ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government is planning to maintain a mega isolation facility for Covid-19 patients due to a directive of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to maintain one such structure in this city. THE Covid-19 mega isolation facility in Zamboanga City (City...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 52-year-old driver died after the cargo truck he was driving plunged into cliff on the national highway in Barangay Lumbog, municipality of Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Tuesday, May 16. MOTORCYCLES hang at the back of a cargo truck which plunged and fell on its side...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Police Station 6 led by Police Col. Sonny Boy Perez intercepted an abandoned van containing P525,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes on Saturday, May 13, while conducting hot pursuit operations against a suspect in a shooting incident here. Police Col....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An American was shot and wounded during an altercation with a drinking buddy here on Saturday, May 13. Police Col. Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga City police director, identified the victim as Aldo Berardi III, 50, single. Berardi was allegedly shot by Arnel Miranda Kalugdan who...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has set up a strong motion station in Zamboanga City, the first of its kind in the Zamboanga Peninsula. A 15-square-meter facility houses the strong motion station at the CDRRMO office in Zamboanga City, the first and only one in the...
Researchers from Zamboanga City are currently working on a project that seeks to provide an alternative for titanium implants and further improve surgeries to correct jaw and facial deformities. Supported by the Department of Science and Technology -Philippine Council for Health Research and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government here has allocated P100 million for a new program which will entitle some 100,000 senior citizens to a quarterly stipend of P1,000 each. CITY Social Welfare and Development personnel of Zamboanga City delivers cash incentives to senior citizens during...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a militiaman for indiscriminately firing two guns inside a Philippine Army detachment in the municipality of Mabuhay, Zamboanga Sibugay province, on Tuesday night, May 9. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, said the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos led the regional launching of the “Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan” program on Saturday, May 7, in this city. SOME 5,000 individuals showed up to support the regional launching of the DILG BIDA program in Zamboanga City. ...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A kite-flying competition was held last Saturday, May 6, at Paseo del Mar here. A PARTICIPANT shows his butterfly kite at the Zamboanga City Kite Flying Festival. (Zamboanga City LGU photo) Over 40 participants competed and displayed their colorful and eye-catching kites...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. on Saturday, May 6, called on local authorities to beef up efforts to protect their coastlines from the entry of illegal drugs. ABALOS (FB) Abalos made the call as he led the launching of...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista (left) and House Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe (Facebook) Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe has thanked the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for heeding his request for the release of P720 million for the land acquisition...
