Gunmen attack convoy of mayoral candidate in Zambo town

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Gunmen attacked the convoy of a mayoral candidate in Siay town in Zamboanga Sibugay province and wounded a village militia, police said Friday.

Cop killed, 4 other injured in road mishap

PAGADIAN CITY – A policewoman was killed and four others were wounded when their patrol truck crashed into a roadside tree after its driver lost control of the wheel while travelling in Zamboanga del Norte’s Tampilisan town.

Mosque shooting injures 2 in Pagadian City

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four gunmen barged into a mosque and shot two worshippers in a daring broad daylight attack in Pagadian City in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, police said Friday.

Military ordnance kills Zambo boy: Police

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police said an explosion that killed a boy near the naval station here was from a military ordnance.

22 vintage bombs recovered in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police on Tuesday said a worker had dug up 22 vintage bombs at a construction site here and were quickly recovered by members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

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.