ZAMBOANGA CITY – A truck driver was shot dead in this city on Sunday night, Jan. 4. Police identified the victim as Muktasul Macrohon of Barangay Ayala Ecozone. Investigation said the victim was driving his truck to Cebu province when an unidentified man riding a motorcycle appeared. The gunman...
BACOLOD CITY – The 33-year-old son of the chairman of Barangay Isio, Cauayan, Negros Occidental was arrested following the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old laborer on New Year’s Day due to firecrackers. Police Lt. Col. Norberto Barniso, Cauayan police chief, said two groups were revving...
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3) reported a slight decline in crime in the region in 2025, alongside increased enforcement against illegal drugs, criminal gangs, wanted persons, and loose firearms. In a statement on Sunday, PRO-3 said that in 2025, it...
TIAONG, Quezon – A 42-year-old Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) was gunned down and her friend, also an OFW, was wounded on New Year’s Day in Sitio Usiw in Barangay Ayusan 1, this town. Police identified the fatality as Julie, single. The victim was driving a motorcycle and was about to fetch...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A policeman who was on his way home was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Diplahan municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31. The Diplahan Municipal Police Station identified the victim as Police Staff Sgt. Juneray Estallo Gamones, a resident of...
SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela – A 19-year-old student from Saguday town, Quirino province was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 31, over the killing of a public school teacher here. The suspect Nel was apprehended one day after the victim, Jhanmar, 31, was found dead in his boarding house in Barangay Villasis...
A lone gunman shot and killed a farm specialist of the Mount Carmel Agri-Tourism and Training Center in Sitio Sinilagan, Barangay Lusuac, Peñarrubia, Abra, on Tuesday, Dec. 30. Police identified the victim as Daniel Fatorog Pog-ok, 53, of Sadanga, Mountain Province. Investigation said the victim...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – A man allegedly stabbed his wife to death in Barangay Agbannawag here on Christmas Day, police said. Investigation said the suspect, Robert Sumalin, stabbed his wife, Janice Agpad-a, multiple times inside their home during a heated argument in front of their child. Sumalin...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - A 21-year-old man allegedly stabbed his mother and sister to death in Purok 3, Barangay San Jose, Malilipot town, Albay province on Tuesday morning, Dec. 30, Rizal Day. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-5, identified the victims as a...
CEBU CITY – Two men died in a gun attack that marred Christmas Day in Barangay Sawang Calero here. Melber Alicabo, 40, and his half-brother, 36-year-old Romel Fernandez, were shot one after another by their neighbors on Thursday morning. Merlinda Fernandez, Romel 's mother, told police that...
BACOLOD CITY – The 55-year-old widow of a communist rebel was gunned down in Sitio Makilo, Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Dec. 24. Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr., Kabankalan police chief, said the victim Warlita was the wife of a New People’s Army (NPA)...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur – A former barangay captain was gunned down by his younger brother, the incumbent village head, in Barangay Sagneb, this town, on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. Police Capt. Donaldson Palaganan, acting chief of the Bantay Municipal Police Station, said the...
