Mother visiting son in jail arrested for sneaking meth

PAGADIAN CITY – A widow visiting her son in jail in Pagadian City in southern Philippines was arrested by guards after she was caught smuggling crystal meth inside the facility, police said.

Trader, wife wounded in gun attack in Zambo Sur

PAGADIAN CITY - Two motorcycle gunmen shot and wounded a trader and his wife in Ramon Magsaysay town in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, police said Friday.

2 dead, 12 injured in Pagadian City road mishap

PAGADIAN CITY - Two people were killed and at least 12 others injured following a collision between a truck and a van in Pagadian City in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, police said Monday.

Pagadian cops hunt gunmen

PAGADIAN CITY – Police are hunting two gunmen who shot and killed a Muslim security guard and wounded his wife in a recent attack at their home in Santa Lucia village.

Man tries to sell military bomb to junk shop

PAGADIAN CITY - Police recovered a 60mm mortar bomb after an unidentified man tried to sell the explosive to a junk shop in the southern Filipino city of Pagadian, officials said Tuesday.

Angry mob kills gunman who shot circus employee

PAGADIAN CITY - A gunman who shot and killed a circus employee was beaten to death by an angry mob in Pagadian City in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, police said Friday.

P395-M worth of smuggled cigarettes destroyed

PAGADIAN CITY – Philippine authorities destroyed some P395 million worth of smuggled cigarettes confiscated in the past six months in western Mindanao.

BARMM holds consultation in Pagadian City

PAGADIAN CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao recently held a multi-stakeholders consultation meeting here, the first of its kind outside the BARMM.

Police seize another contraband boat in Zambo

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police and customs agents patrolling off Zamboanga City in southern Philippines intercepted another speedboat loaded with 142 boxes of smuggled cigarettes worth nearly P5 million.

Mayor Co elected anew, vows to continue ‘Asenso Pagadian’ legacy

PAGADIAN CITY - Mayor Sammy Co has won his re-election bid together with his running mate, former Board Member Atty. Boy Baleleng Fernandez.

Bangus fry gipang-apod apod sa mga coastal towns

PAGADIAN CITY – Mokabat sa usa ka milyon nga bangus fingerlings ang giapod-apod sa kagamhanang probinsyal ngadto sa mga coastal municipality sa Zamboanga del Sur.

Biktima sa baha sa Lison Valley, midawat og ayuda

PAGADIAN CITY – Midawat og financial assistance ang 74 ka mga biktima sa nahitabong flashflood sa Lison Valley nga giapo-apod mismo sa ilang barangay hall.

Probe ongoing in fire that destroyed thousands of Covid vaccines

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga del Sur provincial government has ordered an investigation into the fire that destroyed tens of thousands of Covid-19 vaccines at its cold storage facility in Pagadian City.

Droga nakumpiska sa Zambo Sur provincial jail

PAGADIAN CITY – Nakumpiska sa gipahigayong search and seizure operation karon semana ang P544,000 nga kantidad sa iligal nga droga gikan sa usa ka inmate sulod mismo sa Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Jail sa Barangay San Jose sa Pagadian City.

Mayor pushes for ‘work-at-home’ scheme

PAGADIAN CITY – The national government’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has responded to the request of Mayor Beng Climaco to allow Zamboangueño employees working at different government agencies in Pagadian City to “work-from-home” for a period of 14 days. 

Zambo tops whole region in Covid response

PAGADIAN CITY – The local government of Zamboanga City topped the entire Western Mindanao region in Covid-19 response despite the surge in community transmission in the latest assessment of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

OCD holds virtual training course

PAGADIAN CITY – Nearly three dozen participants from various government agencies and public utilities sector graduated from a 3-day (online) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Training Course conducted here recently by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Region 9.

Zambo fire victims receive aid from OCD, other agencies

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Over 400 families displaced by a huge fire here received aid from the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Mindanao.

Sinovac vaccine rollout sa Pagadian

PAGADIAN CITY – Naatol sa birthday ni Mayor Sammy Co ang pagsugod sa pagbakuna batok Covid-19 dinhi sa syudad. 

Travel requirements, dili na kinahanglan

PAGADIAN CITY – Gibakwi na ang mga striktong lakang batok sa Covid-19 sa Zamboanga del Sur subay sa gipagawas nga Executive Order ni Governor Victor Yu nga mitakdo sa guidelines nga gihisgotan sa IATF Resolution No. 101.