TACLOBAN CITY – The bodies of three suspected “salvage” or summary execution victims were found under a bridge in Barangay Olisihan, Sogod, Southern Leyte, on Wednesday, July 3. THREE suspected 'salvage' victims were found in Southern Leyte on July 3. Police said the male victims were 18- to...
ILOILO CITY – Three siblings died in a fire that destroyed their house in Barangay Dalsuan, Maasin town, Iloilo province on Wednesday night, July 3. THREE siblings died in a fire in Maasin town, Iloilo province on July 3. (Contributed photo by Renato Atok Mandate) The Bureau of Fire...
SANTA CRUZ, Ilocos Sur – Two drivers were killed and three individuals were injured in a collision among three vehicles in Barangay Gabur Sur here on Tuesday morning, July 2. Police identified the victims as Michael Saydawan, 53, of Baguio City, driver of a closed van, and Rodulfo Hafalla of...
NASUGBU, Batangas – Police said a 52-year-old fisherman drowned on the Wawa River in Barangay Wawa here. The victim was identified as Raymundo Derain Ata, single, resident of Barangay Wawa. Police said Ata left his friends during a drinking spree on Monday afternoon to pick up his things in his...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A high-ranking New People's Army (NPA) leader was killed in an encounter with the military in Juban town, Sorsogon province on Tuesday morning, July 2. AN ancestral house in Juban, Sorsogon. (Wikipedia) The 9th Infantry Division (ID) identified the slain communist fighter as...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Elmer Cerdeña Untaran of San Jose de Buenavista, the provincial capital of Antique, died on Monday, July 1. He was 65. UNTARAN (FB) Sister-in-law Mayor Mary Jean “Bebot” Nicopior-Te of Libertad town, Antique, said he succumbed to lung cancer while confined at the Makati...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe has suspended the business permit of Next Step Fireworks Shop on Monday, July 1, after a powerful blast ripped through its warehouse and killed five people here on Saturday, June 29. READ:...
TACLOBAN CITY – Six persons were killed after a self-loader truck rammed seven houses on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Caglanipao Sur, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City, before dawn on Tuesday, July 2. SIX persons were killed when a truck crashed into seven houses in Calbayog...
NASUGBU, Batangas – A motorcycle rider was gunned down in Sitio Buhay, Barangay Butucan, this town, on Monday afternoon, July 1. Police received information from the barangay chairman that the body of a man was found on the roadside. Investigation said the victim was driving a Suzuki Smash...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A sexagenarian was killed and 17 individuals were injured in a collision between a Mercedes Benz van and a Toyota Wigo car in Barangay Tallungan, Reina Mercedes, Isabela on Sunday, June 30. Police identified the fatality as Vilma Maneja, 68, a passenger of the Toyota...
BACOLOD CITY – A delivery boy was killed when his motorcycle collided with a passenger bus in Barangay To-oy, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, June 30. Police identified the victim as 41-year-old Hernan Panaligan. A DELIVERY boy was killed in a collision in Barangay To-oy, Himamaylan...
CAMALANIUGAN, Cagayan – A farmer drowned while relieving himself in an irrigation canal in Barangay Baggao here on Saturday, June 29. Police Capt. Jessie P. Alonzo, town chief of police, said the victim, Melchor dela Cruz, 53, of Barangay Sapping, this town, stopped by the irrigation...
