THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Provincial Government of Zamboanga del Sur are joining efforts to reduce poverty incidence in the province.

DSWD Regional Director Teodulo Romo said his office and that of Zamboanga del Sur will venture into cassava…

THE Pagadian City Government inaugurated Friday a P900-million shopping mall that would house commercial establishments and regional government offices at the heart of the city.

The shopping mall, which is a five-storey building known as City Commercial Center or C3, is the first…

THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced that graduating secondary students who are interested of availing the scholarship program of its Science Education Institute (SEI) have until October 21 to submit their applications.

DOST Regional Director Brenda Nazareth-Manzano…

SIXTY policemen underwent a three-day training on Tourist Oriented Police for Community Order and Protection (Topcop) under the auspices of the Department of Tourism (DOT) in Zamboanga City.

DOT Regional Director Mary June Bugante said the three-day training tackled different issues and…

THREE junk shop workers were injured in an explosion in a northwest village in the city Thursday, a police official said.

Police Station 7 commander Felixberto Martinez said the incident happened around 11:15 a.m. at Curuan Junk shop in the village of Tumaga, four kilometers northwest…

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is intensifying its tax campaign here in Western Mindanao to attain its target collection of P3.327 billion for this year, a BIR official said.

BIR Regional Director Albert Alocilja, who was installed into office last Monday, said part of their…

THE Provincial Government of Basilan is embarking on rubber propagation program aimed to increase its production in the province.

Basilan Governor Jum Akbar said they have established rubber tree nursery to produce the needed seedlings to be planted in the different parts of the province…

THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the Regional Information Technology and E-Commerce Committee (RITECC) has launched in Zamboanga Peninsula the Starbooks project.

DOST Regional director Brenda Nazareth-Manzano said her officer has recently released a P760,324 grant…

TWO boy scouts died while nine others were wounded when a dump truck they were riding collided with a bus in Zamboanga Sibugay Wednesday afternoon.

Western Mindanao Command spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Randolph Cabangbang said the incident happened around 2:50 p.m. Wednesday at Sitio…

PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives have arrested a public school teacher in a buy-bust operation in a west coast village in Zamboanga City.

PDEA Regional Director Adzhar Albani said the buy-bust operation was carried out around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in front of a lottery…

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Council unanimously approved two resolutions during its regular session Tuesday seeking the protection of tarsiers and its natural habitats in this city.

The first resolution prohibits people to hunt, kill and capture tarsiers for private keeping, while the…

THOUSANDS of residents have benefited from the outreach program during the one-day Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) peace caravan in the nearby island province of Basilan, officials said Wednesday.

The peace caravan, which was the first be held in Basilan, is dubbed as “Biyahe Tungo…

GOVERNMENT troops have killed a bandit in a 30-minute encounter in an island barangay east of Zamboanga City, a military official said Tuesday.

Task Force Zamboanga (TFZ) commander Colonel Buenaventura Pascual said the clash took place Tuesday morning in the village of Landang Laum,…

THE Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO), in coordination with the military’s Task Force Zamboanga, has tightened security at a secondary school in a west coast village in Zamboanga City.

ZCPO Director Edwin de Ocampo said he augmented the Police Station 10 personnel to ensure the…

FILIPINO and American navies have conducted a two-day Seaweed Industry Innovation Seminar in Panglima Sugala town, Tawi-Tawi province.

Panglima Sugala is a third class municipality with a population of 33,315 people in 5,406 households, based on the 2000 Census on Population (Popcen)….

A POLICE officer died at a hospital in Zamboanga City a day after motorcycle gunmen shot him.

Senior Police Officer 4 Samman Naing died Saturday afternoon while being treated for gunshot injuries at Zamboanga Brent Hospital and Colleges inc.

NAVY troops on routine patrol intercepted two wooden-hulled ferries loaded with smuggled goods worth P10-million, an official reported.

Rear Admiral Armando Guzman, Naval Forces Western Mindanao command chief, said the ferries were sighted near Cabucan Island, Sulu, Thursday.

ZAMBOANGA City Legal Officer Norberto Patriarca passed away Monday after his three-month battle with lung cancer. he was 61.

Fondly called “Pati” by friends, Patriarca died at 4 a.m. Monday at Ciudad Medical in Zamboanga City where he was admitted for two days.

A TAWI-TAWI-based non-stock and non-profit organization was recently formed called as Bangun Ra’ayat, Incorporated after concerned stakeholders of South Ubian municipality converged to help build a progressive society and to work for the betterment of the islands.

South Ubian, one of the…

ZAMBOANGA CITY — Government troops killed Monday three Abu Sayyaf bandits who held captive a wife of a Scottish national in Basilan province and rescued the hostage victim, officials said.

The rescued businesswoman, Luisa Galvez-Morrison, an Army soldier and at least seven bandits were…

A FISHERIES bureau official has advised fishpond operators in Zamboanga City to secure fingerlings and fry from certified providers to ensure the young species are free from diseases.

Ahadulla Sajili, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional director, inspected several…

THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) has intensified its campaign in the implementation of Republic Act (RA) 8749 or the clean Air Act of 1999 here in Zamboanga Peninsula.

LTO Regional Director Aminola Abaton said he already coordinated with other concerned agencies of government for the…

THE persons with disabilities (PWDs) of Zamboanga City will undergo a three-day training on public speaking to enhance their writing and verbal communication skills.

The training to be conducted by the Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) College of Communications and Humanities will…

THE Zamboanga Peninsula and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) have registered high employment rate for the month of July, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported.

Zamboanga Peninsula and the (Armm) registered an employment rate of 96.7 percent and 96.3 percent,…

OVER 500 college students have availed of the scholarship programs extended by the Commission of Higher Education (Ched) for this academic year here in Zamboanga Peninsula, a Ched official announced.

Ched Regional Education Supervisor Teresita Pinili said the scholarship programs include…