PERSONNEL of the Marine Battalion Landing Team-11 (MBLT-11) have seized some P300,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City, the police reported Saturday, September 10, 2022.Police Colonel Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCP...

A TEAM leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) have surrendered to authorities in the province of Sultan Kudarat, the police reported.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, identified the NPA su...

WITH the success of the Night Market on Rizal Street, downtown Zamboanga City, the City Government is expanding operations to Baban Street in Baliwasan village.This, as Mayor John Dalipe issued Executive Order No. JD 2022-042, launching a night marke...

THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has assisted an agricultural organization build a biogas plant to effectively manage waste coming from the communal piggery of the farmers’ association in Kalawit, Zamboanga del Norte.Nuhman Aljani, D...

ZAMBOANGA City John Dalipe on Thursday, September 8, 2022, joined the security sector in the conduct of an aerial security survey and inspection of this city’s coastal areas and boundaries.This, as Dalipe seeks to strengthen security safety nets ag...

THE Ministry of Science and Technology in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Most-Barmm) has distributed some P6.3 million worth of food processing and production equipment to cooperatives last week in Basilan province.Most-Barmm Di...

OPERATIVES of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have arrested a 58-year-old man for violating Republic Act 7610, otherwise known as the “Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.”Police...

OFFICIALS of the United Kingdom (UK) and Philippine military have determined areas of cooperation where the former can further support the latter, particularly in maritime domain awareness and maritime security.The matter was discussed by Chris Felto...

PERSONNEL of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) rescued on Monday, September 5, 2022, an Australian drifting at sea near this city aboard his yacht for several hours after a 30-day voyage from Australia.Lieutenant Senior Grade Chester Ross Caba...

AN ABU Sayyaf leader involved in kidnappings and bombings was arrested in a law enforcement operation Wednesday, September 7, 2022, in the province of Sulu, the police reported.Police Colonel John Francis Encinareal, Criminal Investigation and Detec...

AUTHORITIES continue to implement border control coupled with quarantine checkpoints to put a stop to the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Zamboanga City.Dr. Mario Arriola, Office of the City Veterinarian (OCVet) chief, said the hog mortalitie...

A SOLDIER was shot and killed by his batchmate, who in turn shot himself and is now in critical condition at a hospital in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, the police said.Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula i...

TWO people were arrested while some P17,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in anti-smuggling operations General Santos City, the police reported Tuesday, September 6, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Comm...

TWO persons were separately arrested by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Zamboanga Peninsula in the anti-gambling campaign in Zamboanga del Sur, the CIDG reported Monday, September 5, 2022.Police Colonel John Franci...

PATROLLING policemen arrested four persons, including two children, and seized some P140,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City, the police reported Monday, September 5, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area P...

THE Zamboanga City Government has turned over Monday, September 5, 2022, four dropside trucks to the City Agriculturist Office.The trucks were purchased in 2021 at a cost of P2.5 million each for a total of P10 million for the four units.At the same ...

AUTHORITIES have seized some P350,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes in an intelligence-driven anti-smuggling operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Sunday, September 4, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Polic...

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) released some P14.3 million in educational assistance to 4,932 students on Saturday, September 3, in Zamboanga Peninsula.Those who received Saturday, September 3, were the third batch of recipie...

THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is constructing a P95.4-million multi-purpose sports facility at the Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex in Zamboanga City.Dr. Cecil Atilano, city sports director, said the project will be un...

THE long-delayed multi-million flyover project at the intersection of Governor Camins and Veterans Avenue in Zamboanga City, which is in front of the Sta. Cruz Commercial Complex, is set to begin.Mayor John Dalipe signed on Thursday, September 1, Exe...

AN ALLEGED “big-time” drug dealer was arrested while his cohort escaped and some P3.4 million worth of illegal drugs seized in anti-drug operation in Cotabato City, the police reported Saturday, September 3, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, ...

EIGHT combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) surrendered to authorities Friday, September 2, 2022, in Maguindanao.The Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) said in a statement Saturday, September 3, that the eight BIFF combatant...

THE Zamboanga City Government has launched crackdown to weed out colorums and illegal tricycle franchise holders operating in Zamboanga City.Police Major Chester Natividad, City Traffic Enforcement Unit (CTEU) chief, said the crackdown is to check th...

A TEENAGER was arrested for the crime of child sexual molestation in a law enforcement operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Thursday, September 1, 2022.Police Colonel John Francis Encinareal, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Zam...

SIX Abu Sayyaf bandits have voluntarily surrendered to authorities in the province of Sulu, the police reported Thursday, September 1, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, identified the ...

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has temporarily stopped accepting applications for its program on educational assistance to indigent students in Zamboanga Peninsula.Ivan Eric Salvador, DSWD regional information officer, said W...

LIEUTENANT General Alfredo Rosario Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), has assured the City Government of Lamitan that the military is always ready to assist Lamitan city in all of its projects and programs.Rosario made the a...

OPERATIVES of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have arrested a senior citizen in a law enforcement operation in Lamitan City, Basilan, a top CIDG official said Wednesday, August 31.Police Colonel John Francis Encinareal, CIDG-Zam...

OPERATIVES of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) haves arrested one person in its anti-gambling campaign in Zamboanga del Sur, an official said Tuesday, August 30, 2022.Police Colonel John Francis Encinareal, CIDG-Zamboanga Peninsu...

AUTHORITIES have arrested two persons and seized smuggled cigarettes anew as the anti-smuggling campaign continue in Zamboanga City, an official said Tuesday, August 30, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Comman...

A DANCE instructor (DI) was arrested while some P340,000 worth of illegal drugs seized in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, a top police official said Tuesday, August 30, 2022.Police Colonel Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga City Police Office dir...

PERSONNEL of the Zamboanga City Police Office’s (ZCPO) Station 6 have arrested one person and seized some P1.7 million worth of contraband in Zamboanga City, an official announced Monday, August 29, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations ...

AUTHORITIES have arrested a sexagenarian and seized P93,800 worth of shabu in an anti-drug operation in the province of Tawi-Tawi, the police reported Monday, August 29.The Tawi-Tawi Police Provincial Office (TTPPO) identified the suspect as Nelma Ba...

PERSONNEL of the Zamboanga City Police Office's (ZCPO) Station 6 have arrested one person and seized P1.7 million worth of contraband in Zamboanga City, an official said Monday, August 29.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the A...

A GOVERNMENT employee was shot and killed in the province of Basilan, the police reported Monday, August 29.The Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula identified the fatality as Arsad Jakaria, 54, an employee of the Ministry of Agriculture Fisher...

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,...