Police General Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), on Sunday, July 5, directed the initiation of dismissal proceedings against a police officer accused of taking part in the robbery and killing of a fellow policeman in Zamboanga del Sur. Nartatez issued the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police officer voluntarily surrendered on Thursday, admitting his involvement in the killing of a colleague in Zamboanga del Sur province. In a report on Friday, Police Col. Bonifacio Arañas, Zamboanga del Sur Police director, identified the police officer-surrenderer as Staff...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The suspect in the gruesome murder of a family of four in Josefina, Zamboanga del Sur surrendered to authorities on Thursday, July 2. The suspect was identified as Frankie Barcelona Camiguing, 27, a resident of Mahayag, Zamboanga del Sur. Camiguing was initially...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police officer was gunned down in Barangay Tickwas, Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur on Wednesday, July 1. Police identified the victim as Police Patrolman Armejo Jornadal, a member of the 2nd Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company. Investigation said Jomadal was driving...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Troops from the 53rd Infantry Battalion (IB), with the support of partner agencies, have seized some P105.9-million worth of contraband in separate law enforcement operations on Monday in the province of Zamboanga del Sur. In a statement Tuesday, the 53rd IB said that 671 master...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A woman and her three children were murdered in their home within the Interfaith Academy Foundation Inc. compound in Barangay Litapan, Josefina municipality, Zamboanga del Sur province on Monday, June 29. Police identified the victims as Arlene Fernan Dumaltte, 42, and her...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Police Office condemned a shooting incident inside a mosque in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on the eve of Eid’l Adha on Tuesday, May 26. Police described the incident as “deeply disturbing and unacceptable" and condoled with the bereaved...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Pagadian City Mayor Samuel Co is running for governor of the province of Zamboanga del Sur in the May 2028 elections. Co announced his candidacy in a press conference over the weekend and revealed possible congressional candidates – Pagadian Councilor Roger Acedillo for the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have discovered suspected shabu valued at P68 million hidden in the compartment of an impounded three-wheeled vehicle following a law enforcement operation in Zamboanga del Sur province, police said Wednesday. Police Major Jason Ray Gomera, chief of the Zamboanga del...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Jordanian national linked to suspects in the December 2025 terrorist attack in Sydney, Australia was arrested during a joint law enforcement operation in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur on Monday. The 1st Infantry Division (ID) identified the suspect as Odeh, 65, who was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 is investigating a policeman for allegedly evading a Land Transportation Office checkpoint in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur. In a viral video circulating on social media, the police officer was flagged down by LTO personnel due to the absence of a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a woman last Wednesday, Jan. 21, for allegedly drowning her four-year-old daughter in Barangay Abong Abong, Tabina municipality, Zamboanga del Sur. Investigation showed that a witness spotted a naked woman leading a naked child to sea last Monday, Jan. 19. The...
