CEBU CITY – A four-year-old boy died after a metal railing fell on him at Pasil fish port in Barangay Suba here at past 4 p.m. on Monday, October 14. A video circulating on social media showed the victim leaning on the railing while another child climbed the metal barrier. As the other child...
CEBU CITY – A municipal mayor in Cebu province and several others are facing criminal charges for the death of a construction worker in Dalaguete town, southern Cebu. The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) said Dalaguete Mayor Ronald Allan Cesante should be held liable for...
PAGBILAO, Quezon – A bus driver was killed after he was hit and dragged by a truck that lost its brakes on a downhill section of the diversion road in Sitio Amao, Barangay Silangang Malicboy, this town, before dawn on Friday, October 11. Police identified the victim as Ejay Morales...
ALFONSO CASTAÑEDA, Nueva Vizcaya – Three persons were injured when a hanging bridge collapsed in Sitio Diogan, Barangay Abuyo, this town, on Thursday morning, September 26. The local government unit said that 43 students and seven teachers from Abuyo National High School were crossing...
NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – Eleven persons were injured when the passenger jeepney they were riding in overturned while ascending the zigzag portion of the national highway in Sitio Kakaldingan, Barangay Lungog, this town, on Thursday afternoon, September 19. Police said the vehicle driven by...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old lineman plunged to his death while working on an electric post in Barangay Villamonte here amid inclement weather due to the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by tropical cyclones on Sunday, September 15. A 34-year-old Negros Power lineman, Jessie James...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon - A three-year-old boy drowned in a water container near a construction site in Barangay Ibaba Palale, this city, on Wednesday afternoon, August 28. Police identified the victim as Gabriel, a resident of Barangay Gumihan, Infanta, Quezon. The victim was found lifeless, head...
A construction worker plunged to his death after he was electrocuted on the third floor of a building under construction at the public market in Camalaniugan, Cagayan on Thursday, August 15. A LABORER plunged to his death in Camalaniugan, Cagayan on Thursday, August 15. (Cagayan PIO) Police...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – A 40-year-old truck driver was pinned to death by a concrete arch at the boundary of Barangays Sala-and Marinig, this city, on Wednesday evening, August 14. Police identified the victim as Bryan Reyes Ramos of Taytay, Rizal. Investigation said the victim was driving a...
NASUGBU, Batangas – A vendor was killed after a big acacia tree toppled due to strong wind and heavy rain from typhoon “Carina” while selling "goto" (rice porridge with tripe) in Barangay Poblacion 3, this town, on Tuesday night, July 23. Police identified the victim as Virgilio, 46, a...
CEBU CITY – A resort in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City was shut down after one of its guests died while using its floating jumping balloon. The freak accident that claimed the life of 45-year-old Catherine Paypa Egam from Cagayan de Oro City happened in Pinky’s Floating Cottage Rental in Sitio...
CAMALANIUGAN, Cagayan – A 67-year-old barangay councilor or kagawad died after he was hit by wayward tire debris in a vulcanizing shop here on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Demi Balianca, kagawad of Barangay Cullit, Lal-lo, Cagayan. Investigation said Balianca was hit by a...
