ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Grade 12 student was wounded after he was stabbed by a Grade 7 student at the Zamboanga City High School Main in Barangay Tetuan here on Monday, Sept. 19.
A 19-year-old student was stabbed in the arm by an 18-year-old student inside Building E of the Zamboanga City High School
ARRESTED. Drug suspect Vincent Delos Reyes was unharmed following a shootout that resulted in the death of William Dionisio, a suspected drug dealer on Sunday (September 11, 2022) in Sitio Pinya, Barangay Bunguiao, Zamboanga City.(Photo courtesy of Zamboanga City Police Office) Supplier killed, 10 nabbed in Zambo City drug den busts ZAMBOANGA CITY - One died while 10 suspects were arrested in a series of drug busts that resulted in the dismantling of three drug dens that yielded PHP775,200 worth of illegal drugs in this city, police officials announced on Monday. Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the PNP Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said 38-year-old William Dionisio died in a shootout with police in Sitio Pinya, Barangay Bungiao this city at 5:13 p.m. Sunday. Verceles said Dionisio sensed that he was dealing with an undercover police officer and pulled out his handgun to fire at him but missed. Police officers who hid nearby returned fire and hit Dionisio twice on his
(Photo courtesy of DWSD) MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to avoid a repeat of the "uncontrolled" crowd that swarmed its central office on the first day of the distribution of educational aid on Saturday. The MOA should be inked by Monday, DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo said in a press briefer. "Starting next week, tutulong na po ang local government units (LGUs). Pero ang DSWD social workers pa rin po ang magma-manage ng distribution (Next week, the LGUs will help out but DSWD social workers will still manage the payout)," Tulfo said. Applicants seeking educational assistance camped outside the central office in Diliman, Quezon City since Friday night while long lines were also reported in provincial offices. The queue was halted at 7 a.m. as all slots were already filled up. Those who were not accommodated were given stubs for the n
ZAMBOANGA CITY – At least 29 people were injured in a stampede in the distribution of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) educational assistance here Saturday, Aug. 20, at the City Coliseum in Barangay Tetuan.
Records from the Zamboanga City Medical Center said the injured were two
At least 29 people, mostly parents and students, were hurt and injured in a stampede early Saturday outside a school in Zamboanga City when a huge crowd swarmed to avail the government’s educational assistance.