The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) announced on Tuesday, Jan. 17, the appointment of Supt. Xavier Solda as the new jail warden of the Zamboanga City Jail Male Dormitory. BJMP Director Allan Iral said Solda will now supervise the biggest jail facility in Western Mindanao which houses...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – One person was killed while three others were wounded in a shooting incident perpetrated by a lone gunman in a private wharf meters away from a police and military checkpoint here on Monday, Jan. 16. The wounded were identified as Mohammad Taha Panolera Saddalani, 26; Albasar...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Classes on all levels and work in the city government remain suspended on Thursday, Jan. 12, due to inclement weather from the shear line and low-pressure area. MAYOR John Dalipe (left) leads the distribution of relief packs to flood victims in a Zamboanga City evacuation center...
ONLY the rooftop of a house in Barangay Tumaga in Zamboanga City can be seen after rising water level from a river caused severe flooding in the area. (Photo via Liza Jocson) ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than 2,000 residents were forced to evacuate to safer grounds as strong rains battered this...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe here ordered the suspension of classes on all levels and work at the city government on Wednesday, Jan. 11, due to inclement weather. Dalipe made the announcement after several city streets experienced flooding due to strong rains early Wednesday morning....
POLICE investigate the murder of a man inside his brother’s food stall in Zamboanga City. (Photo by Ely Dumaboc) A 28-year-old man was shot dead inside his brother's food stall in Barangay Santa Maria, Zamboanga City on Sunday night, Jan. 8. Police said the victim, Arthur Salvador Asiafar, was...
MAYOR John Dalipe, City Administrator Mario Yanga, Executive Assistant Ed de Guzman, and Zamboanga acting police director Col. Alexander Lorenzo led the destruction of mufflers and firecrackers in Zamboanga City. (Photo via Liza Abubakar-Jocson) ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Mayor John Dalipe led the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Col. Alexander Lorenzo, police chief here, tendered his courtesy resignation on Thursday, Jan. 5, supporting the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) effort to weed the Philippine National Police (PNP) of scalawags. LORENZO (seated). (FB) Lorenzo said...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- More than 700 business owners trooped to the city government’s Business One Stop Shop (BOSS) at the Centro Latino, Paseo del Mar here on Tuesday, Jan. 3, for the renewal and registration of local businesses. Business owners troop to the Centro Latino in Zamboanga City to process...
A HOUSE in Zamboanga City sustained heavy damage from strong winds which battered the eastern coastline on New Year’s Day. (Zamboanga City LGU photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – Ten houses were damaged by strong winds here on New Year’s Day. Heavy rains and strong winds pummeled Barangay Tumalutab, a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Mayor John Dalipe led this city in commemorating the 126th death anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal through a program on Friday morning, Dec. 30, at the Rizal Monument in front of the Zamboanga City Hall. THE Zamboanga city government led by Mayor John Dalipe (fourth from right)...
RESCUE teams were deployed to a flooded barangay in Zamboanga City due to heavy rains on Christmas Eve. (Zamboanga City LGU photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – One person was reported missing while more than 400 individuals evacuated due to strong rains here which started on Christmas Eve. An orange...
