ZAMBO DAILY WIRE

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Daywire) - - An estimated thousand of residents were displaced and huge properties were destroyed when big fire hit late Saturday an island town off Sulu, officials reported. Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan said the fire broke out about 3p.m in a still unknown origin and quickly spread, razing houses and stalls of business establishments, mostly made of light materials. Among those destroyed by the fire was a gasoline station in the poblacion, a known populated site of Siasi town.

Particpants to the recently held Vinta Race prepare their vinta in the shore of R.T Lim Boulevard as part of the spectacles of the Fiesta Pilar.

"This is the hardest part that I should do - to fire a gun." Zamboanga City Councilor Gerky Valesco fires shot that signal the vintasail race at the R.T. Lim Boulevard as part of the Fiesta Pilar Festival Oct. 2007.

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MPA/OPPAP) - - Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus G. Dureza today laments inaccurate news that Malaysia is reported to be abandoning the Mindanao peace process, particularly the talks with the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. In a statement issued from New York , Dureza said the latest development was that the GRP delegation headed by panel chair Sec. Rodolfo Garcia had just returned a few days ago from Kuala Lumpur with positive report that issues on territory and ancestral domain are progressing and that another meeting is set soon, perhaps within the month. Dureza clarified that what is recent is Malaysia ’s decision to renew the International Monitoring Team (IMT) to three months and subject to extension as needed. He added that, to say that this shortened but renewable term for the IMT is "abandonment" is stretching the context beyond credulity. “Malaysia has contributed immensely to our peace efforts and we are confident it w...

Civilians walk on the R.T Lim Boulevard, the site where the longest 'boodle fight' to be held as part of the Zamboanga City Festival.

ZAMBOANGA CITY (DAYWIRE) - - The city will be hosting the longest ‘boodle fight’ of sardines, an attempt to land in the book of Guinness World Record, as it celebrate its annual festival next week, official said. The ‘boodle fight’, a military jargon for eating en mass of soldiers in a long table to show unity and morale boosting, will cover the more than one kilometer road stretch of sea-front R.T Lim Boulevard. In the military boodle fight, sardine is always the main toppings. City Councilor Gerky Valesco Jr, said endeavor which will be held on Oct. 11, on the eve of Fiesta Pilar, solicited a strong support from the local government under Mayor Celso Lobregat. “Other than the attempt for the Guinness World Record, the boodle fight will be a showcase of culture of pride that Zamboanga City, now known as the Asia’s Latin City, is a dynamic destination,” according to Valesco, council committee chair for tourism. He said the event, dubbed as “WOW Sardines Diaton Este,”is timely citing th...

ZAMBOANGA CITY - (Daywire/05-22-07) Three persons were slightly injured in two simultaneous grenade explosions that rocked Lamitan City, Basilan island Monday night, officials said. The attack, which authorities believed to be election related, occurred near a school where canvassing of votes from Sumisip were conducted. -30-