TWO high-value drug suspects were arrested while more than P1 million illegal drugs were seized in an anti-drug operation in this southern port city, the police reported Monday, November 28, 2022.Police Colonel Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga City Polic...

CRIMINAL Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) operatives have served another warrant, the fourth one, against a mid-level leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) detained in Sulu provincial jail for kidnappings and bombings, the police reported Mond...

THE City Government of Zamboanga, through the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), held a mass burial on Friday, November 25, 2022, for the remains of 27 unclaimed cadavers that have been stored at the morgue for more than a year.The m...

OPERATIVES of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have served a warrant of arrest for an illegal drug case to an inmate detained for another case involving illegal drugs at the Zamboanga City Jail (ZCJ).Police Major Samson Pascual, ...

A GOVERNMENT employee and a security guard were injured in two separate incidents of accidental firing in Zamboanga City, the police reported Saturday, November 26, 2022.The Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) identified the victims as Abdulbasar Cue...

EIGHT New People’s Army (NPA) rebels have voluntarily surrendered to government authorities in the province of North Cotabato, the police reported Friday, November 25, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Comman...

SIX New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, including an NPA leader, were killed in a clash with government troops in the hinterlands of Sultan Kudarat, a top military official said Friday, November 25, 2022.Major General Roy Galido, 6th Infantry Division ...

THEY are iron men. Their bodies are hardened as rocks and proportioned like the Greek champions of yore. Or perchance Michelangelo’s David. Whatever. They are muscles defined, shaped into rippling perfection by pumping tons of iron.But on this very...

TEN members of the New People’s Army (NPA) voluntarily surrendered to police Thursday, November 24, 2022, in the province of South Cotabato.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said they sur...

A POLICEMAN died while four others, including another policeman, were injured when the motorcycles they were riding collided in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Thursday, November 24, 2022.The Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Pe...

THE Philippine Navy has implemented changes in the leadership of BRP-Ivatan (LC298), a logistical vessel assigned with the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM).Commander Lyvanjake Cabiente was installed as the new skipper of BRP-Ivatan replacing Comm...

A JOINT team of policemen and Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel have arrested 14 people and seized some P2.5 million worth of assorted smuggled cigarettes in an anti-smuggling operation Wednesday, November 23, 2022, off Zamboanga City.Police Colonel ...

OPERATIVES of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have arrested an elderly individual charged for falsification of public documents in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the CIDG reported Wednesday, November 23, 2022.Police Lieutena...

TWO fishermen were arrested by authorities in an anti-illegal fishing campaign in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Wednesday, November 23, 2022.Police Colonel Eduard Mallo, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified the arres...

LAWMEN have arrested four people and seized some P75,332 worth of illegal drugs in separate anti-drug operations in the province of Tawi-Tawi, the police reported Tuesday, November 22, 2022.The Tawi-Tawi Provincial Police Office identified the arrest...

THE military and the provincial government of Zamboanga del Sur has partnered to repair and enhance a road in a village in the municipality of Dumingag in that province.The Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion (IB) said the road repair project, which is ...

A LENDING firm collector was killed in a gun attack along Maria Clara Lorenzo Lobregat Highway in Manicahan village in Zamboanga City, the police reported Tuesday, November 22, 2022.The Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) identified the fatality as R...

THE provincial government of Zamboanga del Sur has provided seven seacrafts providing a boost in the seaborne capability of the Army’s 53rd Infantry “Matapat” Battalion (IB).The seacrafts that underwent periodic maintenance funded by the Zamboa...

LAWMEN have arrested one of the most wanted persons in a law enforcement operation in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Monday, November 21, 2022.Police Colonel Eduard Mallo, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified the arre...

OPERATIVES of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have arrested a wanted person in a law enforcement operation in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the CIDG reported.Police Lieutenant Colonel Rex Perocho, CIDG-Zamboanga del Sur Pro...

A PUBLIC school teacher was killed in a highway accident in an east coast village of Zamboanga City, the police reported Saturday, November 19, 2022.The Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) identified the fatality as Maricel Rojas, 40, a teacher of La...

A MILITIAMAN was arrested in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Friday, November 18, 2022.Police Colonel Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director, identified the arrested suspect as Jay Mar Saavedra, ...

SOME 150 military and civilian personnel of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) have undergone financial literacy seminar aimed to capacitate them on management of finances.The seminar was held Wednesday, November 16, at the Westmincom gymnasiu...

A MEMBER of a crime group has surrendered amid law enforcement operation against them in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Friday, November 18, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Wes...

THE Zamboanga City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) has approved the City Peace and Order Public Safety (Pops) Plan for 2023-2025 during its special meeting in the afternoon of Tuesday, November 15, 2022.Mayor John Dalipe, who chairs the CPOC, said in ...

OPERATIVES of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested two bet collectors of an illegal numbers game in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the CIDG reported.Police Lieutenant Colonel Rex Perocho, CIDG-Zamboanga del Sur Provincia...

