Lt. Gen. William Gonzales, former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Inspector General, formally took over the helm of the Zamboanga City-based Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) on Friday, November 3. GONZALES (Armed Forces photo) Gonzales, a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA)...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thousands of residents cast their votes in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections here on Monday, October 30. VOTERS wait for their turn to vote in the barangay elections on October 30 outside an elementary school in Barangay Santa Catalina in Zamboanga City. (Photo...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Boxer Eumir Marcial, 2023 Asian Games silver medalist, was accorded a hero’s welcome by the city government headed by Mayor John Dalipe when he arrived home here on Friday, October 20. EUMIR Marcial receives a facsimile check for P300,000 representing the sports incentive of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Nearly 5,000 candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) here started campaigning on Thursday, October 19. The Commission on Elections said 289 individuals are running for barangay captain in the 98 barangays here. A total of 2,696 persons are...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was injured in a fire that razed 50 houses in Barangay Baliwasan here on Thursday, October 19. A FIRE hits Barangay Baliwasan, Zamboanga City on Thursday, October 19. (CDRRMO) Investigation showed that the fire started before 11 a.m. in the two-story home of a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – This city celebrated Fiesta Pilar on Thursday, October 12, in honor of Nuestra Señora La Virgen del Pilar or the Our Lady of the Pillar, patron saint here. October 12 was declared a non-working holiday pursuant to Republic Act 7350 to enable residents to celebrate...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The annual Zamboanga Hermosa Festival here culminated on Wednesday, October 11, with a street dance competition and program at the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex. Students from various public schools and organizations joined the annual street dance, one of the most...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thousands of canned sardines were lined up here for a grand boodle fight on Sunday, October 8, as the city government held “Wow Sardinas!”, one of this year’s highlights of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival. ZAMBOANGA City Mayor John Dalipe (in blue shirt) and Zamboanga City...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 235 vintas (traditional outrigger boat from Mindanao) sailed from RT Lim Boulevard here on Sunday, October 8, in the much-anticipated Regatta de Zamboanga, one of the events under the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival 2023. TWO-hundred thirty-five vintas set sail...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was killed and two others were injured in a collision between two motorcycles here on Thursday, October 4. A MAN died and two others were injured in a collision between two motorcycles in Zamboanga City on Thursday, October 5. (PNP photo) Police identified the fatality as...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Seven-hundred policemen will be deployed to secure the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections here on October 30. LORENZO (Photo via Liza Jocson) City police director Police Col. Alexander Lorenzo said the number represents half of the total number of policemen in the 11...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government has set aside P21 million to fund this year’s Zamboanga Hermosa Festival. CITY Tourism Officer Sarita Sebastian (at rostrum). (Photo via Liza Jocson) City Tourism Officer Sarita Sebastian said the money will fund 62 events and activities organized by the...
