ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 is investigating a bloody encounter during the service of a warrant of arrest here against an Abu Sayyaf member on Thursday, April 23, where three persons were killed and an official of the Sangguniang Kabataan was wounded. “Police Regional Office-9...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The mother of an Overseas Filipino Worker allegedly killed in Lebanon by her employer’s son is appealing for help from the national and local governments. Helen Zamoras, a former OFW and mother of the victim Honeylith Zamoras, is seeking help from the national government in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities rescued 15 suspected human trafficking and illegal recruitment victims, including a minor, during an operation on Monday evening, April 20, in a private wharf here. Victims were six women, eight men, and a male minor. Authorities launched the operation following...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Sardine production here may only be sustained for the next 15 days or until the end of this month, an official of an industrial group said. Edgar Lim, vice president of the Industrial Group of Zamboanga, confirmed an earlier statement that the fishing sector in this city is...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - More than P47-million worth of suspected shabu was seized from a woman and two companions during a buy-bust operation here on Friday, April 17. The suspects were identified as Sulu residents Dalla Andi Sakit, alias Indah, 32: Nurdimar Musad, 43, and Zaldy Akok Abdul,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Lamitan City police arrested the second suspect linked to the fatal shooting of a Lebanese national and his Filipino wife during a law enforcement operation in Lamitan, Basilan on Thursday, April 16. The suspect, identified as Salman Najirun, 23, was apprehended in Sitio Libi,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized smuggled cigarettes with an estimated market value of P5.4 million here and Cotabato City on Wednesday. Police Col. Fidel Fortaleza Jr., Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director, reported that the seizure occurred at about 3:30 a.m. in Isla Berde, Chonga...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested the suspect in the murder of a Lebanese and his wife here on Friday in Lantawan municipality, Basilan province at dawn on Monday, April 13. The suspect, 24-year-old Jamil Cotamora Binasing, was apprehended by the military and police at the house of his...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The sardine industry appealed for assistance from the government in facing a serious decline in production due to mounting production costs from rising fuel prices. In a press conference on Saturday, April 11, Southern Philippines Deep Sea Fishing Association President Julius...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A massive manhunt is on for two suspects responsible for shooting a Lebanese national and his Filipino wife inside their business establishment here last Friday, April 10. In a social media post, Mayor Khymer Olaso has offered a P500,000 reward to anyone who can provide...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The MV Sug Adventure, a passenger vessel, collided with a motorboat in the sea of Santa Cruz Island here on Friday night, April 10. An initial report by the Philippine Coast Guard said the MV Sug Adventure was traversing the sea when a motor banca suffered a carburetor...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than 2,000 drivers and operators of public utility jeepneys and tricycles here received fuel subsidy from the city government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development from Wednesday to Thursday. The city government distributed financial subsidies amounting to...
