ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police recovered a military explosive in a junk shop in Pagadian City on Monday, Feb. 20. The Bomb Squad swooped down on the junk shop owned by Necario Alcano after receiving reports that an explosive was in the area. The explosive later identified as a CTG 60mm was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- An employee of the Labangan Municipal Government was shot and wounded by a still unidentified gunman at the Crossing Tawagan Norte, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on Wednesday, Feb. 8. PMaj. Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 Information Officer, identified the victim as...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a 44-year-old farmer tagged as the National Capital Region’s most wanted person in the municipality of Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur province on Saturday, Feb. 4. Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office 9 spokesperson, identified the suspect as Pasig...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A shootout between a gang led by one of the country’s most wanted persons and the police resulted in the death of his cohort in Midsalip, Zamboanga del Sur on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, said the Zamboanga del Sur...
The Department of Public Works and Highways-Region 9 (DPWH-Region 9) said the transport of goods and farm produce to the local markets was improved with the completion of a road project in Zamboanga del Sur. The upgrading of the Mansanas-Upper Dimorok-Lower Dimorok Road in Molave town costs P32...
ILIGAN CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Christmas Day. Joint Task Force Zampelan commander Brig. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete identified the slain communist guerrilla as Martino Ayas, alias “Nasser,” a remnant of the Guerrilla Front...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay councilor and two barangay tanods or watchmen were killed by two unidentified armed men inside a videoke bar in Dumalinao town, Zamboanga del Sur province, last Friday, Dec. 16. Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, said the victims...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 70-year-old farmer was shot dead after he was mistaken for a wild boar by a neighbor in Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur on Wednesday, Nov. 30. WILD BOAR (iStock) Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, identified the victim as Antonio Marquez...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – One of the most wanted persons in the country was killed in a shootout during a law enforcement operation in Zamboanga del Sur Friday, July 15. Police Col. Diomarie Albarico, Zamboanga del Sur police director, said Esmael Sanday was killed in a shootout in Barangay...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Some P3.8-million worth of smuggled cigarettes loaded inside a vehicle were intercepted by authorities in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur on Sunday, July 3. 109 boxes of smuggled cigarettes were seized from a utility vehicle in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur last Sunday, July 3. (Photo...
(PHIVOLCS) A 4.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in southwestern Mindanao at around 5:23 a.m., Wednesday, June 29, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs traced the epicenter of the earthquake at 35 kilometers (km) southeast of Tabina, Zamboanga del Sur, and...
By Bonita Ermac and Liza Abubakar-Jocson ILIGAN CITY – Brigadier General Leonel M. Nicolas, commander of the Philippine Army’s 102nd Brigade, confirmed that an explosion had transpired in a house at Purok Malipayon in Barangay Diplo, Kumalarang, Zamboanga Del Sur at around 12:30 p.m. on Friday,...
