INFANTA, Quezon – A 47-year-old laborer drowned on a river after his banca overturned in Barangay Dinahican, this town, this week. Police said the victim Karding, a resident of Barangay Balugao, this town, sailed with his cousin Rodney on the Agos River on Sunday, Nov. 16, from General Nakar,...
LUMBAN, Laguna – A 43-year-old man was shot dead in Barangay Maytalang here on Monday. Police said the victim Lito was walking on his way home when a man appeared and shot him. Lito died on the spot from multiple bullet wounds and the suspect fled. Police are conducting follow-up investigation....
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested on Tuesday a 37-year-old construction worker for allegedly molesting his minor cousin in Barangay Rizal, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Col. Alvimar Flores, Sagay police chief, said that the suspect was served an arrest warrant for two counts of rape and...
BACOLOD CITY – A laborer was allegedly stabbed to death by his brother-in-law during an altercation in Barangay Salong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Aug, 2. Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr. identified the victim as 26-year-old victim Lloyd. Indiape said the victim and the...
BANAYOYO, Ilocos Sur – A 21-year-old construction worker drowned while retrieving his slippers thrown by his co-worker into a river as a practical joke at the height of tropical storm “Crising” here on Saturday, July 19. Police Capt. Medward G. Galay, Banayoyo chief of police, identified the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 55-year-old construction worker was killed by the concrete wall of a hotel comfort room that collapsed at the Goldenfield Commercial Complex in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Friday, June 20. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod took the victim Arnel, a resident of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 51-year-old laborer was killed in a fire that destroyed his house in Hacienda Navidad, Barangay Caduha-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, June 17. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Cadiz identified the victim as Allan. Police said that a co-worker of the victim...
TACLOBAN CITY – A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by a 50-year-old laborer in Barangay Cansiboy, Burauen, Leyte on Tuesday, June 17. The victim’s grandmother, a barangay tanod, returned from duty at around 9 p.m. to find her missing. A search party was formed and the victim...
CEBU CITY–A laborer died when a metal pipe fell on him at a construction site in Barangay Zapatera here on Tuesday morning, June 10. Police identified the fatality as Julito Bacus Gerada Jr., 26, a resident of Barangay Biga, Toledo City. Gerada was one of the laborers working at two condominium...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested a 25-year-old construction worker on Monday for allegedly sexually molesting his 15-year-old girlfriend in Nawaan, Misamis Oriental province. Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office Police Major Joann G. Navarro identified the suspect as John,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 61-year-old laborer was fatally shot in a fiesta in Sitio Minasug-ang, Barangay Tabun-ac, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Thursday night, May 15. Police said the victim and a 25-year-old man, both residents of Barangay Bandila, Toboso, were attending the fiesta, when two men...
"Decent and dignified work is not a privilege, but a fundamental human right." This was stressed by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) during the observance of Labor Day today, May 1. The CHR joined the observance honoring all Filipino workers -- both at home and abroad -- for their...
