ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe on Wednesday awarded P300,000 in cash incentives to the Zamboanga City Police Office Drug Enforcement Unit chief and two other police commanders for their accomplishments in the campaign against illegal drugs and crime here. MAYOR John Dalipe and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Major Gen. Antonio Nafarette was named as the new commander of the Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command. He assumed the position during a turnover ceremony at the Wesmincom headquarters here on Wednesday, Nov. 20, led by Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr....
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police arrested on Monday, Nov. 18, the son of a retired general and seized nearly P30-million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation here. Ashraf Kayzar Ikbala, alias Bhar, 40, was arrested in Sitio Palawan, Zone 2, Barangay Divisoria. Lawmen confiscated...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 70-year-old man was killed and 15 families were left homeless by a fire in Barangay Tumaga here on Thursday night, Nov. 14. A FIRE hit Barangay Tumaga, Zamboanga City on Nov. 14. An elderly man was killed and 15 families were left homeless. Arson investigators said the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-9 has declared Nov. 15, 2024 to Feb. 15, 2025 as closed fishing season for sardines in the Zamboanga Peninsula. BFAR Regional Director Al Zhat Kunting leads the send-off ceremony in Zamboanga City for the 14th closed fishing season...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Three notorious kidnappers were killed in an encounter in Barangay Salipyasin, Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay at dawn on Tuesday, Nov. 12. A SUSPECTED kidnapper was killed in a gunbattle in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay on Nov. 12. One of the suspects was Murid Ahod, the eighth...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Four persons were arrested in Barangay Cawit, a coastal barangay here, on Monday, Nov. 11, for allegedly smuggling sacks of sugar. SACKS of suspected smuggled sugar found in a shipyard in Barangay Cawit, Zamboanga City on Monday. Police nabbed three truck drivers and...
Suspected shabu worth nearly P6 million was seized from two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation on Sunday, Nov. 10, in Barangay Santa Catalina, Zamboanga City. TWO suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Zamboanga City on Nov. 10. Police identified the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development is preparing thousands of food packs for 42 local government units in Region 9 or the Zamboanga Peninsula for impending calamities and emergency situations. FOOD packs for victims of calamities. DSWD Public Information...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City police chief has appealed to residents of this city to provide any information regarding the kidnapping of American national Elliot Eastman. MOLITAS In a press conference over the weekend, Zamboanga City Police Director Police Col. Kimberly Molitas said...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government sent water and medicines to victims of severe tropical storm “Kristine” in Bicol on Thursday, Oct. 31. MAYOR John Dalipe poses during the transport of assistance to storm-hit areas in the Bicol region. (Mayor John Dalipe page) It sent 8,000...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 46-year-old man was stabbed to death on Cawa Cawa Boulevard here on Wednesday, Oct. 31. MAYOR John Dalipe and Zamboanga City police chief Police Col. Kimberly Molitas present Mohammad Miran, a stabbing suspect in Zamboanga City, on All Saints’ Day. Police identified...
