Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Thursday, Oct. 5, said that a Personal Accident Insurance policy is now active for all teachers and personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) as she works in her concurrent capacity as Education chief to address the challenges faced by...
BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya – Fifteen persons were injured after a passenger jeepney fell off a bridge here on Wednesday, October 4. Police said a Toyota Hi-Ace van driven by Elmer Pimentel Fabian, 64, bound to Manila slowed down to turn left. The jeepney driven by Ambrocio Ramel Jr. with 14...
INFANTA, Pangasinan – Three fishermen drowned and 11 were rescued after their fishing vessel capsized after accidentally colliding with an alleged foreign vessel 180 nautical miles or 333 kilometers northwest of Barangay Cato here on Monday, October 2. A report from the office of Police Col. Jeff...
BATANGAS CITY – A 21-year-old student died in a motorcycle-truck collision before dawn on Sunday, October 1, in Barangay Pallocan West here. Police identified the victim as Julius Gabriel Dipasupil, single, resident of Barangay Santa Rita Karsada, this city. Investigation said driver Bernie...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman was buried alive under tons of sugarcane when a 14-wheel truck fell on its side in Sitio Cabcab, Barangay Tabu, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 29. A 14-WHEEL truck loaded with sugarcane fell on its side and killed a woman in Barangay Tabu, Ilog, Negros...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – A police officer died in a motorcycle accident on the national highway in Barangay Puspus, Bantay, Ilocos Sur early Friday morning, September 29. Police said the victim, Police Staff Sgt. Romualdo Mario Valorozo Piamonte Jr., 46, assigned to the Provincial Police Mobile...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – A 63-year-old foreman died and his daughter was injured when a tree fell on them while they were on board a motorcycle in Barangay 7 here on September 20. “Julie,” 35, the daughter of the victim, Sammy Aplaon, a resident of Barangay 7, told police Tuesday, September 26,...
Photo Courtesy of Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) / MANILA BULLETIN A motorcycle rider died in a vehicular accident along Roxas Boulevard in Ermita, Manila on Monday morning, Sept. 25. The Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) identified the...
SOLSONA, Ilocos Norte – A modified tricycle driver was killed in a collision with a truck on the national highway in Barangay Juan, this town, on Saturday, September 23. Police identified the victim as Joel Asuncion, 39, a resident of Barangay Man-anteng, Solsona. Investigation said the victim...
CAMP President Quirino, Ilocos Sur – Two persons died in motorcycle accidents in San Vicente and Santiago, this province, on Friday, September 22. Police identified the victims as Ellaine Mae Aguinaldo Pastor, 28, of Barangay Puspus, Bantay, Ilocos Sur, and Leumark Soliba Abumiawan, 30, of...
CEBU CITY – In the wrong place at the wrong time. Such was the case for two persons who were killed in freak accidents in separate areas in Cebu. In Sogod, a 16-year-old boy was killed when a trunk of a coconut tree fell on him on Wednesday night, September 20. The victim was identified as...
BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver died and two others were injured in a collision with a truck in Puting Tubig, Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, September 19. Police identified the fatality as Rogelio Ore Jr. of Barangay Bonifacio, Cadiz City. Injured were Mila...