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Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:53:00 +0800
Zamboanga City re-imposes RT-PCR requirement
EFFECTIVE Wednesday, January 12, Zamboanga City will re-impose the Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test requirement for inbound travelers regardless of vac...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:52:00 +0800
PRO-Zamboanga Peninsula nab 4 fugitives
FOUR most wanted persons were arrested by lawmen in separate law enforcement operations in Zamboanga Peninsula, the police reported Tuesday, January 11, 2022.Police Brigadier Gener...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:51:00 +0800
1ID gets 6 new officers
THE Philippine Army has assigned six officers to the 1st Infantry "Tabak" Division (ID), the premier command of the branch of service of the Armed Forces of the Philippin...

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 17:36:00 +0800
14 BIFF combatants surrender in Central Mindanao
FOURTEEN combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), including two minors, surrendered Thursday, January 6, 2022, to military authorities in Cotabato, officials a...

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 17:35:00 +0800
DOLE-Zambo Peninsula sets ‘Kasambest’ competition
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Coordinating Committee and its partner organizations and agencies are holding the “Kasambest,” Battle of the Best Talent Comp...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:55:00 +0800
Police, BOC seize P1.8-M smuggled cigarettes
JOINT police and Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives have arrested four persons and seized some P1.8 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in the province of Zamboanga del Sur.Police...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:53:00 +0800
Tired and weary, BIFF member surrenders
A MEMBER of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) has surrendered to military authorities in the province of North Cotabato, military officials announced Friday, January 7,...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:46:00 +0800
1ID assistant division commander promoted to general
THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), through the Philippine Army, has promoted Colonel Jose Randolf Sino Cruz, assistant division commander of the Army’s 1st Infantry Divisio...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:55:00 +0800
BOC-Zamboanga strengthens anti-smuggling drive
THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) is strengthening its campaign against smuggling this year in the Zamboanga Peninsula.Segundo Sigmundfreud Barte Jr., BOC-Zamboanga district collector, s...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:54:00 +0800
CSWDO, police round-up 36 street kids, adults
SOME 36 street children and adults were rounded up during an operation conducted jointly by the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) and the City Hall Community Polic...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:47:00 +0800
Close contact of Zamboangueño Omicron positive cleared
THE Zamboangueño close contact of an Omicron positive patient in Metro Manila is well and cleared, a local health official announced Thursday, January 6.Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, ci...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 18:58:00 +0800
20 Non-Uniformed Personnel promoted, hired
TWENTY Non-Uniformed Personnel (NUP) took their oath of office Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at the Camp Abendan, home of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula headquart...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 18:57:00 +0800
Zambo City hurdles Good Financial Housekeeping
ZAMBOANGA City has been selected as one of the 2021 Good Financial Housekeeping passers in Zamboanga Peninsula for exhibiting exemplary performance in financial administration.The...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 18:51:00 +0800
Zamboanga City sets up BOSS anew
THE Zamboanga City Government has set up anew the business one-stop shop (Boss) for business permit applications this 2022.To ensure compliance with minimum health standards and av...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:20:00 +0800
3 nabbed, P374,000 shabu seized
JOINT police and military operatives arrested three people and seized P374,000 worth of illegal drugs in Lanao del Sur, the police reported Tuesday, January 4, 2022.Police Brigadie...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:17:00 +0800
Zamboanga City is 2021 LGU finalist
ZAMBOANGA City is a 2021 Most Business-Friendly local government unit (LGU) finalist.Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said Tuesday, January 4, that the city gets the recognitio...

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 19:23:00 +0800
Zamboanga City rolls out vaccine booster doses
MEDICAL frontliners and senior citizens who fall under the priority groups A1 and A2 are the current priority for the vaccine booster rollout in Zamboanga City.Dr. Dulce Amor Mirav...

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 19:21:00 +0800
Zambo City hastens business permits application
THE Zamboanga City Government kicked off Monday, January 3, the Business One Stop Shop (Boss) system to process business permit applications for the year 2022.City Licensing Office...

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 23:22:00 +0800
Chefs show skills in Handuraw Festival 2021 cooking challenge
CHEFS showed their cooking skills in the Open Cooking Challenge dubbed as the "Battle of the Chefs" held Wednesday, December 29, 2021, in Dapitan City, the shrine city of...

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 23:21:00 +0800
Drug suspect nabbed
A DRUG suspect was arrested in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Friday, December 31, 2021.Police Lieutenant Marry Agnes Miro, Zamboanga City Police Off...

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 19:15:00 +0800
Dapitan City’s Handuraw Festival reels off with Arnis competition
THE celebration of the Handuraw Festival this year kicked off Monday, December 27, with the Anyo Arnis Competition, which is one of the four events of the occasion in Dapitan City....

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 20:33:00 +0800
7 terrorists surrender in Sultan Kudarat
SEVEN terror group members abandoned their armed struggle, as they surrendered due to intensified military operations coupled with the peace mechanisms employed by the government i...

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 20:31:00 +0800
Cops hold operation 'Christmas Drop 2021'
THE Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula has conducted Operation: "Christmas Drop 2021," which benefitted victims of Typhoon Odette and residents in depressed...

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 20:29:00 +0800
'Matapat' troopers extend aid to 'Odette' victims
THE Army's 53rd Infantry "Matapat" Battalion (IB) extended humanitarian assistance to the victims of Typhoon Odette in Surigao.The humanitarian aid consisting of food...

