Gunmen harass troops; 1 hurt
A CIVILIAN worker was injured when unidentified armed men fired on a group of Filipino soldiers working with civilians on an American-funded road concreting project in Basilan.
Colonel Ricardo Visaya, commander of the Army's 104th Infantry Brigade, said the incident took place around 6:45...
Five young leaders cited with honors
FIVE young Zamboangueño leaders were conferred on Thursday night the Senator Roseller T. Lim award, highlighting the commemoration of the 6th Dia de Roseller T. Lim in Zamboanga City.
Dubbed as the Five Outstanding Zamboangueño Young Leaders (FOZYL), the award is a tribute to the...
Flood hits Dapitan City
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Thirteen of the 50 villages in Dapitan City in Zamboanga del Norte province have been ravaged by floods wrought by 12 hours of non-stop rains.
The affected villages are Sulangon, Diwa-an, Tamion, Oyan, Burgos, Ilaya, Barcelona, Opao, Ba-ao, Pontungan, Dampalan,...
Bomb-making materials seized
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Government forces seized bomb-making materials on Wednesday following an encounter against members of a local group believed to have ties with the Abu Sayyaf in the city.
Task Force Zamboanga commander Colonel Buenaventura Pascual said combined military and police...
City government builds P45-million market complex
THE construction of the P45-million complex at the main public market in Zamboanga City is ongoing.
City Administrator Antonio Orendain Jr. said the complex, with nine new public market buildings at what used to be the Ping’s Commercial, is part of the major makeover initiatives at the...
Overseas welfare office offers scholarships
THE Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) regional office is accepting applications for the agency' Overseas Filipino Workers Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP) for school year 2012-2013.
Owwa Officer Leonilo Daymiel said 64 scholarship slots have been allotted for Zamboanga...
City honors Zamboangueño lawmaker
ZAMBOANGA City commemorates Thursday the Dia de Roseller T. Lim in honor of the 97th birth anniversary of the late Senator Roseller Lim, the first and only Zamboangueño senator who was revered as the great filibuster.
Mayor Celso Lobregat will spearhead the activities, which will kick...
Phivolcs: Stay calm but ready
AN OFFICIAL of the Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Zamboanga City office has advised the public to “stay calm but ready.”
Phivolcs Zamboanga City officer Allan Labayog issued the advice Tuesday in the wake of a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit the Visayas region killing...
Gunmen kill canning firm executive
MOTROCYCLE-RIDING gunmen strike again and killed a canning factory executive in a west coast village of Zamboanga City, the police said Tuesday.
The Police Station 9 said the incident took place around 8 a.m. Monday in the village of Recodo, Zamboanga City.
European tourists' abductors remain unknown
THE government authorities are still clueless who were behind the abduction of two European tourists in Tawi-Tawi, as the search to locate the hostages' whereabouts entered on its fifth day Monday.
The hostages, Ewold Horn, 52, of Holland and Lorenzo Vinciguerre, 47, of Switzerland were...
Man stabs his girlfriend's ex-lover
A 43-YER-OLD man was stabbed by the boyfriend of his former girlfriend when they crossed path in an east coast village of Zamboanga City.
The Police Station 5 said the incident took place around 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Zone 6, Boalan village, eight kilometers east of the city.
Spanish envoy to keynote Charter Day celebration
SPANISH Ambassador Jorge Domecq will keynote the grand celebration marking the 75th anniversary of the inauguration of Zamboanga as a Chartered City on February 26.
Mayor Celso Lobregat said Domecq has accepted the City Government’s invitation to grace the Dia de Zamboanga celebration,...
Short film competition set
THE Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and the City Government of Zamboanga is holding the first ever Zamboanga short film competition in the city.
Themed “Kultura de Zamboanga (Culture of Zamboanga),” the competition will be one of the highlights of the 2012 Zamboanga...
More projects implemented despite IRA reduction
MAYOR Celso Lobregat assured the Zamboanga City Government will continue the massive implementation of infrastructure projects and social services despite the huge decrease in this year’s internal revenue allotment (IRA).
The city’s IRA share is lesser by P215.61 million representing a...
353 infra projects done in 2011
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), in support to President Benigno Aquino III's economic development program for the region, has recorded a 72.43 percent accomplishment in project implementation last year.
DPWH regional director Jorge Sebastian reported to DPWH Secretary...
City invest millions for education-related projects
THE City Government’s investments in education have reached P846.3 million within a four-year period from 2007 to 2011.
Mayor Celso Lobregat however said the City Government will pursue more education-related projects and programs as long as he is the city mayor.
US envoy: Sulu airstrike a serious blow vs terror
AN AMERICAN envoy said the deaths of Jemaah Islamiyah (JIs) key personalities and Abu Sayyaf bandit leader in Sulu are a “serious blow against transnational terrorism.”
Fifteen terrorists, including JI leaders Malaysian Zulkifli Bin Abdul Hir alias Marwan and Singaporean Muhamda Ali alias...
Gunmen seize 2 Europeans, Filipino guide off Tawi-Tawi
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Five unidentified gunmen abducted a Swiss and a Dutch tourist along with their Filipino guide Wednesday and took them away by boat in the province of Tawi-Tawi, authorities said.
Western Mindanao Command spokesman Randolph Cabangbang said the kidnapping took place at 1:...
Pushers fall, P50,000 shabu seized
TWO alleged drug pushers were arrested and an estimated P50,000 worth of shabu were seized in the province of Basilan, a police said Tuesday.
Joint police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives conducted a buy-bust operation Monday night in Barangay Kaumpurnah, Isabela...
1 killed, 2 others wounded in bolo bout
AN INTRUDER was killed while two others, including a village official, were injured in a bolo bout in a west coast village in Zamboanga City, the police said.
The Police Station 9 said Tuesday the incident took place around 11 p.m. Sunday in the village of Tulungatung, 17 kilometers west...
Mayor convenes peace council
MAYOR Celso Lobregat is set to convene Wednesday the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) to address issues and concerns affecting the Zamboanga Peninsula.
Lobregat said they will discuss updates on the military's anti-insurgency campaign, the anti-illegal logging campaign of the...
Malacañang finances road concreting project
MALACAÑANG has released P20 million to finance a road concreting project in the island province of Basilan, south of Zamboanga City.
This was announced Monday by Basilan Governor Jum Akbar, who said the source of fund for the road concreting comes from the special project of President...
Health officer reveals rise in dengue cases
CITY health officer Dr. Rodelin Agbulos cited the need to step-up public vigilance to avert potential epidemic as he reported an increase in dengue cases in Zamboanga City.
Agbulos said from 27 reported cases of dengue on the first week of...
Drug enforcers nab 3 drug pushers
AGENTS of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested three suspected big-time drug pushers and seized about P200,000 worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in a buy-bust operation inside a fast-food chain in Zamboanga City.
Marine officer, court employee shot
TWO people, including a Philippine Marines junior officer, were shot and critically wounded by gunmen riding tandem on a motorcycle in two separate incidents in Zamboanga City Wednesday.
The first incident took place around 6:30 a.m. at the old highway of Guiwan village, 3.4 kilometers...
