ZAMBOANGA CITY – Survivors and families of MV Trisha Kerstin 3 victims have expressed relief and vindication over the filing of charges against operator Aleson Shipping Lines. They said that they were right over their claims that the ship was overloaded when it left for Sulu from Zamboanga City...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A shop owner was killed and his brother was wounded in a gun attack here on Monday, Feb. 9. Police identified the victim as Leonard Eribani. Investigation said Leonard and Almukbar were shot by riding in tandem suspects after a female customer left their store. The victim was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A businesswoman was shot dead in Ipil municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Madonna Mohammad Sablani, 45. Investigation said the victim was inside her house when two men appeared and shot her. She died on the spot from multiple...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police and Immigration authorities apprehended a Chinese national here on Monday, Feb. 2, for alleged violation of immigration laws. The Chinese was identified as Rongtian Shi from Fujian, China. Shi was apprehended during an operation in a cellphone shop that he owns in Barangay...
Nine from the ill-fated MV Trisha Kerstin 3 have been identified and brought to Jolo, Sulu and Zamboanga City on Friday, Jan.30. According to the Basilan Provincial Risk Reduction Management Office, the bodies of Dayam Awaluddin, Nalda Muksan, Harlene Asgali, and Nursalyn Muammil were brought to...
BACOLOD CITY – Three fishermen from Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental were rescued by a Singaporean-flagged bulk carrier in the sea of Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte on Sunday, Jan. 25. The Philippine Coast Guard District Western Visayas said the fishermen were adrift at sea for two days and one night...
Two lucky bettors hailing from Zamboanga City and Tarlac City will split the over P280-million Ultra Lotto jackpot drawn on Sunday, Jan. 25, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said. The PCSO said the Ultra Lotto jackpot totaled P284,636,402.80. According to the agency, the bettors...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Rescuers are racing against time to rescue survivors of a sunken roll on, roll off vessel in Basilan on Monday, Jan. 26. Fifteen people were killed and 224 were rescued when the M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 operated by Aleson Shipping Lines sank off the coast of Barangay Baluk-baluk Island...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A motorcycle driver was hit and dismembered by a wing van truck on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Panubigan here on Friday, Jan. 23. Police identified the fatality as John Nelson Abdul Bustamante, 34. Investigation said that the victim was driving his motorcycle on the highway...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Maritime Police Station seized 1,106 reams of smuggled cigarettes valued at P1.5 million here on Thursday, Jan. 22. The contraband was recovered from an unidentified passenger during port security operations and random baggage inspections. These are in line...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a woman last Wednesday, Jan. 21, for allegedly drowning her four-year-old daughter in Barangay Abong Abong, Tabina municipality, Zamboanga del Sur. Investigation showed that a witness spotted a naked woman leading a naked child to sea last Monday, Jan. 19. The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are pursuing a gang of six persons who allegedly shot and killed a young government employee of Midsalip municipality, Zamboanga del Sur province last Monday, Jan. 19. The 25-year-old employee, whose identity was withheld, succumbed to a lone bullet wound in the head after...
