Two members of the Teduray Lambangian Indigenous Peoples tribe were killed in an ambush in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday afternoon. The fatalities were identified as Cita Angan, 39, and Ricky Tapioc, 30, residents of Barangay Mantao, Ampatuan. Angan was the wife of tribal...
CEBU CITY – Mystery surrounds the death of a 15-year-old girl in Oslob town, southern Cebu province who reported to the police that she was gang-raped before she died the next day. Police Major Jude Librando Cebrero, chief of the Olob Police Station, said they are still investigating the death of...
BACOLOD CITY – An 80-year-old woman died after she was run over by a pickup truck in Barangay Taculing here on Thursday, Dec. 19. Police identified the victim as Angelita Casguite, a resident of Barangay Taculing. Police Major Ramel Sarona, head of the Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU), said...
BACOLOD CITY – A 52-year-old businesswoman was accidentally shot dead by her live-in partner during a commotion in front of a convenience store in Barangay Zone 2, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Dec. 18. Police Lt. Col. John Joel Batusbatusan, Cadiz police chief, identified the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 35-year-old man drowned on a river in Barangay Santa Rosa, Murcia, Negros Occidental. The victim was identified as Ronel of Barangay Santa Rosa. Ronel was last seen alive on Monday afternoon, Dec. 15, when he asked permission from his wife to swim on the river near their...
ILOILO CITY — A policeman was allegedly stabbed to death on Dec. 16 by a laborer over a woman they were courting in Oton town, Iloilo province. Police identified the victim as Staff Sgt. Erwin Calubayan of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Region 6....
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A motorcycle rider was killed in a collision with a dump truck in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 17. Police identified the victim as Mark Adrian Amper, 23, of Sarrat. A MAN lies on a grassy area after his motorcycle collided with a dump truck in...
URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan -- A businessman was gunned down and his wife and two-year-old child were wounded in Barangay Pinmaludpod here on Monday, Dec. 16. Police identified the fatality as Ryan Agran Garcia, 39. Garcia was driving a Toyota Veloz with license plates IAF-9806 and wife...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – A suspected motornapper was killed in an encounter with the police here on Saturday. Police Col. Ferdinand Germino, Nueva Ecija police chief, said the suspect seized the motorcycle at gunpoint from a female rider at 4:20 a.m. on Felipe Vergara Highway, Barangay...
SANTA MARIA, Pangasinan – A 63-year-old farmer gunned down his alleged girlfriend before shooting himself in a farm in Barangay Pilar here on Friday, Dec. 13. Police identified the victim as Jovelyn, 43. Investigation said the victim and her co-workers were sorting eggplants for delivery...
SAN QUINTIN, Pangasinan – A tricycle driver was shot dead and a construction worker was wounded in a wake in Barangay Lagasit here on Saturday, Dec. 14. Police identified the fatality as Diomel Hermoso Galvan, 43. Investigation said Galvan and neighbor Junel Carmesis Guanizo, 44, were...
CEBU CITY – A couple was shot dead after they allegedly refused to lend money to a 43-year-old man in San Francisco town, Camotes Island, Cebu, on Thursday. Police identified the suspect as Rey Cabahug Batiller. A MAN was apprehended for allegedly shooting a couple who refused to lend money to...