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...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Four people, including two minors, were injured in a vehicular accident in Barangay Sinunuc here on Saturday evening, June 28. The collision involved two vehicles -- an Isuzu Bongo and a Bajaj. The Isuzu Bongo driven by 42-year-old Darwin delos Santos Francisco was traveling...
BACOLOD CITY – Silay City Mayor Joedith Gallego on Friday assured immediate assistance and other necessary support to the victims of the tragic crash involving a city government-owned mini dump truck in Barangay Guimbala-on. Based on the initial police report, a group of job order employees who...
BACOLOD CITY – Five people were killed when a mini-dump truck with 24 passengers overturned in Barangay Guimbalaon, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Friday morning, June 27. Police Lt. Grace Eran, administrative officer of the Silay City Police Station, identified the fatalities as Rafael...
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – A three-day-old baby boy was killed in a freak motorcycle accident in Barangay Rizal, this town, on Wednesday night, June 25. Police said the victim, Ronald, was wrapped in a blanket and carried by his mother, Janeth, on their way home to Del Gallego, Camarines Sur onboard a...