BACOLOD CITY – A 49-year-old backhoe operator drowned after the heavy equipment he was operating capsized during clearing operations in the reclamation area in Barangay 1, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Friday, Nov. 21. Police identified the victim as Harvey, of Barangay Miranda, Hinigaran....
CEBU CITY – A truck helper was pinned to death by a backhoe in a freak accident in Barangay Sapangdaku here on Friday, July 26. Police identified the victim as Mark Vincent Latayad, a resident of City of Naga, Cebu province. Investigation by the Enforcement Unit of the Cebu City Police Office...
A heavy equipment operator was crushed to death by a falling boulder on Thursday noon, March 21, in Sitio Mahabang Parang, Barangay Toong Tuy, Batangas. MAP of Batangas with the town of Tuy highlighted. The victim was identified as Bebon Caliso, 34, of Barangay Bantayan, Sindangan, Zamboanga del...
NASUGBU, Batangas – A construction worker died after his body was split in half by the bucket tooth of a backhoe at Nasacosta Resort in Sitio Aplaya, Barangay Natipuan, this town, on Friday morning, December 8. Police said the victim, Ricardo Domanais, a resident of Barangay Natipuan, was...
A piece of construction equipment saved the day for a couple whose once-in-a-lifetime event would have turned into disaster and a day they rather forget. With the help of a backhoe, couple Ivy Alentajan and Regie Sareno bypassed a rising body of water and made it to their wedding reception in...
Rescuers try to extract a backhoe driver after being buried alive at a Zamboanga quarry site. (PNP photo) A backhoe driver was killed after being buried alive at a quarry site in Salaan, a town in Zamboanga’s east coast, at around noontime on Sunday, May 23. Investigation showed that 40-year-old...
