TWENTY persons with disabilities (PWDs) have completed on Friday, August 6, 2021, a three-day Swedish Massage Training, a joint undertaking of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda)

THE Banana Peel Entry of Rosalyn Carloto of the Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU)-Tampilisan bagged the first prize in the Most Innovative Food Technology contest conducted by the Department

THE Ministry of Labor and Employment in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Mole-Barmm) released on Friday, August 6, 2021, some P717,750 funds representing the two months stipends of

THE Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) has extended financial assistance to the five survivors of the July 4 C-130 crash who are currently recuperating at Camp Panacan Hospital (CPH) in Davao City.Lieutenant

THIRTEEN members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) have surrendered Friday, August 6, 2021 to military authorities in Sultan Kudarat, the military reported.Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan,

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) through its Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA) has distributed Thursday, August 5, some P407,633 worth of farm inputs to three farmers association

TWO communist New People’s Army (NPA) terrorists have surrendered to government authorities in the province of Sultan Kudarat, military officials announced Friday, August 6, 2021.Lieutenant General Corleto

SOME P11.2 million worth of assorted smuggled cigarettes were seized by government authorities near an island east of this city, the police reported Friday, August 6, 2021.Police Brigadier General Ronaldo

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced that three companies in Zamboanga Peninsula have received on Thursday, August 5, Safety Seal Certificate.Lawyer Roy Buenafe, DOLE director, in his

THE Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-Saad) has distributed more than half a million pesos worth of livelihood intervention to farmers in the municipality of Omar,

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has provided assistance to fisherfolk in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte whose livelihood were affected by the ongoing health pandemic.Through the

THE Army's 1st Infantry Division (1ID) has received a new ambulance donated by the Armed Forces and Police Savings and Loans Association Incorporated (AFPSLAI)-Pagadian City Branch.The new ambulance

SOME P4.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized and seven people were arrested in an anti-smuggling campaign by government operatives off Zamboanga City, the police reported Thursday, August

THE 50 units of core shelters being constructed through the Kapayapaan sa Pamayanan (Kapyanan) project for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and indigent families in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur are now

FORTY-SIX troops of the Army’s 44th Infantry Battalion (44IB) have undergone last week a five-day disaster response training to equip its personnel the knowledge of emergency response.The 44IB said in

THE number of vaccine doses the Department of Health (DOH)-Zamboanga Peninsula has received from the DOH central office now totaled to 697,270 doses, as a new shipment arrived here Monday, August 2, 2021.Dr.

TWO persons were arrested in separate anti-drug operations in Zamboanga City, the police reported Wednesday, August 4, 2021.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information

AN ALLEGED member of a syndicate that has ties with the Basilan-based Abu Sayyaf bandits and tagged as the primary suspect in the killing of a retired policeman more than a year ago in Zamboanga City was

A MILITIAMAN was killed in a gun attack by three gunmen in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Tuesday, August 3.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula

THE Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-Saad) facilitated the transport of 170 modules of fabricated cage for the layer chicken production project in the province of

A NATIVE of San Isidro town in Abra province who joined the Philippine Army now has a bigger responsibility: to ensure that all the vehicles are in good condition.Private First Class Rosethom Calpito is

THE Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Special Area for Agricultural Development (Saad) program, has conducted a three-day Training-of-Trainers (TOT) for community-based financial management and

THE Provincial Government of Zamboanga del Sur has provided rice allowance to 25 militiamen of the 53rd Infantry Battalion (53IB) based in Ticala Island Patrol Based in the town of San Pablo.The provision

THE Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), distributed farm implements to two associations of seaweed farmers in Zamboanga City.The recipients of

TROOPS of the Army’s 44th Infantry Battalion (44IB) planted 57 assorted native trees on Saturday, July 31, 2021, at their headquarters in Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay province.The 44IB conducted a tree

THE Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm) is set to deliver the first three sets of desalination machines worth P20 million each to three island towns in the province of Sulu to address

