ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 79-year-old businesswoman was robbed and stabbed to death inside her house in Barangay Vitali here on Thursday, Oct. 16. Police identified the victim as Asuncion Pajarito. Initial investigation showed that the suspects forcibly entered the victim 's residence and robbed...
An 11-year-old boy was killed in a lightning strike in Barangay Granada, Bacolod City on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Barangay Captain Armando Vito said lightning struck the bamboo wall of the victim’s home while he was lying in bed and hugging his pregnant mother. The victim sustained chest injuries,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old farmer was beheaded by his brother-in-law in Purok Tamlang, Barangay Camingawan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Oct. 14. The victim Sunny and 28-year-old suspect Red were having a drinking session when a misunderstanding erupted. They were pacified...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested a 21-year-old man who admitted killing a ride-hailing app driver in a mountain barangay here last week for P3,000. The suspect, Kirk Blash Monteron Amasa, admitted he was paid to kill Dexter Nanong Dandan, a 48-year-old resident of Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City. Dandan...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – A 52-year-old electrician was shot dead in a store in Barangay Muntingpulo here on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 14. Police said the victim Roger, single, was sitting inside his friend 's store when an unidentified man appeared and shot him in the chest. The victim died on...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old chairwoman of Purok 5 (Zone 5) in Barangay Lina-on, Cauayan, Negros Occidental was shot dead by five unidentified persons outside her home on Tuesday night, Oct. 14. Initial investigation revealed that the perpetrators, reportedly armed with long firearms, arrived in...
COTABATO CITY – Two armed men were killed and three government forces were injured during a shootout that erupted while serving warrants of arrest in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao del Norte province at about 5 a.m. Wednesday. Police Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, Datu Odin Sinsuat municipal police...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The National Irrigation Authority in Northern Mindanao (NIA-10) has committed to cooperate fully in the investigation into the killing of its former employee, a case that has drawn national attention after a resolution was filed in Congress to probe the death. In an...
An elderly businesswoman drowned while saving two minors in the sea of Purok 13, Sitio Capaclan, Barangay Inayawan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Oct. 11. The victims were a 15-year-old girl, a five-year-old boy, and a 64-year-old businesswoman, all residents of Barangay Inayawan. Police...
CEBU CITY – A driver of a ride-hailing app was believed to have been robbed before he was killed by his passenger in Barangay Kalunasan here on Sunday morning, Oct. 12. Dexter Nanong Dandan, 48, was found slumped on the ground with multiple stab wounds in the abdomen. Police said a 17-year-old...
COTABATO CITY – Two men on a motorbike killed a village councilor of Ampatuan town, Maguindanao del Sur province and his son on Monday morning. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region police, said Barangay Kapinpilan Councilor Abusama Agao and his son,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 24-year-old lineman was electrocuted to death while working to energize a transformer in Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Oct. 11. Police identified the victim as Orly, an employee of a private contractor firm, and a resident of Victorias City,...
