ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized four kilos of suspected shabu valued at P27 million from an ex-soldier during a buy-bust operation here on Tuesday, Aug. 19. The suspect was identified as Sahdan Badiri Ibrahim, 52, from Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur and a high-value drug suspect. Authorities...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was shot by his cousin here last Sunday allegedly due to a long-standing personal dispute among family members. The victim, identified as Roland Miguel Campo, was allegedly shot by his cousins Ian and Daniel Perez. Campo was riding his motorcycle in an intersection in...
Brighter days await 100 members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) as they received new houses from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU), a milestone in the government’s continuing peace and reintegration efforts in Mindanao. In a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A 32-year-old man was arrested after taking his own daughter hostage here last Thursday, Aug. 14. Carlito, the live-in partner of the child 's mother, Roselle, reportedly went into a violent rage at around 4:50 a.m. The suspect smashed a window inside their house and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 19-year-old man was allegedly shot and wounded by his uncle during a heated argument here on Wednesday, Aug. 13. Police said the victim, Arnel, sustained a bullet wound in the head. Investigation said the suspect Hassan shot the victim during a confrontation over theft...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A lending company collector was stabbed and left for dead during a robbery-holdup here last Tuesday. The victim Erwin Camanlaan was stabbed four times by suspects. The suspects, believing he was dead, pushed him off a cliff and left. Camanlaan mustered the strength to crawl...
President Marcos has declared special non-working days in three municipalities and one city in Catanduanes, Zamboanga del Sur, Rizal, and Quezon Province this month. Through Proclamation No. 983, Marcos declared Aug. 15 as a special non-working day in the municipality of Viga in Catanduanes for...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The sea-based Anti-Trafficking Task Force, in collaboration with 14 other government agencies, rescued 38 victims of human trafficking during a maritime operation here on Friday, Aug. 8. The 38 individuals, including four minors, were on board the vessel ML J- Sayang docked in a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A fire hit the Hall of Justice in Barangay Zone IV here before dawn on Saturday, Aug. 9. The Bureau of Fire Protection and the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office put out the fire that started at 3:31 a.m. and declared under control at 3:58 a.m. Nobody was killed or...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government will strictly implement the rest day provision among tricycles here. Tricycle Ordinance 185 regulates the operation of motorized tricycles. In a press conference, Secretary to the Mayor Celso Lobregat said Article 6, Section 3, of Ordinance 185 restricts the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) confiscated firearms from three suspected members of a gun smuggling syndicate during an operation here on Wednesday, Aug. 6. NBI-9 Director Jose Ermie A. Monsanto identified the suspects as Alfahad Sampang Hayidini, 27; Nurhakim...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two persons were killed and two others were injured when a truck rammed a motorcycle along the Malagutay portion of the bypass road here on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Police identified the fatalities as Rowel Lopez dela Peña, the motorcycle driver, and Dennis Gaco Absin, a native of...
