The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) renewed its commitment to protect journalists and pursue full accountability as the country observed the 16th anniversary of the Maguindanao Massacre on Sunday, Nov. 23. In a statement, the PTFOMS said it stands with the families of the 58...
A family of three was killed in their home in Barangay Managok, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on Wednesday night, May 21. Police identified the victims as Jovany Andohon, 50; his wife Evangeline, 48, and 14-year-old son. Investigation said unidentified men barged into the victims ' house and hit...
The Antipolo bakery massacre is considered solved following the arrest and filing of charges against the suspect who killed seven bakery workers, including two minors, on April 22, Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) director Col. Felipe Maraggun said on Saturday, April 26. Maraggun made the...
Authorities recover the bodies of the seven people killed in a stabbing rampage inside a bakery in Antipolo City. Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) Director Col. Felipe Maraggun said a drug test on the suspect in the Antipolo bakery massacre in Barangay Cupang has been requested to fully...
(Photo from Police Regional Office 4A) Seven persons were stabbed to death inside a bakery in Purok Uno, Barangay Cupang, Antipolo City on Tuesday, April 22, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said. Rizal PPO director Col. Felipe Maraggun said the victims were all employees of the...
A police officer wanted for his alleged involvement in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009 was arrested on Monday afternoon, Feb. 3, in Barangay Making, Parang, Maguindanao del Norte. Maguindanao del Norte police chief Police Col. Eleuterio Ricardo Jr. identified the suspect as Police Officer 1...
Eighteen countries have honored the courage of the journalists who lost their lives 15 years ago in the Maguindanao massacre and reiterated their call on the Philippine government to bring the remaining perpetrators accountable for the murder. Members of the Media Freedom Coalition in the...
Visayan journalists joined a solemn program on Thursday, Nov. 21, remembering the victims of the Maguindanao massacre in 2009. Fifty-eight persons, including 32 journalists, were killed in what is believed to be the single deadliest attack against journalists in the world. VISAYAN...
OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. leads the commemoration of the 47 th anniversary of the Patikul massacre in Sulu on Oct. 10, 2024. (Photo: OPAPRU) The path to peace may be long and challenging but it is worth it. Hence, the fragility of the peace process must be protected at all cost. This was...
COTABATO CITY – The Presidential Task Force on Media Security has expressed concern over reports that some politicians in Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat are allegedly coddling several suspects in the infamous Maguindanao massacre case. Undersecretary Paul Gutierrez, PTFoMS executive director,...
BACOLOD CITY – A witness has identified one of the alleged 15 perpetrators in the brutal killing of four family members in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental last week. Police Lt. Col. Reynante Jomocan, Himamaylan police chief, said the witness positively identified one suspect through photos of...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – The four members of the Fausto family in Negros Occidental were laid to rest on Sunday, June 18, amid calls for justice and in-depth investigation of their gruesome death in far-flung Sitio Kangkiling in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City. The burial rites at the Barangay...
