ZAMBOANGA CITY – A municipal government employee was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Midsalip town, Zamboanga del Sur province on Thursday, Nov. 20. Police identified the victim as Rommel Geraldizo Bendicion, 53, a resident of Barangay Timbaboy, Midsalip, and a municipal government...
President Marcos has declared special non-working days in three municipalities and one city in Catanduanes, Zamboanga del Sur, Rizal, and Quezon Province this month. Through Proclamation No. 983, Marcos declared Aug. 15 as a special non-working day in the municipality of Viga in Catanduanes for...
A principal’s heartfelt social media post showing students crossing a neck-deep river to get to school has prompted the national government to begin construction of a new concrete bridge to ensure safer access to education. The now-viral photos and videos taken by Mr. Gideon Goc-ong, principal...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two passengers died and 28 others were injured when their bus crashed into a tree and plunged into a roadside ditch in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday morning. Jufil Mabanag, Dumingag municipal information officer, said the accident occurred around 7:20 a.m. in Purok 4,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four people were killed and 12 were rescued after a rescue vehicle of Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur plunged into the Dapitan River in Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte on Monday, June 23. The Libertad Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office said the vehicle, a green Fuso...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have arrested a militiaman allegedly responsible for the killing of a government official in Zamboanga del Sur province on Thursday evening. In a report Friday, Police Col. Bonifacio Arañas Jr., Zamboanga del Sur police director, identified the fatality as Jesriel...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An investigation is under way after a video circulated on social media purportedly showing a cockfighting incident within a protected area in Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur. Arturo Fadriquela, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Zamboanga Peninsula executive...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two persons were killed and 14 individuals were injured when a delivery van lost its brakes and rammed six vehicles in a chain collision on Black Saturday in front of a police station in Dumalinao municipality, Zamboanga del Sur province. THE ill-fated pickup truck. (PNP photo)...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay chairman and candidate for municipal board and two supporters were wounded in a gun attack in Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, identified the victims as Falconeri Buton, chairman of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) has raised a red tide alert in Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay provinces. Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-9 Memorandum No. 032, Series of 2025,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – It is business as usual at Dakak Resort in Dapitan City in Zamboanga del Norte in spite of a Supreme Court ruling ordering Dakak Beach Resort Corp. and former Rep. Romeo G. Jalosjos to vacate a lot within the resort and turn it over to the owner. “Rest assured, Dakak Beach...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was killed in a suspected improvised explosive device explosion inside a beach resort in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur at dawn on Tuesday, September 17. A MOTORCYCLE damaged by the explosion. (PNP) Police are identifying the mangled victim whose body was...
