ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police officer and a suspected drug pusher were killed in a shootout during a buy bust operation in Hadji Mohammad Ajul town in Basilan province on Tuesday, Nov. 25. The suspect Hamid Idarus, alias Mids and a high-value individual, and his companions fired at lawmen after they...
Eleven persons were killed in a collision between a truck and a UV Express van in Camalig town, Albay province on Wednesday morning, Nov. 26. Nabua town, Camarines Sur province Mayor Fer Simbulan said 11 of the 13 victims were passengers of the van with a Nabua-Legazpi City route and residents of...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte and Davao del Sur Gov. Yvonne Cagas on Wednesday, Nov. 26, offered a P1-million reward each – a total of P2 million – for the arrest of the mastermind in the killing of Barangay Tres de Mayo, Digos City Captain Oscar Bucol inside his residence on...
A barangay captain was shot dead in an ambush in Barangay Alauli, Masantol town, Pampanga province on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 25. Police identified the victim as Barangay Balibago, Masantol Captain Jinqui Quiambao. Investigation said the victim and his colleagues were on their way home from the...
DAVAO CITY – A barangay captain in Digos City, Davao del Sur province was shot while streaming live on his Facebook page inside his residence at around 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25. Police identified the victim as Oscar “Dodong” Bucol Jr. of Barangay Tres de Mayo. Bucol was streaming live on his...
BACOLOD CITY – A 52-year-old laborer was killed by a lightning strike in his home in Barangay Anahaw, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Nov. 23. Police Lt. Col. Jovil Sedel, Hinigaran police chief, said the incident was reported to them by the victim’s wife on Monday, Nov. 24....
COTABATO CITY – Armed hostilities that erupted Monday in a remote village in Matalam, North Cotabato, involving Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) factions have left seven persons dead, including an MILF field commander. The fatality was identified as MILF commander Salidato Langalen, whose...
CEBU CITY – A church in Liloan town, northern Cebu province finally reopened nearly a month after it bore witness to a gruesome crime. San Fernando Rey Parish reopened on Sunday, Nov. 23, after the Archdiocese of Cebu completed the required rites of reparation and reconsecration. Built in 1847,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than P200,000 in reward money has been offered to persons who can provide information leading to the arrest of suspects in the murder of Barangay Councilor Julhambri Utubara here last Saturday, Nov. 22. Mayor Khymer Olaso offered P100,000. Liga ng mga Barangay President...
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – Four individuals were killed and a minor student was seriously injured when a cargo truck rammed a tricycle on Quirino Highway, Barangay Santa Cecilia, this town, on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 23. Police identified the victims as Michael, tricycle driver; Lea, minor; Shirly, and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A three-year-old boy was killed in a fire that destroyed his house here on Saturday, Nov. 22. Police said Elvie Vulcan, the boy’s grandmother, was cooking and the victim was watching a video online on the second floor when the fire erupted inside his room. Vulcan rushed outside...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay councilor was shot dead here before dawn on Saturday, Nov. 22. Police said the victim, Julambri Baring Utubara, 28, councilor of Barangay Manicahan, was driving his motorcycle in Barangay Santa Catalina when a man, Kyle Belleza Navarro, engaged him in a conversation...
