Hospitals
on white alert status
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 23 (ZNS)- The Department of Health (DOH) has placed all
the three government-run hospitals in this city on code white alert in
preparation for the Christmas Day and New Year's celebrations.
Zamboanga
City Medical Center (ZCMC) Chief of Hospitals Dr. Romeo Ong said that under the
code white alert condition all hospital personnel to include doctors, nurses
and support staffs are on...
Monday, December 23, 2013
Chinaman
nabbed for selling firecrackers
ZAMBOANGA
CITY, Dec. 23 (ZNS) -– The police has filled charges against a Chinese national
who was caught selling firecrackers and pyrotechnic products without license
and corresponding business permit in this city.
The local
government has banned the same of firecrackers and other pyrotechnics in this
city to spare the city reliving their trauma of the 23 day 9/9 moro rebel
attack in this city last...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Today in Philippine History
Graciano Lopez-Jaena
On
December 18, 1856, was born Graciano Lopez Jaena in Jaro (now part of Iloilo City).
His parents, Placido Lopez and Maria Jacoba Jaena, were poor and pious folks.
In
1870, at the age of 14, he entered the newly founded Seminary of San Vicente
Ferrer, where he studied theology and philosophy to please his...
DENR list eco-tourism protected areas in Zampen
region
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec 18 (ZNS)
– The province of Zamboanga del Norte is home of five declared
protected areas in the region , all ideal for ecotourism ventures, according to
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
The province is listed as having the
highest number of protected areas in the region and in the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)...
GSIS disburses P2.1-B cash gift for pensioners
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec 18 (ZNS) - A total of
238,490 pensioners of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) can now
withdraw their annual Christmas cash gift through their eCard accounts as
these were deposited in their accounts Dec. 10, 2013.
In a press statement, GSIS
President and General Manager Robert G. Vergara said “The Board of Trustees and
Management of GSIS...
Employees get P28,000 bonus,
Job Order’ workers get P500
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec 18 (ZNS) - Majority of
the some 2,000 city government employees will be receiving their cash bonus of
P28,000 each starting this week.
City Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar clarified that
not all city government workers will enjoy this bonus for lack of funds.
She said the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has
imposed strict rules and...
BIR
eyes drive vs bets who failed to submit report on expenses
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec 18 (ZNS)
– The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will conduct an aggressive campaign
against candidates in the last two elections who failed to submits reports on
their election expenses to the bureau.
Revenue District Officer Crecencio
Agad said that only about 1 percent of candidates who participated in the
May 10 national elections and the Nov 25...
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Repair, not
probe P22M defective CCTV systems
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec 16 (ZNS) - City Mayor Maria Isabel Climaco has called
for repairs, instead of a probe, into a more than P22 million Close Circuit
Television Camera (CCTV) project implemented years ago but which has failed to
contribute a single bit to the ciry’s drive against crime.
Over a hundred people of have shot and most of the killed
in this city this year but the cameras...
AFP warns of new
MNLF attacks
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec 16 (ZNS) – The military
has warned of possible new attacks against the city by the Moro
Liberation Front (MNLF) following their defeat after a 23 day siege of
Zamboanga starting Sept 9 to end of that month.
“This new attack threat is consistent” said Task Force
Zamboanga (TFZ) Commander Col. Andrelino Colina.
While the Sept 9 attack and occupation of the shoreline
barangays...
P63 M ok for transfer of Maritme
Headquarters to Zamboanga
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec 16 (ZNS)
– The Philippine Maritime Police (PMP) has set aside the amount of P63 million
for the transfer of is main headquarters at Camp Crame
to Zamboanga.
PMP Regional Director PSupt. Rollen
Ariño said he is only waiting for the go signal for the transfer of the
headquarters to the city as the matter has already been discussed and approved
among PMP officials...
City exployees get P28,000 bonus,
400 ‘Job Order’ workers
get P500
ZAMBOANGA
CITY, Dec 16 (ZNS)- Majority
of the some 2,000 government employees in
this City will be receiving their cash bonus of P28,000 each starting this
week.
City Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar clarified that not
all city government workers will enjoy this bonus for lack of funds.
She said the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has
imposed...
DILG ambivalent on 44 barrios With
less than
required population count
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec 16 (ZNS) – The Department of
Interior and Local government says nothing can be done about already
established barangays that fail to meet the population requirement
for such a political unit.
DILG
provincial director Mohamad Taha Arakama said these barangays did not violate
any law so these barangays can continue to exist as...
Work resumes on TRO-held P200M
bus
terminal project in Zamboanga
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec 14 – Work can resume anytime this month or next
year on a P200 million Integrated Bus Terminal (IBT) project suspended by the
courts for alleged anomalies in the bidding process.
Zamboanga is the only city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region without a bus terminal
of its own. Municipalities in the provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del
Norte...