TUBA, Benguet – A mining company production department supervisor was killed in landslide in a mining site here on Dec. 1. The victim, whose name was not disclosed by the police, is a 48-year-old native of Pangasinan and resident of Philex Mines, Camp 3, Tuba. According to the Tuba Municipal...
IBAAN, Batangas – A bus driver was killed and 19 passengers were injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a trailer truck at the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) Tollway in Barangay Sabang here on Thursday. The Batangas Police Provincial Office said the accident happened at around...
An unidentified man was found dead inside a car parked in Barangay Efigenio Lizares, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Police Major Rhazl Jim Jocson, deputy chief of the Talisay City Police Station, said the victim was wearing red shorts, had no upper garment, and estimated to be...
BACOLOD CITY – A squad leader of the dismantled Central Negros 2 (CN2) of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in an encounter with the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday morning, Dec. 2. Lt. Col. Ziegfred Tayaban, 94th IB...
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-year-old businessman died and an 18-year-old senior high school student was injured after a Ceres Liner bus struck them in Barangay Galicia, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, Nov. 30. Police Major Randy Babor, Ilog police chief, said the bus was traveling from...
BACOLOD CITY – A police officer was killed when his motorcycle hit a truck parked in front of a memorial park in Barangay 1, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Nov. 30. The victim was a 32-year-old patrolman from the Maritime Police and a resident of Barangay Puso, La Castellana,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A foreign national was shot dead by an unidentified assailant here on Saturday evening, Nov. 29. Authorities said the shooting incident transpired at the boundary of Divisoria and Lumbangan. Police identified the victim as Elfaky Abdulrahman Elshawadfy Mohammed, 47, of Matina...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old former teacher and barangay treasurer was killed after he was run over by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) following a collision between a tricycle and a wing van truck in Sitio Tapol, Barangay Salong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Nov. 28. Police...
CEBU CITY – A five-year-old boy died in what was claimed as a freak accident in Argao town, Cebu province on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 26. The boy was found lifeless in a creek with a wound on his neck, police said. Police later found out that the wound was inflicted by his eight-year-old cousin,...
BACOLOD CITY – An 85-year-old woman was killed in a fire that destroyed her two-story house in Purok 6, Barangay Talubangi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday night, Nov. 26. Fire Officer 3 Alfie Gravela, arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Kabankalan, said the...
DAVAO CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will conduct a parallel investigation on the killing of a village chief in Digos City, Davao del Sur province this week, lawyer Israelito Torreon said Friday. “I just got confirmation that the NBI Director will issue an order within the...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Two maintenance section personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) were buried alive in a landslide in Barangay San Juan, Santa Praxedes town, Cagayan province, on Friday morning, Nov. 28. Wilzon Valdez, DPWH-Ilocos information officer, identified the...
