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News from Zamboanga Peninsula region
Authorities seized an estimated ₱4.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested one suspect during a joint anti-smuggling operation conducted by the police and the Bureau of Customs in Barangay…
MAHAYAG, Zamboanga del Sur — A male teacher who was reported missing a day earlier was found dead on Tuesday morning in a riverside area in Purok 3, Lower Salug…
NAGA, Zamboanga Sibugay — A public school teacher lost nearly half a million pesos in savings after burglars broke into her home in a daring daytime burglary on Monday morning,…
Authorities have apprehended two individuals in separate anti-illegal fishing operations in the coastal province of Zamboanga del Norte, highlighting the intensified efforts of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to safeguard…
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Authorities recovered more than half a million pesos worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes abandoned in a coastal community here during an anti-crime operation over the weekend, police…
JOLO, Sulu — The Philippine military has clarified that the recent visit of a United States Marine special operations unit to the headquarters of the Philippine Army in Sulu was…
A man was shot dead by unidentified gunmen early Monday dawn in Zamboanga City, in an incident that underscores the city’s ongoing struggle with gun violence and has intensified debate…
ALICIA, Zamboanga Sibugay — Authorities seized more than ₱1.8 million worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes and arrested a male suspect during an intelligence-driven anti-smuggling operation conducted in the early hours…
PIÑAN, Zamboanga del Norte — A total of eleven firearms and several explosive-related materials were voluntarily surrendered by civilians to government forces as part of the ongoing Small Arms and…
TALIPAO, Sulu — Authorities arrested three individuals and confiscated four illegal high-powered firearms during a joint security operation in Barangay Bagsak, Talipao, on Saturday, marking a significant development in the…