ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city government, police, and the military gathered on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the Freedom Fighters Memorial here to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Zamboanga Siege. Mayor Khymer Olaso led officials during the wreath-laying ceremony to honor the heroes who lost their lives...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) liaison school here was robbed of P128,000 on Saturday, Sept. 6. The robbery was discovered on Sept. 8, Monday, by a utility worker responsible for opening and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Maritime police officers rescued 12 people, including six children, early Monday after they received a distress call from a drifting motorboat here. Police Capt. Allan Pestañas, boat officer of the Zamboanga City Maritime Police Station (ZC MARPSTA), said the stranded passengers...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Nedznyl Amjad Tulawie, the primary suspect in the murder of three men here, surrendered to authorities at dawn on Monday, Sept. 8, in Camp Police Senior Supt. Julasirim A. Kasim in Asturias, Jolo, Sulu. Personnel of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) served the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Work in government and private offices here and other provinces in the Zamboanga Peninsula were suspended Friday in observance of Mauluddin Nabi or the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. The suspension was contained in a memorandum issued by the National Commission on Muslim...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Rear Admiral Constancio Arturo Reyes Jr. is the new head of the Western Mindanao Naval Command. Reyes took over from acting commander Capt. Hilarion Cesista during a change-of-command ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Brig. Gen. Romulo Quemado II, acting commander of the Western...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A businessman, the son of a barangay councilwoman and a most wanted person, surrendered to authorities here on Thursday, Sept. 4, for shooting a councilman in Barangay Tumaga in May. The suspect, Alvin Abas Gaganting, 42, was accompanied by his mother, Carolina. Alvin was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized shabu worth over P1 billion here in August. Two big shipments were recovered 11 days apart. On Aug. 19, an ex-soldier was arrested with P27-million shabu, a breakthrough which led police to confiscate the two biggest volumes of illegal drugs confiscated in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police seized P9.4-million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Santa Cruz Island here on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Lawmen were conducting seaborne patrol when they detected a suspicious motorized boat via radar. The vessel marked Under Armor was inspected and found to be loaded with 165 cases...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two men were arrested while their companion escaped during an operation against illegal firearms and drugs in Purok 4, Barangay Boheyakan, Lamitan City, Basilan province, on Thursday, Aug. 28. The operation was based on a search warrant targeting Jovie delos Santos for violation...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development has provided assistance worth P2.2 million to families affected by flood and the monsoon rain here. The Disaster Response Management Division led the distribution of food packs, hygiene and sleeping kits, and family kits in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Western Mindanao Command celebrated its 19th founding anniversary on Thursday, Aug. 28, at its headquarters in Camp Basilio Navarro here with the theme, “One Command, One Vision: WestMinCom @19 – Towards a Stronger and Safer Tomorrow.” Philippine Army commanding general...
