ZAMBOANGA CITY - Three notorious kidnappers were killed in an encounter in Barangay Salipyasin, Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay at dawn on Tuesday, Nov. 12. A SUSPECTED kidnapper was killed in a gunbattle in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay on Nov. 12. One of the suspects was Murid Ahod, the eighth...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities recovered suspected shabu valued at P4.4 million and arrested three drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay on Wednesday, September 11. The suspects were identified as Arman Aljas Estrada, 24, of Barangay Cayamcam, Tungawan, Zamboanga...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 59-year-old school teacher was nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay on Friday, September 6. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9 identified the suspect as Gemma Lahaman Isnain, 59, of Laminusa, Siasi, Sulu. Isnain yielded three packs of suspected...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay kagawad or councilor from Buug, Zamboanga Sibugay was held by authorities for drug possession during an anti-illegal drug operation last Wednesday, April 24. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Zamboanga Sibugay Provincial Office, with the Buug Municipal Police...
Addressing a depressed community in Zamboanga Sibugay, President Marcos has lambasted rice smugglers for earning huge sums while ordinary Filipinos are suffering. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos made the statement as he was leading the distribution of confiscated...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay captain from Zamboanga Sibugay province and his brother, a former barangay councilor, were gunned down in a busy intersection here on Sunday night, September 3. Police identified the fatalities as Jul-Asmad Mawajil Anjawang, 56, barangay captain of Mamansaan, Mabuhay,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A policeman assigned to the Kabasalan Municipal Police Station was shot dead by riding in tandem assailants in Barangay Poblacion, Kabasalan municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay on Wednesday, July 5....
ILIGAN CITY – Five members of a criminal group operating in the Zamboanga Peninsula surrendered to the Army 44th Infantry Battalion in Purok Bougainvilla, Barangay Loboc, Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay on Thursday, June 29. Task Force ZamPeLan commander Major Gen. Antonio Nafarrete identified the...
By Henrylito D. Tacio With the high cost of living these days, it pays not to depend only on your main job. Try to do something on the side. That is what Wilbert C. Galo, a 47-year-old aide of Ricky Inodioan, the vice mayor of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, does. “Even though I have a job at the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A female employee of the local government of Naga municipality in Zamboanga Sibugay province was shot dead by a still unidentified assailant in RT Lim municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay on Saturday, June 3. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 52-year-old driver died after the cargo truck he was driving plunged into cliff on the national highway in Barangay Lumbog, municipality of Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Tuesday, May 16. MOTORCYCLES hang at the back of a cargo truck which plunged and fell on its side...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a militiaman for indiscriminately firing two guns inside a Philippine Army detachment in the municipality of Mabuhay, Zamboanga Sibugay province, on Tuesday night, May 9. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, said the...