The Bureau of Customs District Office here foresees more

coordination and cooperation with the city government in the fight against smuggling.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources wants to see local officials playing a more active role in the protection of the country''s environment and natural resources.

DENR Undersecretary for Management and Technical Services

COTABATO CITY -- Poor Moro infants in Maguindanao finally got

the attention of the government with the Integrated Provincial

The city government is over staffed and bloated with personnel.

This was the observation made by Mayor-elect Celso Lobregat

Sta. Cruz Island to make it more attractive for local and foreign

tourists who frequent the island located just about 20 minutes away by motorized banca from the local port.

Mayor and Congressman-elect Erbie A. Fabian yesterday welcomed the officials and participants of the 1st Regional Fruits and Vegetables Congress held at Astoria Hotel.

The fruits and vegetables congress is a three-day affair in which all the participants are to be updated on the new technology in fruits and vegetables production. The theme of the 1st congress is: "Fruits and vegetables for Domestic and Global Competitiveness."

The Zamboanga-Basilan chapter of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) will conduct a whole-day seminar on International Accounting Standards (IAS)-Part IV on Saturday, June 26, at the Diamond Room of the Astoria Hotel.

Dioscora L. Tangon, president of the local PICPA chapter, said that the seminar is aimed at updating local CPA practitioners and bookkeepers on international accounting standards and other guidelines governing financial statement presentation and 

A retired teacher lost her P800,000 to three women in a simple and common con game outside a bank along Veterans Avenue last Tuesday.

Police said that Nia Golan, 65, a retired teacher of the Mercedes Elementary School, and her son-in-law went to Landbank and withdrew some P40,000.

The Executive Board of the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) headed by its president Mr. Quienteliano Literal and Secretary General Graham Lim has approved the appointment of Councilor and sportsman Roel Natividad as BAP regional director for Region 9.

Natividad’s appointment as BAP regional director was welcomed by a cross section of Zamboanga’s basketball groups and enthusiasts including those vying for the said position like Pagadian City Commissioner Jun Mabulay, Dipolog Coach Amatong and Leonardo Silva and a certain group recommending Peter Natividad.

While still working with the Philippine Ports Authority-Zamboanga, I remember if I get it right that sometime in the last quarter of the year 2002, the PPA General Manager, Alfonso Cusi issued an appeal challenging Port Managers as well as Port District Managers to transform the ports under their jurisdiction in to a pleasant place for business transaction.

In so doing, the General Manager was expecting every soul working in PPA to go beyond the usual way of managing and administering the ports. There was a need therefore to add more value and quality in what every employee is doing.