ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three-hundred families lost their homes in a four-hour fire that hit a residential area in Barangay Arena Blanco here on Monday, September 18. SOME 100 homes were lost in a four-hour fire in Barangay Arena Blanco, Zamboanga City, on Monday, September 18. (City Hall...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than 2,000 persons fled flash flood spawned by heavy rains in mountainous areas here on Sunday, September 17. THE City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office and Bureau of Fire Protection rescue people by trapped by rising water level following heavy rains at the...
The combined forces of various Philippine National Police components in Zamboanga City and the Bureau of Customs held three land and sea enforcement operations in the city and confiscated over P5-million worth of smuggled cigarettes. PART of the contraband cigarette brands seized in the sea of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Twelve persons were injured in a jeepney accident here on Thursday, September 14. Police identified the injured as driver Lino Adjud Karil, 46, and passengers Ferlyn H. Gloria, 14; Chesla A. Unsing, 14; Rhea B. Vidal, 17; Jasmin S. Gabual, 17; Kathlenne G. Hermo,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Eleven rice retailers here each received P15,000 aid from the government on Thursday, September 14. It compensates their losses in the implementation of Executive Order 39 that placed a price cap on regular and well-milled rice. The financial assistance under the Department of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth nearly P3 million were intercepted in the sea of Tumalutap Island here on Monday night, September 11. These contrabands onboard a wooden watercraft marked FB Ommayah 3 were intercepted by members of the Zamboanga Second Mobile Group. The vessel had...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thousands of liters of smuggled fuel on board a boat docked in a vessel docking facility here were seized by authorities on Saturday, September 9. The Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao, Bureau of Customs, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) found...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe here led a program commemorating the tenth anniversary of the infamous Zamboanga City siege on Saturday, September 9. Ten years ago on September 9, 2013, extremist rebels forced their way and held six barangays here hostage. The memorial ceremony involved a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – This city joined the third quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill on Thursday, September 7. The activity, spearheaded by the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, aims to prepare the populace should a big tremor jolt this city. Participants from the city...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay captain from Zamboanga Sibugay province and his brother, a former barangay councilor, were gunned down in a busy intersection here on Sunday night, September 3. Police identified the fatalities as Jul-Asmad Mawajil Anjawang, 56, barangay captain of Mamansaan, Mabuhay,...
Senator Francis Tolentino welcomed the triumphant hosting of the second regional leg of the Philippine ROTC Games (PRG) in Zamboanga City, saying this strengthens the country’s resolve to unite the country’s cadets in the years to come. Sen. Francis Tolentino (2nd from left) poses with the Army...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City government led by Mayor John Dalipe held a program and floral offering ceremony at Plaza Rizal here to commemorate National Heroes’ Day on Monday, August 28. MAYOR John Dalipe, Sen. Francis Tolentino, Vice Mayor Josephine Pareja, and city councilors lead...