The remains of 24-year-old hazing victim John Matthew Salilig arrived on Thursday, March 2, in his hometown Zamboanga City. Salilig, a 3rd year engineering student of Adamson University died while undergoing Tau Gamma Phi Fraternity hazing in Biñan, Laguna on February 18, 2023. Dalilig’s family and Zamboanga City Mayor John Dalipe and Vice Mayor Josephine […]
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Zambo police buy-bust yields 245K worth of drugs
Zamboanga City Police Drug Enforcement Unit from Police Station 7 on February 28, arrested suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation that yielded 36.12 grams of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu. DEU team leader Police Master Sergeant Marlon Dimaisip said they arrested Noudrickar Tano Nasaluddin, a high-value target, and resident of Barangay Guiwan, Zamboanga City. […]
Zamboanga City honors residents with distinct contribution to the city
Jane TubilagCorrespondent Zamboanga City-During its 86th Dia de la Ciudad de Zamboanga on February 25, 2023, the Zamboanga City Government honored individuals and corporations who brought honor and prestige to the city through their dedication and commitment in their fields of endeavors. Mayor John Dalipe handed out the 2023 Local Achievers Awards to: “The Local […]
Lone gunman kills former Guv exec
ZAMBOANGA CITY —A still unidentified gunman killed the former executive assistant of then Basilan Governor Wahab Akbar on February 25 at around 6:38 in the evening in Barangay Canelar Moret here. Police identified teh victim as Paruk Majirul, 50 years old, a resident of Isabela City, Basilan province. Inistial police investigation report showed that Marijul […]
Zamboanga City dawn fire kills 1, demolish 250 houses
DAVAO CITY –— One person was killed while 250 houses were razed to the ground when the fire of still unkown origin broke off in the village of Asinan, Barangay Kasanyagan in Zamboanga City Monday dawn, February 20. The fatality was identified as Morados Palos, a resident of the village. The village of Asinan is […]
Zambo government buries unclaimed cadavers
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 […]
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 […]
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 only from […]
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 coordination with the Bureau of […]
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 […]
Majority of Dipolog residents open to inoculation
DIPOLOG CITY – More than half of the residents here are willing to get the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine, the city government bared on Friday. Mayor Darel Uy said an online survey showed 54 percent of the respondents are willing to get vaccinated. “We welcome the result of the survey. According to the online […]
Zamboanga Sibugay Vice Mayor, Municipal Engineer shot dead
ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY— A lone gunman shot and instantly killed Mabuhay town Vice Mayor Restituto Calonge, of Zamboanga Sibugay province at around 3:00 pm Friday, February 26. Mabuhay municipal Police Station chief PLT. Benjamin Cana, in an interview with Newsline.ph revealed that the Mayor along with municipal Engineer Edgar Pampanga and municipal employee Hadji Abduklhari Gapor, […]
Government takes over Maute group lair
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Government troops backed by air assault and artillery fires have captured a lair of the Dawlah Islamiya (DI), formerly known as the Maute Group, in a remote village of Lanao del Sur, military officials said Monday. Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), said the troops from […]