LIPA CITY, Batangas – A 52-year-old electrician was shot dead in a store in Barangay Muntingpulo here on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 14. Police said the victim Roger, single, was sitting inside his friend 's store when an unidentified man appeared and shot him in the chest. The victim died on...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old chairwoman of Purok 5 (Zone 5) in Barangay Lina-on, Cauayan, Negros Occidental was shot dead by five unidentified persons outside her home on Tuesday night, Oct. 14. Initial investigation revealed that the perpetrators, reportedly armed with long firearms, arrived in...
COTABATO CITY – Two armed men were killed and three government forces were injured during a shootout that erupted while serving warrants of arrest in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao del Norte province at about 5 a.m. Wednesday. Police Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, Datu Odin Sinsuat municipal police...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The National Irrigation Authority in Northern Mindanao (NIA-10) has committed to cooperate fully in the investigation into the killing of its former employee, a case that has drawn national attention after a resolution was filed in Congress to probe the death. In an...
An elderly businesswoman drowned while saving two minors in the sea of Purok 13, Sitio Capaclan, Barangay Inayawan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Oct. 11. The victims were a 15-year-old girl, a five-year-old boy, and a 64-year-old businesswoman, all residents of Barangay Inayawan. Police...
CEBU CITY – A driver of a ride-hailing app was believed to have been robbed before he was killed by his passenger in Barangay Kalunasan here on Sunday morning, Oct. 12. Dexter Nanong Dandan, 48, was found slumped on the ground with multiple stab wounds in the abdomen. Police said a 17-year-old...
COTABATO CITY – Two men on a motorbike killed a village councilor of Ampatuan town, Maguindanao del Sur province and his son on Monday morning. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region police, said Barangay Kapinpilan Councilor Abusama Agao and his son,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 24-year-old lineman was electrocuted to death while working to energize a transformer in Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Oct. 11. Police identified the victim as Orly, an employee of a private contractor firm, and a resident of Victorias City,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Four people were killed and eight others were injured as a cargo truck plowed into 11 vehicles and three houses on the Maharlika Highway in Purok Maulawin, Barangay Isabang, this city, before midnight Saturday. Police identified three of the victims as William Lorilla, 34,...
A former employee of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA)-Region 10 known for speaking out against corruption in the agency on social media was shot dead in Cagayan de Oro City on Friday, Oct. 10. Police identified the victim as Niruh Kyle Antatico, 40, married, and a Juris Doctor graduate....
CANDELARIA, Quezon – A couple was beaten to death with a steel pipe on Thursday morning, Oct. 9, in Sitio Tubohan, Barangay Buenavista West, this town. Police identified the victims as Bandido,59, farmer, and Luz, 58, vendor. Investigation said Bandido was about to open their store when the...
TACLOBAN CITY — A laborer allegedly killed his 77-year-old mother for failure to prepare dinner for him on Tuesday in Sitio Riverside, Barangay Macupa, Leyte, Leyte. The suspect, Rick, 35, was apprehended in a hot-pursuit operation in Barangay Belen, Leyte, Leyte. Investigation said the suspect...
