DAVAO CITY --- For the first time ever, the political and civic leaders together with the residents of Patikul town in Sulu signed a peace covenant with the government and military authorities declaring the terrorist bandits Abu Sayyaf in their town persona non grata. The military's Western Command chief Maj. Gen. Corleto Vinluan said the Patikul Peoples Peace Covenant … [Read more...] about Sulu town stakeholders sign peace pact declaring ASG bandits persona non grata
Zamboanga Peninsula
Zambo City builds P20-M Covid-19 testing laboratory
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A city government-owned testing laboratory for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) will be operational next month to help address the pandemic, a health official said Thursday. Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, said Thursday the PHP20-million laboratory that is being built in Barangay San Roque here can perform 300 tests … [Read more...] about Zambo City builds P20-M Covid-19 testing laboratory
Zamboanga City’s Covid-19 cases rise to 260
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city’s active cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have increased to 78 as the local health office recorded seven new infections on Thursday. In an update, the local Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Covid-19 said the new cases brought the total tally here to 260 since March. The laboratory test results of the seven new cases were released … [Read more...] about Zamboanga City’s Covid-19 cases rise to 260
Trike driver rescues passengers of crashed trainer plane off Zamboanga shore
DAVAO CITY -- A tricycle driver and his friend who was traveling to have his motorbike repaired rescued the four passengers of a trainer plane which crash-landed near the sea wall of Barangay Sinunuc Boulevard in Zamboanga City at around 9:45 am on Tuesday. Mufri Yusop, 24, a Tausug, in an interview with Newsline Tuesday night said he was driving tricycle while his … [Read more...] about Trike driver rescues passengers of crashed trainer plane off Zamboanga shore
PNP, AFP to revisit operational protocols after Sulu shooting
MANILA – Ranking police and military officials on Monday met to tackle proposal to form a board of inquiry that will revisit the operational procedures to prevent a repeat of the shooting incident that killed four soldiers in Jolo, Sulu. Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa, said that PNP Internal Affairs Service Inspector General Alfegar … [Read more...] about PNP, AFP to revisit operational protocols after Sulu shooting
