TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A 39-year-old blogger was found dead in an isolated area in this city on Saturday, Feb. 21. Police identified the victim as Mark Anthony Atienza. Known as Macoy in his blog, he was also a canvasser who sells various items while roaming the streets. He was last seen alive by...
CEBU CITY – A 28-year-old man died while two others were wounded in shooting incidents in Cebu. In Balamban town, a 54-year-old barangay councilor was wounded when he was shot inside his home around 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19. Renato Pacquiao Tribunalo was wounded in the left side of the chest....
A 29-year-old man allegedly suffering from mental illness stabbed his father to death inside their house in Barangay San Vicente, Lidlidda, Ilocos Sur on Thursday night, Feb. 19. Police identified the victim as Joe, 59. Investigation said the victim reminded the suspect Mon to drink his medicine....
CEBU CITY – A 12-year-old girl from Toledo City, Cebu was found dead eight days after she was reported missing. Police said the body of Crystal Joy Abarquez, a Grade 6 student, was already in a state of decomposition when it was found in a secluded area on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 19. Police said...
DAVAO CITY – Seven persons were killed in two landslides in the City of Mati in Davao Oriental and Monkayo in Davao de Oro due to continuous rains from the shearline. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Mati said a family of four was buried alive in a landslide in Barangay...
CURRIMAO, Ilocos Norte – Two construction workers were killed and four others were injured in an accidental electrocution in Barangay Tapao-Tigue here on Thursday morning, Feb. 19. Police Capt. Melvin P. Soriano, chief of police of Currimao, said the incident occurred at around 8 a.m....
An official of the Puerto Princesa International Airport in Palawan was gunned down on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. The victim was identified as acting manager Joanna Jonson-Infante. Investigation said the victim was walking on Bayview Road in Barangay San Pedro, Puerto Princesa City at about 5:30 p.m....
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Three members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting incident at the Allangigan Patrol Base in Barangay Apatan, Pinukpuk, Kalinga on Tuesday evening, Feb. 17. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip,...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – A suspected gun runner was shot dead by the police in a buy-bust operation here on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Police identified the victim as Paul. Investigation said Paul noticed that he was dealing with lawmen and grabbed the firearm from the police poseur-buyer. Paul pointed it...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old man and his nine-year-old nephew drowned while gathering shells on the Nabinay River in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Police Lt. Daleen Grace Loreno, deputy chief of the Cadiz City Police Station, said the man, Jesus, brought his...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – A daylight ambush along a national highway in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town on Tuesday left one dead and two injured, including the brother of Shariff Aguak Mayor Akmad Ampatuan Sr., police reported. Police Capt. Steffi Salanguit, spokesperson of the Police...
The missing widow of the late former Barangay Balibago, Angeles City Captain Rodelio Mamac was found dead on Monday, Feb. 16. Police identified the victim as businesswoman Maria Teresa “Tess” Mamac. Her body was unearthed in her house in Angeles on Monday, Feb. 16, during a thorough search of...
