A SUMMIT on the implementation of the gun ban is slated to be held Saturday in Zamboanga City with top police and local government officials in attendance.

MAYOR Celso Lobregat instructed the officials of Zamboanga City’s 98 villages to base their development plans and investment programs on the City Development Strategies (CDS).

THE kidnappers believed to be lost command rebels have freed the Irish priest they kidnapped over a month in Pagadian City, the capital of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said Thursday.

A TOP military official disclosed Thursday that law enforcement operations are underway to pursue the kidnappers of Fr. Michael Sinnott.

THE Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Provincial Government has laid down security measures to ensure the protection of the teachers in the island province of Sulu.

A MAN died while two others were injured in road accident along the Zamboanga del Sur section of the Zamboanga-Pagadian Highway, the police reported.

KIDNAPPERS holding captive an Irish priest have opened fire at government security forces while they are repositioning, as "containment operations" continue to prevent the transfer of the hostage to another place.

A TOP military official said that elite forces were deployed to track down Abu Sayyaf bandits and rescue the three hostages abducted in the nearby province of Basilan.

GOVERNMENT troops on seaborne patrol have arrested two gunmen believed to be pirates offshore Zamboanga del Sur province, a military official said Wednesday.

THE Provincial Government of Zamboanga Sibugay is constructing a 100-bed capacity hospital worth P300 million in the town of Ipil, the province' capital.

GUNMEN believed to be Abu Sayyaf bandits have seized three people, including two Filipino-Chinese, in the island province of Basilan, officials said Tuesday.

INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno said Tuesday that they are giving an "elbow room" to Moro rebels to prove what they have promised concerning the fate

A TOP government official assured the families of a kidnapped school principal who was beheaded by Abu Sayyaf bandits that the "murderers" will not be left unpunished.

GOVERNMENT security forces have confiscated explosive components in the island province of Tawi-Tawi, a military official said Tuesday.

ABU Sayyaf bandits beheaded the school principal they kidnapped last month in the island province of Sulu, a military official said Monday.