CEBU CITY – A father and son were found dead after they went missing in Tuburan town, Cebu province at the height of severe tropical storm ‘’Opong’’ on Friday morning, Sept. 26. Marcelino Suelto, 69, and his 49-year-old son Joselito, both fishermen, were found in separate places in...
TACLOBAN CITY – A woman died after a coconut tree fell on a house in Purok 3, Barangay Malajog, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City, during the onslaught of severe tropical storm "Opong" Friday. A report filed by the Calbayog City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) Rescue Team...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three individuals were killed and a seven-year-old girl remains missing due to severe flooding triggered by ‘‘Opong’’ in Barangay Bilwang, Kawayan, Biliran, Friday. Victims were a four-year-old girl, a 12-year-old girl, and a 63-year-old man. The missing was identified as...
TACLOBAN CITY — A 68-year-old man was found dead in a farm in Sitio Borin, Villa Vicenta, Caibiran, Biliran, Friday. The body of Gogoy was discovered following the passage of severe tropical storm “Opong.” A resident discovered the body while searching for his carabao. It was reported to the...
SANTO TOMAS CITY, Batangas – The body of a woman with a bullet wound was found inside a parked Sports Utility Vehicle here on Thursday. Police identified the victim as Kimberly. A security guard discovered the body of the victim. The victim was seated on the driver 's side of the SUV – a...
BACOLOD CITY - Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, Bacolod police director, revealed that 13 shooting incidents in this highly-urbanized city since 2021 were connected to a suspected gun-for-hire recently arrested in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Sept. 24, Coronica...
CUENCA, Batangas – A 33-year-old man shot and killed his wife and 10-year-old son then himself in Barangay Don Juan, this town, on Sunday, Sept. 21. People in the area heard gunshots and discovered the victims. Initial investigation said the man was allegedly suffering from depression. The man...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old man allegedly involved in a love triangle was killed in Purok Mars, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Police Lt. Ildefonso Leonardo, deputy commander of Police Station 8, identified the victim as Paul, a resident of Barangay Alijis here....
BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old construction worker stabbed to death over old grudges in Purok Sagrado Dos, Barangay Estefania here on Sunday, Sept. 21. Police Major Joeil Reclamado, head of Police Station 4, said the victim was having a drinking session at home when a man appeared and asked him to...
BACOLOD CITY – A 46-year-old man was allegedly killed over an unpaid debt in Barangay Suba, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Sept. 20. Police Capt. Jesus Alba, chief of Calatrava Municipal Police Station, said the victim and his wife were riding a motorcycle on their way home when they...
BALER, Aurora - Vice Gov. Isidro "Sid" Galban was sworn in as the new governor of this province following the death of Gov. Reynante A. Tolentino on Monday due to illness. Galban was inducted by Judge Edith Cynthia A. Wee-Cabbat on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the provincial capitol. An engineer by...
TACLOBAN CITY - A police chief in Biliran province is facing homicide raps for allegedly shooting and killing a drinking buddy, Sunday in Barangay Balire, Tunga, Leyte. The suspect was identified as Capt. Alberto Parena, 53, of Barangay Abango, Barugo, Leyte. The victim was identified as alias...
