BACOLOD CITY – A 39-year-old farmer was allegedly shot dead by his stepson during an altercation in Purok Kapehan, Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 6. Police said that the suspect, 21-year-old Jay-r, was drinking coffee inside their house when the victim...
BACOLOD CITY – A 79-year-old woman was killed and her husband was injured in a fire on Wednesday, May 6, in Purok Maanyag 2, Barangay Alijis here. Fire Insp. Jemarie Tapiru, deputy city fire marshal, identified the victim as Rosa Magbanua. Tapiru said the fire broke out at 9:45 p.m. but was only...
BACOLOD CITY – A 53-year-old farmer was gunned down in Sitio Agbalatuan, Barangay Dolis, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 5. Police said the victim and his wife were about to leave their house when three unidentified men appeared. The suspects asked the victim to step out of his house...
BOKOD, Benguet — A 72-year-old woman was found dead and buried in remote Barangay Daclan here on Sunday, May 3. A resident saw the woman’s son burying what appeared to be an object. The resident asked a relative to check the area. The relative discovered a human foot protruding from the ground...
BACOLOD CITY – A 22-year-old man died after he was struck in the head with a wooden stick embedded with nails by his neighbor in Sitio Agtatahor II, Barangay Macasilao, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 2. Investigation said the victim Ed and the 19-year-old suspect Boy, a neighbor,...
CAMP PARANG, Maguindanao del Norte – Unidentified gunmen attacked policemen who were serving a warrant of arrest, leaving one officer dead and four others wounded in Lanao del Sur on Monday, police said. Police Capt. Steffi Salanguit, speaking for the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous...
PIAT, Cagayan – A 75-year-old man was killed and seven were injured by a 27-year-old man in a bolo attack in Barangay Minanga here on Friday, May 1. Police identified the suspect as Michael, single, of Barangay Lipatan, Santo Niño, Cagayan. Police Capt. Bernard Guya, Piat police chief, said...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old sugarcane worker was arrested on Friday, May 1, for gunrunning and killing his 13-year-old neighbor in Barangay Poblacion West, Candoni, Negros Occidental on April 27. Police Capt. Leonel Adolacion, Candoni police chief, said they subjected the suspect, Kadong, to a...
ILOILO CITY – Police are looking at the possibility that the man whose charred body was found in Pavia town, Iloilo province burned himself to death. An initial autopsy of the body on Saturday, May 2, found no other indication of injuries except for burning of the body. “No indication of foul...
BANGUED, Abra – A police corporal assigned to this province was killed and his partner and their child were injured after their pickup truck crashed into a tree on Thursday afternoon in Barangay Pamutic, Pidigan, Abra. Police identified the fatality as Police Corporal Stephen Dao-ines....
CEBU CITY – An inmate was beaten up before he was found dead inside his cell at the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan here. Dr. Rene Cam, medico legal officer of the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI), said rape suspect Fernando Prajes bore severe injuries in the...
IBAAN, Batangas – A 48-year-old construction worker found dead with a bullet wound in the head in Barangay Santo Nino here on Thursday night, April 30. Police said the body of the victim Allan was found in a creek. Recovered near the victim were five 12-gauge shotgun shells. In Tanauan City, this...
