CALASIAO, Pangasinan – A 19-year-old man was hit and killed by a dump truck in Barangay San Miguel here on Thursday, Jan. 15. Police identified the victim as Male Jero of Pantal West, Dagupan City. Investigation said the victim allegedly jumped under the passing dump truck. He died on the spot...
BAGUIO CITY — A 63-year-old woman was killed and her four companions were injured when they were hit by a wayward electric bus in Camp John Hay here on Friday, Jan. 16. Police identified the fatality as Rowena Andrion. Investigation said that the electric bus with license plates NY369B driven by...
SAN JOSE, Batangas – A 42-year-old woman was stabbed dead by her husband during a heated argument in Barangay Tugtug here on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 15. Police identified the victim as Christine, self-employed. Investigation said Christine had an argument with the suspect, Erick, 44, an egg...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Hot pursuit operations are ongoing after an officer of the Philippine Coast Guard was shot dead while buying coffee in Ipil municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Thursday evening, Jan. 15. The victim was identified as Lt. Junior Grade Glennick Ytang, PCG sub-station commander...
CEBU CITY – The number of people who perished in the trash slide in a dumpsite in Barangay Binaliw here rose to 25 with the recovery of seven more fatalities on Thursday, Jan. 15. SFO3 Wendell Villanueva, information officer of the Cebu City Fire Department, said only 11 persons remained missing...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 68-year-old carpenter died and eight people, including the driver, were injured after their multi-purpose vehicle rammed a concrete barrier in Barangay Gulang-Gulang, this city, before dawn on Thursday, Jan. 15. Police identified the victim as Saturnino of Villa Esperanza,...
AMPATUAN, Maguindanao del Sur – Police and soldiers launched a manhunt Tuesday for gunmen who ambushed and killed a Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) field commander and his aide in a remote village here Monday night. Hams Kindo, alias Commander Tuabak, 46, commander of the MILF 118th Base...
BACOLOD CITY – The remains of 38-year-old Chelamie Dinawanao was transported from Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental to her hometown in Barangay Santiago, Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur on Monday, Jan. 12. The local government of Sibulan in Negros Oriental, in coordination with the provincial...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Criscente Tiguelo, Negros Oriental police director, was administratively relieved from his post following the fatal shooting of a police chief and his two colleagues allegedly perpetrated by a policeman in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Jan. 9. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong,...
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – An eight-year-old Grade 3 pupil was brutally murdered in Barangay Santiago 2, this city, on Friday, Jan. 9. Police identified the victim as Gianni Rick Nodero. Investigation said Nodero was waiting for his father to take him to school when he suddenly disappeared. The...
VIGAN CITY – A family of three was killed after their tricycle was struck by a pickup truck in Barangay Central East, Bauang, La Union, early Sunday morning. Police identified the fatalities as Sergio Patajo, 55, tricycle driver; his wife Daisy; and their son Alexander, 22. Police Staff Sgt. Juan...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Oriental mourned the death of a civilian and three policemen on Jan. 9 in the town of Sibulan. They called for healing and unity and appealed to all residents of Sibulan and the province to remain calm and united. "Let us support one another and...
