ZAMBOANGA CITY – This city celebrated Fiesta Pilar on Thursday, October 12, in honor of Nuestra Señora La Virgen del Pilar or the Our Lady of the Pillar, patron saint here. October 12 was declared a non-working holiday pursuant to Republic Act 7350 to enable residents to celebrate...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The annual Zamboanga Hermosa Festival here culminated on Wednesday, October 11, with a street dance competition and program at the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex. Students from various public schools and organizations joined the annual street dance, one of the most...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thousands of canned sardines were lined up here for a grand boodle fight on Sunday, October 8, as the city government held “Wow Sardinas!”, one of this year’s highlights of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival. ZAMBOANGA City Mayor John Dalipe (in blue shirt) and Zamboanga City...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 235 vintas (traditional outrigger boat from Mindanao) sailed from RT Lim Boulevard here on Sunday, October 8, in the much-anticipated Regatta de Zamboanga, one of the events under the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival 2023. TWO-hundred thirty-five vintas set sail...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was killed and two others were injured in a collision between two motorcycles here on Thursday, October 4. A MAN died and two others were injured in a collision between two motorcycles in Zamboanga City on Thursday, October 5. (PNP photo) Police identified the fatality as...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Seven-hundred policemen will be deployed to secure the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections here on October 30. LORENZO (Photo via Liza Jocson) City police director Police Col. Alexander Lorenzo said the number represents half of the total number of policemen in the 11...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government has set aside P21 million to fund this year’s Zamboanga Hermosa Festival. CITY Tourism Officer Sarita Sebastian (at rostrum). (Photo via Liza Jocson) City Tourism Officer Sarita Sebastian said the money will fund 62 events and activities organized by the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The annual Cosechas de Zamboanga agricultural trade fair kicked on Monday, October 2, in Plaza Pershing here. Forty exhibitors, the biggest number so far since the fair started, showcased agricultural crops, ornamental plants, herbs, fruits and vegetables, and fisheries products....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Hundreds of public and private school teachers gathered at the Tetuan Coliseum here on Monday, October 2, for the culminating program of National Teachers’ Month. The program was also held in line with the celebration of World Teachers’ Day on October 5. HUNDREDS of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – This city led by Mayor John Dalipe held the grand opening salvo for the much-awaited Zamboanga Hermosa Festival at the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex on Sunday, October 1. UNIVERSITY of Zamboanga dancers perform during the opening salvo for the Zamboanga Hermosa...
The city government of Zamboanga launched the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival 2023 Celebracion de Colores during a program at the Grand Astoria Hotel Royce Convention Center in Zamboanga City on Thursday, September 21. MAYOR John Dalipe and Vice Mayor Josephine Pareja launched the Zamboanga Hermosa...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the distribution of confiscated smuggled rice to 3,000 indigent beneficiaries under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program at the National Food Authority compound here on Tuesday, September 19. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr....
