ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A lending company collector was stabbed and left for dead during a robbery-holdup here last Tuesday. The victim Erwin Camanlaan was stabbed four times by suspects. The suspects, believing he was dead, pushed him off a cliff and left. Camanlaan mustered the strength to crawl...
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...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The sea-based Anti-Trafficking Task Force, in collaboration with 14 other government agencies, rescued 38 victims of human trafficking during a maritime operation here on Friday, Aug. 8. The 38 individuals, including four minors, were on board the vessel ML J- Sayang docked in a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A fire hit the Hall of Justice in Barangay Zone IV here before dawn on Saturday, Aug. 9. The Bureau of Fire Protection and the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office put out the fire that started at 3:31 a.m. and declared under control at 3:58 a.m. Nobody was killed or...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government will strictly implement the rest day provision among tricycles here. Tricycle Ordinance 185 regulates the operation of motorized tricycles. In a press conference, Secretary to the Mayor Celso Lobregat said Article 6, Section 3, of Ordinance 185 restricts the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) confiscated firearms from three suspected members of a gun smuggling syndicate during an operation here on Wednesday, Aug. 6. NBI-9 Director Jose Ermie A. Monsanto identified the suspects as Alfahad Sampang Hayidini, 27; Nurhakim...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two persons were killed and two others were injured when a truck rammed a motorcycle along the Malagutay portion of the bypass road here on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Police identified the fatalities as Rowel Lopez dela Peña, the motorcycle driver, and Dennis Gaco Absin, a native of...
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 -- The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Regional Office 9 on Friday, Aug. 1, closed down the Zamboanga City branch of Visa to America Manila Inc., a visa consultation agency recruiting teacher applicants for jobs in the United States. DMW-9 Regional Director Gay Iris Tangcalagan...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three members of the Philippine Air Force were arrested for alleged illegal discharge of firearms here last Thursday, July 31. Authorities responded to reports of gunfire in Barangay Quiniput at around 8:52 p.m. Police and the barangay quickly initiated a hot pursuit operation...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A top Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) commander was killed in an ambush in Barangay Cusipan, Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte on Wednesday, July 30. The victim was identified as Asbirin Naing Kalahuddin, 68, leader of Snake Camp Muran and resident of Barangay Cusipan. Police...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Mayor Khymer Olaso here banned on Monday, July 28, full face helmets following a grenade throwing incident at the house of a supporter and president of a contractor 's association here. Olaso asked police to launch a full investigation and immediately identify and arrest the...
