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ISABELA CITY, Basilan - The police have deployed a quick reaction force to prevent the escalation of violence in the municipality of Sumisip, this province, following a shooting incident on Friday night. Col. Pedro Martirez Jr., provincial police director, said additional cops have been dispatched after an imam was killed while four others were wounded in a shooting incident at around 7:45 p.m. Friday in Barangay Sapa Bulak, Sumisip. An imam leads Muslim worshippers in prayer at a mosque. "...

SMUGGLED CIGARETTES. Policemen and soldiers conducting a checkpoint seize some P1.4 million worth of smuggled cigarettes Sunday (March 13, 2022) in Barangay Divisoria, Zamboanga City. Three persons are also arrested when the dropside truck was flagged down while en route to the east coast of this city. (Photo courtesy of the Zamboanga City Police Office) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police and military forces intercepted some P1.4 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested three persons in this south...

SMUGGLED CIGARETTES. Policemen and soldiers conducting a checkpoint seize some P1.4 million worth of smuggled cigarettes Sunday (March 13, 2022) in Barangay Divisoria, Zamboanga City. Three persons are also arrested when the dropside truck was flagged down while en route to the east coast of this city. (Photo courtesy of the Zamboanga City Police Office) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police and military forces intercepted some P1.4 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested three persons in this south...

City Hall of Zamboanga(PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The number of recovered cases from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) here has increased to 20,557 with the addition of 71 new recoveries as of November 25. The 20,557 recoveries represent 92.28 percent of the 22,142 total recorded confirmed cases, based on the Zamboanga Task Force Covid-19 data tracker released Friday. The data showed that the highest recoveries are from the community with 19,196 representing 86.69 of the recovered ca...

SMUGGLED CIGARETTES. Policemen and Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel seize some PHP1.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes on Tuesday (Nov. 2) off Zamboanga City. Apart from the cigarettes, authorities, while on a separate seaborne patrol on the same day, seized illegally-cut lumber in Barangay Manalipa. (Photo courtesy of the 2nd Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Lawmen have arrested seven people off this city in two separate incidents over the alleged smuggling of almost P...

BUSTED.Photo shows the recovered shabu and other evidence during an operation at a drug den in Barangay Mabuhay, General Santos City on Tuesday night (Nov. 2, 2021). Joint operatives led by elements from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 12 recovered some PHP74,800 worth of shabu and arrested seven suspects, including the alleged maintainer of the den. (Photo courtesy of PDEA-12) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -Joint anti-drug operatives have dismantled another alleged drug den and arrested sev...

ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) has so far registered 38,356 recovered cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Department of Health - 9 reported Friday. The DOH-9 said the figure represents an 83.81-percent recovery rate as the region has recorded a total of 45,760 cumulative cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic last year. The data also showed a total of 5,248 active cases and 1,948 deaths. This city registered the highest confirmed cases with 19,937 fo...

VACCINATION PROGRAM. The city government of Zamboanga is set to focus its vaccination program in barangays with high cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the last week of October 2021 to achieve population immunity soon. Of the city's 98 barangays, 20 have recorded high numbers of active Covid-19 cases. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga CIO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city government's coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination campaign will shift its focus on barangays with high in...

VACCINATION PROGRAM. The city government of Zamboanga is set to focus its vaccination program in barangays with high cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the last week of October 2021 to achieve population immunity soon. Of the city's 98 barangays, 20 have recorded high numbers of active Covid-19 cases. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga CIO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city government's coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination campaign will shift its focus on barangays with high in...

CONTINUING VAX ROLLOUT. A person deprived of liberty (PDL) receives the vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 Tuesday (Oct. 19, 2021) at the Zamboanga City Reformatory Center. The PDLs are among the 384,784 individuals who have received vaccines since the vaccination was rolled out in March this year. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga CIO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - A total of 384,784 residents of this city have received vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) since the vaccination prog...