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