THREE policemen including an officer were wounded in a shootout Wednesday against a group of extortionists in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, a police official reported.
THE combined police and military troops are combing the tri-boundary of Patikul, Indanan, and Talipao towns in the province of Sulu as operations continue for the rescue of a Jolo trader, officials said on Wednesday.
Chief Superintendent Joel Goltiao, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) police director, said the abductors are keeping their hostages within Bud (Mount) Pula. The mountain is between the towns of Patikul, Indanan, and Talipao.
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LEADING wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and the Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) has forged an agreement to jointly develop and pilot a Mobile Money Transfer service in the country that will make low-denomination, high-frequency remittances more affordable to the country’s more than eight million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
THREE policemen including an officer were wounded in a shootout Wednesday against a group of extortionists in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, a police official reported.
THE Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) has managed to identify three of the seven gunmen who recently raided and robbed the residents of a mountainous village east of this city.
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay — A top official of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), who was arrested recently, urged government forces and Muslim communities to be “calm and respect the primacy of the ongoing peace process.”
CITY Mayor Celso Lobregat on Tuesday cleared the Tricycle Adjudication Board (TAB) of allegedly coercing members of the Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (Toda) to convert the association into a cooperative, even as he directed TAB to assist the conversion through the issuance of a policy statement.
AUTHORITIES believed that the historical building that was gutted down during a fire Monday morning in Lamitan City, Basilan province, was intentionally burned.
TASK Force Zamboanga (TFZ) has further strengthened security measures to thwart the entry of any lawless elements in Zamboanga City.
CITY Mayor Celso Lobregat on Tuesday cleared the Tricycle Adjudication Board (TAB) of allegedly coercing members of the Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (Toda) to convert the association into a cooperative, even as he directed TAB to assist the conversion through the issuance of a policy statement.