ISIS recruiter captured

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces captured a local ISIS recruiter who is also behind the smuggling of weapons to Zamboanga del Norte province, police said Wednesday.

Ex-MILF rebels now part of Zambo security team

PAGADIAN CITY – Over a dozen former Muslim rebels are now part of a joint peace and security team deployed by the Philippine military in Tungawan town in the southern province of Zamboanga Sibugay where insurgents are actively operating.

Security forces double efforts to prevent illegal entrants

GOVERNMENT FORCES have doubled their efforts in securing Zamboanga from people who continue to sneak into the city without negative RT-PCR test results which is required by the local Covid-19 task force.

Four killed in Tungawan highway tragedy

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four people were killed and a 3-year old child was seriously injured after their motorcycle collided Monday with a pickup truck in Tungawan town in the southern province of Zamboanga Sibugay, police said.

Police kill Sayyaf man in Zambo clash

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police killed an Abu Sayyaf militant linked to the ransom kidnapping of 6 Indonesian fishermen off Sabah in Malaysia four years ago.

Zambo barangays join ‘Project Converge’

FOURTEEN BARANGAYS in Zamboanga City have partnered with The Asia Foundation’s Project Converge which is a part of the “Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism” or PCVET program.