A FOLLOWER of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) was killed while bomb-making components were recovered following a clash in the province of Maguindanao, the police said Sunday, August 28, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations ...

AN ALLEGED “big-time” drug suspect was arrested while some P340,000 worth of illegal drugs were seized in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Sunday, August 28, 2022.Arrested was Dennis Sombreno Pungutan alias Ted, 32, a...

ENTICED by the government’s reintegration program, a combatant of the New People’s Army (NPA) has surrendered to the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-Elcac).The NPA surrenderer, Denmark Uba, whose...

AUTHORITIES have arrested one of the most wanted persons and seized high-power firearms in law enforcement operations in the province of Tawi-Tawi, the police reported.Police Colonel Ronaldo Fulo, Tawi-Tawi police director, identified the arrested mo...

THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has extended support to the livelihood undertaking of a group of women Friday, August 26, in Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur.Anchored with the policy under Executive Order No. 70 institutionalizing the whole-o...

THE joint police and Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives have seized more than P1 million worth of assorted items in an anti-smuggling operation in this southern port city, an official said Saturday, August 27.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operatio...

A SPY of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to authorities in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, a top police official said Friday, August 26, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, ...

AUTHORITIES have apprehended eight members of a drug group following a firefight in the province of Tawi-Tawi, the military reported.Brigadier General Romeo Racadio, 2nd Marine Brigade commander, said the suspects were apprehended following a brief f...

ONE person died while another was wounded in a head-on collision of two motorcycles in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Thursday, August 25, 2022.Police Colonel Albert Larubis, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, said the inciden...

A FEMALE medic of the New People’s Army (NPA) and her comrades surrendered to the military troops Wednesday, August 24, 2022, in Lebak town, Sultan Kudarat, the military reported.Major General Roy Galido, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Central commander, i...

AUTHORITIES have prevented the rise of an armed group as they successfully facilitated the surrender of a potential private armed group leader in the province of Lanao del Sur, the police reported.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of ...

TWO people allegedly involved in the trade of illegal drugs were killed in a clash with joint police and military operatives in Basilan province, an official announced Wednesday, August 24, 2022.Police Colonel Pedro Martirez Jr., Basilan police direc...

AUTHORITIES have arrested one of the most wanted persons in the province of Zamboanga del Norte in a law enforcement operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Wednesday, August 24, 2022.The Zamboanga del Norte Police Provincial Office identifi...

THE National Library of the Philippines (NLP) conferred the “Most Innovative Public Library Award” under the building/physical set-up category to the Bangsamoro Library and Archives (BLA).The award was conferred to the BLA in the recently conclud...

THE City Health Office (CHO) has reminded the public anew to follow the “4s” strategy against dengue in their households, workplaces, and even in schools as classes for school year 2022-2023 opened Monday, August 22, 2022.Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite,...

A MEMBER of a crime group, after two years of hiding, was arrested in law enforcement operation in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Tuesday, August 23, 2022.Police Colonel John Francis Encinareal, Criminal Investigation and Dete...

A VILLAGE official was injured in a vehicular accident Tuesday, August 23, 2022, in Zamboanga City, the police reported.The Zamboanga City Police Office’s Station 7 identified the victim as Romeo Macrohon, 57, a councilor in the village of Lumbanga...

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed on Saturday, August 20, 2022, a total of P1,077,000 cash aid to 335 students in this southern port city through its educational assistance.Ivan Eric Salvador, DSWD regional infor...

TWO people, a housewife and her one-year-old daughter, were wounded while another was unscathed in a gun attack in Lamitan City, Basilan province, the police reported Monday, August 22, 2022.The Basilan Police Provincial Office said the incident happ...

TWENTY-nine people were injured in a stampede Saturday, August 20, 2022 at the entrance of a local public school when huge number of people gathered to avail of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) educational assistance.The st...

THE Zamboanga City Health Office (CHO) announced that the city has logged 94.48 percent recovery rate though the active cases of coronavirus disease continue to increase.Data the CHO released Friday, August 19, 2022, showed that the city has register...

THREE members of the Dawlah Islamiya have surrendered to government troops within the area of operations of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), the military reported Saturday, August 20, 2022.The Westmincom identified the three Dawlah Islamiya...

LIEUTENANT General Erickson Gloria, vice chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), paid a farewell visit Friday, August 19, to the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom).Gloria, prior to his forthcoming retirement, will visit the ma...

ONE person was arrested by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in a law enforcement operation for illegal possession of firearm in Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, the police reported Friday, August 19, 2022.Police C...

OPERATIVES of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested one person and seized some P340,000 worth of illegal drugs in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, a top PDEA official said Friday, August 19, 2022.Emerson Margate, PDEA region...

AUTHORITIES have arrested an official of the youth sector in an anti-drug operation Manukan, Zamboanga del Norte, a top police official said Thursday, August 18, 2022.Police Brigadier General Neil Alinsangan, newly installed Police Regional Office-Za...

