Trabaho party-list reiterated its vow to support workers as they recently barnstormed the province of Zamboanga del Norte. The party-list represented by second nominee Ninai Chavez earned support from the slate of Mayor Darel Dexter Uy, who is running for governor of the province during the Kuyog...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - More than 20,000 Catholic devotees attended the yearly pilgrimage to the Abong Abong Park in Pasonanca here for the Holy Week. The Mobile Command Center estimated the crowd on Maundy Thursday to have reached 20,592. People continue to troop to the area today, Good...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A wayward dump truck hit 11 vehicles in a multi-vehicle collision in Barangay San Jose Gusu here on Monday night, April 14. THE wayward dump truck in Zamboanga City. Investigation said the yellow dump truck with license plates APA-3128 driven by Japinan...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Fifty-two out of 1,569 public utility drivers in Zamboanga Peninsula tested positive for prohibited drugs during random drug testing under Oplan Harabas conducted last Monday by the Land Transportation Office-9 and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9. PUBLIC utility...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Council recently declared political analyst Richard Heydarian persona non-grata due to derogatory remarks against Mindanao, particularly a statement comparing Mindanao to sub-Saharan Africa in terms of Human Development Index. ZAMBOANGA City Council...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The first batch of Automated Counting Machines and voting paraphernalia for the elections next month here arrived on Saturday, April 12. Jan Christian Babiera, Commission on Elections District Election Officer, said the first batch of machines and voting paraphernalia arrived on...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay chairman and candidate for municipal board and two supporters were wounded in a gun attack in Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, identified the victims as Falconeri Buton, chairman of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe led veterans, city government, and the security sector in the observance of the 83rd Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) with the theme "Kabayanihan ng Beterano: Sandigan ng Kanluran ng Bagong Pilipinas” on April 9. The event was highlighted by a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) has raised a red tide alert in Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay provinces. Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-9 Memorandum No. 032, Series of 2025,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested three suspected smugglers and seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P2.8 million in a warehouse here on Tuesday, April 1. Police Col. Melvin Laguros, maritime police chief here, identified the suspects as Joveven Tanazao, van driver Jerome S....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Seven-hundred seven Returning Filipinos from Sabah (RFS) arrived here on Friday, March 28, after being deported from Sabah. DMW-9 personnel attend to Returning Filipinos from Sabah (RFS) from Sabah at the Zamboanga City port. (DMW photo) The group, which includes 37...
The Philippine National Police has designated Police Col. Fidel Bautista Fortaleza Jr. as Zamboanga City Police Office chief. FORTLEZA (ZCPO photo) The designation was contained in a memorandum from the Police Regional Office-9 dated March 20. Fortaleza replaced Police Col. Kimberly Molitas. The...
