ALCALA, Cagayan – A barangay chairman was killed and nine passengers were injured in a road crash in Barangay Pared here on Friday morning, July 18. Police identified the fatality as Jesus Calatican, 54, chairman of Barangay Lablabig, Claveria, Cagayan and driver of a barangay service vehicle....
BACOLOD CITY – A maid and a painter were electrocuted to death in Barangay Talacagay, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Thursday morning, July 17. The victims were a 36-year-old woman from Basay, Negros Oriental, and a 40-year-old man from Hinoba-an. Police Major Jaynick Bermudez, Hinoba-an police...
BAGUIO CITY – Two women were killed and three others were injured by a wayward van in Barangay Irisan here on Saturday night, July 12. The fatalities were aged 35 and 60. Injured were two children of one of the fatalities aged nine and three and a 34-year-old woman. Police said that the victims...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three people were killed after a dump truck plunged into a canal in Barangay Calaguise, Leyte, Leyte, on Thursday, July 10. Police identified one of the fatalities as Oliver, 38. Investigation said driver Ricky, 44, lost control of the dump truck after its brakes failed and veered...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two passengers died and 28 others were injured when their bus crashed into a tree and plunged into a roadside ditch in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday morning. Jufil Mabanag, Dumingag municipal information officer, said the accident occurred around 7:20 a.m. in Purok 4,...
CEBU CITY – A policeman died in what authorities described as an accidental firing inside his house in Barangay Buhisan here on Tuesday morning, July 8. Police Corporal Edmund Danieles Agustin, 33, suffered a bullet wound in the abdomen. He was assigned to the Investigation and Detective...
BACOLOD CITY – A 23-year-old graduating aeronautics student was killed in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Mabini, Pulupandan, Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 6. Police identified the victim as Christian, a resident of Barangay Zone 7, Pulupandan. Investigation said the victim and his two...
BACOLOD CITY – Sixteen out of 17 government workers injured in an accident in Silay City, Negros Occidental last month have opted not to file charges against the driver of a city government-owned mini-dump truck involved in the incident. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO)-Western Visayas has issued a show-cause order to a 30-year-old dump truck driver involved in a tragic accident that left seven people dead in Barangay Guimbalaon, Silay City, Negros Occidental on June 27. The order signed by LTO-E.B. Magalona...
A driver whose wayward truck got involved in a fatal accident in Marikina City in April had his license revoked by the Land Transportation Office (LTO), it was revealed Friday, July 4. LTO Chief, Asst. Sec. Vigor D. Mendoza II said the truck driver was also meted out the maximum penalty for...
BACOLOD CITY – A 53-year-old dump truck driver involved in a road accident that killed seven job order employees in Barangay Guimbalaon, Silay City, Negros Occidental last week has been released from hospital arrest. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, said that none of the...
BOKOD, Benguet – Two people died after a pickup truck with five people onboard plunged into a 300-meter ravine in Sitio Jappas, Barangay Bobok-Bisal, this town, on June 30. The Bokod Municipal Police Station said the pickup truck was on its way to Baguio City from Tabuk City, Kalinga and...
