ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay councilor and supporter of a congresswoman-elect was shot and wounded at dawn on Sunday in what is suspected to be an election-related incident here. Police identified the victim as Barangay Tumaga Councilor Jake Niko Alaban Fabian, 31. Investigation said Fabian was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – First district Rep. Khymer Olaso was proclaimed the new mayor here on Tuesday, May 13. REP. Khymer Olaso is proclaimed new Zamboanga City Mayor on May 13. (City Hall PIO) Olaso defeated Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe. Former Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco was elected vice mayor...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two senior citizens died when thousands of people mobbed an election watchers’ orientation by the Lakas-CMD here on Friday, May 9. Police identified the fatalities as Abelardo Trinidad Solamillo, 65, a tricycle driver, and Norma Narawi Anuddin, 80. Investigation disclosed the...
A fire allegedly started by a drug suspect razed 42 houses in Barangay Tumaga, Zamboanga City, on Monday, May 5. The suspect, Joshua Willy Santos, reportedly started the fire inside his room which spread to other houses. Police are investigating the involvement of Santos who repeatedly threatened...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A softdrinks plant executive was wounded and his driver was killed in an ambush by riding-in-tandem gunmen here on Monday night, May 5. Police identified the fatality as Junjun. The wounded was Che Stalin Rodriguez, general manager of the Pepsi-Cola bottling plant and a resident...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 13 4Ps beneficiaries were hired on the spot during the 123rd Labor Day job fair in a mall here. 4Ps applicants were hired on the spot during the 123rd Labor Day Job Fair spearheaded by DOLE-9. (DOLE-9) The applicants were among 500 exited and exiting 4Ps...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five-hundred sixty-six bundles of official ballots for the elections were turned over for safekeeping at the City Treasurer's Office at the Zamboanga City Hall on Wednesday, April 30. BALLOTS are unloaded for storage at the City Treasurer’s Office until distribution a day...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A town mayor from Basilan province and nine others were injured when the speedboat they were riding caught fire shortly after leaving a private wharf in Barangay Baliwasan on Wednesday. NANOH'S ill-fated speedboat. Zamboanga City Fire District Marshal Supt. Leo Pioquinto...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A fisherman tagged as a high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Kasanyangan here on Tuesday, April 22. Police Lt. Aldazer Sahisa, team leader of Special Operations Unit-9, identified the suspect as Marjan Arani Diejo, 32,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A mayoral candidate and head of a militia group was found dead inside his residence in Barangay Guiwan here on Tuesday, April 22. NEGRETE The candidate was identified as Orlando San Luis Negrete, 80, chairman of the Zamboanga Militia. His body was found sitting at the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - More than 20,000 Catholic devotees attended the yearly pilgrimage to the Abong Abong Park in Pasonanca here for the Holy Week. The Mobile Command Center estimated the crowd on Maundy Thursday to have reached 20,592. People continue to troop to the area today, Good...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A wayward dump truck hit 11 vehicles in a multi-vehicle collision in Barangay San Jose Gusu here on Monday night, April 14. THE wayward dump truck in Zamboanga City. Investigation said the yellow dump truck with license plates APA-3128 driven by Japinan...
