ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe led this city in commemorating National Heroes Day on Monday, August 26. MAYOR John Dalipe leads the National Heroes Day commemoration in Zamboanga City on Monday, August 26. Dalipe, in a short program at Plaza Rizal here, honored the great men and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two persons died and another is in critical condition after inhaling toxic chemicals in a gasoline station in Barangay Curuan here on Wednesday, August 21. Police identified the fatalities as Joel Dungog, 34, and Jomar Cagit, 30. A co-worker, 23-year-old Jonas Calderon, was...
Denice “The Menace” Zamboanga will finally compete for 26 pounds of gold, but it still won’t be against her good friend and ONE Atomweight MMA World Champion Stamp Fairtex. Denice “The Menace” Zamboanga (ONE Championship) With the division’s queen still recovering from an...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two housing projects under the government's Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program (4PH) kicked off here on Saturday, August 10. OFFICIALS sign the agreement for two government housing projects under the Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program in Zamboanga City on...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than 198,000 students returned to classes here on Monday, July 29, the start of school year 2024-25. CLASSES resume at the Tetuan High School Main in Zamboanga City for school year 2024-25. (City Hall PIO) The Division of City Schools said there are 198, 850...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A speed boat with 16 government and police personnel onboard capsized off the coast of Barangay Tumalutab, Zamboanga City on Friday morning, July 19. PASSENGERS of a capsized speed boat in Zamboanga City rest at the headquarters of the Zamboanga 2nd Mobile Force Company....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration official here described the monsoon rain last July 12 which inundated several barangays here as an “extreme weather condition.” INCLAN In a press briefing at the Zamboanga City Hall on...
By LIZA JOCSON ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four persons were killed over the weekend in landslides triggered by heavy rains in Barangay Pamucutan here. The victims were identified as Leonilo Moret and son Justin and Nica Ortega and son JM. Their bodies were found during search and retrieval operations....
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A man and his son were killed and two others remain missing in a landslide caused by heavy rains here on Sunday morning, July 14. A BACKHOE sifts through the rubble to find missing persons after a landslide in Barangay Pamucutan, Zamboanga City on July 14.(Contributed photo...
Passenger-cargo vessel “Ciara Joie 1” runs aground off Rio Hondo in Zamboanga City on July 12, 2024. All 19 crew members of the vessel were rescued, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. (Photo by PCG) A passenger-cargo vessel ran aground off the coastal waters in Brgy. Rio Hondo in...
By LIZA JOCSON ZAMBOANGA CITY – Several flights at the Zamboanga International Airport were cancelled on Saturday, July 13, after the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines suspended airport morning operations due to flooded runway. PASSENGERS make their way to the terminal of the...
By LIZA JOCSON ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard-Zamboanga City station rescued 19 crew members of a vessel that ran aground near the coastline of Barangay Rio Hondo here at the height of monsoon rains on Friday, July 12. A CARGO vessel ran aground in Zamboanga City on Friday, July...
