MAUBAN, Quezon – A 40-year-old construction worker was arrested for allegedly attempting to burn an Iglesia ni Cristo church in Barangay Soledad, this town, on Monday morning, May 19. Police said the suspect Arjay was armed with three Molotov cocktail bombs and entered the church of the prominent...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old man was shot and wounded by the police after he attempted to set fire to a fuel pump in a gasoline station in Barangay Santo Rosario, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 15. Police said the 25-year-old gasoline station manager requested for assistance...
PNP Chief Police General Rommel Francisco Marbil (Photo: PNP) A total of 28 incidents of drowning, vehicular accidents, and other incidents were recorded by the Philippine National Police (PNP) this Holy Week but the security situation nationwide remains “generally peaceful”. As of Black...
BUTUAN CITY – The New People’s Army burned a warehouse for cassava in Sitio Kalipay, Barangay San Luis, Malitbog, Bukidnon province on Saturday, April 5. A CASSAVA warehouse was torched by communist rebels in Bukidnon on April 5. (4th ID) Major Gen. Michele B. Anayron Jr., commanding general of...
Gunmen torched 10 houses in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday, March 9. TRANSPORT terminal in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur. (Wikipedia) Shariff Aguak Councilor Datu Oping Ampatuan said a group of gunmen arrived and set the houses on fire. The owners fled to safer areas as the...
ILOILO CITY – Three cars of suspended Tobias Fornier town, Antique province Mayor Ernesto “Toto” Tajanlangit III were set on fire before dawn on Sunday, September 22. Tajanlangit posted a Facebook a live video of the incident that occurred at past 1 a.m. at the parking garage of his house....
BACOLOD CITY – A 35-year-old man allegedly set his family’s house on fire following a misunderstanding with his stepbrother in Sitio Relocation 1, Barangay Bantayanon, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 8. Fire Officer 1 Manuel Ardo, arson investigator of the Calatrava Municipal Fire...
BACOLOD CITY – A 58-year-old janitor is facing arson charges for the blaze that gutted the house of Mayor Renato Gustilo and his family’s ancestral home in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on June 14. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/6/16/fire-destroys-san-carlos-city-mayor-s-ancestral-home THE...
BACOLOD CITY – An 85-year-old man was stabbed to death by his allegedly mentally-ill nephew in Purok Bougainvillea, Barangay Antipolo, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 18. AN alleged mentally-ill man burned his brother’s house and stabbed his uncle to death in Barangay Antipolo,...
CATANAUAN, Quezon – A court here has ordered the release of film director Jade Castro and his three companions after more than a month in detention for destructive arson. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/17/film-director-3-companions-face-destructive-arson-raps-over-torching-of-modern-jeep The...
CATANAUAN, Quezon – The provincial prosecutor has recommended destructive arson charges against film director Jade Castro and three others over the recent burning of a modern jeepney here. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/1/gunmen-torch-modern-jeep-in-quezon A FILM director and his three companions...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The families of the four suspects in the burning of a modern jeepney in Catanauan, this province, on Wednesday, January 31, said they were wrongfully arrested by the police. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/1/gunmen-torch-modern-jeep-in-quezon THE four suspects in the burning...