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...
Police reported 31 shooting incidents in the first half of this year in Zamboanga City. Police Lt. Col. Paul Andrew Cortez, Zamboanga City police assistant director for operations, said 12 cases have been solved, nine cleared, and 10 under investigation. Several suspects have been identified and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A female student and her mother were taken to the hospital here on Tuesday, June 24, after inhaling fumes from a chemical substance used in a science experiment. The victims, 42-year-old Helen Cagaanan and daughter Darlyn Jane, 19, reportedly inhaled the fumes of a chemical...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A councilor of Barangay Calabasa here was shot and wounded by an unidentified gunman on Monday night, June 23. Police identified the victim as Ramlie Ismula, 37. Investigation said the victim heard a series of gunshots outside his home. He fled to his outdoor kitchen but was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – This city was rocked by a bomb threat on Sunday afternoon, June 22. Investigation said a woman left a backpack on NS Valderrosa St. and hurriedly left. Security personnel alerted police at around 7 p.m. when she failed to return to retrieve the bag. The Zamboanga City Police...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Police bomb disposal units swooped down on two public elementary schools here after a bomb threat was received on Wednesday, June 17. Police said the threat targeted the Pamucutan and Anuling elementary schools. Investigation disclosed that Jhelo Serna Rojas, 21, a criminology...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two elementary students were found dead on Thursday, June 19, in a pond in Barangay Cabaluay here. The victims – Ivan Apolinario, 10, Grade 5 pupil, and Joshua Sannudin, 8, a Grade 1 student – were reported missing after they failed to return home on Wednesday night....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P43 million were seized and six persons were arrested during a seaborne patrol operation in Santa Cruz Island here on Wednesday, June 18. The Second Mobile Force Company was patrolling the area when they chanced upon two motorboats with markings...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group member was killed in a shootout with police in Barangay Sangali here on Tuesday, June 17. Police identified the fatality as Naser Haranain, alias Gapur or Gapul, 29, a resident of Barangay Sangali. Investigation disclosed that lawmen were about to serve a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Regional health officials expressed alarm over an increase in the number of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cases in the Zamboanga Peninsula for this year compared to the previous year. Department of Health-9 data showed an average of 57 HIV cases per month in the first...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A 78-year-old man and his 17-year-old grandson were gunned down in broad daylight here on Tuesday, June 17. The victims were identified as Rolando Tumambid, 78, and his grandson Marjon Bergino, 17. Investigation disclosed that they were returning home on their motorcycle after a...
