FIFTY jobseekers were hired on the spots (Hots) during the Zamboanga Hermosa Job Fair on Thursday, October 6, 2022, in Zamboanga City.The job fair held at the KCC de Zamboanga is part of the ongoing celebration of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival, whic...

THE Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) rendered a simple send-off ceremony for BRP Juan Magluyan (PC392), signaling its departure from the NFWM area of operations to undergo repairs on its engines and ancillary parts.The ceremony, which was held on...

A TOTAL of 200 families will start their new lives with the newly built two-bedroom core shelters in three municipalities of Maguindanao province.This, as the Ministry of Public Works in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MPW-Barmm)...

THE Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) has designated a new skipper to lead the BRP Jose Loor Sr. (PC390), one of the operating vessels under the NFWM.Designated as the new skipper of PC390 is Lieutenant Commander Nolan Tigaronita, who replaced Com...

POLICEMEN have arrested three persons and seized some P8.1 million worth of contrabands in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, a top police official said Wednesday, October 5, 2022.Police Brigadier General Neil Alinsañgan, Police Regional Office-Zamb...

BANGSAMORO Parliament Member Amir Mawallil has filed before the regional legislature Parliament Bill No. 13 that seeks to create the Ministry of Tourism.Mawallil said in a statement Wednesday, October 5, said the bill was filed to bring focus to the ...

THE officials of Bunguiao, an east coast village of Zamboanga City, now have a new office to better serve their constituents.This, as Mayor John Dalipe has turned over the newly completed two-storey village hall Monday, October 3, in Bunguiao, 42 kil...

ZAMBOANGA City Mayor John Dalipe has ordered the total closure of the Tumaga bridge effective at noontime on Monday, October 3, 2022, to forestall the loss of lives and properties.This, as the slope protection shielding the abutment of the bridge col...

THE Army’s 1st Infantry “Tabak” Division (ID) recognized one of its troopers for outstanding academic achievement during the flag-raising ceremony Monday, October 3, 2022.Recognized was Private First Class Lady Mae P. Legas, after finishing num...

TROOPS have recovered propaganda materials and personal belongings of the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the hinterlands of Zamboanga del Norte, the military reported.Lieutenant General Alfredo Rosario Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Comm...

THE Zamboanga City Government constructed a fitness gymnasium as part of the local government unit’s thrust to encourage its personnel to engage in physical activities and improve their quality of life.Costing P25 million, the fitness gymnasium was...

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has deployed some of its newly acquired Israeli-made artillery assets to the Western Mindanao Command’s Joint Task Force Central.The new artillery assets will be operated by the 10th Field Artillery Battali...

ONE person was injured while another escaped unscathed in a gun attack by suspected New People’s Army (NPA) in Zamboanga del Norte, the police reported Thursday, September 29, 2022.The Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula reported that ...

THE Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm) has turned over P10 million funds to the Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) intended for indigent patients from Barmm provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.Mohd Asnin Pendatun, Barmm ca...

TWO persons were arrested while some P580,000 worth of illegal drugs were seized in an anti-drug operation in the province of Lanao del Sur, the police reported Wednesday, September 28, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Ar...

Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel designated as sea marshals have rescued three victims of trafficking-in-persons (TIP) aboard a passenger vessel while traveling to the province of Tawi-Tawi, the PCG reported Wednesday, September 28, 2022.The PC...

THREE workers of a rubbery-buying firm were injured while seven others were unscathed in an ambush in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Wednesday, September 28, 2022.Police Colonel Eduard Mallo, officer-in-charge of the Zamboanga...

A VILLAGE official was killed by a lone gunman in Isabela City, Basilan province, Sunday morning, September 25, 2022, the police reported.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, identified the sla...

AUTHORITIES have arrested the wife of an alleged supplier of illegal drugs and allegedly providing support to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Kalingalan Caluang, Sulu, an official said.Police Major Allan Alog, chief of the Criminal Investigation and De...

THE SM Foundation Incorporated, together with SM Supermalls, is launching a blood donation activity in SM City Mindpro in September 2022.This social good effort of SM Foundation, SM Supermalls, and Philippine Red Cross will provide venues for SM empl...

A FIELD commander of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and five of his followers surrendered to government authorities in Maguindanao, the military reported Monday, September 26, 2022.Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Nadala, Jr., commander of t...

A 53-YEAR-old man accused of illegal cutting of trees in a forest reservation area was arrested in a law enforcement operation in Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Monday, September 26, 2022.Police Major Samsom Pascual, Criminal Investigation an...

AUTHORITIES have arrested two fishermen for illegal fishing off the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Sunday, September 25, 2022.Police Colonel Eduard Mallo, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified the arrested fishermen as Zal...

A TOP official of the United States military visited Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) to sustain the good relationship between the United States (US) and Philippine forces.Rear Admiral Jeromy Williams, commander of the US Special Operations Comm...

A YOUNG Zamboangueño chess wizard outshined the other participants in one of the competition’s categories in the week-long chess competition in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte.The event, dubbed the 1st Mayor Seth Frederick Jalosjos National Yout...

