BACOLOD CITY – A 12-year-old Grade 6 pupil drowned on a river in Barangay Vista Alegre here on Wednesday, Jan. 28, two months before his elementary graduation and 13th birth anniversary in March. The victim, the youngest of four siblings, went to the river with several classmates after a half-day...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in a clash with soldiers in Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Friday, Jan. 30. Lt. Col. Zeigfred Tayaban, 94th Infantry Battalion commander, said the fatality was identified by his former comrades as Dante, a resident of...
A 43-year-old missing man was found dead with a stab wound in the neck near a rice field in Barangay Balelleng, Santo Tomas, Isabela on Jan. 25. The victim, single, self-employed, and a resident of Barangay Balelleng, was reported missing since Jan. 23. The victim was last seen with a 26-year-old...
BACOLOD CITY – A one-year-old girl was killed and her mother and a driver were injured after their tricycle swerved and turned on its side in Hacienda Balandra 2, Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Jan. 28. Police Lt. Daleen Grace Loreno, deputy chief of the Cadiz City...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Raphael Lotilla has ordered an investigation into the collapse of the Binaliw Sanitary Landfill in Cebu City that left 36 people dead early this month. Under Special Order No. 2026-32 issued by Lotilla, a Composite Team, which he...
A 24-year-old Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) cadet was killed and seven others were injured in an accident on the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway in Pozorrubio, Pangasinan on Tuesday morning. The driver of the lost control of the vehicle, a Mitsubishi Montero SUV, after its right...
BACOLOD CITY – A Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) has been formed on the killing of a barangay councilor in Murcia, Negros Occidental. Police Capt. Honey Labaro, Murcia police chief, said that the SITG will convene on Wednesday, Jan. 28, to discuss the progress of the investigation. The...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A businesswoman was shot dead in Barangay San Fermin here on Saturday, Jan. 24. The victim Angel, 43, was shot in the head and hand by a lone gunman while about to board her vehicle in front of her apartment. The suspect fled and she was taken to a hospital where she was...
A 59-year-old barangay councilor was shot dead in Purok Puncian, Barangay Santa Rosa, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Monday morning, Jan. 26. Police identified the victim as Kagawad Joe of Barangay Santa Rosa. Police Capt. Honey Labaro, Murcia police chief, said the victim had just alighted from a...
TACLOBAN CITY – A school principal was killed in a fire that hit his home in Barangay Malihao, Hinabangan, Samar, on Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Dolfo, 58. A housemate noticed smoke from the victim’s room and observed a thick smudge on the door frame. The housemate called the...
BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan — A 53-year-old businessman was shot dead in Barangay Nalsian Sur here on Saturday. Police said the victim was about to enter his driving school when two unidentified gunmen appeared and shot him. The suspects wearing black jackets fled on board a white motorcycle toward the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A motorcycle driver was hit and dismembered by a wing van truck on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Panubigan here on Friday, Jan. 23. Police identified the fatality as John Nelson Abdul Bustamante, 34. Investigation said that the victim was driving his motorcycle on the highway...
