CEBU CITY – A 12-year-old girl from Toledo City, Cebu was found dead eight days after she was reported missing. Police said the body of Crystal Joy Abarquez, a Grade 6 student, was already in a state of decomposition when it was found in a secluded area on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 19. Police said...
DAVAO CITY – Seven persons were killed in two landslides in the City of Mati in Davao Oriental and Monkayo in Davao de Oro due to continuous rains from the shearline. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Mati said a family of four was buried alive in a landslide in Barangay...
CURRIMAO, Ilocos Norte – Two construction workers were killed and four others were injured in an accidental electrocution in Barangay Tapao-Tigue here on Thursday morning, Feb. 19. Police Capt. Melvin P. Soriano, chief of police of Currimao, said the incident occurred at around 8 a.m....
An official of the Puerto Princesa International Airport in Palawan was gunned down on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. The victim was identified as acting manager Joanna Jonson-Infante. Investigation said the victim was walking on Bayview Road in Barangay San Pedro, Puerto Princesa City at about 5:30 p.m....
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Three members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting incident at the Allangigan Patrol Base in Barangay Apatan, Pinukpuk, Kalinga on Tuesday evening, Feb. 17. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip,...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – A suspected gun runner was shot dead by the police in a buy-bust operation here on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Police identified the victim as Paul. Investigation said Paul noticed that he was dealing with lawmen and grabbed the firearm from the police poseur-buyer. Paul pointed it...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old man and his nine-year-old nephew drowned while gathering shells on the Nabinay River in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Police Lt. Daleen Grace Loreno, deputy chief of the Cadiz City Police Station, said the man, Jesus, brought his...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – A daylight ambush along a national highway in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town on Tuesday left one dead and two injured, including the brother of Shariff Aguak Mayor Akmad Ampatuan Sr., police reported. Police Capt. Steffi Salanguit, spokesperson of the Police...
The missing widow of the late former Barangay Balibago, Angeles City Captain Rodelio Mamac was found dead on Monday, Feb. 16. Police identified the victim as businesswoman Maria Teresa “Tess” Mamac. Her body was unearthed in her house in Angeles on Monday, Feb. 16, during a thorough search of...
BACOLOD CITY – A nine-year-old girl killed in a brutal attack in their home in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Feb. 7 was laid to rest on Sunday, Feb. 15 Her mother, Ronelyn, broke down in tears as she sought justice for her daughter during the interment at the Silay Public...
BUTUAN CITY – The Tandag city government in Surigao del Sur ordered the temporary closure of a beach resort on Saturday following the drowning of a foreign national. Mayor Roxanne Pimentel issued Executive Order No. 7 on Monday, creating a joint inspection team to conduct a safety assessment and...
SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela – Police formed a Special Investigation Task Force to investigate the killing of former Miss Earth 2013 first runner-up Lullete Jane Ramilo-de Guzman. De Guzman was gunned down on Friday night, Feb. 13, in front of her home in Barangay Cabaritan, San Manuel, Isabela. Police...
