ZAMBOANGA CITY --- The city governmetn of Zamboanga gave a decent burial to the remains of 27 unclaimed cadavers that have been stored at the morgue for more than a year. The city decided to give a decent burial as the period of waiting for families to claim lapsed long time ago. The bodies were buried in a mass grave at the City-owned cemetery in barangay Talabaan, … [Read more...] about Zambo government buries unclaimed cadavers
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Sulu Task Force Covid-19 bans Eid’l Fitri gatherings
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Congregational, group prayer, and other public and private social gatherings related to the celebration next week of Eid’l Fitri 2021 have been temporarily suspended in Sulu province. In an executive order on Friday, Gov. Abdusakur Tan, chairperson of the Sulu Task Force coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), imposed a temporary ban on all types of gatherings … [Read more...] about Sulu Task Force Covid-19 bans Eid’l Fitri gatherings
Zamboanga City allows Covid-19 saliva test
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City government here has allowed its residents to present saliva-based reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test as an alternative to the conventional method, as a requirement for interzonal and intrazonal travels. In Executive No. 649-2021 issued last week, Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar allowed the use saliva test result but … [Read more...] about Zamboanga City allows Covid-19 saliva test
Westmincom, BFP hold basic firefighting training
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Twenty personnel of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) have undergone one-day basic firefighting training at Camp Don Basilio Navarro that houses the Westmincom headquarters here. The training, held Friday, was facilitated by the Office of the Assistant Chief of Unified Command Staff (ACUCS) for Education and Training of Westmincom in … [Read more...] about Westmincom, BFP hold basic firefighting training
Sulu-based Marine Battalion has new commander
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Lt. Col. Abdulmoel Alamia, newly-installed commander of the Marine Battalion Landing Team-9 (MBLT-8) vowed to continue the gains his predecessor has achieved in the maintenance of peace and security in Sulu. Alamia issued the statement after Maj. Gen. Ariel Caculitan, installed him on Friday, February 26, as the new commander of MBLT-8 replacing Lt. Col. … [Read more...] about Sulu-based Marine Battalion has new commander
