ZAMBOANGA CITY – A flood control project being implemented by Alpha Omega General Contractor and Development Corp. owned by controversial couple Pacifico and Sara Discaya here was placed on hold after the construction company 's license was revoked. Phase 1 of the project in Lacaste Ville,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Seventeen families were evacuated to safer grounds in Barangay Curuan here on Thursday night, Sept. 18, due to floods from heavy rains. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said 11 sitios in Barangay Curuan were affected – Mango Drive, Camias, Market Site,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thirteen persons died from dengue from January to August this year in this city and Isabela City, Basilan province. Zamboanga City Medical Center Information Officer Dr. Shadrina Sarapuddin said that the fatalities were seven minors and five adults. A total of 236 patients were...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Cocaine and shabu valued at P9 million were seized in a buy-bust operation in a motel here on Tuesday. The City Drug Enforcement Unit of the Zamboanga City Police Office, Regional Intelligence Unit-9, and other law enforcement agencies conducted the operation. Recovered from a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Migrant Workers-9 has recovered more than 300 balikbayan boxes from fraudulent and unscrupulous freight forwarders. DMW-9 Regional Director Gay Iris Tangcalagan said that 362 boxes are being delivered to their rightful owners in Region 9 (Zamboanga City) and the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A scion of a well-known family and vice president of a local university was shot by still unidentified gunman near his residence here on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Police identified the victim as 33-year-old Alfredo Solis Eustaquio, vice president of Universidad de Zamboanga. Eustaquio...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police discovered an abandoned motorboat loaded with smuggled cigarettes valued at more than P25 million here on Friday, Sept. 12. Authorities were conducting seaborne patrol when they chanced upon a blue jungkung with marking "MAKHFIYYAN" in the vicinity of Sacol Island and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) turned over a P500,000 reward to an informant who provided information that led to the arrest of a triple murder suspect here. The presentation of the reward was led by ZCPO Director Police Col. Fidel Fortaleza on Friday, Sept. 12. "The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Local and national government personnel and the business sector joined the third quarterly earthquake drill here on Thursday, Sept. 11. At the sound of the siren, City Hall employees went out of their offices and executed the duck, cover, and hold move while moving to open spaces...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized several high-powered firearms in an island barangay here on Thursday, Sept. 11. Confiscated were two M14 rifles, one M203 grenade launcher, and one Garand rifle. They were abandoned by an unidentified man who reportedly escaped after sensing the arrival of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two people, including a police officer, and seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P16.1 million in an intelligence-driven operation here on Thursday. Police Col. Fidel Fortaleza Jr., Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) chief, withheld the identities of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are investigating the murder of a man on the highway in Barangay Limo-ok, Lamitan City, Basilan province on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Police identified the victim as Nassir Maruji Abdulhari, a resident of Barangay Mangalut in Akbar municipality, Basilan. Abdulhari sustained...
