FOUR Abu Sayyaf members, one of them a follower of the slain emir of all Islamic State forces in the Philippines, have surrendered to government authorities in Basilan province, the military reported.Lieutenant

A PAINTER and two others were arrested in separate anti-drug operations Saturday, June 12, 2021 in Zamboanga City.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula information

THE NATIONAL government, through Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), released 30 units of mobile rice mill equipment worth P30 million

THREE members of a crime group, one of them an elected official, have surrendered to government authorities in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Friday, June 11, 2021.Police Brigadier

FIVE persons, including a government employee and a fish trader, were arrested while some P207,500 worth of illegal drugs and explosives were seized in separate anti-drug operations in Zamboanga City,

THE Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-Barmm) turned over on Thursday, June 10, oxygen delivery medical equipment to the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center

LAWMEN have arrested in an intelligence-driven law enforcement operation in Zamboanga City an alleged kidnapper linked with the Abu Sayyaf bandits, the police reported Thursday, June 10, 2021.Police Brigadier

TWO farmers and a trike driver were arrested in separate anti-drug operations in Zamboanga City and the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Thursday, June 10, 2021.Police Major Shellamie

THE Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-Elcac) has launched housing projects intended for former members of the New People’s Army (NPAs) in the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte

THE Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Special Area for Agricultural Development (Saad), has distributed vegetable seeds to augment the income of farmers in a village of Talipao, Sulu by establishing

SOME 300 residents of Mampang village, Zamboanga City benefitted Wednesday, June 9, from the gift-giving activity of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM).Rear Admiral Toribio Adaci Jr., NFWM commander,

DEPARTMENT of Trade and Industry (DTI) Provincial Director Grace Aduca said they are going to conduct a survey on the effects of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) to the local business

A POLICEMAN escaped but his two cohorts were arrested while some P6.8 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, a top police official said Tuesday, June 8.Police

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is implementing the Electronic Single Approach (E-SEnA) to make it easier for clients to request for assistance of the agency through online.The Single-Entry

TWO communist New People's Army (NPA) terrorists have surrendered to government authorities in the province of Zamboanga del Sur amid sustained military operations against them, officials said Monday,

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Regional Wildlife Rescue Center, marked the celebration of World Environment Day on Saturday, June 5, with the release of 100th rehabilitated

A TRICYCLE driver died, while a policeman was injured in a head-on collision in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Monday, June 7.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga

THE National Housing Authority (NHA) has released an initial grant of P30 million to the Municipal Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (MTF-Elcac) of Godod, Zamboanga del Norte.The grant is

A TOTAL of 110 school children and 49 families benefitted from the one-day Community Support Activity initiated by the 2nd Marine Brigade (2MBde) in the municipality of Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi.Brigadier General

THE military troops stationed in the province of Sulu have been ordered to remain steadfast and sustain the momentum in the campaign against terrorism.Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan, Jr., commander

A BUSINESSMAN was killed in a gun attack at his own residence in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Sunday, June 6, 2021.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga

THIRTY-SIX militiamen and their dependents benefited from the community outreach mission initiated by the Bravo Company of the Army’s 53rd Infantry “Matapat” Battalion (IB) in the remote town of

THE Army’s 2nd Special Forces Battalion (2SFBn) has awarded Military Merit Medal (MMM) to five militiamen for meritorious performance of duty in an anti-terror campaign in the province of Sulu.Lieutenant

SOME 50 indigent families in Sugadol village, Datu Abdullah Sangki (DAS), Maguindanao are set to benefit from the region-wide core shelter program of the Office of the Chief Minister (OCM) Ahod Ebrahim.The

TWO former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were arrested in separate law enforcement operations in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, a top police official announced Friday, June 4, 2021.Police

GOVERNMENT operatives have arrested four people, including a woman, and seized some P75,480 worth of illegal drugs in separate anti-drug operations in Zamboanga City, the police reported Friday, June 4,

THE Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-Barmm) announced that a total of 15,347 healthcare workers across the region have already received their first doses of

THE Department of Health (DOH)-Zamboanga Peninsula received Wednesday, June 2, 2021, the 10th batch of vaccines from the DOH central office as the inoculation of the first three priority groups, namely,

THE Department of Agriculture has acquired 15 liquid nitrogen (LN2) mother tanks to boost its livestock propagation program.Rad Donn Cedeño, DA-Zamboanga Peninsula executive director, said the LN2 tanks

THE Zamboanga City government has urged its residents anew to strictly follow the prescribed health regulations and protocols to stem coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) transmission and infection.This,

POLICEMEN have seized some P237,500 worth of smuggled cigarettes and a firearm and arrested three alleged smugglers along the national highway of Zamboanga del Sur, an official disclosed Thursday, June

SOME 100 former communist New People's Army (NPA) terrorists in Zamboanga del Norte are set to receive housing units from the government through the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict

THE Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-Barmm) turned over Wednesday, June 2, eight ambulance units to various barangay health stations (BHS) and rural health

TWO Abu Sayyaf bandits involved in the kidnapping of foreigners years ago have surrendered to the Philippine Marines troops in the province of Sulu, officials said Wednesday, June 2.Rear Admiral Toribio

THE Department of Health (DOH)-Zamboanga Peninsula confirmed that 56 samples the agency has sent to the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) tested positive for coronavirus disease

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has embarked on a series of production trainings in Zamboanga del Norte to kick-start the regionwide trainings, as the demand increases for sorghum as one of the primary

LAWMEN have arrested an alleged big-time pusher and two others in separate operations in Zamboanga City and nearby Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Tuesday, June 1.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police

TWO clans, whose dispute was triggered by boundary disagreement, have entered into a peace pact facilitated by the Joint Task Force (JTF)-Tawi-Tawi in coordination with the police and local government

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has conferred medals and gave P2 million cash reward to the marine troops behind the successful rescue of four Indonesian kidnap victims from the hands of the Abu Sayyaf bandits

GOVERNMENT operatives have arrested two most wanted persons in separate law enforcement operations in the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Monday, May 31, 2021.Police

THE Malaysian police, through the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom), turned over to Philippine authorities the eight Abu Sayyaf bandits they arrested earlier this month in Sabah, the military reported.Datuk

TWO people, including a high-value individual (HVI), were arrested in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Sunday, May 30, 2021.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga

SOME 250 poor fisherfolks have received food packs in a mobile community pantry initiated by the Zamboanga del Norte provincial field office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).Arcelita

THE number of Abu Sayyaf surrenderers since January in Basilan province climbed to 19, as another bandit has surrendered amid the continuous military operation against them in that province, the military

NINE members of the Dawlah Islamiya-Maute Group (DI-MG) were arrested while two others escaped during a police operation in the province of Lanao del Sur, a military official said Saturday, May 29, 2021.Lieutenant

A CARPENTER was arrested while several bomb-making components seized in an operation in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Saturday, May 29, 2021.Police Lieutenant Colonel Albert Larubis,

TWENTY-one militiamen have undergone self-defense technic training conducted by the Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion (IB).The training, dubbed as Very Important Person (VIP) Training Class 02-21, was held

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has turned over vegetable seeds to the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula in support for the establishment of backyard garden.The vegetables seeds Arnulfo

FORMER Second District representative Celso Lobregat has confirmed that he tested positive for Sars-CoV-2, which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).Lobregat made the announcement both on radio

THE Ministry of the Interior and Local Government in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MILG-Barmm) has allotted more than P143 million to install 10 units of desalination machines in