NEW DIRECTOR. Brig. Gen. Franco Simborio, Police Regional Office-9 director, hands over the command flag as he installs Col. Alexander Lorenzo as the new Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director on Monday (Jan. 17, 2022). Lorenzo replaced Col. Rexmel Reyes, who was reassigned to the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City. (Photo courtesy of ZCPO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - An assessment of personnel and security measures is set to take place in the coming days at the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO). Col. Alexander Lorenzo made the pronouncement after he was installed Monday as the new ZCPO director replacing Col. Rexmel Reyes. Lorenzo said he will activate a technical working group to conduct the assessment and determine whether there will be enhancement or innovation to implement. "There will be no movement of personnel in different police stations. The first thing I will do is to assess whether there is a need to enhance security measures," Lorenzo
DRIVE-BY SHOOTING. A car with bullet holes on its windshield is left at the roadside after a businessman was injured while his wife escaped unscathed in a drive-by shooting incident on Thursday (Jan. 6, 2022) in Sitio Mala, Barangay Bolong, Zamboanga City. The businessman was hospitalized while the police conducted an in-depth probe over the incident. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Amaga) ZAMBOANGA CITY - A businessman was wounded in a drive-by shooting incident Thursday here, a police official disclosed. Lt. Raine Simyunn, Zamboanga City Police Office's (ZCPO) newly-installed information officer, identified the victim as Jacob Gregorio, 39, a businessman. Gregorio's wife, Irene, 32, who was with him during the incident was unharmed. Simyunn said initial investigation showed that the couple was shot by one of two men riding in tandem on a scooter-type motorcycle around 9:20 a.m. Thursday in Sitio Mala, Barangay Bolong, this city. At the time of the incident, Jacob was driving a car w
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GENERALLY PEACEFUL. A policeman conducts an inventory of the firecrackers they seized Friday (Dec. 31, 2021), hours before the New Year's Day revelry in Zamboanga City. The city police reported that the celebration was generally peaceful although several residents exploded firecrackers despite a ban on the sale and use of firecrackers and pyrotechnic products. (Photo courtesy of City Hall Public Information Office) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) reported that the New Year's Day revelry was generally peaceful here, though several violations of the firecracker ban have been noted. Col. Rexmel Reyes, ZCPO director, said they have not received a report of any untoward incident that took place in the city during the revelry. There are 11 police stations and two mobile force companies that are under the ZCPO. Reyes led the roving patrol together with the additional security forces from Regional Mobile Force Battalion-Zamboanga Peninsula, to assure the safety