The Zamboanga Peninsula Polytechnic State University decides to hold in-person classes only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, while dedicating Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays for online classes
City hall of Zamboanga(PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city government here announced Saturday that permits for public and private gatherings are no longer required. The city will remain under Alert Level 1 until July 15, according to the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). To date, the city has 34 active cases of Covid-19. Belen Sheila Covarrubias, city hall information officer, said the decision to forego permits for gatherings was agreed upon in a meeting between Mayor John Dalipe and the local IATF-EID on Thursday. Among the events now allowed is the 25th Learn to Play a Sports Program which opened at Mayor Vitaliano Agan Coliseum in Barangay Tetuan on Saturday. Dalipe graced the opening ceremony and encouraged the city to produce another Hidilyn Diaz or Eumir Marcial. The weightlifter Diaz bagged the country's first Olympic gold while boxer Marcial plucked a bronze, both at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Participants in t
Thousands of residents trooped to the different vaccination sites in Zamboanga City today, the first day of the nation’s Bayanihan Bakunahan. Zamboanga Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar ordered Local Interagency Task Force Chief Implementer and disaster chief Elmeir Apolinario to tap all concern
An explosion yesterday at the Atilano Pension House hotel in the southern Philippines killed 3 people and wounded 27.
An explosion yesterday at the Atilano Pension House hotel in the southern Philippines killed 3 people and wounded 27.
The blast took place at the hotel in Zamboanga City, said Sheila Covarrubias, a spokeswoman for the mayor’s office. Among the injured were several wedding guests, she said.
A bomb squad was sent to the area, though its work was initially hampered by a fire that followed the explosion, the spokeswoman said.
The cause of the blast was not immediately clear. The mayor is meeting with investigators.
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