700 boxes of smuggled cigarettes seized off Zamboanga

Bureau of Customs photos show the confiscated cigarettes in Zamboanga City. 

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Customs here said Friday it has seized some P25 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from a motor launch off the southern port city of Zamboanga and held its 11 crew members.

Tornado ravages village in Sulu, leaves 3 casualties

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A tornado ravaged through a coastal village in Sulu, killing one person and wounded two others, and destroyed at least 40 houses, the provincial government said.