BONTOC, Mountain Province – Three construction workers were killed and two others are missing after their truck plunged into the Chico River in Barangay Tocucan here on Monday morning, Oct. 27. The Bontoc Operations Center said the truck transporting five workers was headed to a project site in...
LOPEZ, Quezon – A soldier was killed and three colleagues were injured in a collision between their motorcycles and a bus in Barangay Talolong here before dawn on Monday. Police identified the fatality as Nico and the injured as Emer, Erwin, and Reynaldo. The victims are assigned to the 85th...
CEBU CITY – Observe traffic laws. Authorities issued this reminder following a road accident that claimed the life of a 41-year-old lady judge in Pinamungajan town, Cebu province on Wednesday, Oct. 22. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) said one of the motorcycles involved in the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 40-year-old woman was killed while five others were injured after they were hit by two acacia trees that toppled at the height of heavy rains on Wednesday, Oct. 22, in Barangay San Raymundo, Jolo, Sulu. Alhakin Alpapara, chief of the Barangay San Raymundo Disaster Risk...
CEBU CITY – A female judge died in a vehicular accident in Barangay Cabiangon, Pinamungajan town, Cebu province on Wednesday morning, Oct. 22. Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) Judge Carmela Rosario Pasquin, 41, was declared dead when she was brought to a hospital. Police said the judge was...
ATIMONAN, Quezon – A truck driver was killed and five persons were injured after a wayward cargo truck caught fire following a crash here on Monday morning, Oct. 20. Atimonan police chief Police Major Marnie Abellanida said the driver of the cargo truck, Rolando, lost control of the vehicle on a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three persons were injured when a pickup truck crashed into a vehicle comprising the convoy of Zamboanga City Rep. Jerry Perez on the MCLL Highway here on Friday, Oct. 17. The convoy of Perez was heading towards the city proper after inspecting projects when the pickup truck...
A family of five was killed when a buri palm tree fell on their house while they were sleeping at the height of tropical cyclone "Ramil" in Barangay Cawayanin, Pitogo town, Quezon province on Sunday morning, Oct. 19. Police identified the victims as Alberto Anoche Bueno, 66; Jean Andrea Bueno Pena,...
CEBU CITY – A motorcycle driver died while his backrider was injured when they fell off a cliff in Barangay Cambinocot here past noon Saturday, Oct. 18. Alberto Lapesigue, 57, was declared dead when he was brought to the Cebu City Medical Center. Floyd Perez Jr., Lapesigue’s neighbor in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Philippine Airlines flight was forced to return to the Zamboanga International Airport on Tuesday, Oct. 14, after experiencing bird strike while enroute to Manila. One of the passengers said that PAL flight PR2950 left the Zamboanga International Airport at 6:35 a.m. Some 15...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven people, including three minors, were injured after a horror train ride overturned in a carnival at the back of the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) around midnight on Monday, Oct. 13. Police Major Joeil Reclamado, head of Police Station 4, said the victims claimed the...
A female motorcycle passenger died on the spot while the rider was injured after they collided with a jeepney in Barangay Santolan, Pasig City on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Based on the initial investigation, the jeepney, which was plying the Marikina-Pasig route, was attempting a U-turn along Marcos...
