ILOILO CITY – An off-duty police officer was killed inside a karaoke bar in Pontevedra town, Capiz province past midnight on Monday, July 20. The Pontevedra Municipal Police Station (MPS) identified the victim as Police Capt. Rian Fuentes Ampoyos, commander of the 1st Capiz Provincial Mobile...
TACLOBAN CITY – A couple was killed in a fire that destroyed their house in Barangay 107, New Hope Village, Santa Elena District, this city, on Sunday, July 19. The victims were identified as Paeng, 32, barangay kagawad (councilor) of the village, and his wife, Abtik, 31. Initial investigation by...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Two children drowned and six houses were destroyed in a flash flood on a river triggered by heavy rain on Sunday afternoon, July 19, in Barangay Mapagong here. Authorities said the victims were aged 11 and seven. Three persons were rescued – Regine, Jared Benites, and...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 56-year-old laborer was killed and his co-worker was seriously injured after a dump truck on a self-loading truck suddenly moved and pinned them while traversing the Quezon Eco-Tourism Road in Barangay Ibabang Talim here on Saturday night, July 18. Police identified the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A teenage girl drowned in raging flood here on Saturday afternoon, July 18. The victim and five teenage companions were swimming in the Pasonanca River when strong rains in the mountains triggered a rapid surge of water downstream. Five of them were able to seek refuge on a large...
CEBU CITY – A five-year-old child drowned while swimming together with other children in Barangay Angasil, Lapu-Lapu City on Friday afternoon, July 17. Lapu-Lapu Mayor Cindi King-Chan reported that two other children aged four and seven survived the incident. Chan said that three children were...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 32-year-old man was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Zambowood here on Friday, July 17. Police identified the victim as Mohammad Dail Ismael. Investigation said Ismael stepped out of his pickup truck and the suspects alighted from their motorcycle,...
A barangay councilor was shot dead inside his resort in Barangay Malibago, Echague, Isabela, on Friday morning, July 17. Initial investigation showed that a worker heard several gunshots and found the 66-year-old victim lying on the ground in a pool of blood. Police Major Domer Pelo, chief of the...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – A councilor of the Kadayangan, Special Geographic Area-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (SGA-BARMM) was gunned down Thursday afternoon in this town. Police Lt. Col. Rey Salgado, head of the Midsayap Municipal Police, said the attack against Kadayangan...
BACOLOD CITY – Police have three suspects in the murder of 73-year-old American marine biologist Dr. Kent E. Carpenter in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on July 12 in custody. A report from Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said that the first suspect, Mark, 26, a resident...
BANGUED, Abra – Police have arrested a 56-year-old public school principal over the fatal shooting of a seven-month pregnant teacher and her unborn child last May Tayum, Abra. Police said the suspect was arrested inside his office in a school in Lagangilang, Abra. Authorities said a witness...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Romano Cardiño, director of Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), vowed justice for the 73-year-old American marine biologist in Sibulan, Negros Oriental who was killed in a home invasion over the weekend. Cardiño assured the victim’s family,...
