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Zamboanga City Hall(PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city government is hiring an additional 165 personnel to fill in the vacancies for its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response program. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said Wednesday the hiring of workers forms part of the city government's effort to help public and private hospitals that are overburdened by the surge in Covid-19 cases in the city. Salazar said the city is in urgent need of 12 medical officers, 46 nurses, 13 ...

OXYGEN SUPPLY. The city government of Zamboangaprocures 2,500 cylinders of medical liquid oxygen as it continues to augment the depleting oxygen supply of local hospitals amid the surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases. Another set of ISO tanks containing 13,357 cubic meters of liquid oxygen are also expected to arrive within the week. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga CIO)) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city government has procured additional medical liquid oxygento augment the depleting oxygen s...

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...

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi vowed on Friday to look into the exorbitant prices of fuel in this southern port city. Cusi's statement came after Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar made an appeal through Social Welfare Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista, the Cabinet Officer for Development and Security (CORDS) for the region. "Please help us in ZC (Zamboanga City), sadly we currently have the highest gas price," Salazar said in a text message ...