Some 400 stalls at the city-owned Bagsakasan Center were ordered temporarily closed pending their registration and/or renewal of license and business permit from the city government.

Two groups of Chinese from Taiwan and Mainland China shelved their scheduled travel to Zamboanga Peninsula last August, not as a consequence of the bloody ending of the recent hostage drama in Manila or the August 5 bombing at the Zamboanga City Airport, but due to undisclosed reason, according to a representative of a Taiwanese mineral company based in the municipality of Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte.

Mayor Celso Lobregat will spearhead the opening today of the observance National Science Club month, a celebration that promotes science clubbing as a means of increasing interest in and understanding of science and technology as well as stimulate scientific inquiry and critical thinking among young students.

Operatives of the Detective Management Unit under City Police Director Sr. Supt. Edwin De Ocampo arrested two men wanted by the law last Friday.

A brother of former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) spokesman Eid Kabalu was shot dead by an unidentified gunman Friday evening in Barangay Mother Bagua in Cotabato City, authorities said.

The 5th Regional Mathematics and Science Festival with the theme, “Many Species, One planet, One future” will conclude today at the Maria Clara Lobregat Memorial National High School and Divisoria Elementary School, respectively.

President Noynoy Aquino on Friday declared September 10 as a regular non-working holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid’l Fitr (feast of Ramadhan).

The city’s Roman Catholic Church is set to update its policies and priorities in 10 areas of administrative concern during the Archdiocesan Pastoral Assembly of Zamboanga (APAZ) to be held September 6–10, 2010. This is a historic event for the Archdiocese of Zamboanga  as part of  its centennial activity.

Men of the City Police Office’s Criminal Investigation and Detective Unit yesterday recovered a stolen cellular phone displayed for sale in one of the illegal cell phone stands downtown yesterday afternoon.

With scientific data piling up showing that the world has reached its hottest-ever point in recorded history, global-warming skeptics are facing a high-profile defection from their ranks. Bjorn Lomborg, author of the influential tract “The Skeptical Environmentalist,” has reversed course on the urgency of global warming, and is now calling for action on “a challenge humanity must confront.”

The defense and the military establishment said they do not need to hire public relations (PR) experts to improve their image, specifically Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and AFP chief Lt. Gen. Ricardo David.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a total of 1,739 infrastructure projects, along with the improvement, repair and rehabilitation of 145.724 kilometers of roads and bridges in Zamboanga Peninsula or Region IX.

Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Jesus Versoza on Friday said that the statements of bus driver Alberto Lubang that all the hostages were dead prompted ground commanders and negotiators to conclude that former Senior Insp. Rolando Mendoza is no longer committed to resolving the hostage situation peacefully.

1ST-APLUMA, an organization of provincial media practitioners, has launched its own where its members and other interested persons can communicate and get to know more about its advocacies, programs and projects.

The Public Sector Labor-Management Council (PSLMC), in its Resolution No. 4, series of 2010, has reduced the percentage of membership requirement for the registration of public sector unions, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) said Friday.