The University of the Philippines (UP) on Friday, July 11, strongly condemned the brutal killing of UP Diliman student Sophia Coquilla, who was found murdered in her home in Tagum City. In an official statement, the university expressed profound sorrow over the tragic loss of Coquilla, who was...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers shared to House reporters on Sunday, March 5 a list of 25 local officials--mostly mayors--who have been killed between 2016 and 2022. (Unsplash) Barbers did this perhaps to illustrate the gravity of the situation wherein elected officials of...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos, Jr. ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to conduct a massive manhunt for the suspects behind the ambush of Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal “Bombit” Alonto-Adiong, Jr. that killed four of his...
PARIS, France – Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders. Mexican journalist Rodolfo Montes delivers a speech during a demonstration held by Mexican...
The 10 family members killed in a fire incident that gutted down a residence in Muntinlupa City died of ‘asphyxia by suffocation’, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) City Fire Marshal supt. Eugene Briones said Monday, Dec. 19. Asphyxia is a condition arising when the body is deprived of oxygen,...
BUTUAN CITY -- Two communist-New People’s Army (NPA) terrorists were killed while undetermined number of other rebels were believed wounded in a fierce battle with the government security forces in the hinterland area of Tapol, Barangay Kibanban, Balingasag town, Misamis Oriental province,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Four persons were killed while one was wounded after they were riddled with bullets hours after attending a wedding in Barangay Baas, Lamitan City, Basilan at dawn on Tuesday, Nov. 8. A report from the Lamitan police station said the victims were sleeping on a makeshift stage at a...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to enforce stricter security measures in the checkpoints and borders of Lamitan City, Basilan following the killing of the father of Dr. Chao-Tiao Yumol,...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Danish police said Thursday that a teenage girl had been killed after a ride broke down at an amusement park Denmark's second largest city Aarhus. A photo taken on July 14, 2022 shows the closed Tivoli Friheden amusement park, in Aarhus, western Denmark, after a 14-year-old...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories -- Thousands of Palestinians on Thursday honoured Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh across the occupied West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem, a day after she was shot dead during an Israeli army raid. Israel and the Palestinians have traded blame over the...
Palestinians hold posters displaying veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, who was shot dead as she covered a raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp on May 11, 2022, in the West Bank city of Hebron. The poster reads in Arabic, "the Martyrdom of Journalists Shireen Abu Aqleh". HAZEM...
CEBU CITY—A policeman died after he was accidentally hit by his service firearm while responding to an alarm. The accident happened on Monday morning, April 18, in Barangay Bitoon, Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu. The fatality was identified as Pat. Ariel Arrabis, 33. According to Cpl. Christian...
