ZAMBOANGA CITY – A grenade exploded inside the home of the president of a contractor’s association and a known supporter of Mayor Khymer Olaso here on Monday, July 28. The explosion was heard at around 3:22 a.m. at the house of Melvin Q. Tan, president of La Contratistas de la Ciudad de...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) confirmed the first case of Monkeypox here on Wednesday, July 23. The city government said that the patient complained of fever and developed rashes on July 6. Test results from the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City confirmed...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two-hundred twenty families from 12 barangays here are staying in evacuation centers due to heavy rains and strong winds from tropical storm ‘’Crising’’ and the southwest monsoon or ‘’habagat’’ on Thursday, July 18. The City Social Welfare and Development Office...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Work and classes here were cancelled on Thursday due to heavy rains and strong winds from tropical depression “Crising” and the southwest monsoon or “habagat.” Acting Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco, officer-in-charge after Mayor Khymer Olaso left for the United States,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A robbery suspect was apprehended and mauled by bystanders after attempting to steal from two people here on Monday, July 14, using a pellet gun. Police said the suspect allegedly attempted to rob two victims, one of whom is an employee of a commercial mall. The suspect...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A security guard of a popular mall here returned a P1.5-million bracelet to its rightful owner on Sunday, July 6. Security guard Francisco Dialogo of Topwatch Corporate Security Services Inc., who was on duty at the time, found an unattended diamond-studded gold bracelet at the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two men and seized a shipment of smuggled cigarettes worth P25 million in an operation in this city on Monday morning. Police Col. Fidel Fortaleza Jr., chief of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO), identified the suspects as Vicente Garcia, 33, driver;...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 38-year-old woman allegedly strangled her five-year-old daughter to death then killed herself inside their residence here on Wednesday, July 2. Initial investigation said neighbors reported hearing cries of help from the victims’ house. These were left unheeded until a...
Zamboanga City Mayor-elect Khymer Olaso formally took his oath on Monday, June 30, along with Vice Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco, first district Rep. Katrina Chua, and second district Rep. Jerry Perez. Olaso reiterated his campaign promises which centered on security, cleanliness, and education....
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Four people, including two minors, were injured in a vehicular accident in Barangay Sinunuc here on Saturday evening, June 28. The collision involved two vehicles -- an Isuzu Bongo and a Bajaj. The Isuzu Bongo driven by 42-year-old Darwin delos Santos Francisco was traveling...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Cebu Pacific flight which took off for Tawi-Tawi province on Sunday, June 29, returned to the Zamboanga International Airport (ZIA) here seconds after takeoff due to unsettling mechanical sounds heard by passengers on board the aircraft. Passengers reported hearing loud banging...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A habal-habal driver, identified as a high-value drug target, was arrested during a coordinated anti-illegal drugs operation between the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9 and the Zamboanga City police here on Sunday, June 29. Suspect Nelson H. Lamon, 41, allegedly sold three...
