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ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Zamboanga City District Office received an award along with five other district offices in the country during the agency's 110th anniversary celebration recently.

ZAMBOANGA CITY — City Mayor Celso Lobregat took time out on Valentine’s Day and spent time with pre-school children as he together with some councilors distributed kiddie chairs and tables to the different daycare centers in the barangays.

ZAMBOANGA CITY — Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo will swear in Mayor Celso Lobregat as chairperson of the Regional Peace and Order Council in the Zamboanga Peninsula during his visit here on Wednesday.

ZAMBOANGA CITY — Workers have began massive repair works on parts of the defective Sangguniang Panglungsod building with an appropriated budget of over P23 million, City Engr. Luis Vicente Despalo said.

DAVAO CITY — A former Army soldier, arrested by Davao del Sur police and military agents in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur on Sunday, was tagged in the murder of a human rights advocate priest in Northern Samar.

DAVAO CITY — More than 150 couples had their marriage solemnized on Tuesday in a ceremony dubbed "I Do. I Do. Araw ng Pag-IBIG" in the cities of Davao, Tagum in Davao del Norte and Kidapawan in North Cotabato in celebration of Valentine's Day.

DAVAO CITY — Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is fully supporting the advocacy on legal adoption being spearheaded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Davao Region.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) in Region 12 or the Soccsksargen Region is not keen on another wage adjustment for private workers in the area, as the region’s economy has reportedly remained stable during the past several months.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Police have raised the security alert in the entire city in preparation for the city’s upcoming week-long 73rd foundation anniversary celebration and 16th Kalilangan Festival.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of South Cotabato has allocated some P75.6 million for various disaster response and mitigation activities in the province until yearend.

BUTUAN CITY — Concerned government agencies that composed the Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) have issued a public warning especially in flood- and landslide-prone areas to be vigilant and report incident/s right away following the onslaught of a low pressure area (LPA) in the region.

COTABATO CITY — Arson investigators here remain clueless on the cause of a fire that razed more than 200 houses in a densely populated residential area affecting more than 300 families.

DAVAO CITY — The House Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development is eyeing major changes to Republic Act 9178 or the Barangay Micro Business Enterprises (BMBE) Act of 2002 once the amendatory bill is approved.

DAVAO CITY — Authorities have recovered five boxes containing 800 pieces of dynamites sticks and 1,000 meters of commercial time fuse near a subdivision in Barangay Tacunan, Tugbok District here.