ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than 4,400 individuals from 1,120 families in Region 9 or the Zamboanga Peninsula were affected by the massive earthquake Monday in Sarangani. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Field Office 9 is in full response mode, actively monitoring and addressing...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 1,010 persons or 255 families here evacuated following a tsunami warning due to the magnitude-7.8 earthquake Monday in Sarangani. People immediately evacuated after the water level in the coastline of Barangay Maricaban receded. Coastal communities here are closely...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – No casualties and damages were reported in this city from the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck off the coast of Sarangani on Monday morning. But Mayor Khymer Olaso suspended classes on all levels and ordered half-day work at local government offices following the earthquake...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities are investigating to determine ownership of some P14.1-million worth of smuggled cigarettes abandoned in Barangay Sangali in this city, the police said Monday. In a report, the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) said the smuggled cigarettes were recovered on Sunday...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - An abandoned newborn baby was discovered at the gate of an elementary school here on Thursday, May 28. Barangay Tetuan Chairman Richard Mariano said the baby was brought to a local hospital for checkup. The baby was turned over to the City Social Welfare and Development Office for...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Police Office condemned a shooting incident inside a mosque in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on the eve of Eid’l Adha on Tuesday, May 26. Police described the incident as “deeply disturbing and unacceptable" and condoled with the bereaved...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay councilor was shot dead in Barangay San Jose, Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay on Monday morning, May 25. Police identified the victim as Edison Magdamit, councilor of Barangay Gandiangan, Imelda. Magdamit was driving his motorcycle on the highway when another motorcycle with...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay kagawad was allegedly shot dead by his son-in-law inside his residence in Barangay Curuan here on Wednesday, May 20. Police identified the victim as Warlito Sanson Salvador, 57. Investigation disclosed that Salvador and a friend were having a drinking session at the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor Khymer Olaso here has banned the entry of poultry products from nearby municipalities due to a bird flu outbreak in these areas. Olaso issued an executive order on Tuesday, May 19, temporarily banning poultry and livestock products from the municipalities of Diplahan,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities confiscated suspected shabu valued at P13.6 million from a police officer of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) during a buy-bust operation here on Saturday, May 16. The suspect was identified as Police Staff Sgt. Nager Indal Abdulbasir, 45,...
Malacañang has issued proclamations declaring special nonworking days in May and June 2026 in Batangas, Cagayan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Misamis Occidental, and Quezon Province to allow residents to fully participate in important historical and cultural celebrations. Proclamation No. 1241 designates...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are hunting the suspect in the murder of the Zamboanga Register of Deeds in 2025. The victim, Jaybee Baguinda, 57, was shot dead on board his vehicle on Jan. 31 while entering his office here. A court here has issued a warrant of arrest for murder against the suspect, Mark...
