TACLOBAN CITY – A 62-year-old grandmother went missing at the height of typhoon “Tino” in Barangay Hilaan, Bontoc town, Southern Leyte province on Tuesday afternoon. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) said Yolanda Labastida and her husband were evacuating...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two security guards were found dead with multiple bullet wounds at the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) office in Ipil municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The Ipil Municipal Police Station identified the victims as 52-year-old Jamie Dante, a resident of...
TACLOBAN CITY — A 78-year-old man died early Tuesday morning in Barangay Romualdez, MacArthur, Leyte, after his nipa hut was struck by a fallen tree during the onslaught of typhoon “Tino.” The victim, alias Max, a widower and jobless resident, was discovered at 5:40 a.m. According to the...
CEBU CITY – A 44-year-old fisherman died while two others were wounded when they were shot while aboard a motor banca in Barangay Pasil here on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 2. Police identified the fatality as Efren Tancos, a native of Inabanga, Bohol province. Wounded were Marvin Duallo Moreno, 27,...
BACOLOD CITY – A barangay councilor and an active member of an anti-communist organization was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside his home in Purok 1, Barangay Tambad, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Monday, Nov. 3. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said six armed men...
BACOLOD CITY – A 43-year-old police officer is facing murder charges before the Talisay City Prosecutor’s Office in Negros Occidental for allegedly killing a single mother who he had a three-year love affair. Although Police Staff Sgt. Enrique Gonzalodo Jr. claimed in his extrajudicial...
TACLOBAN CITY — A barangay chairman was gunned down on Sunday in Purok 7, Barangay Nijaga, Calbayog City. Police identified the victim as Rogelio Salvame, 50, of Barangay Guinbaoyan Norte, Calbayog City. Police Lt. Col. Dinvir Revita, Calbayog City police chief, said Salvame and his 34-year-old...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Two toddlers were killed in a fire that destroyed their house in Purok 5, Barangay Dalahican, this city, on All Saints’ Day. Police identified the victims as Francis, one-year-old, and brother Vladimir, two. The fire broke out at the house owned by their auntie Joyce, 26,...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez on Saturday asked the Philippine National Police and Department of Justice to thoroughly investigate the brutal killing of a 42-year-old single mother from Victorias City, Negros Occidental. “I am calling for a full and...
BACOLOD CITY – A police officer assigned to the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) surrendered on Saturday, Nov. 1, leading to the discovery of the body of a missing 42-year-old single mother in Barangay Don Jorge Araneta, Bago City, Negros Occidental. The suspect, with a rank of police staff...
CEBU CITY – Police Capt. Joel Hernan Deiparine had promised to give his wife a belated birth anniversary treat. The agreed day came and went. No celebration. No party. What ensued was a tragedy that the policeman’s wife still couldn’t accept. Deiparine’s wife, who asked not be named, said...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Philippine National Police-Special Action Forces trooper and three suspected gun runners were killed in a shootout in Sitio Talatak, Barangay Bato Bato, Indanan town, Sulu province on Thursday, Oct. 30. A well-known figure, Alnaib Sahiddan Daud, alias General, was killed along...
