SunStar Network News feed for Zamboanga, Philippines http://www.sunstar.com.ph en-us Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:14:05 +0800 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:14:05 +0800 RADIO Philippines Network (RPN) Zamboanga Station Manager Jerry Lacastesantos was elected as the new president of the Zamboanga City Press Club, Inc. in an election held Saturday at the Sunflower Food Center. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/07/news/press.club.holds.elections.of.new.officers.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified EXPLOSIVE Ordnance Demolition (EOD) personnel of Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) defused a bomb placed near the city's power firm office while the bomber tried to set it off Saturday, police said. The cellular telephone-triggered improvised explosive device (IED) was the second recovered and defused by the EOD policemen in just 24 hours in Zamboanga City. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/07/news/cops.foil.bomb.attack.while.bomber.tries.to.set.if.off.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bong Garcia CLOSE to 300 people staying in a coastal village northeast of Zamboanga City fled to safer grounds due to an abnormal earth surface movement in their area. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/06/news/residents.flee.as.earth.surface.cracked.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified POLICE authorities are eyeing business rivalry as the possible motive in the killing of a shipping firm executive in Zamboanga City. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/06/news/gunmen.kill.shipping.firm.executive.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified EXPLOSIVE ordnance demolition (EOD) personnel of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) recovered Friday morning two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from a cargo truck in Zamboanga City. Initial police report said that one of the IEDs consist of ammonium nitrate powder packed in a liter bottle and the second in an 800-mililiter bottle of soft drinks. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/06/news/improvised.bombs.recovered.in.a.cargo.truck.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bong P. Garcia POLICE authorities are eyeing business rivalry as the possible motive in the killing of a shipping firm executive in Zamboanga City. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/06/news/gunmen.kill.shipping.firm.executive.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified EXPLOSIVE ordnance demolition (EOD) personnel of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) recovered Friday morning two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from a cargo truck in Zamboanga City. Initial police report said that one of the IEDs consist of ammonium nitrate powder packed in a liter bottle and the second in an 800-mililiter bottle of soft drinks. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/06/news/improvised.bombs.recovered.in.a.cargo.truck.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bong P. Garcia CLOSE to 300 people staying in a coastal village northeast of Zamboanga City fled to safer grounds due to an abnormal earth surface movement in their area. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/06/news/residents.flee.as.earth.surface.cracked.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PERSONNEL of the Visayan Forum Foundation (VFF) and Philippines Ports Authority (PPA) have rescued on Monday eight women who were illegally recruited to work in nearby Malaysia. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/04/news/illegally.recruited.women.rescued.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A CENTRAL Mindanao-based top military official has ordered his troops to stay on defensive positions to thwart attacks from the enemies. Major General Raymundo Ferrer, chief of the Army's 6th Infantry Division, issued the order amid attacks staged by Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels in different areas in Central Mindanao. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/04/news/troops.placed.on.defensive.positions.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bong Garcia CITY agriculturist Diosdado Palacat said the prices of fish have increased as high as 20 percent per kilo last month. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/04/bus/prices.of.fish.increased.by.20..html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified ONE of the biggest supermarkets in the country has joined efforts with the World Wide Fund for Nature-Philippines (WWF-Philippines) to embark on a worthwhile mission "to do what in can to preserve the environment." http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/03/news/rustan.s.joins.environment.preservation.program.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DIRECTOR Jaime Caringal, chief of the Zamboanga Peninsula Police Office (ZPPO), implemented changes in the assignments of key officers at the ZPPO headquarters in Zamboanga City. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/03/news/police.office.implements.changes.in.assignments.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A MILITARY official has called on the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leadership to abide by the ceasefire agreement and hold its commanders responsible for violating the truce. Major Gamal Hayudini, chief of the 4th Civil Relations Group (4thCRG), has condemned the secessionist group for its blatant violations of the ceasefire agreement following the recent attacks by the rebels on government troops in Guindolongan, Maguindanao and in other parts of Central Mindanao. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/03/news/afp.official.urges.milf.to.respect.ceasefire.pact.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bong Garcia GOVERNMENT troops arrested over the weekend an alleged Abu Sayyaf bandit believed to be involved in an attack on a marine detachment last May in the island province of Basilan. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/02/news/abu.sayyaf.member.nabbed.in.basilan.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified RESIDENTS of the far-flung barangay of Lacnapan in the town of Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay province will no longer travel to other barangays just to avail of free health services. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/02/news/belgium.based.groups.provide.health.center.to.sibugay.village.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) issued guidelines for the implementation of Wage Order 15. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/02/news/board.issues.rules.for.wage.order.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) recently raided and uprooted millions of pesos worth of marijuana plants allegedly cultivated by Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants and Abu Sayyaf bandits in the hinterlands of Sulu. Third Marine Brigade Chief Eugenio Clemen said the marine troops stumbled on the 1.5-hectare marijuana plantation while combing the hinterlands of Sulu looking for JI and Abu Sayyaf bandits. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/02/news/marines.raid.sayyaf.cultivated.marijuana.plantation.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Bong Garcia THE Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) has warned junkshops to desist from buying stolen water meters and manhole covers from anyone selling such items in Zamboanga City. The ZCWD issued the warning after receiving several complaints of stolen water meters and manhole covers within its service area. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/01/news/water.district.to.junkshops.don.t.buy.stolen.meters.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A ONE-stop-shop known as the National Economic Research and Business Assistance Center (Nerbac) opened Monday in Zamboanga City. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/07/01/bus/trade.department.opens.one.stop.shop.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified