BANGUED, Abra – A barangay kagawad or councilor was gunned down in Barangay Dalimag, San Isidro, Abra on Wednesday morning, June 18. Police Captain John L. Macli-ing, San Isidro chief of police, identified the victim as Ronald Javier, kagawad of Barangay Pantoc, San Isidro. Initial investigation...
TACLOBAN CITY – A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by a 50-year-old laborer in Barangay Cansiboy, Burauen, Leyte on Tuesday, June 17. The victim’s grandmother, a barangay tanod, returned from duty at around 9 p.m. to find her missing. A search party was formed and the victim...
TACLOBAN CITY – An 81-year-old American and his wife were robbed and stabbed to death in Sitio Talong, Barangay Liloan, Ormoc City, on Wednesday, June 18. Investigation said the sister of the 65-year-old female victim discovered their bodies in their house covered in blood. Victims sustained...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit was gunned down in Tungawan town, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Tuesday, June 17. Police identified the victim as Arbi Abdukahal. Investigation said the victim’s sister-in-law heard several gunshots outside their house....
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A 78-year-old man and his 17-year-old grandson were gunned down in broad daylight here on Tuesday, June 17. The victims were identified as Rolando Tumambid, 78, and his grandson Marjon Bergino, 17. Investigation disclosed that they were returning home on their motorcycle after a...
CEBU CITY – An 84-year-old woman was found dead several hours after she was swept away by a rampaging flash flood in Barangay Ginabucan, Catmon town, northern Cebu province. The body of Gregoria Podot was found on Monday night, June 16. Investigation showed that the woman tended to her vegetable...
SAN ANTONIO, Quezon – A 28-year-old man was stabbed to death by a 17-year-old boy during a heated argument on Monday, June 16, in Barangay Sampaga, this town. Police identified the victim as Paul. Investigation said the suspect Dave was having a drinking session in front of his residence when the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police are investigating the death of a six-year-old girl who was allegedly hit and killed by her own mother in what was believed to be a child abuse case in Lamitan City, Basilan last June 14. Investigation showed that the girl left her home last Saturday afternoon to buy...
CEBU CITY – The family of a 27-year-old Person with Disability (PWD) who was fatally shot by a policeman is crying for justice. Milagros Suico said Police Staff Sgt. Florante Hoyle, the alleged killer of her son, Leo Vergel Fin Suico, should rot in jail. “Manawagan kog hustisya sa akung anak,...
BACOLOD CITY – Two more leptospirosis fatalities have been recorded here, bringing the total to five as of June 9, the City Health Office (CHO) said. The fourth victim was a 43-year-old man from Barangay 21, who waded in flood water on May 13 and 24. Three days prior to hospital admission on May...
BUTUAN CITY – Three communist rebels died in a series of skirmishes with government troops in the fringes of Placer, Surigao del Norte, on Sunday, the 4th Infantry Division (ID) said Monday. Before the clashes, the 4th ID said an NPA guerrilla identified as Ricky Per surrendered to the Army 30th...
TACLOBAN CITY — A suspected member of the New People’s Army was killed today, Sunday, June 15, in an encounter in the hinterlands of Sitio Bagong Bario, Barangay Pinanag-an, Borongan City, Eastern Samar. The casualty was identified as Joemar Discar, alias Guimo and Bobby. The encounter occurred...
