ZAMBOANGA CITY – Nearly 400 families evacuated at the height of heavy rains from the southwest monsoon or “habagat” and low-pressure area here on Saturday, June 7. The City Social Welfare and Development Office reported that 383 families or 1,186 individuals evacuated to safer grounds after...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thousands of Muslim residents celebrated Eid’l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice by participating in community prayers and visiting family and relatives here on Friday, June 6. A big group trooped to the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex in the morning to participate in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two soldiers were injured and robbed of their firearms in a road mishap here on Thursday, June 5. The victims, Army Corporal Juner Vally, driver of the vehicle; and Staff Sgt. Tiyamuat Alrasid, were cruising on the highway in Barangay Calarian when the vehicle rammed an electric...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are investigating the death of a suspected drug pusher who was allegedly shot and killed by a police officer here on Wednesday, June 4. The fatality was identified as Michael Hipolito Felix, a 39-year-old resident of Sitio Siguinan, Barangay Bunguiao, this city. Felix was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The transition teams of the outgoing and incoming Dalipe and Olaso administrations held their first meeting on Tuesday, June 3, marking a significant step in the turnover of responsibilities between them. The transition ceremony involved the turnover of records, documents, and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police have filed frustrated murder charges against the suspect in the shooting of barangay councilor Jake Fabian here recently. Zamboanga City Police Office Assistant Director for Operations Police Lt. Col. Paul Andrew Cortez identified the suspect as a certain Alvin. Cortez...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested a notorious Abu Sayyaf Group member in this city on Saturday, May 31. Police identified the suspect as Isnaji Jundam Hasim, 34. Hasim was allegedly a supporter of ASG leader Ibni Acosta. Hasim was accused of involvement in several high-profile abductions and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office reported an increase in dengue cases here in the first quarter of this year. In a press briefing on Wednesday, City Health Officer Dr. Dulce Miravite said 524 dengue cases, with three fatalities, were recorded in the first four months of 2025. The figure...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – “I just wanted to avoid a confrontation.” Thus said 60-year-old Oscar Palacio, an engineer who survived a gun attack in what was initially probed as a road rage incident at the intersection of Gov. Camins Ave. and Nuñez Extension here at dawn on Thursday, May 29. A black...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five possible monkeypox cases are being monitored here, a local health official said during a press conference on Wednesday, May 28. City Health Officer Dr. Dulce Miravite refused to identify them but said they are from the central, east, and west coast. She said that they have...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council held an emergency meeting to discuss proactive and response efforts on the presence of monkeypox in some Mindanao provinces. Mayor John Dalipe presided over the meeting which focused on the Zamboanga City Preparedness...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two persons were killed by gunmen onboard a motorcycle on Gov. Alvarez Ave. near a private university here on Monday night, May 26. Police identified the fatalities as Michael Kubili Perez, a resident of Barangay Guiwan here and Alkhan Omar of Basilan province. Investigation...
