Authorities seized some P1.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes during a joint Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) operation in Zamboanga City. The operation stemmed from a report about the entry of smuggled cigarettes that have been stored in a truck. During an inspection on...
A 39-year-old female police officer from Zamboanga City died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), becoming the latest fatality among the growing list of coronavirus-related deaths in the Philippine National Police (PNP). (Courtesy of Philippine National Police) Data from the PNP released on Tuesday,...
Taguig emerged as the seventh wealthiest city in the Philippines. The Commission on Audit (COA) released the annual financial report for local government units for the year 2020. Bonifacio Global City in Taguig (Screenshot from Google Maps) The report listed the top 10 provinces, cities and...
A boat repair facility funded through a foreign military financing grant was recently constructed at the Naval Station Rio Hondo in Zamboanga City. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) The facility will be utilized by the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) Assault Boat Battalion. It was...
President Duterte was in a reflective mood Thursday, Dec. 2 as he tried to discourage local politicans in Zamboanga City from coveting the presidency. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the joint meeting of the NTF-RTF ELCAC in Zamboanga City on December 2, 2021 (Screenshot from Facebook live)...
President Duterte says it gives him "a little bit of pride" that he fulfilled "almost everything" that he promised to Filipinos when he ran for the Palace seat a few years ago. 'I TRIED MY BEST'--President Rodrigo Duterte talks about his campaign promises during his speech at the Port of Busay,...
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo was not amused by individuals taking down her posters, tarpaulins, and pink ribbons, which were installed by her supporters in some parts of the country. Vice Presidential spokesman Barry Gutierrez (OVP) Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez did not mince...
Authorities arrested on Monday, Sept. 27, a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel in Zamboanga City for allegedly extorting money from applicants in exchange for swift enlistment into the service. Apprentice Seaman (ASN) Aldasher Anni, 25, was nabbed by joint members of PCG and the Philippine...
It must have felt like home for Olympic medalists Hidilyn Diaz and Eumir Felix Marcial after they finally received the keys to their very own house and lot in their hometown in Zamboanga City, it was revealed Monday, Sept. 6. Photo courtesy of Western Mindanao Command Photo courtesy of Western...
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Butch Ramirez and weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games here. (PSC Instagram) The cash incentives continue to come to Hidilyn Diaz's way. The 30-year-old weightlifter is set to receive an additional P5 million from the Philippine...
A motorized wooden boat locally known as "jungkong" loaded with a hundred master cases of cigarettes was intercepted off the waters of Manalipa Island in Zamboanga City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Friday, July 16. OH NO YOU DON'T--A delivery of a P3.5-million shipment of smuggled cigarettes...
An old convention center in Pasonanca, Zamboanga City has been tranformed into a mega quarantine facility in order to accommodate more asymptomatic and moderate cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). REPURPOSED--The old Zamboanga Convention Center in Pasonanca, Zamboanga City has been...
