Duterte appoints Recodo man as new council member

PRESIDENT DUTERTE has appointed Benyasir Asdali as a member of the Zamboanga City Council replacing Crisanto dela Cruz who died from a heart attack in April last year.

Sayyaf bomber captured in Zambo

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces here captured an Abu Sayyaf bomber who is also wanted for the spate of ransom kidnappings of Filipinos and foreigners in the southern Philippines, a regional police spokesperson said Wednesday.

More aids for fire victims

THE LOCAL government of Zamboanga thanked the Department of Social Welfare and Development and other government agencies for distributing financial aid and relief goods, among other assistance to fire victims in Barangay Recodo.

Zambo fire razes 300 houses

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A huge fire razed a neighborhood before dawn Wednesday in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, officials said. 

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.

4 killed in Zamboanga shootout

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four people were killed in a gun battle at dawn Tuesday between suspected drug dealers and policemen in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, officials said.