ZAMBOANGA CITY – A river here was dredged on Friday, Feb. 3, to prevent flooding at the Zamboanga City International Airport runway during heavy rain. TONS of non-biodegradable materials and debris were collected in dredging operations at the San Roque River in Zamboanga City. (Zamboanga...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 11,934 bags of smuggled onions seized during a series of anti-smuggling operations were destroyed on Saturday, Feb. 4, here. SMUGGLED onions weighing a total of 71,551 kilos were destroyed in Zamboanga City. (Photo via Liza Jocson) The onions which have an estimated...
The Philippine High School (PSHS) System has officially installed the new campus director of the PSHS-Zamboanga Peninsula Region Campus (PSHS-ZRC). Dir. Chuchi P. Garganera (Photo courtesy of Aries N. Oliveros) In a statement on Friday, Feb. 3, it said that Dr. Chuchi P. Garganera has been...
UNITED States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III troops the line during arrival honors at the Western Mindanao Command headquarters in Zamboanga City on Thursday, Feb. 2. (Wesmincom FB) ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – The United States (US) government has reaffirmed its commitment to support its allies,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Office 9 said it has turned over the P5 million 2022 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) Incentive Fund to the municipality of Piñan, Zamboanga del Norte. DILG Regional Office 9 Director Paisal O. Abutazil said the ceremonial...
A total of 72 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were released from the Zamboanga City Jail Reformatory Center in January through intensified paralegal support service, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) jail warden Supt. Xavier Solda said on Thursday, Feb. 2. “We are hoping that more...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs based in Zamboanga City have confiscated around P18.6 million of onions believed to have been smuggled into the country. In a statement, BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the onions were found inside a vessel, MV Princess Nurdisza, that was intercepted off the...
PUBLIC utility vehicle drivers in Zamboanga City undergo a surprise random drug test from the Land Transportation Office and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. (PDEA photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five public utility vehicle drivers tested positive for illegal drugs in a random drug test...
The Alsons Power Group’s Western Mindanao Power Corporation (WMPC) has turned over emergency vehicles and medical equipment worth ₱6.4 million to the City Government of Zamboanga at the start of the new year as compliance to the Department of Energy's (DOE) regulation. Under the DOE Energy...
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...
