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...
There were no deaths recorded when Filipinos welcomed the New Year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Thursday, Jan. 1. Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., acting PNP chief, said the New Year celebration was generally peaceful nationwide as police data showed no record of...
ILOILO CITY – Vice Mayor Aimee Paz Lamasan of Dueñas town, Iloilo province died on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, one day after an alleged accidental shooting on Tuesday morning, Dec. 30, at her residence here. The 49-year-old allegedly did not survive a follow-up surgery on Wednesday. Her death...
SAN PABLO CITY Laguna – An unidentified man plunged to his death from a bridge in San Rafael, this city, on Tuesday, Dec. 30. The victim’s body was found by a passerby under the bridge and informed the mall security guard who reported the discovery to the police at about 10:30 a.m....
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...
ILOILO CITY – Families of three boys will welcome the New Year without them after they drowned while trying to cross a river at Moroboro Dam in Dingle town, Iloilo province. Authorities identified the fatalities as 11-year-old Angelo, 12-year-old Jim, and 13-year-old Jar. “The local government...
ITOGON, Benguet — Two miners died of alleged gas poisoning inside a private tunnel in Camp 1000, Sitio Acupan, Barangay Virac, this town. The Itogon Municipal Police Station identified the victims as Ashford Jade Gayong Balic-o, 18, and Benjie Gulod Ayang-ang, 33. Residents reported foul odor...
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...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A male public school teacher was found dead in his boarding house in Barangay Villasis, Santiago City, Isabela on Tuesday, Dec. 30. Police identified the victim as Jhanmar, 31. Investigation said that a boarder arrived to deliver his laundry. She called the victim and...
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...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong said there is no foul play in the death of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral in Barangay Camp 4, Kennon Road, Tuba, Benguet. “Personally, I am convinced that there was no foul play, and I also have no...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – A lady driver was killed and five others were injured when their Mitsubishi Montero Sports Utility Vehicle plunged into a ravine on the Bontoc-Mainit Provincial Road in Sitio Aratey, Guina-ang, Bontoc, Mountain Province, on Tuesday night, Dec. 28. Police identified the...
