ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police and government officials led the formal activation and assumption of office ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 15, of the Zamboanga City Police Station 12 in Barangay Talon Talon here. Police Major Juvic Aballe was appointed acting station commander. Police Brig. Gen. Eleazar...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Philippine Airlines flight was forced to return to the Zamboanga International Airport on Tuesday, Oct. 14, after experiencing bird strike while enroute to Manila. One of the passengers said that PAL flight PR2950 left the Zamboanga International Airport at 6:35 a.m. Some 15...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte planted the one millionth tree under her environmental and education advocacy at the Pasonanca Freedom Park here on Wednesday, Oct. 15. A rambutan tree, her favorite, became the one millionth tree planted upon the completion of Pagbabago: A million...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Office of the Civil Defense-9 has ordered all local government units in Zamboanga Peninsula on Friday, Oct. 10, to activate their CDRRMO operations centers following the strong earthquake in the Davao region. The CDRRMO operations centers were ordered to monitor all updates...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – One-hundred ten families fled their homes over the past two days due flood triggered by heavy rains from the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) said Barangays San Jose Gusu, Talisayan, Tugbungan, Mampang, and Pasonanca...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Weesam Express, a fastcraft transporting passengers from Zamboanga to Basilan and vice versa, sunk while docked at the port of Zamboanga at dawn on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Vessel captain Samuel Sabanal said the boat crew initially observed water seeping into the vessel at around 3 a.m.,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - More than 200 vintas sailed off the coastline of RT Lim Boulevard here on Sunday, Oct. 5, in a yearly spectacular race known as the Regatta de Zamboanga. Thousands of residents and visitors witnessed 235 vintas sail in a heart pounding race touted as one of the highlights of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office, in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Education (DepEd), officially launched the Bakuna Eskwela school-based immunization program here on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Baliwasan Central School. Running from Oct. 1 to 31,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Groceries worth an estimated P7 million were destroyed in a fire that hit a warehouse in Barangay Santa Catalina here on Thursday night. In a report on Friday, Supt. Leo Pioquinto, Zamboanga City Fire District (ZCFD) marshal, said the fire broke out around 5:34 p.m. in Maria...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government of Zamboanga sent another batch of relief assistance on Thursday night, reaffirming its solidarity with earthquake-stricken Cebu province. “The first batch of assistance and rescue team dispatched on Wednesday night has arrived in Cebu City,” Mayor Kymer...
Zamboanga City led by Mayor Khymer Olaso deployed a 19-man team to Cebu province on Wednesday, Oct. 1, to help in earthquake rescue efforts. The team was composed of nine personnel from the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, eight from the City Health Office, and two from the City...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Properties worth P9 million were destroyed in a three-hour fire in Barangay Tetuan, this city, before dawn Thursday. Supt. Leo Pioquinto, Zamboanga City Fire District marshal, said the fire broke out at 12:31 a.m. on Estrada St. “Fourteen houses were affected, of which 10 were...
