ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A 30-year-old man was arrested while securing police clearance for employment here on Friday, Jan. 20. Lt. Col. Felix Martinez, 1st Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company (1ZCMFC) commander, said Argal Kasim Amirul was arrested at around 2:32 p.m. at the clearance section...
A FLOODED rice field in Zamboanga City. ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Office of the City Agriculturist on Tuesday, Jan. 17, reported that crops worth P106.4 million were destroyed due to flood caused by strong rain here on Jan. 11. It said 2,791.79 hectares of farm lands were affected by bad weather....
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) announced on Tuesday, Jan. 17, the appointment of Supt. Xavier Solda as the new jail warden of the Zamboanga City Jail Male Dormitory. BJMP Director Allan Iral said Solda will now supervise the biggest jail facility in Western Mindanao which houses...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – One person was killed while three others were wounded in a shooting incident perpetrated by a lone gunman in a private wharf meters away from a police and military checkpoint here on Monday, Jan. 16. The wounded were identified as Mohammad Taha Panolera Saddalani, 26; Albasar...
There ought to be a law setting a timetable for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to decide whether or not a certain poll bet is indeed a "nuisance candidate". (Zanorte News Flash Facebook) Thus, said congressman-elect Romeo Jalosjos Jr. of Zamboanga del Norte's first district, who, despite his...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Classes on all levels and work in the city government remain suspended on Thursday, Jan. 12, due to inclement weather from the shear line and low-pressure area. MAYOR John Dalipe (left) leads the distribution of relief packs to flood victims in a Zamboanga City evacuation center...
The Department of Public Works and Highways-Region 9 (DPWH-Region 9) said the transport of goods and farm produce to the local markets was improved with the completion of a road project in Zamboanga del Sur. The upgrading of the Mansanas-Upper Dimorok-Lower Dimorok Road in Molave town costs P32...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Sixteen key officers of the Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula (PRO-9) have tendered their courtesy resignation in support of the internal cleansing campaign of the Philippine National Police (PNP). In a statement on Wednesday, Jan. 11, Brig. Gen. Neil Alinsañgan,...
ONLY the rooftop of a house in Barangay Tumaga in Zamboanga City can be seen after rising water level from a river caused severe flooding in the area. (Photo via Liza Jocson) ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than 2,000 residents were forced to evacuate to safer grounds as strong rains battered this...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe here ordered the suspension of classes on all levels and work at the city government on Wednesday, Jan. 11, due to inclement weather. Dalipe made the announcement after several city streets experienced flooding due to strong rains early Wednesday morning....
The passenger terminal of the Port of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, which will be the country's largest after its P353 million expansion, will open this March, Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) general manager Jay Santiago announced. So far, the expansion of the terminal, which will boost its capacity...
POLICE investigate the murder of a man inside his brother’s food stall in Zamboanga City. (Photo by Ely Dumaboc) A 28-year-old man was shot dead inside his brother's food stall in Barangay Santa Maria, Zamboanga City on Sunday night, Jan. 8. Police said the victim, Arthur Salvador Asiafar, was...