THE local government of Zamboanga City has started the conduct of ground validation through census and tagging in areas hardly hit by Tropical Storm Paeng in the city.Socorro Rojas, head of the City Social welfare and Development Office, said the cen...

THE SM Bears of Joy annual charity project of SM Cares, SM Supermalls, and Toy Kingdom is back to bring holiday cheer to children in need this Christmas.For this year, SM Cares went with the theme "I-share ang ligaya ng pasko kasama ang SM Bears of J...

MAJOR General Ignatius Patrimonio, commander of the Army’s 11th Infantry Division, has lauded the accomplishments of the 45th Infantry “Gallant” Battalion (IB) in its area of operations.Patrimonio, who graced the 45th anniversary celebration of...

POLICEMEN have seized some P300,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes while on security patrol in the province of Sulu, the police reported Wednesday, November 16, 2022.Police Colonel Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western M...

LAWMEN have arrested a high-value individual (HVI) drug pusher and seized some P476,000 in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Wednesday, November 16, 2022.Police Major Albin Cabayacruz, chief of the Zamboanga City Police Of...

FOUR teams composed of 24 personnel competed in the first-ever Duathlon competition held by the Army’s 11th Infantry “Alakdan” Division (ID) Tuesday, November 15, 2022, in Jolo, Sulu.Major General Ignatius Patrimonio, 11ID commander, said that ...

ONE of the most wanted persons in the National Capital Region (NCR) was arrested in a law enforcement operation while another surrendered in Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Tuesday, November 15, 2022.Police Colonel Diomarie Albarico, Zamboanga...

TWO persons were arrested while some P612,000 worth of illegal drugs seized in separate anti-drug operations in Zamboanga del Sur and in this city, the police reported Tuesday, November 15, 2022.Arrested were Vangeler Beltran, 41 and Jabbar Hassan, 3...

THE City Government of Zamboanga on Monday, November 14, 2022, held a simple yet meaningful ceremony commemorating the 38th death anniversary of Mayor Cesar Cortes Climaco, who is remembered for his toughness in governance and colorful personality.Ma...

OPERATIVES of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have arrested a 42-year-old man who has pending criminal cases in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Monday, November 14, 2022.Police Lieutenant Colonel Rex Peroc...

A VILLAGE official was killed while a bystander was wounded in a gun attack in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Sunday, November 13.Police Colonel Eduard Mallo, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified the slain village off...

TWO people, one of them on the anti-drug watch list, were arrested in separate anti-drug operations in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, officials said Sunday, November 13, 2022.Arrested were Kenneth Gabunilas, 24, listed as street-level individual ...

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Zamboanga Peninsula released some P439,500 worth of livelihood input materials for local fisherfolks.Alzath Cunting, BFAR Zamboanga Peninsula officer-in-charge, said the livelihood intervention inc...

SIXTEEN teams are seeing action in the 2nd Alakdan Inter-unit Basketball League 2022 at Camp General Teodulfo Bautista in Jolo, Sulu.The basketball league, which reeled off Wednesday, November 9, is part of the activities for the upcoming fourth-anni...

SENATOR Risa Hontiveros said Friday, November 11, 2022, that the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) should be strengthened for better disaster response.Hontiveros said that the NDRRMC had been at the forefront of many di...

THE Task Force Alambre (Wire) has begun Friday, November 11, 2022, conducting the first of a series of operations to clear dangling lines in the southern port city.The task force, which was recently reconstituted by Mayor John Dalipe, launched the ca...

THE evaluators noted an improvement on the execution of the duck, cover and hold protocol by participants of the earthquake drill Thursday, November 10, 2022, in Zamboanga City.Employees and clients of local government offices executed the duck, cove...

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has implemented changes in the leadership of one of the brigades under the Army’s 1st Infantry Division (ID).Colonel Bill Dela Rosa was installed as the new commander of the 103rd Infantry “Haribon” Bri...

A FISHERMAN was wounded while his companion escaped unscathed in a gun attack in the high seas of Zamboanga Sibugay province, the police reported Thursday, November 10, 2022.Police Colonel Eduard Mallo, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified t...

OPERATIVES of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, a sexagenarian in a law enforcement operation in Zamboanga del Norte.Police Lieutenant Colonel Leo Laraga, CIDG-Zamboanga del Norte Provincia...

TWO people were injured when they collided head-on while driving motorcycles in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Wednesday, November 9, 2022.Police Colonel Eduard Mallo, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified the victims ...

THE Department of Agriculture, through the Bureau of Animal Industry, has donated to the Zamboanga City Government a P3.4-million mobile disinfection truck as the agency strengthened its biosecurity measures to curb the spread of African Swine Fever ...

ZAMBOANGA City Mayor John Dalipe inducted into office the newly appointed members of the Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) board in rites Tuesday, November 8, at the City Hall conference room.Sworn into office by Dalipe were Ernesto Ubando (busine...

OPERATIVES of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have arrested a government employee for malversation of public funds in a law enforcement in Zamboanga City, the police reported Tuesday, November 8, 2022.Police Colonel John Francis...