At least three livestock farms in Barangay Zambowood, this city face permanent closure for violation of the Sanitary Code and the City''s Zoning Ordinance.

City Health Officer Rodel Agbulos said that one of the farms, Katrina Hao Egg Layer Poultry Farm, has been a subject of complaints from residents because of its alleged unsanitary condition.

Congressman Erbie A. Fabian allocated from his congressional fund P2 million for the repair of the gymnasiums of two schools in Zamboanga City.

Fabian said yesterday that the Zamboanga Polytechnic State College and the Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology will each get P1 million for the repair of their respective gymnasium.

A businessman was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman in Barangay Riverside, Kumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur last Sunday night.

Police identified the fatality as Danilo Losilya, 35, married.

Two men were wounded in a rumble that broke out in Gov. Camins Avenue at dawn yesterday.

A police report identified the victims as John Paul Perpetua and Eraldy Pacquing, a resident of Divisoria.

More equipment will be arriving soon for the Land Transportation Office-9 for its operation and delivery of good services to clients in the region.

LTO Regional Director Aminola P. Abaton disclosed that Assistant Secretary Anneli R. Lontoc has confirmed to him the equipment''s arrival during her visit last week for the 3rd Inter-Agency Government Conference held in Garden Orchid Hotel on September 27-29.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines refuted yesterday the speculation of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) spokesperson that the military interrogators might have forced the detained wife of Dulmatin to link the JI with MILF, which drew the possibility of the latter''s alliance with Al-Qaeda- Network.

Eid Kabalu, MILF spokesperson, said in a national newspaper that the group wants to talk to the wife of Indonesian JI leader Dulmatin, suspect in the Bali bombing. This is to confirm the revelations made by Dulmatin''s wife regarding the military intelligence reports on JI''s infiltration in the MILF.

The Department of National Defense (DND) will conduct fairs in jobs, livelihood and training for soldiers and dependents assigned in Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) on November, this year.

The beneficiaries of the said activity are personnel assigned in WESMINCOM, dependents of killed in action (KIA) military personnel residing in the area and retired personnel who wish to join the organic personnel in the unit.

Five essayists will be fighting it off today, October 13, 2006, during the regional competition of the On-the-Spot Essay Writing contest at the College Audio Visual Room of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University. The regional winner will earn the right to represent Zamboanga Peninsula in the National Essay Writing Contest scheduled this November.

Today''s competition will carry the theme "Youth Empowerment for Health and Development." It will revolve around the issue of Adolescent Reproductive Health.

The series of bombings in Central Mindanao which killed seven and wounded 33 civilians on Oct. 10 and 11 was the handiwork of the Indonesian terrorist group Jema''ah Islamiya and implemented by elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, according to North Cotabato Gov. Manny F. Piñol.

The bombing run started on Oct. 10 in morning with an explosion that rocked Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat resulting in one death and three injuries.

Two recent events in our country have been closely linked with the virtue of honesty, or lack of it.

The most sensational has been the cheating in the licensure examination for nurses. It appears that there was a "leak" in the examination just prior to its administration. Some people were directly linked to the anomaly, two of them allegedly members of the

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The Office of the City Agriculturist reported that P35.5 million worth of agri-fisheries produce were destroyed by strong winds and heavy rains brought about by typhoon Neneng and the inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) in Zamboanga City last week.

City Agriculturist Diosdado N. Palacat in a report to Mayor Celso L. Lobregat said the heavy rains and strong winds affected some 2,644 hectares of fishpond and seaweed farms.

A couple was shot to death last Sunday night while they were on their way home along Hererra St., Isabela City.

A sketchy report disclosed that the Solamillo couple were walking on their way home to St. Theresa Heights when an unknown shot them without any provocation.

A businessman was killed last Monday afternoon in what appears to be a long series of gunslayings in Zamboanga City this year.

A police report identified the fatality as Charlton Mesina, 46, married, of Upper Calarian.

Dark clouds and showers did not stop boxing fans from crowding the Divisoria school yesterday to watch exciting fights involving young finest boxers of Zamboanga City during the final rounds of "Golpe-Golpe na Barangay."

The event was graced by Congressman Erbie A. Fabian, who started "Golpe-Golpe na Barangay" when he was still the vice mayor.