THOUSANDS of supporters of the late Wahab and Jum Akbar have gathered Saturday, November 13, 2021, as they commemorated the 14th and 5th death anniversary, respectively, of the couple in Basilan province.Wahab,

THE City Health Office announced Saturday, November 13, 2021, that some 7,016 children 12 to 17 years old have received their first dose of Pfizer vaccines since the pediatric vaccination rolled out on

THE City Government of Zamboanga rolled out Saturday, November 13, the Local Social Amelioration Program (LSAP) for the members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) amid the health pandemic.Mayor

THE local Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) announced the lifting of Sunday lockdown effective November 14, 2021 to encourage more residents to get vaccinated against Covid-19.The

TWO more members of the New People’s Army (NPA) have surrendered in Central Mindanao as the Joint Task Force (JTF)-Central stepped up its combat and non-combat operations.The two NPA surrenderers identified

THE Ministry of Trade, Investments, and Tourism’s Bureau of Trade and Industry in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MTIT-BTI-BARMM) conducted on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, a coffee

POLICEMEN have arrested six people and seized P361,920 worth of illegal drugs in two anti-illegal drug operations Wednesday, November 10, in Bongao, the capital of Tawi-Tawi.Police Major Annidul Sali,

SOME 316 beneficiaries of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) Tulong Panghanabuhay Sa Ating Displaced/Disadvantaged (Tupad) in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte received vegetable seeds, as they

POLICE operatives and Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel have seized P4.3 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested eight people off Zamboanga City, a top police official announced Friday, November

FOUR New People’s Army (NPA) rebels have surrendered to military authorities in Sultan Kudarat as they wish to live a peaceful life with their families, officials announced Thursday, November 11.Major

A TOTAL of 503,923 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines have been administered in Zamboanga City since the vaccination program was rolled out in March this year.Dulce Amor Miravite, city

TWENTY-FOUR former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, who are now known as “Friends Rescued (FR),” are scheduled to undergo 15-day driving skills training national certificate 2 (NC-II) at the Technical

FIVE houses, two motorboats and a madrasa were destroyed after a twister hit Tuesday, November 9, 2021, in an island village east of Zamboanga City.The incident happened in Pasilmanta villages, one of

THE local government in partnership with JCI Zamboanga is holding a TikTok competition describing who Mayor Cesar Climaco is as Zamboanga City is set to commemorate his 37th death anniversary on November

OFFICIALS of the Gideon International (GI) Philippines-Zamboanga Peninsula in coordination with the Office of the Post Evangelical Chaplain of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) distributed Bibles

A GROUP of farmers underwent a two-day training on field budding operation, rubber tapping and production of abaca in the province of Zamboanga del Norte.Rosevirico Tan, Department of Environment and Natural

THE Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech), in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA), distributed on Monday, November 8, P78.1 million worth of farm machinery

THE Armed Forces and Police Savings and Loan Association Inc. (AFPSLAI) donated on Monday, November 8, one unit of seven horsepower Franklin Electric submersible pump to the 1st Infantry Division (ID)

POLICE Colonel Bonard Briton has urged the local government units (LGUs) and all government agencies in Tawi-Tawi to extend their full support to the new provincial police director as they have supported

THE Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform (Barmm-Mafar), through the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM), turned over last week the first

THE Army’s 1st Infantry Division (ID) has deployed Saturday, November 6, 2021, a total of 105 newly appointed Privates to their new units.Colonel Jose Randolf Sino Cruz, 1ID assistant division commander,

COLONEL Billy Dela Rosa, 1st Infantry Division (ID) inspector general, encouraged senior-enlisted personnel of the unit to continue to lead by example to their subordinates.Dela Rosa made the encouragement

THE Bangsamoro Youth Commission (BYC) Maguindanao, with Cotabato City and Special Geographic Areas (SGA) of North Cotabato and the Ministry of Basic Higher and Technical Education-Technical Education and

A TOTAL of 482,474 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine had been administered since the start of the vaccination program in March 2021 in Zamboanga City.This as the City Government, through

