BACOLOD CITY – A 17-year-old girl found hogtied and lifeless in a vacant grassy lot in Barangay 12, this city, died from asphyxia by ligature and tested positive for sexual assault, police said. Police Capt. Francis Depasucat, head of Police Station 1, said the autopsy report indicated that the...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A man allegedly with mental health issues stabbed a passenger to death on board a provincial bus in Barangay Pinagpanaan, Talavera, Nueva Ecija, on Saturday night, Oct. 25. Police said the bus conductor was unloading cargo near a bridge when the suspect suddenly stood up...
SAN NARCISO, Quezon – A 22-year-old farmer was stabbed to death and his companion was injured while walking in Barangay Pagdadamayan here on Thursday night. Police identified the victim as Gerald. Investigation said Gerald and Christian, 22, were walking when a man onboard a motorcycle arrived....
LEGAZPI CITY – The Diocese of Legazpi condemned on Thursday the killing of radio broadcaster Noel Samar, who died after he was shot by an unidentified gunman on Maharlika Highway in Guinobatan, Albay, earlier this week. "We share in their grief and express our solidarity with all who condemn this...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya announced that the city government is offering a P100,000 reward to anyone who can provide credible information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the killing of a 17-year-old woman in this highly-urbanized city on Wednesday, Oct. 22....
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a woman was found in a grassy vacant lot at the reclamation area in Barangay 12 on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 22. Police Capt. Francis Depasucat, head of Police Station 1, said that a passerby who entered the lot to relieve himself discovered the body at 1 p.m. The...
TACLOBAN CITY – A teacher was shot gunned down by her husband at the Agbanga Elementary School in Barangay Agbanga, Matalom town, Leyte province, on Wednesday. The Matalom Municipal Police Station (MPS) identified the victim as Ellen, 39. Initial investigation said Ellen was being chased by the...
Acting Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. on Wednesday ordered the start of summary dismissal proceedings against a police corporal tagged in the killing of a barangay kagawad (councilor) and his partner in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. Nartatez said that...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two of the three suspects behind the murder of a village official in Basilan province on Tuesday, police said. Basilan police director Col. Cerrazid Umabong identified the two arrested suspects as Toh Lalung Acalul, 41, and Delpi Suratan, 32, both residents...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – A barangay councilor and his live-in partner were gunned down in Barangay 21, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, on Sunday. Police identified the victims as barangay councilor Joshua Madamba, 26, and live-in partner, Eloisa Jane Pagaduan, 30, an online accounting staff....
A murder suspect who had evaded arrest for seven years was finally arrested by Pasig City police at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 in Pasay City last Oct. 16, the Eastern Police District (EPD) announced. The 30-year-old suspect, identified as alias "Jef," was nabbed by...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 79-year-old businesswoman was robbed and stabbed to death inside her house in Barangay Vitali here on Thursday, Oct. 16. Police identified the victim as Asuncion Pajarito. Initial investigation showed that the suspects forcibly entered the victim 's residence and robbed...
