ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two persons were killed and 14 individuals were injured when a delivery van lost its brakes and rammed six vehicles in a chain collision on Black Saturday in front of a police station in Dumalinao municipality, Zamboanga del Sur province. THE ill-fated pickup truck. (PNP photo)...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay chairman and candidate for municipal board and two supporters were wounded in a gun attack in Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, identified the victims as Falconeri Buton, chairman of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) has raised a red tide alert in Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay provinces. Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-9 Memorandum No. 032, Series of 2025,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – It is business as usual at Dakak Resort in Dapitan City in Zamboanga del Norte in spite of a Supreme Court ruling ordering Dakak Beach Resort Corp. and former Rep. Romeo G. Jalosjos to vacate a lot within the resort and turn it over to the owner. “Rest assured, Dakak Beach...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was killed in a suspected improvised explosive device explosion inside a beach resort in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur at dawn on Tuesday, September 17. A MOTORCYCLE damaged by the explosion. (PNP) Police are identifying the mangled victim whose body was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A soldier on furlough was gunned down in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur on Saturday, September 7. A SOLDIER, Private First Class Mark Leo Jay Capute, was shot dead by a lone gunman in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur on Saturday, September 5. (Contributed photo by Ely...
ILIGAN CITY – A leader of the Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee (WMRPC) of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front was killed in an encounter with the military in Barangay Malagalad, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday, February 27. The 102nd...
Vice President Sara Duterte has lauded the provincial government of Zamboanga del Sur for its governance vision that is in line with President Marcos' 8-Point Agenda. A guest speaker at an event for the province's 71st Charter Anniversary, Duterte cited the Zamboanga del Sur's government officials'...
CAMP SANG-AN, Zamboanga del Sur – The Public Affairs Office (PAO) of the Army 1st Infantry “Tabak” Division successfully hosted the Division Press Corps Strategic Communication Cascading 2023 at the Officer’s Clubhouse in this camp on Saturday, July 15. The Division Press Corps Strategic...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes worth P850,000 in a checkpoint in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday, July 6. Three persons were arrested after they failed to present documents to legalize the transport of the cargo. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9...
BUTUAN CITY – A 4.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Zamboanga del Sur province anew Thursday afternoon, April 6, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In its bulletin, Phivolcs said the earthquake was recorded at 12:04 p.m. The epicenter was plotted only eight...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.2 earthquake rocked Zamboanga del Sur on Wednesday morning, April 5. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the tectonic earthquake was recorded at 4:53 a.m. Epicenter was three kilometers (kms) northeast of Dumingag, Zamboanga del...
