TACLOBAN CITY – A two-year-old girl died after she was attacked by three dogs and infected with rabies in Barangay Campetic, Palo, Leyte, on Saturday, May 9. Her parents said she was taken to the Leyte Provincial Hospital (LPH) in Palo and referred to the Eastern Visayas Medical Center (EVMC)...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A senior citizen was shot dead in Basilan province on Sunday evening, May 10. Police identified the victim as Gilberto Francisco Toledo. Investigation said the victim driving a motorcycle in Barangay Lanote, Isabela City when gunmen onboard a motorcycle appeared and shot him. The...
A 36-year-old seven-months pregnant teacher was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Bumagcat, Tayum, Abra Saturday night. Police identified the victim as Maria Elaine B. Valencia, an elementary school teacher in Taguig City and resident of Barangay Pawa, Lagangilang, Abra....
One soldier was killed and four others were injured when a military truck crashed on the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway in Barangay Caramutan, Villasis, Pangasinan on Friday afternoon, May 8. Police said the truck with license plates SAB-2115 driven by a 31-year-old soldier was traversing...
CEBU CITY – Two men were found dead in a hole that they dug up as part of a reported treasure-hunting activity in Dagohoy town, Bohol. The two men, identified as Mar and Raymundo, were found hours apart on Friday, May 8. Efforts to find their companion are still ongoing, police said. Police...
RAMON, Isabela – Public outrage erupted on social media following the fatal shooting of a dog by still unidentified riding-in-tandem gunmen on the Isabela-Alfonso Lista Road in Barangay Ambatali here recently. Police Major Jay-ar Olya-on, chief of the Ramon police station, said on Saturday that...
BUTUAN CITY – A police officer was killed in a buy-bust operation involving two suspected drug pushers in Sitio Cayutan, Purok 2, Barangay Cagniog, Surigao City on Wednesday night, May 6. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Marcial Mariano P. Magistrado IV visited the wake and...
ILOILO CITY – Police are hunting a barangay councilor here for fatally stabbing a delivery boy on Thursday evening, May 7. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) identified the suspect as Melvin Acebuque, councilor of Barangay Santa Filomena in Arevalo District. Initial investigation led by Police...
BACOLOD CITY – A 39-year-old farmer was allegedly shot dead by his stepson during an altercation in Purok Kapehan, Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 6. Police said that the suspect, 21-year-old Jay-r, was drinking coffee inside their house when the victim...
BACOLOD CITY – A 79-year-old woman was killed and her husband was injured in a fire on Wednesday, May 6, in Purok Maanyag 2, Barangay Alijis here. Fire Insp. Jemarie Tapiru, deputy city fire marshal, identified the victim as Rosa Magbanua. Tapiru said the fire broke out at 9:45 p.m. but was only...
BACOLOD CITY – A 53-year-old farmer was gunned down in Sitio Agbalatuan, Barangay Dolis, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 5. Police said the victim and his wife were about to leave their house when three unidentified men appeared. The suspects asked the victim to step out of his house...
BOKOD, Benguet — A 72-year-old woman was found dead and buried in remote Barangay Daclan here on Sunday, May 3. A resident saw the woman’s son burying what appeared to be an object. The resident asked a relative to check the area. The relative discovered a human foot protruding from the ground...
