ZAMBOANGA CITY – The annual Cosechas de Zamboanga agricultural trade fair kicked on Monday, October 2, in Plaza Pershing here. Forty exhibitors, the biggest number so far since the fair started, showcased agricultural crops, ornamental plants, herbs, fruits and vegetables, and fisheries products....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Hundreds of public and private school teachers gathered at the Tetuan Coliseum here on Monday, October 2, for the culminating program of National Teachers’ Month. The program was also held in line with the celebration of World Teachers’ Day on October 5. HUNDREDS of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – This city led by Mayor John Dalipe held the grand opening salvo for the much-awaited Zamboanga Hermosa Festival at the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex on Sunday, October 1. UNIVERSITY of Zamboanga dancers perform during the opening salvo for the Zamboanga Hermosa...
The city government of Zamboanga launched the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival 2023 Celebracion de Colores during a program at the Grand Astoria Hotel Royce Convention Center in Zamboanga City on Thursday, September 21. MAYOR John Dalipe and Vice Mayor Josephine Pareja launched the Zamboanga Hermosa...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the distribution of confiscated smuggled rice to 3,000 indigent beneficiaries under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program at the National Food Authority compound here on Tuesday, September 19. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three-hundred families lost their homes in a four-hour fire that hit a residential area in Barangay Arena Blanco here on Monday, September 18. SOME 100 homes were lost in a four-hour fire in Barangay Arena Blanco, Zamboanga City, on Monday, September 18. (City Hall...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than 2,000 persons fled flash flood spawned by heavy rains in mountainous areas here on Sunday, September 17. THE City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office and Bureau of Fire Protection rescue people by trapped by rising water level following heavy rains at the...
The combined forces of various Philippine National Police components in Zamboanga City and the Bureau of Customs held three land and sea enforcement operations in the city and confiscated over P5-million worth of smuggled cigarettes. PART of the contraband cigarette brands seized in the sea of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Twelve persons were injured in a jeepney accident here on Thursday, September 14. Police identified the injured as driver Lino Adjud Karil, 46, and passengers Ferlyn H. Gloria, 14; Chesla A. Unsing, 14; Rhea B. Vidal, 17; Jasmin S. Gabual, 17; Kathlenne G. Hermo,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Eleven rice retailers here each received P15,000 aid from the government on Thursday, September 14. It compensates their losses in the implementation of Executive Order 39 that placed a price cap on regular and well-milled rice. The financial assistance under the Department of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth nearly P3 million were intercepted in the sea of Tumalutap Island here on Monday night, September 11. These contrabands onboard a wooden watercraft marked FB Ommayah 3 were intercepted by members of the Zamboanga Second Mobile Group. The vessel had...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thousands of liters of smuggled fuel on board a boat docked in a vessel docking facility here were seized by authorities on Saturday, September 9. The Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao, Bureau of Customs, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) found...
