The Department of Tourism-9 has chosen the famed Sta. Cruz Island as the benchmark for good practices on eco-tourism management for Zamboanga Peninsula (Zampen) tourism officers and local government officials. The DOT-9 commissioned a Sta. Cruz Island tour for the 50 Zampen officials who were participants to its Tourism Awareness Training held in Zamboanga City continue reading : Sta. Cruz Isle benchmarks good practices for eco-tourism
Zamboanga City was recognized as one of the country’s top model cities “to have a leadership that prioritizes the well-being of the environment” and was conferred the “Green Thumb Award” during ceremonies held Wednesday, September 25 at the New World Manila Bay Hotel. Initiated by the oldest existing English newspaper Manila Times, the Top Model continue reading : Zambo bags “Green Thumb Award”
Mayor Beng Climaco has commended the sardines industry in Zamboanga City for its sustainability that greatly contributed to the unprecedented progress and development of this city, where almost 80% of the country’s supply of sardines are canned and processed in this part of the region. “Zamboanga, one of the highly urbanized cities in the Philippines, continue reading : Climaco commends sardines industry for sustainable dev’t
Mayor Beng Climaco together with Vice Mayor Rommel Agan and Councilor Crisanto de la Cruz recently spearheaded the Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) Workshop that reviewed and discussed the City’s Investment incentive code and its amendments. The workshop, held at the City Hall conference room Sept. 18, was participated by the Investment Incentive Board and the continue reading : Beng, Agan leads review of city’s investment incentive code
Zamboanga City through various entrepreneurs participated in the 28th Mindanao Business Conference held at the Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) in Iligan City from September 12- 14. Themed “Mindanao: the Emerging Investment Destination”, the Minbizcon is an annual event hosted by one of the business chambets in Mindanao. This year, the continue reading : City sponsors 28th MINBIZCON
To ensure the safety and security of people during the upcoming Zamboanga Hermosa Festival, Mayor Beng Climaco has issued an executive order prohibiting parking of motorcycles, 4-wheel vehicles, unauthorized flying of drones (except by the PNP and military), bringing of backpacks, wearing of bull caps, waistcoats/chalecos and jackets in certain areas in the city of continue reading : Beng orders prohibitions for Hermosa fest security
The City Health Office hopes to see a decrease in dengue cases in the city as records show a slow decline in reported dengue cases. City Health Officer Dr. Dulce Miravite said the CHO noted a downward trend in the reported number of dengue cases for the months of August and September at 1,242 cases continue reading : Dengue cases trend downward – CHO
The flooding spawned by heavy rains last September 13 destroyed slope protection projects in 12 barangays costing a total of P48M. This is in addition to the damages inflicted on agricultural crops, fishponds and seaweed farms including private houses and properties in various barangays. Engr. Joy Lee of the City Engineer’s Office (CEO) said the continue reading : CEO reports P48M infra damage due to flooding
Mayor Beng Climaco on Monday vowed to continue clearing operations in public roads used for private purposes in compliance with the directive of President Duterte. The mayor likewise reiterated her call for a 100 percent compliance of the directive by all the 98 barangays in the city. She said the DILG Evaluation team from Manila continue reading : Climaco vows 100% compliance on clearing ops
In view of the presidential directive on clearing public roads used for private purposes, the City Legal Office (CLO) has recommended the renewal of contracts of parking aides until September 29, 2019, the last day given for local chief executives to execute immediate implementation of clearing operations. “Immediately hereafter, we must ensure that their respective continue reading : CLO recommends renewal of parking aides’ contract until Sept. 29
