CEBU CITY – The provincial and city government of Zamboanga del Norte and Dapitan continued their aggressive tourism campaigns by participating in the 31st Travel Tour Expo of the Philippine Travel Agencies Association in Pasay City. DAPITAN City, led by its tourism officer Apple Marie Agolong...
Zamboanga City is currently experiencing the effects of the El Niño phenomenon based on data from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). PAGASA Zamboanga City PAGASA weatherman Rodel Inclan said they are studying two models that might have a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Forty families composed of 185 individuals lost their homes in a fire in Barangay Sangali here on Monday, January 22. RESIDENTS return to their homes destroyed in a fire in Barangay Sangali, Zamboanga City on Monday. (City Government of Zamboanga page) Barangay Sangali...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A massive blackout affected 11 power feeders of the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) covering a big portion of this city’s east coast due to a scheduled power interruption requested by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on Friday, January 19. The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 58-year-old man on his way home from a cockpit was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Cabatangan, this city, on Thursday, January 18. MOTOCYCLE-RIDING gunmen shot dead a 58-year-old man in Zamboanga City on Thursday, January 18. (Photo via Liza Jocson) ...
(Photo by PCG) A cargo vessel carrying 170 tons of cement accidentally tilted due to bad weather off Bayangan Island in Zamboanga del Norte on Monday, Jan. 15. PCG spokesperson Rear Adm. Armando Balilo said 13 crew members of M/V Star Sabang were rescued by personnel of the Coast Guard Sub-Station...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – One-hundred sixty-three housing units were turned over to fire victims in Zamboanga City by the National Housing Authority and Mayor John Dalipe on Wednesday, January 10. MAYOR John Dalipe (seventh from left) leads the turnover of more than 100 housing units for fire victims in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police here and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized four kilos of suspected shabu worth P27.5 million from four drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Calarian, this city, on Wednesday, January 10. SUSPECTED shabu weighing more than four kilos...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Health-9 recorded a total of 60 fireworks-related injuries in Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) as it winded up its fireworks-related injuries surveillance on Friday, January 6. No deaths due to firecrackers were reported. Zamboanga City recorded the highest number...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Barangays here are implementing a curfew for minors based on a city council resolution approved last year by the Sangguniang Panlungsod. THE Sangguniang Panlungsod of Zamboanga City. (Photo via Liza Jocson) Ordinance 636, the ordinance imposing curfew for children in Zamboanga...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) of the Zamboanga City government opened on Tuesday, January 2, at the Centro Latino in Paseo del Mar here to accept business permit applications and renewals from business owners. THE Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) of the city government of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office said 17 individuals sustained fireworks-related injuries during the New Year’s Eve revelry here. ILLEGAL fireworks seized in Zamboanga City. Most of the victims were male from 12 to 26-years-old. Of the initial batch of six cases before the New Year, five...