THE Ministry of Social Services and Development in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MSSD-Barmm), through the Bangsamoro Sagip Kabuhayan (BSK) program, has granted P15,000 financial assistance each to eight blind massage therapists...

IN LINE with the national government’s “PinasLakas” jabs campaign, the Zamboanga City Health Office has deployed a vaccination team to City Hall to cater to City Government employees as well as clients.Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health offic...

THE Philippine Navy, through Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM), is participating in the 10-day Southeast Asian Cooperation and Training (Seacat) Exercise in Sulu Sea within the area of operations of NFWM.Lieutenant Senior Grade Chester Ross Cabalt...

AUTHORITIES have seized an improvised explosive device (IED) and bomb-making components in Jolo, Sulu, the police reported Tuesday, August 16, 2022.Police Major Annidul Sali, Jolo police chief, said the IED and bomb-making components were recovered a...

TWO people, including a village official, were wounded while a municipal councilor and three others were unscathed in two separate shooting incidents in Zamboanga Peninsula, the police reported Tuesday, August 16, 2022.Police Major Shellamie Chang, P...

THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Zamboanga Peninsula has released P1.2 million funding assistance Monday, August 15, 2022, to Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU)-Tampilisan Campus for the project “Pre-Commercialization of...

THE Philippine Navy has installed a new skipper of the 1st Boat attack Division (BAD), which is under the operational control of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM).The NFWM Public Affairs Office said Monday, August 15, 2022 that installed as th...

THREE persons were arrested while some P408,000 worth of illegal drugs confiscated in an anti-drug operation launched by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) backed by policemen and soldiers in Zamboanga City, a top PDEA official announced Monda...

NINE members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)-Bungos faction have surrendered to government authorities in the province of Maguindanao, the military reported Sunday, August 14, 2022.Major General Roy Galido, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Ce...

EVERYTHING is set for the opening of the Night Market on Monday, August 15, which will run until October 31 in Zamboanga City.The Night Market is one of the activities for the 2022 Zamboanga Hermosa Festival, the highlight of which is the feast of Ou...

THE Bureau of Customs-Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ), through inter-agency cooperation, has seized P8.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes during multiple anti-smuggling operations in Zamboanga City.BOC-POZ District Collector Segundo Sigmundfreud Bart...

POLICE operatives arrested four persons “in the act of illegal drug activity” on Thursday, August 11, in the province of Tawi-Tawi.The Tawi-Tawi Provincial Police Office identified the arrested suspects as the following: Rajik Main Jaji; Akmad Ra...

A NEW People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed while another was captured in a brief shootout Thursday, August 11, in the province of Saranggani, the military reported Saturday, August 13, 2022.Major General Roy Galido, commander of Joint Task Force (J...

A DRUG group leader, who is on top of the government’s watch list, was killed in an anti-drug operation in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported.Police Colonel Albert Larubis, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, said identified the ...

HOG raisers from Curuan Veterinary District in Zamboanga City have received indemnification of pigs that were affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF) from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation of the Philippines (PCIC) under the Department of A...

STRICT transport and movement protocols at the borders in Licomo and Limpapa in the east and west coasts of Zambanga City, respectively, remain in place as the city continues to face the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF) and Avian Influenza or Bird...

FOUR persons were arrested while some P1.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes were intercepted and seized in an anti-smuggling operation off Zamboanga City, the police reported Thursday, August 11, 2022.Police Colonel Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga C...

ANOTHER member of the Basilan-based Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrendered to authorities in Basilan province, the military reported Thursday, August 11, 2022.Colonel Frederick Sales, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Basilan deputy commander, identified the ASG su...

TWO Abu Sayyaf bandits have surrendered as they wish to live peaceful lives with their families as military offensives continue against them in Basilan and Sulu provinces.They were identified by Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) as Totoh Akalun, ...

LAWMEN have arrested two alleged big-time drug traffickers and seized some P6.8 million worth of illegal drugs in a joint anti-drug operation in the province of Tawi-Tawi, the police reported Wednesday, Wednesday, August 10, 2022.Police Colonel Richa...

A JUVENILE brahminy kite is now under the care of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) Regional Wildlife Rescue Center in Baclay, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur for proper care and treatment.Rosevirico Tan, DENR regional informat...

TWO utility personnel of the Basilan Electric Cooperative (Baselco) were killed in a broad daylight gun attack Tuesday, August 9, 2022, in Isabela City, the capital of Basilan province.Police Lieutenant Colonel Junpikar Sitin, Isabela City police chi...

THE government’s anti-terror campaign got a boost as 453 new soldiers joined the ranks of the 11th Infantry Division (ID), which is dedicated in fighting the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-affiliated terrorist group in Sulu.The new soldier...

POLICEMEN together with Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel arrested two people and seized over P1 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City, the police reported Tuesday, August 9, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of ...