ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government held the Fiesta Cultural on Monday, April 24, at Plaza Pershing to kick off this year’s Summer Verano Festival. SKILLED Tausug dancers showcase their skills during the Pangalay competition, an activity under Zamboanga City’s Summer Verano Festival....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Health Office has recorded one new case of Covid-19 amid reports of the uptick the disease nationwide. THE Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) is the city's Covid referral center. (Photo via Liza Jocson) The case is among eight active recorded by the City...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thousands of Muslims attended the congregational prayers for the Eid’l Fitr celebration here on Saturday morning, April 22. THOUSANDS of Muslims join the congregational prayer in celebration of the Eid’l Fitr at the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Stadium in Zamboanga City on...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A male bettor at a lotto outlet here was shot and wounded by two unidentified assailants on Thursday, April 20. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, identified the victim as Samuel Isidro Apolinario, 51. Apolinario was reportedly placing...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. imposed a moratorium on the transfer of remaining regional offices from Zamboanga City to Pagadian City on Wednesday, April 19. MAYOR John Dalipe announces the moratorium on the transfer of regional offices during a press conference in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two Abu Sayyaf Group members surrendered here on Tuesday, April 11. NAVAL Forces Western Mindanao commander Admiral Don Anthony Miraflor receives two Abu Sayyaf surrenderers at the NFWM headquarters in Zamboanga City. (Photo by NFWM) Adzhar Usman Langkang and Karasan Turabin...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A record-breaking crowd trooped to the Abong Abong Park in this city to observe the Holy Week. A BIRD’S eye view of the crowd at Abong Abong Park in Zamboanga City on Maundy Thursday taken by a drone of the mobile command center. (City Hall PIO) Police reported no untoward...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thousands of people joined the Holy Burial procession locally known as the “Santo Entierro” on Good Friday here. Zamboanga Archdiocese Auxiliary Bishop Moises Cuevas led the Santo Entierro that started from the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The...
Zamboanga and Marikina got back on track while Pasay sustained its recovery on Tuesday, April 4, in the OKBet-MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Fifth Season at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig. Shrugging off its 74-93 loss to Caloocan on March 24, Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines routed...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe here inspected security preparations at the Abong Abong Park in Barangay Pasonanca last Sunday, April 2, for the yearly trek of devotees this Holy Week. Dalipe inspected the city government’s Mobile Command Center, a facility deployed to serve as a monitoring...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A grenade explosion rocked the house of a policewoman here early Monday morning, April 3. A POLICE officer investigates the grenade explosion at the house of a policewoman in Zamboanga City on April 3, Monday. (Photo via Liza Jocson) Police found the pin of a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Six people were killed while 23 others were injured after a truck rammed a house in Sitio Daap, Barangay Sangali here on Wednesday, March 29. A police report said that a truck carrying more than 20 factory workers was traversing a descending slope when its brakes...
