ZAMBOANGA CITY – A motor launch with over 100 drums of fuel for transport to Tawi-Tawi province was razed by fire Friday night, May 8, in a private wharf here. ML Alkazer was loaded with nearly 140 drums of diesel when the fire broke out while it was anchored at the Taha Wharf in Barangay...
Starting May 20, the minimum wage of domestic helpers, or kasambahay, in Zamboanga Peninsula Region will increase by P500 to P1,000, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. This, after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board of Region IX approved the wage increase petition...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) released on Wednesday eight rehabilitated wildlife back to their natural habitat in Zamboanga Sibugay province. The DENR-9 led the wildlife release activity in line with the celebration of the 2026...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has issued a red tide warning in two areas in the Zamboanga Peninsula. Shellfish Bulletin No. 9 disclosed the presence of toxins in shellfish collected and tested from Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur and Tantanang Bay in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The first Overseas Filipino Workers Lounge at the Zamboanga International Airport here was inaugurated on Tuesday, May 5. The lounge, the first in the Zamboanga Peninsula, aims to provide migrant workers with improved level of convenience and service and meets the standard...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Pagadian City Mayor Samuel Co is running for governor of the province of Zamboanga del Sur in the May 2028 elections. Co announced his candidacy in a press conference over the weekend and revealed possible congressional candidates – Pagadian Councilor Roger Acedillo for the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Applicants trooped to several job fairs held by the Department of Labor and Employment-9 in the Zamboanga Peninsula on Labor Day. These were held in Zamboanga City, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay; Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga del Norte province. The job fair in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Department of Education supervisor was gunned down in Alicia, Zamboanga Sibugay on Thursday night, April 30. Police identified the victim as Rey Dalaota Camaingking, 45, a resident of Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. Investigation said the victim was walking in a port in Sitio Guicam,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Joint Task Force Zamboanga commander and 11 other Army personnel are facing criminal complaints for negligence, frustrated murder, and murder for a raid in Barangay Sinunuc here which resulted in the death of a minor and two other persons here on Thursday, April 23. Zamboanga...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have discovered suspected shabu valued at P68 million hidden in the compartment of an impounded three-wheeled vehicle following a law enforcement operation in Zamboanga del Sur province, police said Wednesday. Police Major Jason Ray Gomera, chief of the Zamboanga del...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An employee of the Bureau of Internal Revenue here who was arrested during an entrapment operation in 2022 was convicted by the Regional Trial Court of money laundering. The Regional Trial Court Branch 12 sentenced Flora Sarau Albao, Revenue Officer IV of Revenue District 93 A of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9 and Zamboanga City police seized suspected shabu worth more than P54 million and apprehended three drug pushers in two buy-bust operations here on Friday, April 24. PDEA, Naval Intelligence, and Drug Interdiction Task Force-Western...
