BACOLOD CITY – A 51-year-old sugar worker wanted for multiple counts of rape involving a minor in Zamboanga City was arrested in Barangay Maquiling, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 25, after two years of hiding. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office said the suspect was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Zamboanga City Health Officer Dr. Dulce Miravite has called on residents here to be vigilant and help prevent the spread of monkeypox after a confirmed case of the disease was recorded in Zamboanga Sibugay over the weekend. Miravite said there is no confirmed case of monkeypox...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was stabbed to death in Barangay Tumaga here last Sunday over a P50 debt he was unable to pay. The victim, Randy Adanza Nuhasan, 40, was at home when the suspect, Arnel Momo Baguio, 42, arrived and demanded that he pay his obligation. The conversation escalated into a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 376 couples tied the knot in a mass wedding at the Tetuan Coliseum here on Saturday, May 24, organized by the city government through the City Social Welfare and Development Office and the Civil Registrar’s Office. Mayor John Dalipe solemnized the ceremony with city...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The province of Zamboanga Sibugay has confirmed its first monkeypox case, which was recorded in Tungawan municipality. A press statement from the Zamboanga Sibugay Provincial Health Office said the patient is three-years-old who is confined at the Dr. George T. Hofer Medical...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The first flyover in the Zamboanga Peninsula opened here on Thursday, May 22, in line with ultimate objective to ease traffic in this city. The assessment and opening ceremony of the P450-million flyover at the intersection of Santa Cruz and Tetuan Highway was led by Public...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Friday, May 23, announced the opening of the Governor Camins/MCLL Highway and Veterans Avenue Flyover in Zamboanga City, marking the first flyover in the Zamboanga Peninsula region. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said the P450-million, 437-meter...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) inspected the rehabilitation of a key highway and bridge project linking Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Norte on Thursday, May 22. DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan and ADB Vice-President Scott Morris led...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay councilor and supporter of a congresswoman-elect was shot and wounded at dawn on Sunday in what is suspected to be an election-related incident here. Police identified the victim as Barangay Tumaga Councilor Jake Niko Alaban Fabian, 31. Investigation said Fabian was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – First district Rep. Khymer Olaso was proclaimed the new mayor here on Tuesday, May 13. REP. Khymer Olaso is proclaimed new Zamboanga City Mayor on May 13. (City Hall PIO) Olaso defeated Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe. Former Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco was elected vice mayor...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two senior citizens died when thousands of people mobbed an election watchers’ orientation by the Lakas-CMD here on Friday, May 9. Police identified the fatalities as Abelardo Trinidad Solamillo, 65, a tricycle driver, and Norma Narawi Anuddin, 80. Investigation disclosed the...
Government anti-narcotics authorities seized on Wednesday, May 7, around P6.8 million worth of suspected shabu following the arrest of a drug suspect during a buy-bust operation in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said the suspect,...
