Barangay Sinunuc News Today

BOAT operators Faizal Bayhapti and Kaisal Alano became instant toast in the Regatta de Zamboanga — one of the biggest maritime races in the region — after steering their entry vinta to victory on Sunday in Zamboanga City.

Four detainees escaped from a police station detention cell in this city on Saturday night.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader with a reward of more than P5 million for his arrest was nabbed here on Sunday, Feb. 12. ASG sub-leader Isnirul Kirih was arrested by the police in Barangay Sinunuc, Zamboanga City on Sunday, Feb. 12. (PNP photo) Col. Richard Verceles, Area Po

'TERRORIST, SPY.' Authorities arrest Isnirul Kirih (seated, right) on Sunday (Feb. 12, 2023) in Barangay Sinunuc, Zamboanga City. Kirih, an alleged Abu Sayyaf spy and transport provider, is the second most wanted person in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of Area Police Command-Western Mindanao) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities have arrested an alleged spy and transport provider of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) with a PHP5.3 million bounty on his head in a ra...

An alleged associate of a slain Abu Sayyaf leader and Islamic State affiliate was captured following a raid in this city yesterday morning.

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- More than 200 boat operators participated in this year’s Regatta de Zamboanga, an exciting race of colorful vintas or the traditional outrigger boat from Mindanao held along waters fronting RT LIm Boulevard on Sunday, Oct. 9. More than 100 colorful vintas line up along waters f

CONTRABAND. Authorities seize a shipment of assorted contraband worth P1.1 million on Saturday (Aug. 27, 2022) near Manalipa Island, Zamboanga City. The contraband, mostly cigarettes, were bound for Mabuhay, Zamboanga Sibugay coming from Jolo, Sulu. (Photo courtesy of Jung-Jung Cabato) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities have arrested five persons as they seized anew assorted contraband worth PHP1.1 million in an anti-smuggling operation in this southern port city, a top police official said Saturday. ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police seized Thursday, Aug. 25, P1.1-million worth of smuggled cigarettes from a stalled vehicle whose driver they were helping for a flat tire in Barangay Sinunuc here. POLICE seized P1.1-million worth of smuggled cigarettes from the driver and helper of a stalled van in Sinun

Smuggled cigarettes with an estimated value of P4.1 million were seized in operations in this city and Zamboanga Sibugay in the past two days.

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...