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.

Pagadian watchman stabs civilian during patrol

PAGADIAN CITY – Police were hunting down a village watchman after he stabbed a civilian who shoved him during a routine patrol in Pagadian City in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur.

2 Sayyafs captured in Zambo

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces captured two Abu Sayyaf militants implicated in the ransom kidnapping last year of a government teacher in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Monday.

Commie captured in Zambo ahead of ceasefire

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police captured a communist rebel in the southern Philippine prot city of Zamboanga a day before the government’s unilateral ceasefire with the New People’s Army begins.

Zambo road mishap kills 8

PAGADIAN CITY – A cargo truck loaded with timbers overturned in Zamboanga del Sur’s Pitogo town leaving over a dozen passengers dead and injured, police said Monday.

1 killed, 7 wounded in Zambo truck crash

PAGADIAN CITY – A dump truck overshot a road and crashed, killing a passenger and wounding six more in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga Sibugay, police said Tuesday.

Zambo man killed at home

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 38-year old man was murdered inside his home at dawn Monday in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, police said.

Zambo cop killed inside bus

PAGADIAN CITY – Three gunmen shot dead a policeman inside a bus while travelling in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Norte, officials said Saturday.

Officials said Master Sergeant Chito Lagahit was on his way to work in Baliguian town from Dipolog City when the attack occurred late Friday afternoon. The gunmen posed as passengers and seated near him when when they shot Lagahit.