THE remaining members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in the Zamboanga Peninsula have been advised to surrender and live a peaceful life together with their families.Major General Generoso Ponio, 1st

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), through its program Operations Plan (Oplan) Isda, has facilitated the shipment of 1.59 metric tons (MT) of fresh frozen Matambaka and Galunggong from

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has recently distributed some P343,020 worth of Kabuhayan (Livelihood) Starter Kits (KSK) for carpentry and dressmaking in the province of Zamboanga del Sur.Lawyer

GOVERNMENT troops have seized some P4.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City and the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police announced Saturday, July 31.Police Brigadier General Ronaldo

THE Department of Agriculture (DA), through its Corn Program, envisions the establishment of Corn Model Farms (CMF) for open-pollinated variety (OPV) of white corn in Jose Dalman, Zamboanga del Norte.In

THE Legal Department of Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) has embarked on a series of public information campaigns in this city’s four villages on its Non-Revenue Water (NRW) reduction program in

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) announced that four associations of farmers and irrigators in Manukan, Zamboanga del Norte received some P1.4 million worth of farm machinery and inputs from the agency.Rad

THE government-owned Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) has inaugurated Wednesday, July 28, 2021, an P8 million 70-bed dormitory for its personnel while on duty.Dr. Afdal Kunting, ZCMC chief of hospitals,

GOVERNMENT operatives have seized another shipment of smuggled cigarettes worth P2.9 million east of Zamboanga City, a top police official announced.The shipment was seized early Tuesday, July 27, 2021,

GOVERNMENT troops, with information from concerned citizens, have unearthed a hidden rice supply of the communist New people’s Army (NPA) terrorists in the hinterlands of Zamboanga del Sur.The rice supply

GOVERNMENT operatives have arrested two persons, including the number six priority target in the campaign against illegal drugs, and seized some P114,240 worth of suspected shabu in separate law enforcement

TWO lawmakers from Mindanao are filing a resolution at the House of Representatives to pay tribute to Hidilyn Diaz for her historic feat by winning the gold medal in weightlifting 55 kilograms category

THE Army’s 1st Infantry “Tabak” Division (ID) has welcomed five newlyassigned second lieutenants into its command.The 1ID said in a statement that the junior officers are graduates of the Philippine

FOUR members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) have surrendered brought about by the relentless military operation against them in Maguindanao, military officials announced Wednesday, July

TROOPS have seized improvised bombs, bomb-making materials and other personal belongings following a clash with a group of Daulah Islamiyah terrorists in South Cotabato, the military said Tuesday, July

A COMPANY executive was killed, while two others, including a businessman, were wounded in separate gun attacks in Zamboanga City and in nearby Zamboanga Sibugay province, the police reported Tuesday,

THE Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Menre-Barmm) entered into an agreement Saturday, July 24, with the municipality of Parang,

FIVE persons, including a woman, were arrested in separate anti-drug operations in Zamboanga City and nearby Zamboanga Sibugay province, the police reported Monday, July 26, 2021.Police Major Shellamie

A TOTAL of 65 Narra seedlings were planted in Sitio Kabanbanan, Makiang village, Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte.The tree planting activity, which was initiated by the Siocon Municipal Police Station on Friday,

THE political season is starting to heat up with potential candidates making their presence felt in different communities in Zamboanga City.The first to announce his intention to seek for a higher position

TROOPS under Joint Task Force (JTF)-Sulu have recently recovered an M67 90-millimeter (mm) anti-tank recoilless rifle in the hinterlands of Sulu, military officials announced Sunday, July 25, 2021.Major

THE Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has committed to install solar-powered charging station and internet access to a remote community in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay.This,

ALL units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) participated in the simultaneous culmination of the 30-day military mourning for the late and former commander-in-chief, Benigno Simeon Aquino III,

THE Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-Barmm) has allocated 30,000 doses of single-shot Janssen vaccine to the province of Tawi-Tawi as part of the preemptive