiwan here and Alkhan Omar of Basilan province. Investigation...
BACOLOD CITY – A 51-year-old sugar worker wanted for multiple counts of rape involving a minor in Zamboanga City was arrested in Barangay Maquiling, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 25, after two years of hiding. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office said the suspect was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Zamboanga City Health Officer Dr. Dulce Miravite has called on residents here to be vigilant and help prevent the spread of monkeypox after a confirmed case of the disease was recorded in Zamboanga Sibugay over the weekend. Miravite said there is no confirmed case of monkeypox...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was stabbed to death in Barangay Tumaga here last Sunday over a P50 debt he was unable to pay. The victim, Randy Adanza Nuhasan, 40, was at home when the suspect, Arnel Momo Baguio, 42, arrived and demanded that he pay his obligation. The conversation escalated into a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 376 couples tied the knot in a mass wedding at the Tetuan Coliseum here on Saturday, May 24, organized by the city government through the City Social Welfare and Development Office and the Civil Registrar’s Office. Mayor John Dalipe solemnized the ceremony with city...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The first flyover in the Zamboanga Peninsula opened here on Thursday, May 22, in line with ultimate objective to ease traffic in this city. The assessment and opening ceremony of the P450-million flyover at the intersection of Santa Cruz and Tetuan Highway was led by Public...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Friday, May 23, announced the opening of the Governor Camins/MCLL Highway and Veterans Avenue Flyover in Zamboanga City, marking the first flyover in the Zamboanga Peninsula region. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said the P450-million, 437-meter...
