THE Army's First Infantry "Tabak" Division (ID) has received four new officers to join its rank, while a junior officer was promoted to a higher rank.Major General Ge...

THE Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Menre-Barmm) distributed Tuesday, January 18, a total of 18 land...

GOVERNMENT forces have recovered an arms cache of the New People's Army (NPA) rebels in a remote village in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, the military reported.The Army&...

THE Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula installed on Monday, January 17, a new senior officer to lead the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director.Installed by Pol...

OVER 800 beneficiaries of the Ministry of Labor and Employment in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao's (MOLE-Barmm) eight aid programs in Tawi-Tawi have receiv...

FARMERS in a far-flung village of Zamboanga del Norte benefitted from the first outreach program for the year 2022 of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in partnership with other g...

THE Local Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (LIATF-EID) announced that no “Sunday lockdown” will be imposed even as Zamboanga City has been placed under Alert...

ONE hundred fifty-five decommissioned combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) received their National Competency II certificates after completing their skills traini...

THE Philippine National Police (PNP) has designated a new provincial director to lead the police forces in nearby Basilan province.Designated as the new director of the Basilan Pol...

GOVERNMENT forces have arrested a member of the Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in a law enforcement operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported.Police Captain Abdullah Jami...

PERSONNEL of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA)-Zamboanga Peninsula have experienced for a day the life of a rice farmer -- knee-deep in a paddy, woven hats as shield on...

IT IS truly heartwarming how a simple teddy bear can spark so much joy in a child.The project, dubbed as "Bears of Joy," is a long-running special project of SM Supermall...

THE Zamboanga City Government unveiled Wednesday, January 12, the biggest-ever facility for treatment and monitoring of patients infected with Sars-CoV-2, which causes the coronavi...

AT LEAST 32 boat passengers from Manila and Dumaguete Cities tested positive in rapid antigen tests conducted upon arrival of the vessel Wednesday night, January 12, at the local p...

A WOMAN was killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off early Tuesday, January 11, 2022, in Sumisip, Basilan province, the police said.Police Major Faisal Tandico, S...

THE Business One Stop Shop (Boss), set up to ensure swift and seamless permits processing at Centro Latino in Paseo del Mar, has received a total of 6,032 applications as of Tuesda...

THE Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm) has hired 294 new teachers for the province of Sulu.Kiram Iril...

EFFECTIVE Wednesday, January 12, Zamboanga City will re-impose the Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test requirement for inbound travelers regardless of vac...

FOUR most wanted persons were arrested by lawmen in separate law enforcement operations in Zamboanga Peninsula, the police reported Tuesday, January 11, 2022.Police Brigadier Gener...

THE Philippine Army has assigned six officers to the 1st Infantry "Tabak" Division (ID), the premier command of the branch of service of the Armed Forces of the Philippin...

FOURTEEN combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), including two minors, surrendered Thursday, January 6, 2022, to military authorities in Cotabato, officials a...

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Coordinating Committee and its partner organizations and agencies are holding the “Kasambest,” Battle of the Best Talent Comp...

JOINT police and Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives have arrested four persons and seized some P1.8 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in the province of Zamboanga del Sur.Police...

A MEMBER of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) has surrendered to military authorities in the province of North Cotabato, military officials announced Friday, January 7,...

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), through the Philippine Army, has promoted Colonel Jose Randolf Sino Cruz, assistant division commander of the Army’s 1st Infantry Divisio...

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) is strengthening its campaign against smuggling this year in the Zamboanga Peninsula.Segundo Sigmundfreud Barte Jr., BOC-Zamboanga district collector, s...

SOME 36 street children and adults were rounded up during an operation conducted jointly by the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) and the City Hall Community Polic...

THE Zamboangueño close contact of an Omicron positive patient in Metro Manila is well and cleared, a local health official announced Thursday, January 6.Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, ci...

TWENTY Non-Uniformed Personnel (NUP) took their oath of office Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at the Camp Abendan, home of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula headquart...

ZAMBOANGA City has been selected as one of the 2021 Good Financial Housekeeping passers in Zamboanga Peninsula for exhibiting exemplary performance in financial administration.The...

THE Zamboanga City Government has set up anew the business one-stop shop (Boss) for business permit applications this 2022.To ensure compliance with minimum health standards and av...

JOINT police and military operatives arrested three people and seized P374,000 worth of illegal drugs in Lanao del Sur, the police reported Tuesday, January 4, 2022.Police Brigadie...

ZAMBOANGA City is a 2021 Most Business-Friendly local government unit (LGU) finalist.Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said Tuesday, January 4, that the city gets the recognitio...

MEDICAL frontliners and senior citizens who fall under the priority groups A1 and A2 are the current priority for the vaccine booster rollout in Zamboanga City.Dr. Dulce Amor Mirav...

THE Zamboanga City Government kicked off Monday, January 3, the Business One Stop Shop (Boss) system to process business permit applications for the year 2022.City Licensing Office...

CHEFS showed their cooking skills in the Open Cooking Challenge dubbed as the "Battle of the Chefs" held Wednesday, December 29, 2021, in Dapitan City, the shrine city of...

A DRUG suspect was arrested in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Friday, December 31, 2021.Police Lieutenant Marry Agnes Miro, Zamboanga City Police Off...

THE celebration of the Handuraw Festival this year kicked off Monday, December 27, with the Anyo Arnis Competition, which is one of the four events of the occasion in Dapitan City....

SEVEN terror group members abandoned their armed struggle, as they surrendered due to intensified military operations coupled with the peace mechanisms employed by the government i...

THE Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula has conducted Operation: "Christmas Drop 2021," which benefitted victims of Typhoon Odette and residents in depressed...

THE Army's 53rd Infantry "Matapat" Battalion (IB) extended humanitarian assistance to the victims of Typhoon Odette in Surigao.The humanitarian aid consisting of food...

A BANGSAMORO Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) leader, who was a bomb expert, was killed in a clash against government troops in the province of Maguindanao, military officials announ...

A PREACHER died while another was wounded in a highway accident in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Monday, December 27, 2021.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Po...

OVER two months since a massive fire hit Purok 5 in Recodo village, Zamboanga City, the 500 affected families are returning home.This came following a series of consultations and n...

TROOPS of the Joint Task Force Zamboanga have seized a shipment of smuggled cigarettes on an east coast village of Zamboanga City, a military official announced.Lieutenant Colonel...

THE Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) assisted the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure that even those in remotest areas will not be left out in the government's vaccinatio...

THE local populace had been reminded that the ban on firecrackers and pyrotechnics remain in full force regardless of the occasion in Zamboanga City.Police Colonel Rexmel Reyes, Za...

A FIELD commander of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and 10 of his followers have surrendered in the province of Maguindanao, military officials announced Sunday, De...

THE Zamboanga City Government has lifted the verification process of the Safe, Swift and Smart Passage (S-Pass) application, hastening the travel of inbound travelers.The S-Pass is...

THE hospital and isolation bed utilization rates in Zamboanga City are presently at safe levels, the City Health Office (CHO) reported.Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, CHO chief, said the...