ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-6 said 42 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease dengue in Western Visayas region in eight months. A FOGGING operation is conducted in Capiz as the province battles a dengue outbreak. (Capiz Provincial Government Communications Group)...
TACLOBAN CITY – A six-year-old girl was killed and her mother was injured after they were hit by a passenger bus on Wednesday, September 4, on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Tinambacan Norte, Calbayog City, Samar. The bus was traveling from Manila to Tacloban City when it struck the...
LEMERY, Batangas - The body of a woman was found in the shoreline of Balayan Bay in Barangay Mataas na Bayan here on Tuesday, September 3. Barangay Chairman John Edison Mahinay told police that the body was discovered face down around 10 a.m. by Reynaldo, a resident of Barangay Mataas na Bayan,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 67-year-old man died in a collision between a truck and tricycle in Barangay III-Poblacion, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Paterno Belleza of Barangay Mandalagan here. Police Major Romulo Gepilango, Pontevedra police...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old laborer was electrocuted while urinating in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Sunday afternoon, September 1. A LABORER was electrocuted while peeing in a resort in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, September 1. (Photo...
SAN NICOLAS, Pangasinan – Three persons were killed in a collision between a commuter van and motorcycle with sidecar in Barangay Poblacion East here on Monday, September 2. Police identified victims as motorcycle passengers Angelito Gumtang, Joelo Gumtang, and Rolly Platino, all residents of...
BANNA, Ilocos Norte – A suspected gun-for-hire was killed in a broad daylight ambush in Barangay Tabtabagan here on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Isaac Casay, 54, alias Bigso, of Poblacion 1, Adams, Ilocos Norte and Barangay Santo Niño, Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte. Casay...
A 70-year-old woman died hours after rescuing a five-year-old boy from being rammed by a multicab in Barangay Poblacion Norte, Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Susana Antolin Abarra. Investigation said Abarra had just finished attending Mass at 5 a.m....
KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya – A teenage boy was allegedly stabbed to death by his minor cousin during a drinking session in an abandoned house in Barangay Tokod here on Thursday night, August 29. Police Capt. Joey Flores, Kasibu deputy chief of police, said the victim, Junjun, and the suspect, Mon, and...
CEBU CITY – Two persons died and nine others were injured in two landslides during a heavy downpour here on Sunday, September 1. A HOUSE is badly damaged after a riprap collapsed in Barangay San Jose, Cebu City at dawn on Sunday, September 1. (Calvin D. Cordova) The first landslide happened...
BANGUED, Abra – A farmer was killed and a former municipal councilor was wounded in shooting incidents in Abra on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the fatality as Hidalgo G. Villanueva, 41, of Barangay Patucannay, Tayum and Tarlac City. Villanueva died on the spot after he was shot in the...
BACOLOD CITY – A stepfather admitted to the National Bureau of Investigation here that he molested his teenage stepdaughter who was found dead in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental last month. The stepfather made the admission on Friday, August 30, after he was summoned following...
