SOME 1,391 farmers have received cash assistance through the Local Social Amelioration Program (LSAP) as the City Government reached out all sectors greatly hit by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.Mayor

THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Zamboanga Peninsula is distributing RxBox telemedicine devices to public hospitals in the region to boost health care services amid the coronavirus disease

THE Zamboanga City Health Office announced that 260,266 residents are already fully vaccinated as of Tuesday, November 23.Dr. Dulce Amore Miravite, city health officer, said Thursday, November 25, that

TWO people were arrested, while P340,000 worth of illegal drugs were seized in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Wednesday, November 24, 2021.Police Colonel Rexmel Reyes, Zamboanga

TWO opposing political camps from one of the towns in Basilan province have signed a peace covenant ending their three-month-old dispute.Brigadier General Domingo Gobway, 101st Infantry Brigade commander,

GOVERNMENT security forces arrested an explosive expert of the Sulu-Based Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in a law enforcement operation Tuesday, November 23, in Zamboanga City.Police Colonel Rexmel Reyes, Zamboanga

POLICE operatives arrested an alleged big-time drug pusher in an anti-drug operation Monday, November 22, in Zamboanga City.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information

TWENTY-SEVEN personnel of the Tawi-Tawi Police Provincial Office are ready to serve as tourism police after they successfully completed a four-day training in Tourism Oriented Police for Community Order

POLICE forces have intercepted P360,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested one person in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, an official announced Monday, November 22.Police Major Shellamie Chang,

SOME 33 drug offenders are undergoing reformation program at the Balay Silangan Reformation Center in Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay.Police Colonel Albert Larubis, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, said the

SELECTED action officers from staff offices, signal non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and infantry NCOs advance course students are undergoing a five-day Staff Exercise (Staffex) and Communications Electronics

TROOPS under the 4th Marine Brigade (4MBde) have seized some P7.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested six people off Sulu, a top military official announced Sunday, November 21, 2021Colonel

HUNDREDS of residents in a remote village benefited in a recent medical outreach and service caravan held by the Army’s 97th Infantry Battalion (IB) and the Municipal Task Force to End Local Communist

THE Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) has acquired motorcycles to beef up the law enforcement capability of its four Community Environment and Natural Resources

TROOPS of the Army’s 39th and 73rd Infantry Battalions (IB) have discovered an arms cache, the largest discovery so far, of the New People’s Army (NPA) in a series of intelligence operations last week

THREE members and a supporter of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) have surrendered to military authorities in Basilan province, an official said Saturday, November 20.Their surrender brought the total number

THE Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) on Friday, November 19, 2021, facilitated the conduct of an information, education, and communication (IEC) campaign on the transformation program for the Moro

A TOP military field commander vowed to relentlessly pursue the remaining New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who intend to wreak havoc in the hinterlands of Zamboanga del Sur.Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera,

THE Army’s 11th Infantry Division (ID) has activated another battalion to further boost its capacity in the fight against the remaining members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sulu.Major General William

TWENTY former members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) are undergoing livelihood skills training program on furniture making in the town of Omar, Sulu, officials said Friday, November 19.The training was

ANOTHER two members of the New People’s Army (NPA) have surrendered to military authorities in the province of Sultan Kudarat, officials announced Friday, November 19, 2021.Major General Alfredo Rosario,

LOCAL health authorities recorded an additional 60 new recoveries, 39 new cases and seven new mortalities in Zamboanga City, bringing the total confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to

TWO warring families in the province of Lanao del Sur have peacefully settled their disputes through the effort of the Army’s 51st Infantry Battalion (IB) in collaboration with the local government units

THE Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm) is constructing some P106-million schools building covered court projects in the province of Lanao del Sur.Minister Mohagher Iqbal of Barmm's

BRIGADIER General Jose Maria Cuerpo, II, 103rd Infantry Brigade commander, has encouraged the members of the Candidate Soldiers Courses Class 687-2021 to put their expertise and abilities to good use to

THE residents of a far-flung village in Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte, benefitted from the Medical Outreach Caravan initiated by the Army’s 97th Infantry Battalion (IB) together with the Municipal Task

POLICE operatives have arrested four drug watch listed suspects in separate anti-drug operations Wednesday, November 17, and Tuesday, November 16, in Zamboanga City.Police Colonel Rexmel Reyes, Zamboanga

GOVERNMENT operatives arrested a drug watchlisted suspect and seized P1,020,000 worth of illegal drugs in an anti-drug operation early Tuesday, November 16, in Zamboanga City.Police Colonel Rexmel Reyes,

JOINT police and Bureau of Customs operatives have seized some P4.8 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested six people in a law enforcement operation off Zamboanga City, a top police official

THE City Health Office announced that 219,078 individuals are now fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Zamboanga City.Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, said they

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has distributed six sets of gillnets to group of fishermen in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay.The gillnets were distributed to the fishermen after they have

THOUSANDS of residents benefitted by the medical outreach mission on Saturday, November 13, in Sangbay Big village, Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan province.The outreach program was made possible through the participation

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)