ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a 65-year-old former ex-convict for allegedly killing and raping a nine-year-old girl in Lamitan City, Basilan on Tuesday, July 9. Investigation said the victim reportedly asked permission from her mother to pick fruits outside their house. She failed to come...
By FREDDIE LAZARO ABULUG, Cagayan – Eleven persons were killed and six individuals were injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a pickup truck in Junction Ayaga, Barangay Lucban, this town, before dawn on Thursday, July 11. ELEVEN persons were killed in a collision between a bus...
BACOLOD CITY – Skeletal remains were found in a sugarcane field in Hacienda Valing, Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 8. SKELETAL remains were discovered by a worker in Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 8. (Photo courtesy of Murcia...
BACOLOD CITY – Murder charges were filed on Tuesday, July 9, against a 26-year-old man for allegedly killing the 44-year-old live-in partner of his mother in Barangay Puso, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 7. A TRUCK driver was gunned down by the son of his live-in partner in...
CEBU CITY – The seven individuals who went missing after their pickup truck was swept by a raging river in Carmen town, northern Cebu have all been accounted for. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/7/9/pickup-truck-swept-away-by-flashflood-in-cebu-minor-dies-6-missing SEVEN persons who went missing...
SAN MATEO, Isabela – A barangay tanod or watchman was allegedly stabbed to death by his twin nephews in Barangay Pequeño here on Tuesday evening, July 9. Police identified the victim as Marlon M. Anghel, 51. Investigation disclosed that Anghel responded to an altercation between the...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A 19-year-old maritime academy cadet died after he was ordered by an upper classman to exercise as punishment for a violation in a maritime school in Barangay Canlubang, this city, on Monday afternoon, July 8. Police identified the victim as Cadet Vince Andrew de Los Reyes,...
CEBU CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered concerned agencies to extend immediate assistance to families in Cebu who were affected by flashflood on Monday, July 8. A BULLDOZER pulls a pickup truck out of a river in Carmen town, northern Cebu. Six passengers of the vehicle died...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Three New People's Army rebels, including a commander, were killed in two encounters in Camarines Sur and Masbate on Monday, July 8. COMMUNIST paraphernalia were recovered in an encounter in Tinambac, Camarines Sur on Monday, July 8. (9th ID) Major Frank Roldan, chief of the...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A man drowned while saving his relatives after their bamboo raft capsized on a river in Barangay Guelew, San Carlos City, Pangasinan on Sunday, July 7. Police identified the victim as Romnick L. Vilda, 34, a resident of Barangay Quetegan, Urbiztondo, Pangasinan. Police...
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly man died and 41 families were evacuated due to flooding in Barangay Cabugan, Bindoy, Negros Oriental on Monday night, July 8. A 70-year-old man died in a flood in Barangay Cabugan, Bindoy, Negros Oriental on Monday, July 8. (Photo courtesy of Negros Oriental Provincial...
CEBU CITY — An 11-year-old girl died and six others are missing when the pickup truck they were riding in was swept away by flashflood on Monday afternoon, July 8, in Carmen town, northern Cebu. The fatality and the missing were among the 17 persons who were aboard the pickup truck...