The 12-man team of the Zamboanga Electric Cooperative (ZAMCELCO) prior to their departure for General Santos City on Tuesday, 9 June 2026. The ZAMCELCO contingent brings with them a boom truck and other equipment to help in clearing and power restoration operations in areas hit by Monday’s 7.8 magnitude quake. MindaNews photo by QUEENIE CASIMIRO
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan (MindaNews / 07 June) –The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Basilan last week initiated a loyalty check among its members following some changes in the local leadership. Verjiv Rajan Abdurahman, designated by the MILF Central Committee
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 28 May 2026) — Over a hundred cows were slaughtered in this city as part of this year’s Eidl Adha celebration on Wednesday. Erlan Esenkanov, director of the Filipino-Turkish Tolerance School, told members of the media
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 17 May 2026) — Almost 19,000 kasambahay (domestic workers) in Region 9 are set to benefit from a new wage order mandating a monthly increase of P500 to P1,000 effective May 20. In a press conference,
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 15 May 2026) – The Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) has recorded 34 snake bite incidents from January to the first week of May this year. Dr. Fatima Ayessah Ingkagan, head of the ZCMC Toxicology Specialty
ISABELA CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – The towns of Albarka and Tipo-Tipo in Basilan have been identified as tentative areas of concern in the first ever regional parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 01 May) – Criminal complaints have been filed against 10 soldiers and two of their superiors for the death of three civilians, including a 12-year-old boy, during a bungled joint law enforcement operation in Barangay Sinunuc,
Residents from Isabela City’s 45 barangays, members of the uniformed service, government agencies, schools, CSOs, and the religious sector take part in a parade from East Terminal to Isabela City Grandstand Saturday afternoon, 25 April, to celebrate its 25th year of cityhood. The occasion also marks the start of the annual Sakayan Festival. MindaNews photo by QUEENIE CASIMIRO
One of the three killed in a joint police and military operation early Thursday, 23 April 2026, in Zamboanga City is prepared for burial by relatives acoording to Islamic tradition. The fatalities, including 12 year-old Salam Aradais Alfad, were slain as police and military operatives were in the process of serving an arrest warrant. MindaNews photo by QUEENIE CASIMIRO
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 20 April) — Colors, music, and excitement filled the island of Sta. Cruz on Saturday as Zamboanga City showcased its rich culinary heritage through the Savores Food Festival 2026. Residents of Sta Cruz Island joined the
The M/V Trisha Kerstin-3 can be seen in this photo taken underwater by Philippine Coast Guard divers. The roll on-roll off commercial vessel had 372 passengers and crew on board when it left the port of Zamboanga bound for Jolo, Sulu in the evening of 26 January 2026. The vessel sank in the vicinity of Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad Municipality. Two hundred ninety three survived while 65 perished. PCG photo
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 12 April) — The mayor here is offering a reward of half a million pesos for the arrest of two men behind the killing of a foreigner and his wife in an early dawn robbery-murder incident
ISABELA CITY, Basilan (MindaNews / 7 April) — Local officials in Basilan are optimistic that the province’s image will change for the better as it hosts the regional sports event for the first time in this city starting Monday. Gov.
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 7 April) — Over ₱260 million worth of cigarettes confiscated over the past few years were shredded on Tuesday as the Bureau of Customs here intensified its anti-smuggling campaign. Customs District Collector Elenita Abaño said a
Department of the Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Juan Miguel Cuna with Tumalutab Barangay Chairperson Joemer Abunawas drink water from the water filtration and desalination system. MindaNews photo by QUEENIE CASIMIRO
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 1 April) — The local government of Bongao, Tawi-Tawi declared a state of local emergency on Wednesday amid a worsening fuel shortage. Mayor Jasper Que, in a phone interview, said the municipality’s two gasoline stations have
Where has all the water gone? Residents of Zamboanga City will have rationed water supply starting Thursday, April 2. Pasonanca River, where much of the city’s water supply comes from, has nearly dried up as seen in this photo taken on Sunday, March 30, 2026. MindaNews photo by QUEENIE CASIMIRO
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 30 March) — Residents of Zamboanga City will have rationed water supply in their homes starting Thursday, April 2. The Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) announced via their social media page that consumers in the East
Gasoline in the island province of Tawi-Tawi sells for only 95 pesos per liter whether in a gas station or in bottles on the roadside on Sunday, 29 March 2026. Most of the fuel is sourced from neighboring Sandakan and Sabah in Malaysia and transported to Tawi-Tawi on board small watercrafts. MindaNews photos by QUEENIE CASIMIRO
Kumusta? Isang simpleng tanong na karaniwang tinatanong sa mga kaibigan o kakilalang matagal nang di nakita. isang tanong na madalas sinasagot ng “ok lang”, kahit hindi naman. isang tanong na kapag tinanong sa sarili, bakit parang ang hirap sagutin? Nang
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 24 March) — Prices of barter goods here are up, not as an effect of oil price hike but due to scarcity of supply. Mark Basaluddin, president of the Canelar Trading Center, said about 45 20-footer
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 23 March) – Over 22,000 households, business establishments, and hospitals in Zamboanga City have been without electricity for almost 40 hours as of 7 p.m. Monday. The Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) originally scheduled the power
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 14 March) – It was one of those days when I once again boarded the PCG vessel.Armed with my Press ID, notebook, and phone. I was there as a journalist—to document the continuing search operations, To write
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 13 March) – An employee at a gas service station in Zamboanga City, who has gone viral on social media after explaining in an interview the reasons for the recent spikes in fuel price, graduated cum
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — To cushion the effects of high cost of fuel, the City Government of Zamboanga has adopted a four-day workweek for its employees, starting Wednesday, March 11. Mayor Khymer Olaso signed Administrative Order Number
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 5 March) — Forty days after a commercial vessel sank in the waters off Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan, authorities have finally confirmed the identity of the ship captain. The Regional Forensic Unit of the Police Regional Office-9
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/3 March)–A laborer was hurt after a grenade was lobbed past 7 o’clock Tuesday evening at a branch of a fastfood chain set to open in a few days in Barangay Malakas, Lamitan City, Basilan. Authorities identified the
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews /28 Feb) — Three members of a family in a rural community in this city were killed by a still unidentified gunman inside their own home late Friday night. Their two-month old baby survived. Police investigators identified
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 27 February) — A huge fire believed to have been caused by faulty electrical wiring destroyed nearly 200 market stalls in Zamboanga City late Thursday night. Initial investigations state that the blaze started in one of
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 27 February) — Exactly a month after the roll-on-roll-off ferry M/V Trisha Kerstin-3 left the port of Zamboanga en route to Jolo, Sulu, families of victims are still grasping for answers. To date, 14 people remain
Philippine Coast Guard divers preparing their gear for underwater operations in the search and retrieval operations for the remaining missing passengers and crew of M/V Trisha Kerstin-3 which sank off Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan in the evening of January 26,2026. MindaNews photo by QUEENIE CASIMIRO
