ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth P9 million bound for Ipil municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province were intercepted by Naval Command forces in the sea of Panamao, Sulu on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Naval Command personnel were conducting seaborne patrol on board the BRP Hermenegildo Yurong...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Two suspected drug pushers were gunned down by police in what was claimed to be an incident of self-defense here on Monday, Sept. 22. Police launched a surveillance operation under the Special Anti-Crime Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) at the Sagrada Familia Village in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Two rallies against corruption in flood control projects here on Sunday, Sept. 21, started and ended peacefully. The first rally was held by students inside State-run Western Mindanao State University. The second was held at the San Jose Maria Claret Parish. “Everyone is invited...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Forty houses were razed in a fire in Barangay Tetuan here on Friday, Sept. 19. The blaze, which began at 3:14 p.m., was placed under control an hour later. The fire started in one of the houses made from light materials and quickly spread to adjoining structures. Nobody was hurt...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A flood control project being implemented by Alpha Omega General Contractor and Development Corp. owned by controversial couple Pacifico and Sara Discaya here was placed on hold after the construction company 's license was revoked. Phase 1 of the project in Lacaste Ville,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Seventeen families were evacuated to safer grounds in Barangay Curuan here on Thursday night, Sept. 18, due to floods from heavy rains. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said 11 sitios in Barangay Curuan were affected – Mango Drive, Camias, Market Site,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thirteen persons died from dengue from January to August this year in this city and Isabela City, Basilan province. Zamboanga City Medical Center Information Officer Dr. Shadrina Sarapuddin said that the fatalities were seven minors and five adults. A total of 236 patients were...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Cocaine and shabu valued at P9 million were seized in a buy-bust operation in a motel here on Tuesday. The City Drug Enforcement Unit of the Zamboanga City Police Office, Regional Intelligence Unit-9, and other law enforcement agencies conducted the operation. Recovered from a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Migrant Workers-9 has recovered more than 300 balikbayan boxes from fraudulent and unscrupulous freight forwarders. DMW-9 Regional Director Gay Iris Tangcalagan said that 362 boxes are being delivered to their rightful owners in Region 9 (Zamboanga City) and the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A scion of a well-known family and vice president of a local university was shot by still unidentified gunman near his residence here on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Police identified the victim as 33-year-old Alfredo Solis Eustaquio, vice president of Universidad de Zamboanga. Eustaquio...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police discovered an abandoned motorboat loaded with smuggled cigarettes valued at more than P25 million here on Friday, Sept. 12. Authorities were conducting seaborne patrol when they chanced upon a blue jungkung with marking "MAKHFIYYAN" in the vicinity of Sacol Island and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) turned over a P500,000 reward to an informant who provided information that led to the arrest of a triple murder suspect here. The presentation of the reward was led by ZCPO Director Police Col. Fidel Fortaleza on Friday, Sept. 12. "The...