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 19:26:00 +0800
BIFF bomb expert-leader killed in Maguindanao clash
A BANGSAMORO Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) leader, who was a bomb expert, was killed in a clash against government troops in the province of Maguindanao, military officials announ...

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 19:26:00 +0800
Preachers dies, another hurt in highway accident
A PREACHER died while another was wounded in a highway accident in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Monday, December 27, 2021.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Po...

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 19:45:00 +0800
Recodo fire victims return home
OVER two months since a massive fire hit Purok 5 in Recodo village, Zamboanga City, the 500 affected families are returning home.This came following a series of consultations and n...

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 18:40:00 +0800
Troops seize smuggled cigarettes
TROOPS of the Joint Task Force Zamboanga have seized a shipment of smuggled cigarettes on an east coast village of Zamboanga City, a military official announced.Lieutenant Colonel...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:36:00 +0800
Navy transports vaccines to 2 Tawi-Tawi remote towns
THE Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) assisted the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure that even those in remotest areas will not be left out in the government's vaccinatio...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:27:00 +0800
Firecracker ban remains in full force
THE local populace had been reminded that the ban on firecrackers and pyrotechnics remain in full force regardless of the occasion in Zamboanga City.Police Colonel Rexmel Reyes, Za...

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 18:46:00 +0800
BIFF leader, 10 followers surrender
A FIELD commander of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and 10 of his followers have surrendered in the province of Maguindanao, military officials announced Sunday, De...

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 18:38:00 +0800
Zamboanga City Government hastens approval of S-Pass
THE Zamboanga City Government has lifted the verification process of the Safe, Swift and Smart Passage (S-Pass) application, hastening the travel of inbound travelers.The S-Pass is...

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 17:25:00 +0800
CHO: Covid-19 bed utilization rate at safe level
THE hospital and isolation bed utilization rates in Zamboanga City are presently at safe levels, the City Health Office (CHO) reported.Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, CHO chief, said the...

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 17:15:00 +0800
4th Mechanized Infantry Battalion gets new commander
THE 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade has recently implemented changes in the leadership of one of its line units, the 4th Mechanized Infantry Battalion.Installed as the new commande...

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:20:00 +0800
53% of Zambo City residents now fully vaccinated
SOME 368,619 individuals in Zamboanga City have now been fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19).This means that Zamboanga City has achieved 53.06 percent of its ta...

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:19:00 +0800
HVT drug suspect nabbed
POLICE operatives have arrested a high-value target (HVT) and seized more than P40,000 worth of illegal drugs in an anti-drug operation Wednesday, December 15, in Zamboanga City.Po...

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:19:00 +0800
Farmers’ cooperatives receive farm machineries
THE Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MAFAR-Barmm), in collaboration with Department of Agriculture-Phi...

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:17:00 +0800
Cops, BOC seize P2.1-M smuggled cigarettes
PERSONNEL of the Zamboanga City Police Office's (ZCPO) Station 8 seized P2.1 million worth of smuggled cigarettes Tuesday, December 14, in Zamboanga City.The smuggled cigarette...

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:15:00 +0800
High-value drug suspect falls
A DRUG watch-listed suspect was arrested in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Wednesday, December 15.Police Colonel Rexmel Reyes, Zamboanga City Police...

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:14:00 +0800
Dapitan City readies for 'Handuraw Festival 2021'
DAPITAN, known as the Shrine City of the Philippines, is undertaking preparations for the three-day "Handuraw Festival 2021," which will be held from December 28 to 30.Ap...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:42:00 +0800
Store caretaker hurt in robbery hold-up
A SALES clerk was shot and wounded in a robbery hold-up late Monday, December 13, in Zamboanga City, the police reported Tuesday, December 14.Police Major Albin Cabayacruz, Zamboan...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:42:00 +0800
Riverbank dwellers alerted amid entry of 'Odette'
MAYOR Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has called on residents, particularly those residing along riverbanks, coastal and low-lying areas, to prepare for possible impact of Severe Tr...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:37:00 +0800
53IB puts up Christmas village
THE Army's 53rd Infantry Battalion (IB) has established a Christmas Village to remind everyone the true essence of Christmas.The Christmas village, which was opened to the publ...

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:55:00 +0800
P58-M illegal drugs destroyed in Sulu
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-Barmm), together with other government agencies, including the military, has des...

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:54:00 +0800
Westmincom continues to assist in government vax program
THE Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) vowed to continuously support the vaccination program by way of safely transporting vaccines and medical supplies to the island provinces...

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:38:00 +0800
Lady patrollers deployed in Zamboanga Peninsula
THE Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula has deployed 95 lady patrollers in the different parts of the region to conduct community-oriented policing.PRO-Zamboanga Penin...

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:38:00 +0800
Zambo Archbishop Dela Cruz dies
THE Zamboanga City Government as well as the Catholic faithful are deeply saddened by the passing of the , 74, the Archbishop of Zamboanga.Dela Cruz died around 11:05 p.m. Friday,...

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:37:00 +0800
DA launches hybrid rice technology demo site
RICE farmers of Dipolog City and other parts of the province of Zamboanga del Norte can now learn the best practices and technologies that will help them increase their farm yield....

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 21:18:00 +0800
C-130 ‘Hercules’ aircraft lands again in Sulu
THE only active C-130 “Hercules” plane of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) successfully landed in Sulu Friday, December 10, 2021, five months and six days after the tragic crash of s...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 21:18:00 +0800
Zambo Peninsula police receives 17 new vehicles
THE Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula received Saturday, December 11, some 17 new vehicles from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Logistics Office.Police Birgadie...



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