The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday, Jan. 2, ordered intensified checkpoints and hot pursuit operations in Matalam, North Cotabato following a grenade attack that injured 22 civilians during a New Year’s Eve celebration. According to initial investigation, two men riding a motorcycle...
DAVAO CITY – One of the suspects in the New Year’s Eve grenade throwing incident in Barangay Dalapitan, Matalam town, Cotabato province was killed in a police hot pursuit operation on Thursday evening, Jan. 1. According to a report from the Cotabato Police Provincial Office, 22 persons were...
MATALAM, North Cotabato – Police authorities here have launched a province-wide manhunt for two men on a motorbike who lobbed a hand grenade at a roadside New Year’s Eve celebration, injuring at least 22 people. The revelers who sustained shrapnel wounds are now receiving treatment in various...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – Authorities are searching for two men responsible for a grenade attack in this town that injured four people Thursday night. “Manhunt against the perpetrators is ongoing,” Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro...
Police said a 12-year-old girl was killed in a suspected grenade explosion in Barangay Labangal, General Santos City, on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Angel Malid. Investigation said the victim’s family heard an explosion in their backyard and saw the victim in a hammock. Malid...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three soldiers and a civilian were injured in a grenade explosion at the headquarters of the 18th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Campo Uno, Lamitan City, Basilan province on Wednesday evening, Aug. 6. Injured were Private Chico D. Obillo, 28; Private Armando M. Patinio III;...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A grenade exploded inside the home of the president of a contractor’s association and a known supporter of Mayor Khymer Olaso here on Monday, July 28. The explosion was heard at around 3:22 a.m. at the house of Melvin Q. Tan, president of La Contratistas de la Ciudad de...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – A grenade explosion rocked the barangay hall of Mabini Extension here before dawn on Saturday, May 10. Police said that based on closed-circuit television camera footage, an unidentified man wearing black jacket with hoodie and driving a black Kawasaki Bajaj...
Four soldiers were badly hurt in a grenade attack at a Philippine Army (PA) detachment in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Saturday night, March 15. Colonel Roden Orbon, spokesperson of the 6 th Infantry Division (6ID), said the suspects were onboard a motorcyle when they lobbed a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Three persons, including the supporter of a reelectionist mayor, were injured in a grenade explosion in Kalawit, Zamboanga del Norte on Monday, March 3. The victims were identified as Arnold Yu Lubaton, 69, reportedly a staunch supporter of the reelectionist mayor of...
MATALAM, North Cotabato – A grenade explosion inside a carnival here left one dead and about five others injured minutes before the New Year on Tuesday night, Dec. 31. MATALAM, North Cotabato Vice Mayor Ralph Rafael (center) speaks to residents and police following the grenade explosion on Dec....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A policeman was injured in a grenade explosion in Isabela City in Basilan on Sunday night, September 29, a day before the declaration of the city as Abu Sayyaf Group-free. The injured was identified as Police Patrolman Aldimar Salahuddin of the Regional Mobile Force...
