Priorities of Zambo City’s new mayor-elect: solve brownouts, criminality

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/19 May) – House Deputy Speaker for Mindanao Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar, now mayor-elect of this city, said the worsening power situation and peace and order will be among … »

Zambo City poll winners proclaimed

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – The City Board of Canvassers (CBOC) has partially proclaimed late Tuesday the winners of the local election here. They are mostly from the… »

Traffic accident mars delivery of PCOS machines in Zambo

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – The first day of delivery of the Print Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines in this city was marred by a traffic accident that… »

Gunmen kill aide of Zambo House bet

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/22 April) – Second district Rep. Erico Basilio Fabian has condemned the gun-slay of the top aide of his party mate and congressional candidate even as he called… »

Zambo traders urge PNoy to declare power crisis

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/11 March) – The Zamboanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (ZCCIFI) is urging the President to declare emergency crisis situation amid the power crisis affecting Mindanao.… »

Zambo mayor initiates power summit to address 7-hour daily brownouts

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/10 March) – Mayor Celso Lobregat is initiating a power summit next week  to tackle the power situation extensively and to come up with solutions and contingencies to… »

Gunmen seize Zambo trader

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/12 January) – Five unidentified gunmen seized Friday night a businessman in this city, a police official said. Senior Supt. Edwin de Ocampo, acting city police director, identified… »

Ronda Pilipinas 2013 starting in Zamboanga City

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/11 January) – All is set for the holding of the biggest nationwide cycling race dubbed as “Ronda Pilipinas 2013,” which will kick-off on Saturday (January 12) in… »

Zambo New Year revelry injuries: stray bullets, 3; firecrackers, 40

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 3 Jan) – The City Health Office here has so far recorded three injuries caused by stray bullets and 40 more from firecrackers during the revelries… »

20 business establishments closed in Zambo

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 4 Dec) – At least 20 business establishments, mostly market stalls, were ordered closed for operating without business permits and other requirements. Assistant City Administrator Elmeir… »

Pellet toy guns banned in Zamboanga City

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/12 November) – Mayor Celso Lobregat has issued two executive orders banning the sale of pellet toy guns and regulating, controlling and limiting the pyrotechnics allowed to be… »

PAL stops Zamboanga-Manila flight

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/30 October) – Philippine Air Lines has decided to stop its Zamboanga-Manila flight, a move that may well be interpreted as a strategy to step up competition in… »

Lobregat: Court’s rejection of Jalosjos petition not the end of battle

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/24 October) – The battle s not yet over. This was the reaction of Jose Lobregat, chairman of the locally-organized Adelante Zamboanga Party (AZaP), to a local court’s… »

Jalosjos’ candidacy in Zambo City faces uncertainty

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/22 October) – The status of the candidacy of former Zamboanga del Norte first district representative Romeo Jalosjos for mayor in this city is facing uncertainty. This came… »

Cebu-Pacific Air launches Zambo-CDO route

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/21 October) – Traveling between Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro cities will no longer be a half-day ordeal with the inauguration Saturday of the thrice-weekly Zamboanga-Cagayan route. Michelle… »

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