ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A barangay captain and four members of his family were killed during an ambush in Sirawai town in Zamboanga del Norte on Thursday, Jan. 27. PMaj. Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 Public Information Officer, identified the victims as Allie Lomiguis Manangca, barangay...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A shootout between a gang led by one of the country’s most wanted persons and the police resulted in the death of his cohort in Midsalip, Zamboanga del Sur on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, said the Zamboanga del Sur...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thirteen houses were damaged by a storm surge in the eastern coastline of Barangay Bolong here on Wednesday, Jan. 25. ONE of 13 houses destroyed in a storm surge in Zamboanga City on Wednesday, Jan. 25. (Zamboanga City LGU photo) Barangay Bolong Chairman Ruben Corros said...
WORKERS unload 6,000 mesh bags of smuggled red onions intercepted by the Zamboanga 2nd Mobile Force Company on Wednesday, Jan. 25. (Photo via Liza Jocson) ZAMBOANGA CITY – The 2nd Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company and the Bureau of Customs confiscated some 6,000 bags of smuggled red and...
A total of 338 personnel from various law enforcement authorities and an emergency response group conducted operation “Oplan Linis Piitan’’ in a bid to rid the Zamboanga City Jail from illegal drugs and other contrabands. After the operation, the composite team confiscated 575 illegal and...
Authorities have intercepted a van and a watercraft that contained approximately 44,000 kilos of allegedly smuggled red onions in Zamboanga City on Monday, Jan. 23. Photo: Philippine Navy, Naval Forces Western Mindanao An Isuzu closed van and a watercraft marked as “MJ Marisa” were flagged by...
Police seized smuggled red onions worth almost P2.6 million in the sea of Zamboanga City on Sunday, Jan. 22. SMUGGLED red onions seized by authorities from a wooden boat in Zamboanga City. (2nd Mobile Force Company) The 2nd Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company, together with Customs and police...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A 30-year-old man was arrested while securing police clearance for employment here on Friday, Jan. 20. Lt. Col. Felix Martinez, 1st Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company (1ZCMFC) commander, said Argal Kasim Amirul was arrested at around 2:32 p.m. at the clearance section...
A FLOODED rice field in Zamboanga City. ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Office of the City Agriculturist on Tuesday, Jan. 17, reported that crops worth P106.4 million were destroyed due to flood caused by strong rain here on Jan. 11. It said 2,791.79 hectares of farm lands were affected by bad weather....
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...
There ought to be a law setting a timetable for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to decide whether or not a certain poll bet is indeed a "nuisance candidate". (Zanorte News Flash Facebook) Thus, said congressman-elect Romeo Jalosjos Jr. of Zamboanga del Norte's first district, who, despite his...
