AFTER the completion of some P74.6 million upgrade, the Zamboanga International Airport (ZIA) will soon expand its flight routes to and from Southeast Asian destinations.Secretary Arthur Tugade of the

THE City Health Office (CHO) disclosed that 22 children have died due to infection with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Zamboanga City since the start of the pandemic last year.Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite,

THE Department of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DOH-Barmm) has completed the constructions of three barangay health stations, providing residents easy access to basic health

SOME 50 city and village officials of Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte are set to become deputized environment and natural resources officers (Denros).Rosevirico Tan, Department of Environment and Natural

THE Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Mafar-Barmm) is constructing an P8 million rice-processing complex in the town of Datu

THE police in Zamboanga del Norte have been ordered to conduct an in-depth probe into the killing of a town councilor.Police Brigadier General Ronaldo Genaro Ylagan, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula,

THE Department of Health (DOH)-Zamboanga Peninsula on Monday, September 27, deployed 44 health workers to different local hospitals as an augmentation in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).Dr.

THE Department of Agriculture (DA)-Zamboanga Peninsula, through its Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran ng Kababayang Katutubo (4K) Program, conducted a training to capacitate the farmers on Free-Range Native Chicken

THE "Mas Pachada Dapitan (More Beautiful Dapitan)" has been adjudged by the Department of Tourism (DOT) as the tourism's best branding in Zamboanga Peninsula.The DOT regional office made

FIFTY-TWO personnel of the 2nd City Mobile Force Company have successfully completed a six-month Seaborne Operations Course Class 01-2021 in Zamboanga City.Known as the "Manta Ray" class, they

FORMER insurgents turned peace and development volunteers and organized farmers association by the Army’s 39th Infantry Battalion (IB) benefited from the animal dispersal program of the Department of

ANOTHER 65,430 doses of vaccines arrived in Zamboanga Peninsula Saturday, September 25, 2021, bringing to 2,652,170 the total doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines the region has received.Dr.

THE Zamboanga Rabbit Meat Producers Association launched Saturday, September 25, 2021, the “Rabbit Revolution” and the forging of a memorandum of agreement with owners of local restaurants.Jerrico

THE construction of the mega isolation facility for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients is now 90-percent complete.The mega isolation facility is located inside the Zamboanga Economic Zone and

DAPITAN City launched Friday, September 24, 2021, the “Pista Turismo de Dapitan (Dapitan’s Tourism Track)” as it joins the Tourism Month celebration to showcase its rich cultural heritage and history

THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently turned over some P493,000 worth of support services projects to boost the economic lives of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the province of Zamboanga

THE Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center (ZDSMC) has purchased two portable transport ventilators worth P2.6 million to boost its capability as it continues to battle a surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19)

TWO boat crew died of suffocation Wednesday, September 22, 2021, in Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, the police reported.Police Brigadier General Ronaldo Genaro Ylagan, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga

FOUR local public schools have benefitted from the “BARANGAYanihan” activities initiated recently by the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula and Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO).Police

ZAMBOANGA City Police Office (ZCPO) operatives have arrested an alleged big-time drug suspect and seized some P6.8 million worth of illegal drugs in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police

THE Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-Saad) has given some P173,520 worth of farm inputs to farmers in the municipality of Omar, Sulu.Farhan Abdullah, Omar Saad coordinator,

THE Ministry of Trade, Investments, and Tourism in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MTIT-Barmm) has conducted on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, a poultry industry investment forum and

THE International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is implementing some P2.2 million projects at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-administered Zamboanga City Jail (ZCJ) to alleviate the

THE Buenavista Farmers Association, a farmer-partner of the Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-Saad) program, in Sergio Osmeña, Zamboanga del Norte harvested last

A 23-YEAR-old female Tausug graduated on top of the Candidate Soldier Course “Makagilas” (Muslim At Kristiyano Alakdan Galing Isip Liksi Aming Sandata) Class 656-2021 at 11th Division “Mastal”

THE Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Mafar-Barmm) handed over a P3 million worth Community Fish Landing Center (CFLC) to the

THE local health office said that 12 new cases of the more contagious Delta variant of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), were recorded in Zamboanga City.Dr. Dulce

THE local government is now accepting entries and application for three upcoming competitions of the 2021 Zamboanga Hermosa Festival in October.Mayor Maria Isebelle Climaco-Salazar said these are the Original

THE Army’s 35th Infantry “Makamandag” Battalion (IB) has constructed a separate inspection area for male and female to better serve the public in the province of Sulu.Lieutenant Colonel Wilfredo

PERSONNEL of the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) in Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte planted 75 giant bamboo culms as they joined Friday, September 17, 2021, the celebration of the

THE 53rd Infantry “Matapat” Battalion (IB) has awarded medals to 14 “Matapat” troops for their invaluable service and dedication to duty to the Philippine Army, in particular, and the Armed Forces

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) together with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) conducted a series of activities on Aliguay Island, Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte, in celebration

THE provincial government of Zamboanga del Sur has accorded recognition to four “Matapat” troops Friday, September 17, 2021, in a simple ceremony in strict compliance to protocols amid the health pandemic.The

THE Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-Saad) has granted some P409,200 rice-duck production package to an association of farmers in the municipality of Rizal, Zamboanga

THE Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-Barmm) has donated some 200 oxygen tanks with regulators to the Cotabato Regional Medical Center (CRMC) as part of the

THE Army’s 18th Infantry Battalion (IB) in collaboration with the municipal government of Tipo-Tipo in Basilan province facilitated the ceremonial stenciling and inventory of 229 assorted loose and unregistered

COLONEL Romeo Racadio, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Tawi-Tawi, has encouraged the families of Badjaos in Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi to motivate their children to go to school.Racadio made the call as the JTF-Tawi-Tawi

SOME 180 Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) volunteers are set to complete a five-day peacekeeping training Friday, September 17, in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi.They will form part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous

THE Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) has conferred medals to three soldiers for gallantry against lawless elements in the province of Basilan.Major General Generoso Ponio, Western Mindanao Command

ANOTHER three members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) surrendered and handed over their firearms to the troops of the 92nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in the province of Maguindanao, officials

PERSONNEL of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) along the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have intercepted a shipment of P15 million worth of smuggled rice off Tawi-Tawi, a top BOC official announced Wednesday,

FIVE-hundred seventy farmer-partners in Zamboanga del Norte had recently completed the Community-based Financial Management Training initiated by the Department of Agriculture, through the Special Area

Personnel of the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) in Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte have recently released 28 Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings in that town.The turtle hatchlings were

THE 58th Fish Conservation Week Celebration kicked off Monday, September 13, 2021, with various activities the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has lined up for this year’s celebration.BFAR

POLICE operatives have arrested another alleged big-time drug suspect and seized some P340,000 worth of illegal drugs in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, an official announced Tuesday, September

THE Department of Health (DOH)-Zamboanga Peninsula has activated One Oxygen Command Center to address the depleting supply of oxygen of the Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center (ZDSMC) as the hospital continues

AN ALLEGED big-time drug pusher was arrested, while some P340,000 worth of illegal drugs were seized in an anti-drug operation Monday, September 13, in Zamboanga City, a top police official said.Police

THE Community Support Program (CSP) teams of the 97th Infantry Battalion (IB) and Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Mobile Force Company (ZDNPMFC) recently joined in the community road cleaning of a geographically

TWO wanted persons were arrested in separate law enforcement operations in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Monday, September 13.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga

PERSONNEL of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM), through the Naval Task Force (NTF)-61, rescued 13 people, including crewmen, from a vessel in distress off Bongao, Tawi-Tawi.Rear Admiral Toribio