ZAMBOANGA CITY – Hundreds of families fled as floods inundated at least six barangays in Zamboanga City on Saturday, August 12. Mayor John Dalipe ordered city government offices to mobilize all resources and respond to the needs of flood victims. The City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office...
Visitors to the world-famous Santa Cruz Island in Zamboanga City can now enjoy free Wi-Fi. The Department of Information and Communications Technology on Wednesday, August 9, put up free Wi-Fi sites in the island under its Free Wi-Fi for All public internet access program. The free Wi-Fi program...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized suspected shabu worth P1.3 million in a buy-bust operation in a pension house in Barangay Pasonanca here on Wednesday night, August 9. City police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents arrested suspected drug pusher Christian Siose, 42, who...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – One person was injured and 36 houses were damaged by a whirlwind that struck Barangay Sinunuc here on Wednesday, August 9. Residents said they saw a black cloud circling which then developed into a whirlwind that damaged structures in the area. The whirlwind lasted for some...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Office of the City Agriculturist reported that fall armyworms have destroyed six hectares of corn in Barangay Mampang here. Edgardo Ramos, barangay kagawad and chairperson of the barangay Committee on Agriculture, said around 20 members of the Mampang Integrated Farmers...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) is looking into the death of two children and the hospitalization of their sibling after reportedly eating poisonous leaves which were boiled and served by their grandmother on Monday in Barangay Maasin here. The CHO is looking into reports that the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A woman allegedly stabbed her live-in partner during a fierce argument in Barangay Pasonanca, Zamboanga City on Saturday, July 29. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, identified the victim as Junnie Vicente de Leon, 31. Investigation...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a minor and a construction worker on Thursday, July 27, for allegedly raping and killing a 17-year-old girl here. City police chief Police Col. Alexander Lorenzo identified the suspect as Nickson Sampuk Saavedra, 29. The identity of the minor was withheld. A...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 17-year-old girl reported missing on Tuesday, July 25, was found dead the following day in Pasobolong, this city. Police said the body of Louella Jaganas Acaylar was found by a 12-year-old child hidden in the bushes in Zone 3. Her body was decomposing when it was found. Police...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government distributed financial assistance to 1,581 Covid-19 survivors here on Monday, July 24. The beneficiaries were infected with Covid from January to September 2022. They were from Barangays Putik, Recodo, Rio Hondo, Salaan, Quiniput, San Jose Gusu, Cawa Cawa,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Health Office recorded seven leptospirosis fatalities from January to June this year. The ZCHO logged a total of 73 leptospirosis cases in the same period....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Philippine Navy surrendered to police on Tuesday, July 18, after being identified as the suspect in an indiscriminate firing incident inside a pub house here. Police Major lbin Cabayacruz, Police Station 11 commander, identified the suspect as Sgt. Johny Mark...
