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Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014
Hundreds denounce “desecration,” “renovation” of Fort Pilar buildings
Hundreds denounce “desecration,”
“renovation” of Fort Pilar
buildings
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –Hundreds of Facebook users, mostly
Zamboangueños , from this city, in the country and abroad, have denounced the
current plastering or renovation works of centuries old buildings inside Fort Pilar.
This indignation over the repair, renovation,
conservation of Fort
Pilar started last week
following the posting of “before” and “after” pictures of buildings...
Kim Elago : -restoration of Fort Pilar is national government job
Kim Elago : -restoration of Fort
Pilar is national government job
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –City Councilor Juan “Kim” Elago has
defended the on going repairs of Fort
PIlar as this is on
authority of the national government.
“Whether you like it or not that is the structure
,” said Councilor Juan “Kim” Elago.
Elago said that the restoration of the Port Pilar
Museum is bringing back
what was before.
He said that the comments...
Confab highlights Zamboanga culture
Confab highlights
Zamboanga culture
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –The Conferencia sobre del
Cultura Artes y Historia del Ciudad de Zamboanga, a conference and visual arts
exhibit held early this October at Centro Latino, served as the avenue for
around 300 students, teachers, and professionals to learn more and appreciate
the unique Zamboangueño culture.
Spearheaded by the City Government of Zamboanga,
through the initiative of Dr. Jose Genaro Yap-Aizon,...
CSWD attends to basics before IDPs relocations
CSWD attends to basics
before IDPs relocations
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –The City Social
Welfare and Development (CSWD) office will see to it that basic facilities for
use by evacuees will be in place before they will be transferred to their
temporary shelters.
While the government has already constructed 53
bunkhouses, these houses are without bathing and other facilities that will be
needed by the evacuees in the site.
The government has...
Ecozone takes steps via OGCC to collect P10M rental for power site
Ecozone takes steps via OGCC to
collect P10M rental for power site
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –The Zamboanga Special
Economic and Free Port Authority (Zamboecozone) will rely on the Office of the
Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) to collect the amount of P10 million in
rentals of a proposed power plant space at the facility.
The amount covers arrears and still uncollected
rental for some 33 hectares of land inside the Zamboecozone that the San...
Veterinarians converged in Zambo for convention
Veterinarians converged
in Zambo for convention
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –Veterinarians in the
Zamboanga Peninsula Region recently converged in the city for the 2014
Scientific and Regional Convention held last week at the LM Metro Hotel in
Tetuan.
Various topics were covered during the three-day
convention which included talks on risk disaster management, biosecurity
measures, poultry medicine, animal pound and animal shelter management, marine
mammal...
LTO readies Oplan Ligtas
LTO readies
Oplan
Ligtas
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –The Land Transportation Office
headed by Regional Director Atty. Aminola “Alex “ Abaton
will implement its “Oplan Ligtas Byahe Undas 2014 effective
October 27, 2014 until November 4, 2014 region wide.
In an
exclusive interview , Chief Shan Amilasan of the LTO Operation Division said
that to ensure an orderly and peaceful convenient travel for
motorists...
Ordinance mandates P5 fee for toilet use at Paseo
Ordinance mandates P5
fee for toilet use at Paseo
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –City Administrator Antonio Orendain , Jr yesterday clarified that
the collection of P5 for the use of government toilets at the Paseo del Mar is
covered by a city ordinance.
He also said that the comfort rooms at
Plaza Pershing is rented by a private individual and who pays rentals to the
city government.
The public also pay P5 per use of the
toilets at Plaza Pershing,...
SRPI “no show” at City Coucil dialogue
SRPI “no show” at
City Coucil dialogue
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –Officials of the San Ramon Power
Incorporated (SRPI) failed to show up
during the scheduled public hearing at the City Council last Tuesday.
The city council wanted
to find out from SRPI officials their failure to start construction of the
multibillion peso 100 MW coal powered plant at San Ramon or inside the Ecozone.
City councilor Cesar
Jawo Jimenez said the councilors...
DSWD eyes work in sardine Canneries for war evacuees
DSWD eyes work in sardine
Canneries for war evacuees
ZAMBOANGA
CITY (ZNS) –The Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD) is training Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) or victims of the 9/9
war in Zamboanga for possible employment in sardine factories in this city.
Incidentally, there are vacancies in these factories
brought about by the resignation of some workers for one reason or the other.
The DSWD is training these IDPs...
Mercov patients negative for virus
Mercov patients
negative for virus
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –The Department of Health (DOH) has checked
on at least seven suspected MERSCOV virus victims in hospitals in this city
this week and in the past few days.
Of this number, all six were found negative for the
disease while the department is still waiting for the results of tests made on the seventh patients.
Health Regional Director Ninfa B. Toribio said that initial...
