Dig deeper, mayor urges blast probers
Mayor Celso Lobregat yesterday urged police authorities to dig deeper to establish the real motive and identities of the perpetrators of two bomb explosions here on Thursday night.
Mayor Celso Lobregat yesterday urged police authorities to dig deeper to establish the real motive and identities of the perpetrators of two bomb explosions here on Thursday night.

Mayor Celso Lobregat urged police authorities Saturday to identify the motives and the people behind Thursday’s twin explosions here that injured seven persons, not six as initially reported.

Monday morning’s noise barrage and motorcade signaled the city government’s declaration of war against dengue that has already claimed the lives of 10 children since January this year.
Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat said on Thursday that the junked Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) cannot be used as a kick-off point by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in its proposal for the institution of a Bangsamoro sate.
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines—Ten-year-old Asnarul Orim usually looks forward to returning to school after the summer break like the rest of the 200 elementary pupils of Layag-layag, an island village of this city. But with the start of the new academic year this June, he is somewhat reluctant, hounded by the thought of an early-morning ritual—wading [...]