ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — The sound of gunfire one year ago today changed their lives in an instant. In a small hamlet called "Hong Kong" in Barangay Rio Hondo, hundreds of Badjaos were ...

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — A villager was killed while three others were badly hurt in a gun attack on Sunday morning, September 1, 2024, in Rio Hondo in Zamboanga City. The Zamboanga City ...

In his visit to Zamboanga City in December 2013 ... Their traditional homelands in Rio Hondo and Mariki were the entry points used by MNLF rebels during the siege. The government has since ...

September 9, 2013: MNLF forces enter Zamboanga City. 1:45 a.m. At least six boatloads of MNLF forces land in Barangay Rio Hondo where they engaged the Philippine Navy's Special Operations Group in a ...

Zagala announced Sunday that the AFP and law enforcement agencies were putting up a detachment near the seaside Rio Hondo, where the fighting last year was centered. He said the Zamboanga City ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - The Department of National Defense started construction Tuesday on a naval counterterrorism base in an area that rebels used to launch a siege of the city in 2013.

The military has activated a new naval base in Barangay Rio Hondo in Zamboanga, five years after the infamous siege that brought turmoil to the city. The activation ceremony of Naval Station Rio Hondo ...

Many residents have fled Rio Hondo to escape the fighting. "The main target by the MNLF in encroaching Zamboanga city is to raise their banner of independence at city hall," city mayor ...

The ICRC still supports the city government and the Zamboanga Water District in providing water storage to displaced people in Masepla 1, 2, and 3 and in Rio Hondo through the installation of six ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY—Sani Hadjani remembers his ... unlike his neighbors’ thatch and bamboo dwellings in the water off Rio Hondo. He says he had been able to buy gold jewelry for his wife and ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Five people were injured after the engine of a motor launch caught fire off Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, village officials and the Philippine Coast Guard said. The Coast ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY (PIA) — The City Health Office (CHO ... Barbara (16), and Labuan and Rio Hondo (15 each). Tragically, the city also reported two dengue-related deaths: a 3-year-old boy from Tigtabon ...