Some 150 families lost their homes in a fire which gutted hundreds of houses in Barangay Canelar, Zamboanga City on Sunday, August 20. Mayor John Dalipe ordered city government offices to provide immediate response to hundreds of fire victims. Ten fire trucks rushed to the scene while the City...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.3 earthquake jolted Zamboanga del Norte on Friday morning, August 18. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said earthquake was registered at 1:15 a.m. and its epicenter was 27 kilometers (kms) west of Baliguian, Zamboanga del Norte....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe suspended classes in private and public schools here on Thursday, August 17, due to inclement weather. ZAMBOANGA City Disaster Risk Reduction Management personnel prepare equipment for rescue operations amid inclement weather. (City Hall PIO) Dalipe...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Twenty-two student leaders temporarily took over the helm of the city government as youth city officials on Monday, August 14. The youngsters are sitting as youth officials from August 14 to 15 in line with the celebration of LInggo ng Kabataan. Councilor Cary John...
A total of 60 families composed of 300 individuals were displaced by flashfloods in Zamboanga City on Saturday morning, August 12, after heavy rains were experienced in the area due to the prevailing effects of the southwest monsoon (habagat). Families displaced by flashfloods caused by intense...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A fire hit a fastfood outlet inside a mall here on Saturday, August 12. A concerned citizen called the Zamboanga City Police Office at about 4:10 p.m. to report that the fastfood outlet Burger King located inside KCC Mall caught fire. The Bureau of Fire Protection, Zamboanga...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Hundreds of families fled as floods inundated at least six barangays in Zamboanga City on Saturday, August 12. Mayor John Dalipe ordered city government offices to mobilize all resources and respond to the needs of flood victims. The City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office...
Visitors to the world-famous Santa Cruz Island in Zamboanga City can now enjoy free Wi-Fi. The Department of Information and Communications Technology on Wednesday, August 9, put up free Wi-Fi sites in the island under its Free Wi-Fi for All public internet access program. The free Wi-Fi program...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized suspected shabu worth P1.3 million in a buy-bust operation in a pension house in Barangay Pasonanca here on Wednesday night, August 9. City police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents arrested suspected drug pusher Christian Siose, 42, who...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – One person was injured and 36 houses were damaged by a whirlwind that struck Barangay Sinunuc here on Wednesday, August 9. Residents said they saw a black cloud circling which then developed into a whirlwind that damaged structures in the area. The whirlwind lasted for some...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Office of the City Agriculturist reported that fall armyworms have destroyed six hectares of corn in Barangay Mampang here. Edgardo Ramos, barangay kagawad and chairperson of the barangay Committee on Agriculture, said around 20 members of the Mampang Integrated Farmers...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) is looking into the death of two children and the hospitalization of their sibling after reportedly eating poisonous leaves which were boiled and served by their grandmother on Monday in Barangay Maasin here. The CHO is looking into reports that the...
