Recall petition vs vice mayor filed
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan (Updated) – A recall petition was filed before the city election office against the vice mayor of this city for loss of confidence.
Bulanting village chief Asbi Ramirez Alkie, who was accompanied by 33 of this city's 45 village chiefs, filed the petition...
Health office awaits lab results of suspected polio case
THE City Health Office is seeking confirmation from duly accredited laboratories in Manila and abroad concerning a case of suspected Acute Flaccid Paralysis or polio in Zamboanga City.
City Health Officer Dr. Rodel Agbulos said the family of the suspected one-year-old child victim is...
Hawks retains cheer dance title
THE Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) Hawks Pep Squad bested the other four competitors for the 2012 Open Cheerdance Competition, avenging their loss to Pilar College who put to a halt their grand slam winning streak in 2011.
The Hawks, a group composed of students from the WMSU...
Vice mayor faces recall petition
A PETITION to recall will be filed on Wednesday, for loss of confidence, against the vice mayor of Lamitan City in nearby Basilan province.
Bulanting village chief Asbi Ramirez Alkie said Tuesday the petition to recall Lamitan City Vice Mayor Arleigh Eisma will be filed before the...
Police alerted against bomb attacks
THE Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) has alerted all its stations against a plot to conduct bomb attacks by members of the Abu Sayyaf group in Zamboanga City and in other parts of the region.
ZCPO Deputy Director for Operations Hado Edding said Tuesday that intelligence reports showed...
Labor department increases summer job program funding
THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) has increased by P1 million its counterpart allocation for the Employment of Students (SPES), also known as summer job program of the government.
Dole Zamboanga Peninsula officer-in-charge Sisinio Cano said the allocation was increased to P5...
5 groups slug it out for cheer dance title
FIVE teams representing the secondary and tertiary schools in Zamboanga City will slug it out for the title in the 10th Open Cheer Dance competition on Wednesday.
The competition, which will be held at the Mayor Vitaliano Agan Coliseum, forms part of the activities for the 75th Dia de...
Mayor urges peace panel to honor its commitment
MAYOR Celso Lobregat has lamented the Government of the Philippines (GPH) peace panel’s delay in the conduct of consultations with Zamboangueños and other stakeholders in Mindanao relative to the ongoing peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Lobregat issued the...
Airman shot, killed
AN ENLISTED man of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) was shot and killed in an east coast village in Zamboanga City, a police official said Monday.
Chief Inspector Felixberto Martinez, Police Station 6 commander, said the incident took place around 9 p.m. Sunday at Estrada Drive in the...
8,000 job vacancies up for grabs
CITY Social Welfare and Development Officer Francisco Barredo said Monday close to 8,000 jobs in various fields will be open to applicants in this year’s Jobs Fair.
Barredo said the Jobs Fair, sponsored by the City Government and private partners, on Friday, February 24, is part of the...
City finalizes security plan for Charter Day celebration
MAYOR Celso Lobregat has convened Monday afternoon a meeting with the different agencies and finalized the security and traffic measures and other details to ensure a hassle-free celebration of the 75th Charter Day anniversary on Sunday.
3 'faith healers' arrested for swindling
THREE persons were arrested in Zamboanga City after deceiving several people of millions of pesos worth of jewelry by posing as “faith healers.”
The suspects were identified as Analie Sali, 36, and her husband Yahiya, and Analie’s stepmother Erminda Saladain, 50.
City opposes ancestral domain title issuance
THE local government has asked the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to quash or withdraw the certificate of ancestral domain title (CADT) issued to an indigenous cultural community in Zamboanga City’s west coast.
The area falls under the jurisdiction of the Zamboanga...
SSS resumes issuance of Umid eCard in July
SOCIAL Security System (SSS) vice president for Western Mindanao Rodrigo Filoteo announced that SSS will resume the processing of the new Unified Multi-purpose eCard (Umid) for new members in July of this year.
Filoteo said the Umid card will enable SSS members to transact with allied...
Archdiocese waits for new bishop's appointment
THE Archdiocese of Zamboanga City is waiting on who will be appointed as replacement of Monsigñor Romulo Valles, who was transferred and named the new Archbishop of Davao City.
Zamboanga Archdiocese Vicar General Monsigñor Chris Manongas said Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Valles last...
Junk shop owners told: Don’t buy stolen tower parts
THE owners of junk shops in Zamboanga City have been warned to stop or refrain from buying stolen parts of power transmission line towers of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).
Zamboanga City Police Director Edwin De Ocampo issued the warning after the NGCP has sought...
City sets 2-day food fest
THE Zamboanga City Government has set a two-day food festival that would showcase the finest Zamboangueño delicacies.
The event, which will be held from February 23 to 24 at the Plaza del Pilar, is one of the prime highlights of the 75th Dia de Zamboanga celebration (Zamboanga Charter Day...
3-day camp to highlight National Arts Month
THE National Arts Month celebration will be highlighted by a three-day camp with the participation of elementary, secondary and tertiary students from all over Zamboanga City.
The Arts camp, which is organized by the Western Mindanao State University's (WMSU) Office of the Culture and...
Police ready for Zamboanga’s charter day
THE Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) is fielding at least 200 policemen to ensure the peaceful celebration of the city's 75th Charter Day celebration on Sunday, February 26.
ZCPO Director Edwin de Ocampo said he will also deploy his office personnel to render field duty on Sunday.
Faith healer killed inside official's residence
A FAITH healer was shot and killed inside the residence of a village official in a coastal barangay east of Zamboanga City, the police said Friday.
The incident took place around 12:30 a.m. Thursday in Barangay Mariki, 1.5 kilometers east of the city, according to the Zamboanga City...
Government sends aid to Dapitan flood victims
DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Director Teodulo Romo announced the agency released P1,075,000 for victims of the recent flooding in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte.
Romo said his office has sent a total of 4,300 family food packs that were distributed to...
First Mindanao organic farming congress set
THE municipality of Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur is hosting a four-day fair that would showcase the latest technologies in organic farming.
The four-day fair, dubbed as the 1st Mindanao Sustainable Organic Agriculture Congress and Agro-Eco Tourism Fair, will be held from Sunday, February...
Campaign up vs riding-in-tandem snatchers
ZAMBOANGA City Police Office (ZCPO) Director Edwin de Ocampo announced they have launched a campaign against snatchers riding-in-tandem on motorcycle in Zamboanga City.
Ocampo said the campaign was launched following the recent discovery of the new modus operandi, which is believed to be...
Public Works lines up P334.5-M infra projects
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to implement this year 11 infrastructure projects worth P334.5 million in the first congressional district of Zamboanga del Sur province.
DPWH District Engineer Alan Arumpac said the P334.5-million budget allocation will cover...
Lawmaker allocates funds for vocational education
HOUSE Deputy Speaker Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has allocated P3 million from her priority development assistance fund for the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda) to conduct vocational trainings among community stakeholders in her district.
Salazar, who is Zamboanga...
