PAGSANJAN, Laguna – A police officer was killed and his colleagues and an inmate were injured after the police patrol car transporting them crashed into the iconic welcome stone arch in Barangay Sampaloc, this town, on Monday, Nov. 16. The victim was identified as Police Staff Sgt. Aldwin...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in a firefight with government forces in Barangay Pange, Jaro, Leyte, early Monday, the Philippine Army reported. Brig. Gen. Pompeyo Jason Almagro, commander of the 802nd Infantry Brigade, said fatalities were a squad...
BUTUAN CITY – Four people died Monday after a 10-wheel truck rammed two motorcycles in Surigao City, police said. The crash occurred at 5:19 a.m. in Barangay Quezon, killing both drivers and their back riders. In a report, Surigao City police identified the truck driver as Randy Flores Gonzaga,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A suspected ‘’salvage’’ or summary execution victim was found in Barangay Ilayang Dupay here on Monday morning, Nov. 16. The victim was approximately 5’7” in height, wearing T-shirt and shorts, and covered in mud. A resident pasturing a cow discovered the body in...
LILIW, Laguna – A man was gunned down by his drunken cousin in Barangay Mojon, this town, Thursday evening, Nov. 13. Police identified the victim as Paulo. Paulo was watching television in his house when the suspect Amor barged inside and confronted the victim. An argument erupted and Elsa, their...
BACOLOD CITY – A 60-year-old man was gored to death by his carabao in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Police said the victim left home to retrieve his carabao near a riverbank but failed to return. His family looked for him and discovered his body with...
CEBU CITY – Police are investigating the death of a priest who was found dead in a condominium here on Wednesday morning, Nov. 12. Police said Fr. Decoroso Jurban Olmilla, 68, bore external wounds when he was discovered in a condominium unit in Barangay Mabolo at 10:40 a.m. Police Major Eric...
BACOLOD CITY – The siblings of 42-year-old Kristine Joy Dignadice have denied claims that she had a romantic relationship with Police Staff Sgt. Enrique Gonzalodo Jr., who is accused of killing her in Negros Occidental. Kristine’s siblings, Mary Grace Arcenas and Salvador Joshua Dignadice Jr.,...
A businessman was gunned down in his restaurant in Barangay Sampaloc 2, Sariaya town, Quezon province, on Wednesday night, Nov. 12. Police said the victim Rosidillo, 58, was working when the suspect appeared and shot him. Rosidillo died on the spot. Police said the suspect fled on foot. Lawmen are...
A graduating student of the University of Abra in Bangued, Abra province was shot and killed by an intoxicated man on Monday. Police identified the victim as Larry Bautista Jr. of Pangasinan province and Zone 7, Bangued. The Bangued Municipal Police Station said the suspect, Erwin Buging, was...
BACOLOD CITY – A 44-year-old lineman was electrocuted to death in Barangay III-Poblacion, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 11, days before 45th birth anniversary. The Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (Noceco) mourned the death of Sarex Alonso, a resident of Barangay San Juan,...
LUBUAGAN, Kalinga – The bodies of three landslide victims in Barangay Western Uma here were recovered on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The body of a fourth victim – barangay kagawad Redento Tinio – is yet to be found. Search and retrieval operations for Tinio resumed Wednesday, Nov. 12. Municipal...