FORTY farmers attended the one-day Swine Raising orientation seminar the Department of Agriculture (DA) conducted in Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur.Conducted through DA’s Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran ng Kababayang

THE Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm), through the Regional Bangsamoro Board of Investments (RBBOI), is establishing a banana plantation to support the livelihood of Teduray farmers

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released some P3.4 million to beneficiaries of the agency’s Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG) in Isabela City, the capital of Basilan province.Nursida

FIFTEEN home-based vendors from various villages in Zamboanga City were among the first beneficiaries of the BikeCINATION project of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).They were among the 65

THREE indigenous people (IP) organizations in Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay province have undergone goat production training conducted by the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Zamboanga Peninsula.Zaldy Martel,

THE police, together with Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives, have seized anew P2.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested six people in Zamboanga City, a top police official said Thursday,

THE National Irrigation Administration (NIA) inaugurated and turned over Tuesday, November 3, two completed irrigation projects worth P10.3 million in Zamboanga City.Engineer Robert Berni Rada II, acting

EIGHT members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered Wednesday, November 3, to the military in the province of Sultan Kudarat, officials said Thursday, November 4.Major General Alfredo Rosario Jr.,

POLICEMEN together with Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel have seized some P1.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested three people off Zamboanga City, a top police official announced Wednesday,

ZAMBOANGA City Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar reiterated the recommendation of the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) Special Monitoring Team to this city’s 98 villages to use and spend their

THE United States Embassy has donated some P2 million worth of equipment to the Integrated Provincial Health Office (Ipho) of Tawi-Tawi.Captain Weston Bartkoski, team leader of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces

THE Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm), through the peacebuilding towards normalization program of the Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS), has released some P600,000 financial

THE City Health Office announced Tuesday, November 2, that a total of 460,660 doses of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines have been administered since the vaccination rolled out in Zamboanga City

POLICE operatives arrested two persons and seized P1.7 million worth of substance believed to be shabu in an anti-drug operation Tuesday, November 2, in Zamboanga City.Police Colonel Rexmel Reyes Zamboanga

THE Zamboanga City Health Office (CHO) opposed the move to lift the Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) requirement for inbound fully vaccinated travelers.The CHO cited as reason for

PROGRESS and development will soon be felt by residents of the far-flung village of New Tuburan in Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur.Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera, 53rd Infantry Battalion commander, said the

THE Ministry of Public Works in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MPW-Barmm) is constructing a 100-bed capacity coronavirus disease (Covid-19) isolation facility at the district hospital

THE Philippine Navy, through the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM), concluded the five-day Exercise Pagsisikap 2021 with an Amphibious raid and landing Friday, October 29, at the White Beach of Bulangsi

A TOTAL of 314 volunteers have completed a five-day Barangay Defense Force (BDF) Training on Friday, October 29, 2021, in Sumisip, Basilan province, officials said.Lieutenant Colonel Renante Besa, commander

THE Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) of Manukan, Zamboanga del Norte conducted a tree planting activity in Lipakan village, Rozas, Zamboanga del Norte.George Laolao, Cenro-Manukan

THE Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE), through its Directorate General for Madaris Education, hired 2,374 new Islamic Studies and Arabic Language (Isal) teachers or asatidz for

THE Philippine Navy, through Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM), successfully tested its Spike ER Missile off Basilan province, a top Navy official announced Saturday, October 30, 2021.Rear Admiral Toribio

AN ALLEGED big-time drug suspect was arrested and some P5.3 million cocaine was seized in an anti-drug operation by joint marines, police, and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) team in the province

TEN Abu Sayyaf bandits have surrendered Thursday, October 28, 2021, to government authorities in Talipao, Sulu, officials announced.Major General William Gonzales, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Sulu commander,

THE overall emir of the Daulah Islamiyah-Philippines and his wife were killed in a clash with government forces early Friday, October 29, 2021, in the province of Maguindanao, a military official announced.Major

SOME 1,159 informal sector workers in Zamboanga del Sur benefitted from the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (Tupad) program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)