Terrorist killed, 5 others wounded in Zambo clash

PAGADIAN CITY - Security forces raided a terrorist hideout and killed one gunman, but 2 soldiers and three civilians were also wounded in the firefight in Zamboanga Sibugay’s Alicia town, about 211 kilometers from here, officials said Monday.

Police capture Sayyaf sub-leader readying attacks in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces captured a notorious Abu Sayyaf sub-leader that police said was plotting terror attacks in the Zamboanga Peninsula in southern Philippines.

Wounded Zambo cop in bloody shootout with criminals dies

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A policeman who was shot and wounded while serving a warrant for the arrest of suspected drug dealers and murderers succumbed to his mortal wound, officials announced Thursday.

Zambo mayor warns drug pushers

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor Beng Climaco again warned drug pushers to give up their illegal trade and said the long arm of the law will catch them sooner or later.

Western Mindanao police chief impressed with Zambo surveillance center

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Regional police chief Brigadier General Jesus Cambay, Jr. visited Wednesday the command center of the local government’s Security Surveillance Coordinating Office (SSCO) and was impressed by its operation.

Grade 6 student yields 1 kilo of shabu in Zambo

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are holding a teenager who was arrested in a sting operation that yielded over a kilo of crystal meth in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, officials said Sunday.

Sayyaf bomber linked to Congress attack captured in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces here captured an Abu Sayyaf bomber tagged as among those behind the 2007 attack on Philippine Congress that killed a lawmaker and a civilian, and injured 7 others, officials said Friday.

PMA 89 grad is new Western Mindanao police chief

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Philippine Military Academy Class 1989 has taken over as the new regional police chief in Western Mindanao, replacing Brigadier General Froilan Quidilla, who has retired at age 56.