ZAMBOANGA CITY – A robbery suspect was apprehended and mauled by bystanders after attempting to steal from two people here on Monday, July 14, using a pellet gun. Police said the suspect allegedly attempted to rob two victims, one of whom is an employee of a commercial mall. The suspect...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two passengers died and 28 others were injured when their bus crashed into a tree and plunged into a roadside ditch in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday morning. Jufil Mabanag, Dumingag municipal information officer, said the accident occurred around 7:20 a.m. in Purok 4,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A security guard of a popular mall here returned a P1.5-million bracelet to its rightful owner on Sunday, July 6. Security guard Francisco Dialogo of Topwatch Corporate Security Services Inc., who was on duty at the time, found an unattended diamond-studded gold bracelet at the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two men and seized a shipment of smuggled cigarettes worth P25 million in an operation in this city on Monday morning. Police Col. Fidel Fortaleza Jr., chief of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO), identified the suspects as Vicente Garcia, 33, driver;...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two individuals died and four were hospitalized after consuming a deadly puffer fish in Olutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay on Tuesday, July 1. Police identified the fatalities as Repsine Galliner, 16, and Mary Joy Gumata, 30. Hospitalized were Joash Gumata, 13; Jerome Gumata, 44; and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 38-year-old woman allegedly strangled her five-year-old daughter to death then killed herself inside their residence here on Wednesday, July 2. Initial investigation said neighbors reported hearing cries of help from the victims’ house. These were left unheeded until a...
Zamboanga City Mayor-elect Khymer Olaso formally took his oath on Monday, June 30, along with Vice Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco, first district Rep. Katrina Chua, and second district Rep. Jerry Perez. Olaso reiterated his campaign promises which centered on security, cleanliness, and education....
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Four people, including two minors, were injured in a vehicular accident in Barangay Sinunuc here on Saturday evening, June 28. The collision involved two vehicles -- an Isuzu Bongo and a Bajaj. The Isuzu Bongo driven by 42-year-old Darwin delos Santos Francisco was traveling...
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...
