ZCPO logo ZAMBOANGA CITY - A motorcycle driver died while two others were hurt in a head-on collision along the Maria Clara Lorenzo Lobregat (MCLL) highway on Rizal Day here, the police reported Friday. Lt. Mary Agnes Miro, city police information officer, said the incident transpired around 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Barangay Victoria. Miro identified the fatality as John Cris Ramos, 19, of Barangay Victoria. His 17-year-old back-riding female companion was injured in the incident. Also hurt was Erol John de Dios, 27, who was riding alone on his motorcycle at the time of the accident. Investigation showed that the two motorcycles collided head-on after De Dios encroached on the opposite lane while driving toward the east coastal area while Ramos and his female companion were on their way to the city proper from Barangay Sangali. Ramos, who suffered multiple injuries, died on the spot while his female passenger and De Dios were hospitalized. Miro advised motorcyclists to exercise extra caution while driving along the highway. (PNA) }
(File photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - A motorcyclist died while the driver of a habal-habal (motor taxi) was injured in a head-on collision in a west coast barangay here on Christmas Eve, the police reported Saturday. Lt. Mary Agnes Miro, Zamboanga City Police Office information officer, identified the fatality as Henry Tolentino, 43, a security guard and resident of Sitio Anuling, Barangay Pamucutan, west of this city. Wounded was Jayson Bacabac, 22, the driver of the motor taxi, Miro said. The incident took place along the highway in Purok 1, Barangay Talisayan, west of this city at about 6:15 p.m. Friday. Investigation showed the two motorcycles collided head-on while traveling in the opposite direction as Tolentino was on his way to report for duty while Bacabac was going home. Miro said the responding emergency medical services personnel declared Tolentino, who sustained multiple injuries, dead on the spot. Bacabac was taken to the hospital after he fractured his right foot and right arm. (PNA) }
UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE. An explosive ordnance demolition (EOD) policeman arranges the unexploded ordnance unearthed at a construction site in Barangay Cabatangan, Zamboanga City on Thursday (Dec. 23, 2021). Lt. Mary Agnes Miro, Zamboanga City Police information office, on Saturday (Dec. 25, 2021) advised homeowners and workers to be cautious while working in construction sites to avoid accidental explosions.(Photo courtesy of Jerry Amaga) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Twenty-nine pieces of unexploded ordnance were dug up on two separate occasions this week at the same construction site in Barangay Cabatangan this city. The recovered ordnance is classified as 75-mm. high explosive anti-tank ammunition. The discovery of the explosive devices prompted Lt. Mary Agnes Miro, Zamboanga City Police Office information officer, on Saturday to advise homeowners and construction workers to be cautious while building a house or digging on their property. Construction worker Alex Glinogo, 52, first discovered 22 pieces of unexploded ordnance on December 20. Glinogo is one of the workers hired by Rodolfo Dua to build an extension of his house. On December 23, the second discovery was made, involving seven unexploded bombs in the same construction site. "(This) ordnance might explode when unproperly handled," Staff Sergeant Anthony Memoracion, an explosive ordnance demolition (EOD) policeman, said when the second batch was unearthed. Dua disclosed that they have unearthed more than a dozen units of unexploded ordnance since he constructed his house two years ago. Miro advised Dua to immediately coordinate with the police as more unexploded bombs might be discovered as the construction work continues. The 29 pieces of recovered ordnance were placed under the custody of the EOD for proper disposition. (PNA) }
Eight vintage bombs were unearthed at a construction site in a residential area on Thursday in a village said to be part of the encampment of military forces during World War II in this city.
The explosive involved in the blast in Rio Hondo which killed a minor last Monday was identified to be a 90mm cartridge, based on initial investigation by the Zamboanga police. Zamboanga Police Spokesperson P.Capt. Mary Agnes Miro said Explosives and Ordnance investigators determined the explosive
EXPLOSION. Policemen check the body of a certain Erickson, 12, who instantly died Monday (Dec. 20, 2021) in an explosion of a still unknown type of explosive along the shore of Barangay Rio Hondo, Zamboang City. A teenage companion of Erickson, a certain Jovan, was wounded during the incident. (Photo courtesy of Remus Lim Ong) ZAMBOANGA CITY - A 12-year-old boy was killed while a teenager was wounded in an explosion Monday in a coastal barangay, this city. Lieutenant Mary Agnes Miro, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) information officer, said initial report showed the incident happened shortly after 2 p.m. Monday in Barangay Rio Hondo. Miro said the 12-year-old boy, a certain Erickson, died on the spot, while his teenage companion, a certain Jovan, was wounded and rushed to the hospital. Another companion, also a child, was unscathed. Nuraina Lawisan, barangay treasurer of Rio Hondo, told reporters they rushed to the shore after they heard a loud explosion and saw the 12-year-old boy lying dead while Jovan was wounded. "We were surprised to hear such a loud explosion," Lawisan said. Lawisan said that based on the information they gathered from the third victim who was unscathed, the children found a "tube" while they were swimming beside the Naval Station-Rio Hondo. She said the object exploded after one of the three children tossed it to the concrete seawall instantly killing Erickson. "They went here to swim," Jovan's father, who rushed to the explosion site, told reporters. He said the three children are all residents of Martha Drive in the nearby barangay of Sta. Catalina. Meanwhile, Miro said members of the explosive ordnance demolition (EOD) have yet to determine the type of explosive the children found on the shore of Rio Hondo. According to authorities, Barangay Rio Hondo was among the scene of heavy gun battle during the 21-day 2013 Zamboanga siege and it is possible that some unexploded ordnance was not recovered during the two-month clearing operation conducted by the police and military EOD teams. (PNA) }
A Basilan mayor and a security escort were killed while another mayor was wounded in what is suspected to be a politically motivated gun attack near a private port in Zamboanga city at around 8:30 Monday morning. A police report identified the victims as Mayor Darussalam Saguindilan Lajid, mayor of