AUTHORITIES have arrested one person and seized some P1 million worth of contrabands in an intelligence-driven anti-smuggling operation in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Saturday, September 24, 2022.Police Colonel Richarch Ver...

TWO most wanted persons were arrested in separate law enforcement operations in Zamboanga Sibugay province, an official reported Saturday, September 24, 2022.The arrested most wanted persons were identified as Radzmir Sarahadil, 38, and Suaib Sali, 5...

PERSONNEL of the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) of Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur retrieved two long-tailed macaques in two separate villages in Pagadian City, the province’s capital.Rosevirico Tan, Department of Env...

AUTHORITIES arrested one person and seized more than P1.1 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in an anti-smuggling campaign in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Friday, September 23, 2022.Police Major Samson Pascual, Criminal In...

THE National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has completed the construction of P34 million Small Irrigation Project (SIP) in an east coast village in Zamboanga City.Robert Berni Rada, Zamboanga-Basilan-Sulu-Tawi-Tawi (Zambasulta) Regional Sub-Office ...

POLICEMEN arrested two people and seized some P700,000 worth of contrabands as the anti-smuggling campaign continue in Zamboanga City.Police Colonel Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director, identified the arrested persons as B...

EIGHTY houses mostly made of light materials went up in smoke in more than two-hour fire that hit a community of closely-built residence in Zamboanga City Thursday, September 22, 2022.Superintendent Lucio Albaracin, chief of the Zamboanga City Fire D...

A WOMAN was charred to death after she was trapped in a burning house Tuesday, September 20, in Zamboanga City, a top Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) official said.Superintendent Lucio Albaracin, chief of the Zamboanga City Fire District, said that H...

POLICE authorities have arrested a wanted person who allegedly sexually molested two altar servers in this southern port city, an official said Wednesday, September 21, 2022.Police Colonel John Francis Encinareal, Criminal Investigation and Detection...

THE Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) has started Monday, September 19, the conduct of survey for the titling of lots of government properties and historical land marks are located.This was based on the request of Mayor John ...

AUTHORITIES have rescued a driver and arrested two of the seven suspects hours after the victim was abducted in the province of Lanao del Sur, the police reported.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mi...

ZAMBOANGA City Mayor John Dalipe has declared that he will not tolerate smuggling activities in the city.Dalipe bared that he fully supports the law enforcement agencies in the campaign of smuggling, be it of cigarettes or rice and any other products...

PERSONNEL of the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Manukan, Zamboanga del Norte have safely retrieved a Philippine Serpent-eagle in that province, an official said Tuesday, September 20, 2022.Rosevirico Tan, Department of ...

TWO members of the interim Bangsamoro Parliament have filed three bills seeking to create three separate ministries that will focus on agrarian reform, fisheries and aquatic resources, and agriculture.Members of the Parliament (MP) Amir Mawallil and ...

TWENTY-THREE Zamboanga City Government officials and employees were recognized Monday, September 19, 2022, for obtaining a remarkable record of punctuality and work attendance for two consecutive semesters from January 1 to December 31, 2021.Dubbed a...

ZAMBOANGA City Mayor John Dalipe launched on his birthday Friday, September 16, 2022, what would become his administration’s legacy on inclusive social services dubbed “Justo y Decente Ayuda na Barangay” Program designed to reach out to the vil...

CRIMINAL Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) operatives have arrested another bet collector of an illegal numbers game in Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Saturday, September 17, 2022.This, as the CIDG-Zamboanga Peninsula continue to imple...

THE local government is scouting for a lot where to construct a halal slaughterhouse in the east coast of Zamboanga City.The Department of Agriculture central office, through the representation of second district Representative Jose Manuel Dalipe, ha...

A MEMBER of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (Barmm) parliament is calling on the regional legislature to prioritize the passage of four bills that aim to create new hospitals in the province of Tawi-Tawi.The proposed bills als...

TWO drug personalities were arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation launched against the suspects after days of surveillance in the province of Sulu, the police reported Friday, September 16, 2022.The Sulu Police Provincial Office identified the a...

THE Zamboanga City Government has innovated the vaccination rollout to encourage people to get booster doses for added protection as coronavirus disease remains ever present in the community.The City Health Office said in a statement that the vaccina...

THE Zamboanga City Health Office (CHO) has recorded 11,771 individuals who availed of booster vaccines since the night market coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine booster rolled out here.The CHO said in a statement that the figure covers the vaccin...

THREE soldiers were killed in an attack by a group of gunmen Thursday afternoon, September 15, 2022, in the province of Basilan, the military reported Thursday.The attack took place around 1:30 p.m. in a detachment situated at Hill 510 in Magcawa vil...

AUTHORITIES arrested two people and seized some P204,000 worth of illegal drugs in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Wednesday, September 14, 2022.Police Colonel Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) direc...

OPERATIVES of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested a bet collector of illegal numbers game in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Wednesday, September 14, 2022.Police Colonel John Francis Encinareal, CIDG-...