CALAUAG, Quezon – A 48-year-old Person with Disability plunged to his death in a deep well on Friday morning, Jan. 9, in Barangay Binutas here. Police identified the victim as Joseph. Investigation said Joseph was fetching water when he suffered a seizure and fell into the well and drowned. His...
CEBU CITY – The death toll in the landfill collapse in Barangay Binaliw here has increased to four as the search and rescue operations entered the third day on Saturday, Jan. 10. With more than 30 still believed to be trapped under the pile of garbage, Mayor Nestor Archival emphasized that the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office condemned the senseless act of violence that killed a police chief and two police personnel in Barangay Tubtubon, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Friday, Jan. 9. A police response resulted in a shooting incident that killed Police Capt. Jose...
The Dr. Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC) recorded three deaths among devotees brought to the hospital during the annual Traslacion of the Black Nazarene, a hospital official said on Saturday, Jan. 10. Dr. Cynthia Versoza, the chairperson of the Emergency Medicine Complex of JRRMMC,...
BACOLOD CITY - A police chief and three others were allegedly shot dead by a police officer in Barangay Tubtubon, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Friday night, Jan. 9. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), said the suspect, Police Staff...
ILOILO CITY – The police chief and a station commander here have been removed from their posts over the alleged mishandling of the investigation on the death of Dueñas, Iloilo Vice Mayor Aimee Paz Lamasan. Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan announced that Police Col....
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – A 53-year-old former barangay tanod or watchman was allegedly shot dead by his neighbor while tending to his crops in a farm in Barangay Gusing here on Thursday morning, Jan. 8. Police identified the victim as Gani. Initial investigation revealed that the victim was...
BACOLOD CITY – A 30-year-old laborer was gunned down by seven unidentified armed men in Sitio Mansiguibo, Barangay San Isidro, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Jan.7. Police Capt. Rene Boy Eduardo, deputy chief of the Toboso Municipal Police Station, said the victim was at home when the...
Two brothers were found dead in Sitio Nagtupacan, Barangay Isit, Dolores, Abra, Thursday. The victims were identified as Andy, 29, and Jun, 25. Residents heard gunshots late Wednesday but did not immediately inform authorities. A passerby discovered the bodies with bullet wounds and alerted the...
COTABATO CITY – Police, backed by the 601st Infantry Brigade, have launched a manhunt against two gunmen who shot dead on Wednesday a barangay chairman and his cousin in Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao del Sur. “Manhunt is ongoing,” Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Police Regional...
PAOAY, Ilocos Norte – A 40-year-old farmer who served as a bodyguard of a mayoral candidate in this town was killed in an ambush on Wednesday night, police said. The victim – Boy, a resident of Barangay 5, Nalasin – was driving his motorcycle near a gasoline station in Barangay 2, San Roque...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 74-year-old man was shot dead in Mala, Barangay Panubigan, this city, on Wednesday, less than three days after the murder of a truck driver on the MCLL Highway on Sunday. The victim was identified as Hiya-Hiya Ibrahim Tahil, a resident of the area and a native of Jolo, Sulu....
