Straight from the Heart

Abs Damahan

Is Zamboanga City breaking down of Peace and Order?

One foreigner asked me in my Facebook thread- how Zamboanga City is safe for travel? I answered him frank and candidly with true reality of Zamboanga City now, I said, Zamboanga City is not safe place for tourist travel and visiting.  In fact we are a dangerous place part Western Mindanao in wave and series kidnapping cases and break down for almost daily shootings incidence of Three (3) Barangays: Manpang, Arena Blanco and Talon-Talon. After so many exchanged of threads and postings with foreigner one or three members of fb joined our group I should not names them in this column inter-act with harshly words question me, why I should destroyed the image of Zamboanga City. I said no, I should tell the whole world boldly and honestly what really transpired and real happening of the Asia’s Latin City so that foreign tourists who visited us be aware on our present situation particular Zamboanga City and adjacent provinces of Western Mindanao- Basilan, Tawi-Tawi and Jolo Sulu.

Broad day-light shooting at the back of City Hall and ambuscades in the main thoroughfare streets of Zamboanga City I think Zamboanga City is not a safety place to live from both foreign visitors and local residents who stayed in post barangays and post subdivisions of the only Asia’s Latin City.

With the rampant of loose Fire-Arms in the hands of the un-authorized civilians reside in the city. Naturally, common crimes will surely rise un-curved by the police authority liked what happen now in Barangay Mampang police authority is out of control for the non-stop family feud killings spree between the alleged Estrada family and Amping clan continued to create fears and havoc to the majority peaceful residence of that area. City Local officials, the City Peace and Order Council, the City Crisis Management Committee and the Police Authority too much in laxity for handling this on-going family feuds. The City Ordinance and the State Gun control laws if any must be reviewed, if not I will calls for urgency of the City Council must pass law for the measures to regulate civilians who possessed guns.

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