ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9 and Zamboanga City police seized suspected shabu worth more than P54 million and apprehended three drug pushers in two buy-bust operations here on Friday, April 24. PDEA, Naval Intelligence, and Drug Interdiction Task Force-Western...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 has organized Special Investigative Task Force Alfad to look into the deaths of three family members during a service of warrant operation by the police and military here on Thursday. In a statement, PRO-9 said that an SITG conference has been...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 is investigating a bloody encounter during the service of a warrant of arrest here against an Abu Sayyaf member on Thursday, April 23, where three persons were killed and an official of the Sangguniang Kabataan was wounded. “Police Regional Office-9...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) released a rescued juvenile male Philippine Palm Civet back to its natural habitat in Zamboanga del Norte province on Wednesday. The DENR-9 said the personnel of the Community Environment and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The mother of an Overseas Filipino Worker allegedly killed in Lebanon by her employer’s son is appealing for help from the national and local governments. Helen Zamoras, a former OFW and mother of the victim Honeylith Zamoras, is seeking help from the national government in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities rescued 15 suspected human trafficking and illegal recruitment victims, including a minor, during an operation on Monday evening, April 20, in a private wharf here. Victims were six women, eight men, and a male minor. Authorities launched the operation following...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Sardine production here may only be sustained for the next 15 days or until the end of this month, an official of an industrial group said. Edgar Lim, vice president of the Industrial Group of Zamboanga, confirmed an earlier statement that the fishing sector in this city is...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - More than P47-million worth of suspected shabu was seized from a woman and two companions during a buy-bust operation here on Friday, April 17. The suspects were identified as Sulu residents Dalla Andi Sakit, alias Indah, 32: Nurdimar Musad, 43, and Zaldy Akok Abdul,...
Four foreign nationals were apprehended in Mindanao for allegedly violating Philippine immigration and environmental laws. Lin Wenyu, alias Anson Lais Lim, 52, male, from Fujian, China, was arrested on Thursday, April 16, in a hardware store in Barangay Lower Taway, Ipil municipality, Zamboanga...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Lamitan City police arrested the second suspect linked to the fatal shooting of a Lebanese national and his Filipino wife during a law enforcement operation in Lamitan, Basilan on Thursday, April 16. The suspect, identified as Salman Najirun, 23, was apprehended in Sitio Libi,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized smuggled cigarettes with an estimated market value of P5.4 million here and Cotabato City on Wednesday. Police Col. Fidel Fortaleza Jr., Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director, reported that the seizure occurred at about 3:30 a.m. in Isla Berde, Chonga...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested the suspect in the murder of a Lebanese and his wife here on Friday in Lantawan municipality, Basilan province at dawn on Monday, April 13. The suspect, 24-year-old Jamil Cotamora Binasing, was apprehended by the military and police at the house of his...