BACOLOD CITY – Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, Bacolod City police director, declared Monday, Oct. 24, that the MassKara Festival here this year was generally peaceful. MORE than 2,000 security forces received recognition during the culmination of the 43rd MassKara Festival at the Bacolod City...
BACOLOD CITY – A “habal-habal” or motorcycle-for-hire driver was gunned down in front of his live-in partner in Barangay Ani-e, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Oct. 23. POLICE respond to a shooting incident in Barangay Ani-e, Calatrava, Negros Occidental in which a motorcycle-for-hire...
DATU MONTAWAL, Maguindanao (PNA) – Unidentified gunmen shot dead a municipal councilor on the national highway here at past noon on Monday, Oct. 24. Lt. Nurjhasier Sali, acting town police chief, said Datu Montawal Councilor Mubarak Moby Abubakar was talking to a vendor of a fish stall when...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (PNA) – Police launched a manhunt against two gunmen who shot dead a commander of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in Barangay Bual Sur here on Sunday night, Oct. 23. Lt. Col. Rolly Oranza, town police chief, identified the victim as Datu Jordan Tayuan, 59, of...
TUBA, Benguet – A miner was hacked to death by a colleague in Barangay Camp 4 here on Thursday, Oct. 20. Police identified the victim as Reynante Balusdan Killip of Kibungan, Benguet and Purok 12, Apugan, Irisan, Baguio City. Witness Fred Charwasen Gumaad, 39, miner, told police that the...
BATANGAS CITY – A 42-year-old hospital staff was gunned down while attending a fraternity anniversary on Sunday night, Oct. 23, in this city. The Batangas Police Provincial Office identified the victim as Delfin Gonday Jr., a resident of Barangay Kumintang here. Police said the victim and...
CEBU CITY – A 39-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly hacked his 74-year-old father-in-law dead in Barangay Lutac, the City of Naga, Cebu on Thursday, Oct. 20. Police said the victim, Alfredo Obeso Alferez, and the suspect, Joanne Pansacala Omayan, were having a drinking session when they...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police here are hunting down motorcycle-riding assailants who gunned down a barangay councilor and wounded two seniors in separate incidents on Wednesday, Oct. 19, and Thursday, Oct. 20. “We are looking at several persons (and are) digging deeper into this case,” said...
Authorities collared the security guard who fled after shooting a minor in Tagaytay City on Oct. 18. In a hot pursuit operation, Tagaytay City Police Station (CPS) operatives arrested Leo C. Saratan at his brother's residence in Las Piñas City on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The suspect is under the...
INDANG, Cavite – A man was shot dead in Barangay Buna Lejos I amid an argument over unpaid debt on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Cavite Police Provincial Office identified the suspect as Cerilo Berber. Investigation showed Berber owed money to the victim, Willy Costa. On Tuesday, the suspect and the...
TAGAYTAY CITY – A drunk security guard allegedly shot a minor in Barangay Iruhin East Tuesday night, Oct. 18. Cavite Provincial Police Office identified the suspect as Leo Saratan. Investigation showed the suspect shot the male victim in the abdomen using a .38-caliber revolver without a...
REAL, Quezon – Police said cash and gadgets totaling P620,000 were carted away from a store here on Tuesday, Oct. 18. The owner, Andrew Chan, told police that the incident occurred between 1:11 a.m. to 3:26 a.m. Investigation said the suspects destroyed the roll-up door and took 36...
