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The Zamboanga City Health Office. (PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The City Health Office (CHO) said Tuesday it has recorded a total of 2,223 dengue cases with 19 deaths in the city since January. In a statement, CHO said it has also monitored 39 dengue-related hospital admissions since January. Based on the CHO data, seven barangays logged over 100 cases of dengue since January. These are barangays Sta. Maria, 138; Pasonanca, 129; Tetuan, 128; Putik, 121; San Roque, 119; Mercedes, 117); Tumaga...

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Lawmen arrested four people, including a member of a local drug syndicate, and seized some PHP1.2 million worth of illegal drugs in two anti-drug operations here, a top police official said Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Franco Simborio, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula director, identified the suspect as Emma Pula, 52, a member of the Abdurajik drug syndicate. The other three suspects were Rasid Ipen, 42; Jorge Dawang, 24; and, Hermie Araneta, 36. Simborio said Pula was arrest...