A farmer lies dead after being shot by suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte on Nov. 23, 2023. The victim, 48-year-old Ricardo Quijano, allegedly refused to give food supplies to suspected communist rebels. (Photo by 97th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) The...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.3 earthquake jolted Zamboanga del Norte on Friday morning, August 18. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said earthquake was registered at 1:15 a.m. and its epicenter was 27 kilometers (kms) west of Baliguian, Zamboanga del Norte....
KATIPUNAN, Zamboanga del Norte – Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) and Zamboanga del Norte Electric Cooperative Inc. (Zaneco) recently held a medical mission for around 200 residents in Barangay Sitog here. HEALTH workers vaccinate a child during the medical mission in Barangay Sitog,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 77-year-old man was shot dead by riding-in-tandem assailants in the municipality of Mutia, Zamboanga del Norte province on Thursday, June 29. Police Regional Office-9 Information Officer Police Major Shellamie Chang identified the victim as James Torino Tagapan, a resident...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A drug suspect was killed while a police operative was wounded during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Kauswagan, Baliguian, Zamboanga del Norte on Saturday, June 25. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 public information officer, identified the...
The future is bright for the Zamboangueños because of the province’s work toward growth in diverse industries, Vice President Sara Duterte said. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during the 71st founding anniversary and Hudyaka Festival held at the Zamboanga del Norte Sports Complex on Monday,...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-four earthquake rocked Sindangan town, Zamboanga del Norte province, on Monday morning, April 24, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said the earthquake occurred at 8:28 a.m. and its epicenter was plotted 10 kilometers...
Around 15 personnel from the Local Government Unit of Tampilisan in Zamboanga del Norte have finished training on a technology that converts solid wastes into useful products, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said. (Photo courtesy of DOST) In a statement, DOST stated that they have...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Office 9 said it has turned over the P5 million 2022 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) Incentive Fund to the municipality of Piñan, Zamboanga del Norte. DILG Regional Office 9 Director Paisal O. Abutazil said the ceremonial...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A barangay captain and four members of his family were killed during an ambush in Sirawai town in Zamboanga del Norte on Thursday, Jan. 27. PMaj. Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 Public Information Officer, identified the victims as Allie Lomiguis Manangca, barangay...
There ought to be a law setting a timetable for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to decide whether or not a certain poll bet is indeed a "nuisance candidate". (Zanorte News Flash Facebook) Thus, said congressman-elect Romeo Jalosjos Jr. of Zamboanga del Norte's first district, who, despite his...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Hundreds of supporters of Zamboanga del Norte Rep. Romeo “Kuya Jon” M. Jalosjos Jr. gathered in Dapitan City on Tuesday, Dec. 27, to question the prolonged vacancy in the first district congressional seat at the House of Representatives. HUNDREDS of residents protest the...
