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(Eagle News) — Both the cities of Zamboanga and Legazpi have appealed for inclusion in the list of areas where an enhanced community quarantine is extended after April 30. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the revelation in a press conference on Friday, May 1, as he noted the decision rested on the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. He said, however, that the IATF has yet to decide on the matter. […]
(Eagle News)–A 94-year-old woman has become Zamboanga City’s and Zamboanga Peninsula’s first COVID-19 fatality. This is according to Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco, who made the announcement in a Facebook post on Tuesday, April 21. “It is with extreme sadness that we inform the public about the passing of ZC07, the 7th COVID-19 positive case for Zamboanga City. ZC07 is the 94-year old female of Veterans Avenue,” Climaco said. According to Climaco, the patient passed […]
Ni Ely Dumaboc Eagle News Service Zamboanga City correspondent ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Masayang-masaya ang 31-anyos na Vietnamese fisherman na si Dang Canh nang makita ang kaniyang kababayan na si Huynh Kanh sa loob mismo ng Camp Navarro General Hospital sa kampo ng Armed Forces Western Mindanao command o Westmincom Upper Calarian Zamboanga City. Si Huynh Kanh ang malapit na kaibigan ng employer o amo ni Dang Canh sa isang Vietnamese fishing company […]
(Eagle News) – A low pressure area was spotted some 40 kilometers east of Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur, as of 3 a.m., Friday, July 5, PAGASA said. This LPA, however, is not likely to develop into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours. It will weaken and dissipate in the next few days, forecasters said. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated […]
Zamboanga PNP: Incident not linked to Jolo, Sulu blasts so far (Eagle News)—Two people were killed and several were hurt after a grenade thrown inside a mosque in Zamboanga exploded early Wednesday, Jan. 30. The fatalities in the incident in Barangay Talon-talon past midnight were identified as Habil Rex, 46, and Bato Sattal, 47. Those hurt were initially identified as Yasson Asgali, Albani Jikilani, Paulo Salahuddin and Amidz Kassara. The victims were allegedly sleeping when the […]
(Eagle News) — Three people, including two teenagers, were killed in two highway accidents, involving motorcycles, on December 24 in Zamboanga peninsula region, according to police. The Police Regional Office 9 (PRO-9) identified the fatalities as Jonathan Timbawas, 17; Marvin Gandamon, 16; and Robert Reyes, 45. Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, PRO-9 information officer, said Timbawas, 17, was driving a motorcycle with the 16-year old Gandamon as his back-passenger, when they collided head on with a […]
(Eagle News) — Dumating na sa zamboanga port ang 110,000 sako ng bigas. Sinabi ni National Food Authority (NFA) Spokesman Rex Estoperez, na naipakalat na rin ang tig-10,000 sako ng bigas ng NFA sa Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi at nasa 20,000 na sako naman ng bigas sa Zamboanga, Sibugay. Payo ni Estoperez sa publiko, huwag ng maghanap ng maputi at murang bigas sa palengke dahil ang commercial rice na nabibili ngayon ay galing na sa mga […]
(Eagle News) — In these pictures taken by Eagle News correspondent Rebert Soriao in Legazpi, people are seen lining up to buy National Food Authority rice priced at P32 per kilogram. Each person is only allowed to purchase three kilograms of the cheap rice.
(Eagle News) — The vice-mayor of the town of Sapa-Sapa in Tawi-Tawi province was shot repeatedly by an unknown gunmen on Wednesday, at around 5 pm, and was later declared dead after being brought to the hospital. Vice-mayor Haji Al-Rashid Mohammad Ali Lipae was shot in Zamboanga City while trapped in rush hour traffic along Gov. Alvarez Avenue, just a kilometer away from downtown Zamboanga City, according to reports. Four caliber 45 bullets hit […]
(Eagle News) — Two congressmen and the mayor of Zamboanga were injured on Thursday, April 26, after the wooden bridge they were on while they were inspecting houses intended for the victims of the Zamboanga siege gave way. Those who sustained minor injuries in the incident were Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, chair of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development; Zamboanga City Rep. Celso Lobregat; and Mayor Beng Climaco. In a Facebook post, […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday renewed his warning against local chief executives who he said were still involved in the illegal drug trade. “Yong mga mayors na sumobra talaga…Huwag kayong magkumpiyansa sa iyang ginagawa ninyo. Do not feel so invulnerable, na pati yong mga pulis ninyo pinapatay ninyo,” Duterte said in a speech during his visit at the Edwin Andrews Air Base (EAAB) Grandstand in Sta. Maria, Zamboanga City. According to President […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Mahigpit na binababalaan at binabawalan ngayon ng pamahalaang lungsod ng Zamboanga ang sinumang sibilyan na magsuot o gumamit ng mga uniporme ng pulis at militar. Sinabi ni Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco na nagdudulot ngayon ng takot sa mga residente ng Zamboanga City ang mga taong nakasuot ng mga uniporme ng pulis at militar na hindi naman awtorisado, dahil na rin sa mga balitang posibleng nagtatago sa lungsod ang […]
