PHILIPPINE Navy, Philippine Coast Guard and Bureau of Customs personnel have seized some P7.2 million worth of assorted smuggled cigarettes off this city, a top Navy official said.Rear Admiral Toribio

THE Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-BARMM) turned over on Friday, April 30, eight ambulance units to seven towns in Lanao del Sur and one to the provincial

TWO persons facing charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 were arrested in separate law enforcement operations in Zamboanga City, the police reported Friday, April 30.Police

THREE alleged big-time drug pushers were arrested, while some P4.7 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in a buy-bust operation in the province of Tawi-Tawi, top military officials announced Thursday,

LAWMEN have arrested in separate law enforcement operations two of the most wanted persons in the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Thursday, April 18, 2021.Police

THE Philippine Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion (IB), in partnership with concerned stakeholders, held a three-day leadership summit to promote leadership and peace advocacy among the youth sector.The

FARMERS of Sitio Linduman in Vitali village, Zamboanga City, will soon have steady supply of water as the project of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is soon to be completed.The NIA regional

JOINT military and police forces have seized high-powered firearms and explosives in a law enforcement operation in Maguindanao, officials said Wednesday, April 28.Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan Jr.,

GOVERNMENT operatives have arrested a high-value target and seized 30 grams of shabu in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, an official said Wednesday, April 28.Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency

LAWYER Naguib Sinarimbo, minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government in the Barngsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MILF-Barmm), handed over a P12.5-million check Wednesday,

GOVERNMENT operatives have seized a shipment of P2.1 million worth of assorted smuggled cigarettes off Zamboanga City, a top police official said Tuesday, April 27.Police Brigadier General Ronaldo Genaro

SEVEN persons were arrested, while P25,920 worth of illegal drugs were seized in separate anti-drug operations in Zamboanga City, the police reported Tuesday, April 27.Police Captain Edwin Duco, Police

ANOTHER member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has surrendered, bringing the number of ASG surrenderers in Basilan province to 11 since January this year, the military reported.Lieutenant General Corleto

THE Philippine Army has installed a seasoned officer to lead the 5th Mechanized Infantry Battalion of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade based in the province of Lanao del Norte.Installed as the new 5th

THE Army's 53rd Infantry Battalion and the Municipal Government of Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur organized the Barangay Defense System (BDS) to address threats by New People's Army (NPA) rebels and

A BUSINESS couple and five others were arrested while some P112,800 worth of illegal drugs were seized in separate anti-drug operations in Zamboanga Peninsula, the police reported Sunday, April 25, 2021.Police

THE Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Special Area for Agricultural Development (Saad), has distributed more than P120,000 farm inputs to a farmer association in the province of Zamboanga del

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have seized some 315 kilos of manta ray meat, an endangered aquatic species off Zamboanga del Norte.The BFAR regional office said in a statement that

TWO Abu Sayyaf bandits were killed in clashes in the Province of Sulu, the military reported Saturday, April 24, 2021.Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan, Jr., Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief,

LAWMEN have arrested two of the most wanted persons in the Province of Zamboanga del Norte in separate law enforcement operations, the police reported Saturday, April 24, 2021.Police Captain Edwin Duco,

GOVERNMENT troops have retrieved the remains of two slain New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who died in a clash in the hinterlands of Zamboanga del Sur.Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera, Army’s 53rd Infantry

AN OFFICIAL of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) has expressed his full support to the thrusts of the Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom).Dr. Zulfikar Abantas issued the statement of

THE Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy (Menre) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm), together with the police, rescued a Philippine slow loris, locally known

TWO New People's Army (NPA) terrorists, including a ranking leader, were killed, while another one was captured and two civilians were wounded following a clash early Thursday, April 22, in Zamboanga

FIVE suspected drug personalities were arrested, while some P391,000 worth of illegal drugs were seized in separate anti-drug operations in Zamboanga City, the police reported Thursday, April 22.Police

THE Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-Barmm) announced Thursday, April 22, that 65 percent of its priority recipients already received their first dose of vaccine

THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has conferred to the City of Zamboanga the “Gawad Tanglaw sa Pandemya: Award for the Most Functional coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) Task

SOME 3,453 scholars across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) completed the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education–Technical Education and Skills Development’s (MBHTE-TESD's)

A FISH trader and two others were arrested in separate anti-drug operations in Zamboanga City and in nearby Zamboanga Sibugay province, the police reported Tuesday, April 20.Police Captain Edwin Duco,

AUTHORITIES have filed an administrative complaint before the Regional Adjudication Committee of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Zamboanga Peninsula for proper disposition of the case

THE Regional Board of Investments in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (RBOI-Barmm) registered a P950-million investment from Al Muzafar Agriventure Inc., also known as Amavi Sweet Banana,

TWO persons, including a policeman on an undercover mission, were injured in a shootout in Zamboanga City, the police reported Monday, April 19, 2021.Police Captain Edwin Duco, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga

THE Army’s 97th Infantry Battalion (97IB) conducted a two-day Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Corps Assembly to recognize the contributions and dedication of NCO leaders and personnel.The two-day assembly

THE City Engineer’s Office (CEO) is undertaking the repair of some of the cubicles of the isolation facility at the Mayor Joaquin F. Enriquez, Jr. Memorial Sports Complex in Zamboanga City.This was in

A DIVISION commander of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) division and five of his followers surrendered to the military authorities in Maguindanao, military officials announced Sunday, April

A VILLAGE councilor was shot and wounded in a gun attack in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported.Police Captain Edwin Duco, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer,

GOVERNMENT forces killed a foreign terrorist and two Abu Sayyaf bandits in a clash in the hinterlands of Sulu, the military reported Saturday, April 17, 2021.Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan, Jr., Western

TWO crewmen — a skipper and a mechanic — perished while three others were injured in a fire that razed a wooden-hulled vessel loaded with 150 drums of fuel late Friday, April 16, 2021, in Zamboanga

A MEMBER of a crime syndicate was arrested in an anti-drug operation in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Saturday, April 17, 2021.Police Brigadier General Ronaldo Genaro Ylagan, Police

OPERATIVES of the Philippine Navy have intercepted a shipment of illegally-cut forest products off Zamboanga City, an official said Friday, April 16.Rear Admiral Toribio Adaci Jr., Naval Forces Western

AN ASSOCIATION of farmers in Zamboanga del Norte received some P1.5 million worth of integrated livelihood project of the Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD).DA-Zamboanga

A FARMER was killed, while another was wounded in an explosion in a remote village of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported.Police Captain Edwin Duco, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information

A SEAWEED plantation worker and a security guard were arrested, while P238,000 worth of illegal drugs were seized in separate anti-drug operations in Zamboanga City and Zamboanga del Norte, the police

MILITARY and police operatives have arrested an Abu Sayyaf bandit in an intelligence-driven law enforcement operation in the province of Sulu, military officials said.Colonel Hernanie Songano, 4th Marine

SOME 37,000 seedlings of indigenous species have been planted as part of the local government's reforestation project in Pasonanca village, Zamboanga City, an official said.Engineer Reynaldo Gonzales,

THE Philippine Army's 53rd Infantry Battalion (IB) bestowed certificates of recognition to two militiamen for their dedication to duty as force multipliers.Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera, 53IB commander,

AN ISLAMIC State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-linked Dawlah Islamiya (DI) leader was killed, while nine others, including the leader's wife, were wounded in a firefight in Lanao del Sur, the military

POLICE have arrested one of the most wanted persons and an alleged human trafficker in separate law enforcement operations in Zamboanga Peninsula, an official said Tuesday, April 13.Police Captain Edwin

PERSONNEL of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), backed by policemen, have seized illegally-cut forest products in the municipality of Tampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte, an official

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), through the Philippine Air Force (PAF), has assisted in the delivery of another batch of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines to the island province of Sulu,