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Bloodletting event tops city councilor’s bday bash »
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines/10 April 2012 by Sheila Covarrubias—A bloodletting activity highlighted yesterday’s celebration of a local legislator’s birthday, as it drew a highly lauded volunteerism spirit among those who took part in it. To meaningfully celebrate her birthday, District I Councilor Myra Paz Valderozza-Abubakar yesterday initiated the bloodletting activity with volunteer donors coming from various [...]
Climaco eyes steps to address security issue »
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines/03 April 2012 by Christian Olasiman–Deputy Speaker Maria Isabelle ‘Beng’ Climaco is now batting for steps to address security concerns here as she called on the Zamboanga police force to exert all means and efforts in the full extent of their authority to be able to resolve the recent murder of Universidad de [...]
Cops, Task Force Zambo lauded for IED disruption operation »
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines/8 February 2012–Operatives from Task Force Zamboanga and the Zamboanga City Police force were lauded today by Mayor Celso Lobregat for the recovery of various components of an improvised explosive device (IED) during an encounter with lawless elements in the island village of Landang Laum preventing what could have been another security threat [...]
Cops, soldiers, civil volunteers, medics for deployment at Abong-Abong Shrine »
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines/ Roland Ramos-–The police and military together with CVOs and over a hundred of emergency medical personnel equipped with two mobile clinics will be deployed to Abong-Abong shrine on Thursday and Friday. Task Force Zamboanga (TFZ) commander Col. Santiago Baluyot assured the public they will use their “maximum personnel and assets” to secure [...]
AFP calls on MNLF members to refrain from recruitment of young Muslims in Zambo »
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines/ Roland Ramos–-The military on Tuesday urged a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to refrain from recruiting young Muslims in the city and create alarm and apprehension to residents. “They (MNLF) should not subject people of Zamboanga to alarm and apprehension,” as what happened the other week in an east [...]
