ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P52 million in this city on Thursday, Nov. 24.
THE Navy seized 1,511 boxes of smuggled cigarettes worth P52.8 million in the sea of Zamboanga City. (Navforwem photo)
Naval Forces Western Mindanao (Navforwem) personnel
ZAMBOANGA CITY - First District Rep. Khymer Adan Olaso has earmarked an initial PHP40 million from his 2023 congressional fund for the construction of another public hospital in his district. Olaso said Saturday putting up another public hospital in his district is vital as the population in the area is growing fast. The first congressional district covers 37 barangays in this city's west coast. Olaso said the new hospital will complement the 51-bed capacity Labuan Public Hospital that caters to patients from far-flung areas in the first district and nearby towns of Sibuco and Sirawai in Zamboanga del Norte. He said the patients in the west coast area are too far from the government-owned Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC), which is in Barangay Sta. Catalina. "The ZCMC is always full since it is catering to patients not only from this city, but also from other areas of the region," Olaso said in a statement. The ZCMC is the referral hospital of the Zamboanga Peninsula a
Zamboanga City Health Office. ZAMBOANGA CITY - A four-day free operation for children born with cleft lip and cleft palate is set to be held here next week, the City Health Office (CHO) announced. Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, said in a statement Saturday the free operation for cleft lip and cleft palate will be from January 4 to 8 at the Labuan Public Hospital in Barangay Labuan. "Doctors of Smile Train and Marikina St. Vincent General Hospital will visit Zamboanga City for a four-day operation of these patients (cleft lip and cleft palate)," Miravite said. She said the activity will be in coordination with the city government, through the CHO, and the Department of Health-Zamboanga Peninsula (DOH-9). She urged parents and guardians of children with cleft lip and cleft palate to register with their respective barangay health centers and the CHO. She said they should take the opportunity of the life-changing operation that will bring smiles to their children w
Some 200 homes along Zamboanga city’s eastern coastline were damaged due to a storm surge spawned by tropical storm Odette. Social Welfare and Development Officer Socorro Rojas said the Zamboanga local government provided assistance to 206 affected families residing in puroks 1 to 5 of Barangay Lab