Filing of graft and corruption, bribery cases urged versus erring contractors
Filing of graft and
corruption, bribery
cases urged versus
erring contractors
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –The city council has called on the city
government, particularly city hall to file the appropriate charges against
erring contractors who abandoned projects or produced defective structures in
this city.
These erring
contractors have caused the loss of hundreds of millions of pesos spent for
these projects that cannot be used or remain uncompleted...
Zamboanga ranked #9 as one of top Dangerous Cities in the world
Zamboanga ranked
#9 as one of
top Dangerous Cities in the world
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –A story posted in the Internet has ranked
the City of Zamboanga
as one among the top dangerous cities to avoided (for now) along with other
cities similarly classified by the writer of the story.
The story was written by a Tessa Riley for
destination.com, a group of writers writing about unusual places, events and
personalities in the world.
Her...
Exclusivity contract bars power providers for city
Exclusivity contract bars
power providers for city
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –The Zamboanga City
Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) cannot engage any other potential power
provider to supply electricity to Zamboanga.
Councilor Juan “Kim” Elago yesterday said that
there is the so-called an “ exclusivity contract” between the
Zamcelco and the SRPI and Infinity
for the supply of electricity in the city.
There are some
interested...
Unfair and unjust, claims Kim Elago
Unfair and unjust,
claims Kim Elago
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) – “It’s unfair and unjust “ thus
said Councilor Juan “Kim” Elago in reaction to the story that Zamboanga City
ranked number 9 among the top 12 most dangerous city in the
world.
This story is
spreading in the social media network , particularly Facebook,
written by a writer from “Destinationtips.Com.”
The writer placed Zamboanga in...
Beng calls for more aggressive campaign against illegal drugs
Beng calls for more aggressive
campaign against illegal drugs
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ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –Mayor Beng Climaco
has commended the Zamboanga City Police Office, particularly the police
stations in Sta. Maria and San Roque, for their accomplishments in the fight
against the illegal drugs even as she called for a more aggressive anti-drugs
campaign in the city.
This, after the chief executive received a letter
cum memorandum from Interior and Local...
101% of Zambo children immunized vs polio- CHO
101% of Zambo children
immunized vs polio- CHO
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ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –The City Health Office recently reported
that 101% of the children ages from birth to 59 months in Zamboanga City
have already been immunized against polio, a highly contagious viral infection
that can lead to paralysis, breathing problems or even deaths.
City health officer Dr. Rodel Agbulos told the
weekly press briefing in City Hall Monday that for the whole month...
Zamboanga city, a finalist in the Liveable Cities Design Challenge
Zamboanga city, a finalist in the
Liveable Cities Design Challenge
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ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –Zamboanga City was one of
the four cities in the country selected to join in the Liveable Cities Design
Challenge (LCDC), a planning and design competition aimed to get city planners
to better plan their respective cities for a climate-defined future.
Mayor Beng Climaco led the Zamboanga team in the
final defense presentation of the city’s entry in the...
Firecrackers, pyrotechnic devices banned in Zambo
Firecrackers, pyrotechnic
devices banned in Zambo
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ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) – Mayor Beng
Climaco recently approved Ordinance 431 institutionalizing the ban on the use,
sale, possession, distribution, manufacture and storage of firecrackers and
pyrotechnic devices in the city to permanently eliminate unnecessary injuries,
loss of lives, and damages to properties resulting from the negligent handling
of the said devices.
The ordinance enacted...
City mulls other solutions to incoming energy crisis
City mulls other solutions
to incoming energy crisis
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –Despite the summer
season still months away, the Climaco administration is already exploring other
possible solutions to the city’s energy crisis, notwithstanding the planned
coal-fired power plant to be constructed in the city.
“We need another fallback position to ensure that
energy may be available by the summer of 2015,” the mayor said.
Speaking before members...
Police nab 44 suspects in anti-illegal drugs drive
Police nab 44 suspects in
anti-illegal drugs drive
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –The anti-illegal
drugs operatives of the Zamboanga City Police arrested over the past three
weeks at least 44 people allegedly involved in the illegal drugs trade in the
city.
City police director Sr. Supt. Angelito Casimiro
said from the period Sept. 22 to Oct. 12 the ZCPO had conducted 23 operations
against the illegal drugs, resulting in the arrest of 44 suspects...
Climaco: halt in Telecom operation a safety measure
Climaco: halt in Telecom
operation a safety measure
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –City Mayor Beng
Climaco clarified that the temporary cessation of telecommunication operations
during the Fiesta Pilar celebrations was a safety measure put in place to
ensure the safety of the processional route.
“The halt of [telecommunications] operations was
a precautionary measure,” said Climaco during her press briefing at City Hall
Monday morning.
Network signals...