ILIGAN CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Christmas Day. Joint Task Force Zampelan commander Brig. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete identified the slain communist guerrilla as Martino Ayas, alias “Nasser,” a remnant of the Guerrilla Front...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay councilor and two barangay tanods or watchmen were killed by two unidentified armed men inside a videoke bar in Dumalinao town, Zamboanga del Sur province, last Friday, Dec. 16. Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, said the victims...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 70-year-old farmer was shot dead after he was mistaken for a wild boar by a neighbor in Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur on Wednesday, Nov. 30. WILD BOAR (iStock) Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, identified the victim as Antonio Marquez...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – One of the most wanted persons in the country was killed in a shootout during a law enforcement operation in Zamboanga del Sur Friday, July 15. Police Col. Diomarie Albarico, Zamboanga del Sur police director, said Esmael Sanday was killed in a shootout in Barangay...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Some P3.8-million worth of smuggled cigarettes loaded inside a vehicle were intercepted by authorities in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur on Sunday, July 3. 109 boxes of smuggled cigarettes were seized from a utility vehicle in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur last Sunday, July 3. (Photo...
(PHIVOLCS) A 4.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in southwestern Mindanao at around 5:23 a.m., Wednesday, June 29, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs traced the epicenter of the earthquake at 35 kilometers (km) southeast of Tabina, Zamboanga del Sur, and...
By Bonita Ermac and Liza Abubakar-Jocson ILIGAN CITY – Brigadier General Leonel M. Nicolas, commander of the Philippine Army’s 102nd Brigade, confirmed that an explosion had transpired in a house at Purok Malipayon in Barangay Diplo, Kumalarang, Zamboanga Del Sur at around 12:30 p.m. on Friday,...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo did not win in Zamboanga del Sur in 2016 but her supporters in the province vowed it will not be the case come May. Vice President Leni Robredo in Pagadian City, March 18, 2022. (Photo courtesy of VP Leni Media Bureau) "Alam n'yo po gulat na gulat ako...
Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it will investigate the fire incident in a vaccine storage in Zamboanga del Sur that damaged almost 150,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses. “It’s being investigated and we...
Authorities are now conducting investigation the fire at the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Health Office that destroyed more than 148,000 doses of vaccines for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), especially on the aspect of slow progress of the vaccination drive. Department of the Interior and Local...
All necessary measures are currently being taken by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to ensure unceasing blood services after a fire broke out at the Zamboanga del Sur provincial health office, the agency said Monday, November 1. (Screenshot from the video of Philippine Red Cross Zamboanga del Sur -...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday, Nov. 2 that at least 100,000 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines were affected by the fire that hit the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Government Center in Pagadian City. Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA...
