ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 41-year-old policeman shot his brother then himself in Barangay Don Alfaro Tetuan here on Wednesday night, February 7. Police identified the suspect as Police Staff Sgt. Ferdinand B. Garniel, assigned to the maritime police in Olutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay. Investigation...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Water District implemented water rationing starting Tuesday, February 6, due to the continuous decline in the water level of its treatment plant in Barangay Pasonanca here. ZAMBOANGA City Water District office “This is due to a 10 to 20 percent reduction from...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A policeman assigned to Isabela, Basilan allegedly shot his wife during a heated argument inside their house in Barangay San Jose Gusu here on Saturday, February 3. THE body of Fredellen Rosita Ocariza lies on the floor after she was gunned down by her policeman-husband...
Zamboanga City is currently experiencing the effects of the El Niño phenomenon based on data from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). PAGASA Zamboanga City PAGASA weatherman Rodel Inclan said they are studying two models that might have a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Forty families composed of 185 individuals lost their homes in a fire in Barangay Sangali here on Monday, January 22. RESIDENTS return to their homes destroyed in a fire in Barangay Sangali, Zamboanga City on Monday. (City Government of Zamboanga page) Barangay Sangali...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A massive blackout affected 11 power feeders of the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) covering a big portion of this city’s east coast due to a scheduled power interruption requested by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on Friday, January 19. The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 58-year-old man on his way home from a cockpit was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Cabatangan, this city, on Thursday, January 18. MOTOCYCLE-RIDING gunmen shot dead a 58-year-old man in Zamboanga City on Thursday, January 18. (Photo via Liza Jocson) ...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – One-hundred sixty-three housing units were turned over to fire victims in Zamboanga City by the National Housing Authority and Mayor John Dalipe on Wednesday, January 10. MAYOR John Dalipe (seventh from left) leads the turnover of more than 100 housing units for fire victims in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police here and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized four kilos of suspected shabu worth P27.5 million from four drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Calarian, this city, on Wednesday, January 10. SUSPECTED shabu weighing more than four kilos...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Barangays here are implementing a curfew for minors based on a city council resolution approved last year by the Sangguniang Panlungsod. THE Sangguniang Panlungsod of Zamboanga City. (Photo via Liza Jocson) Ordinance 636, the ordinance imposing curfew for children in Zamboanga...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) of the Zamboanga City government opened on Tuesday, January 2, at the Centro Latino in Paseo del Mar here to accept business permit applications and renewals from business owners. THE Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) of the city government of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office said 17 individuals sustained fireworks-related injuries during the New Year’s Eve revelry here. ILLEGAL fireworks seized in Zamboanga City. Most of the victims were male from 12 to 26-years-old. Of the initial batch of six cases before the New Year, five...
