by Dan Toribio  Jr.

Warning to men who are seeking fun with women through text messages.
A man who was about to meet his text mate was instead met by a bullet fired by a gunman near the Chong Hua High School last Thursday night.

by Al Alhabshi
A “battle” will erupt in Zamboanga today as the First Congressman Erbie Fabian Cup Airsoft invitational tournament unfolds at the Enriquez Sports Complex.
Combatants from Pagadian, Iligan, Dipolog, Ipil, Kabasalan and Zamboanga will clash in the 2 day event presented by 2nd District Congressman Erbie Fabian and organized by the Airsoft Tactical Unit Zamboanga (ATUZ).

by Allen  Abastillas

Police Regional Office-9 Director Chief Supt. Angelo Sunglao has formed a task force to investigate a shootout between policemen and a businessman in which a female teenager was killed at a checkpoint along the highway in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur.

Some 200 architects from all around Mindanao will converge in a hotel here for the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) Area D-2 Assembly from March 27 to 28, 2009.

by Noning Antonio

A student of the Western Mindanao State University in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur, was stabbed and critically wounded at a videoke bar in that town last Wednesday night.

by Jemuel Mojica

Government troops pursuing the Abu Sayyaf group holding three workers of the International Committee on Red Cross (ICRC) hostage in the hinterlands of Indanan, Sulu will not heed to the demand of the extremist group to pull out of the area as a precondition for the start of any negotiation.
 

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Region 9 or the Zamboanga Peninsula Region headed by Sr. Supt. Gil P. Jacinto (MPSA) is finalizing plans for the observance of the 42nd Fire Prevention Month in March.

by Jimmy Villaflores

The city government’s Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) led by City Veterinarian Mario Ariola on Wednesday challenged Crisologo Saavedra, the disqualified bidder in the bidding for the construction of theIntegrated Bus Terminal (IBT), to formally file his complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman.

A teenager was stabbed and wounded in Barangay Tugbungan last Wednesday night.
Police identified the victim as Ricky Lipayo, 15. He sustained a stab wound in the abdomen and was taken to the hospital.

A 15-year-old boy was arrested after the police seized a stolen motorcycle from his possession along Gov. Camins Avenue last Thursday afternoon.
Police identified the suspect as Eric Yorong, a native of Zamboanga del Norte.

Do you want to save thousands of lives and at the same time, worry no more for the hospitalization and medical needs of your loved ones?
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office unveiled its Kaibigan ng PCSO program, which is designed to mobilize an army of volunteers and donors for a historic nationwide medical mission that aims to service the country’s 42,000 barangays in time for the agency’s 75th Anniversary Celebration this September.

A barangay chairman was shot to death by a still unidentified person at Purok 10, Cudilog, Dimataling, Zamboanga del Sur, last Thursday morning.
Police identified the fatality as Romeo Estodillo, 55, married. He succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds on the different parts of his body.

Rep. Erbie A. Fabian introduces Defense Chief Gilberto Teodoro who was guest of honor during the city’s 72nd charter day celebration yesterday. Looking in are Mayor Celso Lobregat, model Melanie Marquez and Councilor Me Sadain. — Jimmy Villaflores

Edwin Andrew’s Air Base’s new commander Col. Carlix Donilo paid a courtesy call on Rep. Erbie A. Fabian in the latter office in Guiwan yesterday. — Jojo San Antonio

PRO-9 Director Chief Supt. Angelo Sunglao together and City Police Director Sr. Supt. Mario Yanga together with Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, Rep. Erbie A. Fabian and Mayor Celso Lobregat receive from Woodridge’s Rose Napao and Atty. Luis Climaco the symbolic key to 3 motorcycles. — Allen Abastillas courtesy FOTOSPEED