ZAMBOANGA CITY – Officials called off afternoon classes here and other parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula after a magnitude-6.1 earthquake rocked Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte before noon on Thursday, Jan. 23. The earthquake was felt at magnitude-5.4 here and sent students and people out of...
photo: CIDG Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) seized more than P11.6 million worth of smuggled...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police shot a suspected burglar who started a fire inside a commercial establishment on Gov. Camins Ave. here on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The suspect, Manny Dianseng Diaz, 38, was spotted trying to enter a house outside the store. Residents chased him and the suspect climbed up the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Intelligence Unit, where hero cop Police Senior Master Sgt. Ryan Mariano is assigned, and two other police units were awarded P100,000 each for neutralizing and arresting shooting suspects here. MAYOR John Dalipe with Zamboanga City police chief Police...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Roel Rodolfo has replaced Police Brig. Gen. Bowenn Joey Masauding as Police Regional Office-9 chief. RODOLFO Rodolfo, whose appointment by the Philippine National Police headquarters was effective Jan. 10, assumed the position on Monday, Jan. 13. He...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Peace and Order Council chaired by Mayor John Dalipe has approved a P200,000 incentive to Police Senior Master Sgt. Ryan Mariano who neutralized two lawless elements here on New Year's Eve. The incentive was approved during the City Peace and Order Council meeting...
The SM Foundation and SM Prime turned over on Dec. 18 a newly built two-story school building to the Santa Barbara Central Elementary School in Zamboanga City, which was heavily ravaged during the Zamboanga City siege in 2013. SM Foundation Executive Director for Education Carmen Linda Atayde, SM...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested on Monday, Jan. 7, the alleged mastermind in the kidnapping of American Elliot Eastman last Oct. 17. EASTMAN The suspect was identified as Jackaira Jamaani, 35, from Sibuco municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province. He was arrested on a warrant for...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Several cartons of firecrackers confiscated by the police here during the holiday season were destroyed on Tuesday, Jan. 7. POLICE prepare for the firecracker disposal activity in Zamboanga City. (ZCPO) A Zamboanga City Police Office statement said the disposal was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 feted intelligence officer Police Senior Master Sgt. Ryan Mariano for neutralizing two lawless elements here recently. POLICE Regional Office-9 Director Police Brig. Gen. Bowenn Joey Masauding awards Police Senior Master Sgt. Ryan Mariano neutralizing...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 12-year-old boy drowned in a river spillway here on New Year’s Day. Police identified the victim as Abdulaziz Arabani Yacob. AUTHORITIES conduct a rescue operation for a 12-year-old boy who drowned on the Pasonanca River in Zamboanga City n New Year’s Day. ...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police killed two wanted men in a shootout here on New Year’s Eve. Police were patrolling the vicinity of a church when they spotted the suspects. POLICE secure the vicinity of a church in Zambaoanga City on Mew Year's Eve. (FB) The suspects fired at policemen who...
