Two new police stations were activated in Zamboanga City on Monday, Aug. 4. Police Station 13 covers Barangays Baliwasan, Campo Islam, San Jose Cawa Cawa, and San Jose Gusu and headed by Police Major Ariel Cabanlong. Police Station 14, led by Police Major John Enriquez, handles Barangays Santa...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government declared a dengue epidemic on Tuesday, Aug. 4, after the number of cases soared to more than 1,000 in recent weeks. City Health Office records showed 1,241 active cases from 39 out of 98 barangays and 12 deaths. Figures showed a 500 percent increase for the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Fourteen houses were destroyed by a fire in Sitio Baliwasan Grande, Barangay Baliwasan, this city, on Sunday, Aug. 2. A total of 16 families were displaced by the blaze that broke out at around 2 p.m. Arson investigators are probing possible short circuit from a house as cause of...
Seven passengers and two crew members of a motor banca were rescued after their boat sank in the sea of Zamboanga City on Sunday, Aug. 2. FB Haikar was among a convoy of four boats carrying a group of teachers, reservists from the Philippine Air Force, and volunteers to Pasilmanta Island for a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes were recovered in an abandoned van in Barangay Campo Islam here over the weekend. Police said the contraband was left behind by men who sensed their presence while transporting the illicit cargo. Discovered were 651 master cases and 715 reams of imported...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An estimated P3.8-million worth of government school property went up in smoke early Sunday in this city. Supt. Leo Pioquinto, Zamboanga City Fire District (ZCFD) marshal, said the fire destroyed a two-story 10-classroom school building in Taluksangay Elementary School. “The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) seized P7.1-million worth of smuggled cigarettes in an anti-smuggling operation on the west coast of this city on Thursday afternoon. In a report on Friday, the Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao (CGDSWM) said the contraband was seized on...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Classes on all levels, both in public and private schools in this city, remain suspended Friday due to inclement weather. Mayor Khymer Olaso ordered the extension of the suspension of classes that began Thursday, as the city continues to experience cloudy skies and scattered rain...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A suspected illegal drug user allegedly hacked his wife to death and nearly decapitated her in an east coast barangay here on Wednesday, July 22. Thirty-six-year-old victim Roselyn dela Cruz sustained multiple hack wounds allegedly inflicted by her husband, Jonel dela Cruz....
The first hospital ward dedicated to Overseas Filipino Workers in the Zamboanga Peninsula region opened at the Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) on Tuesday, July 21. Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac led the inauguration of the ward. The event was attended by Mayor Khymer...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor Khymer Olaso suspended classes on all levels in public and private schools Thursday due to inclement weather. In an order, Olaso said the suspension was prompted by the latest forecast of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A teenage girl drowned in raging flood here on Saturday afternoon, July 18. The victim and five teenage companions were swimming in the Pasonanca River when strong rains in the mountains triggered a rapid surge of water downstream. Five of them were able to seek refuge on a large...
