GOVERNMENT troops are tracking down the whereabouts of three tugboar crew who were seized by gunmen off Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte, a military official said Monday.

LOCAL politicians have started aligning themselves to political parties, which they see would support and could catapult them to the positions they are eyeing as the 2010 elections nears.

PEACE Advocates Zamboanga (PAZ) said peace advocacy should be intensified amid the unabated incidents and other forms of violence that persist in some parts of Mindanao.

POLICE authorities have placed under investigation a man they arrested for murder for possible involvement in the recent kidnapping of an Irish priest in Pagadian City.

THE Liberal Party (LP) has chosen a party-list representative as its contender for the gubernatorial race in Basilan province in next year's general elections.

AIR traffic involving US military planes are expected to increase within the next two weeks from and to Zamboanga City, a US military official said Sunday.

NO ONE among the prospective candidates has filed their certificate of candidacy (COC) in the first day of filing in Zamboanga City, an election officer disclosed.

PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) explosive ordnance demolition (EOD) personnel have detonated an improvised bomb in a remote village east of Zamboanga City, a police official said Saturday.

MINDANAO Business Council (MinBC) and Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CDOCCI) are organizing a two-day power summit.

AN OFFICIAL of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has advised the public to refrain from buying electrical Christmas decorations that are sub-standard.

PEOPLE were thrown to panic when they saw policemen cordoning an area and closing a road to traffic around 3 p.m. Friday in Zamboanga City’s commercial center.

OPERATIVES of Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) have arrested two people believed to be gunrunners in Zamboanga City, police officials said Friday.

TECHNICAL Education Skills and Development Authority (Tesda) is set to conduct a two-day jobs bridging event in Zamboanga City.

AN OFFICIAL of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said there is a need to construct additional power plant in Mindanao to cater to the consumers' electricity needs.

MAYOR Celso Lobregat has called on gun holders Thursday, specifically those with expired licenses or no licenses at all, to avail of the firearms amnesty program.