BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool in a beach resort in Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Police withheld the name of the victim but he is a resident of Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City and a kindergarten pupil. A KINDERGARTEN pupil...
BACOLOD CITY – A couple was killed and their 18-year-old daughter was wounded after they were hacked by unidentified persons in Sitio Binalbagan, Barangay Masulog, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Dec. 5. A COUPLE was killed and their teenage daughter was wounded after they were...
The Cagayan Provincial Health Office said on Friday, Dec. 6, that 21 individuals have suffered from melioidosis in the province. Eleven victims died and 10 recovered, it said. The victims were from Camalaniugan, Santa Ana, Alcala, Baggao, Buguey, Claveria, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Piat, Santo...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – An 11-year-old Grade 5 pupil drowned after his head hit a rock while diving in the San Cristobal Dam in Barangay San Cristobal, this city, on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. Police identified the victim as John Carlo Salcedo. Investigation said the victim went swimming with a...
LOBO, Batangas – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed and a soldier was wounded in a firefight here on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 4. TROOPS recovered two firearms from the New People’s Army following a 20-minute firefight in Barangay Balibago in Lobo, Batangas on Dec. 4. The military...
BACOLOD CITY – A security guard killed his two daughters then himself in Barangay Buntis, Bacong, Negros Oriental on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental police, said that the 30-year-old suspect went to the house of his wife to ask...
ILOILO CITY – A barangay captain and her husband were shot dead in Dueñas town, Iloilo province, on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. The Dueñas Municipal Police Station identified the fatality as Barangay Captain Michelle Lapastora Lamela of Barangay Santo Niño. Investigation said...
Police said seven people were killed when a 10-wheel truck loaded with fertilizer rammed vehicles and houses in Barangay Malasila, Makilala, Cotabato, on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. Investigation said the truck was on its way to Kidapawan City from Davao City when it lost its brakes and crashed....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police officer shot and killed a suspected robber who hacked his cousin and tried to rob her residence here on Wednesday, Dec. 4. A SUSPECTED robber was gunned down by a responsing policeman in Zamboanga City on Dec. 3. Investigation disclosed that Police...
BANGUED, Abra - A 63-year-old engineer was gunned down in Barangay Calaba here on Tuesday, Dec. 3. VIEW of Bangued, Abra. (Wikipedia) Police identified the victim as Emmanuel “Nolie” B. Manglibo, 63, a former overseas Filipino worker. Investigation said the victim was about...
TUMAUINI, Isabela – Three children drowned while swimming on the Cagayan River in Barangay Annafunan here on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 3. The victims were identified as Jhon Philip J. Pazzibugan, 8; Lawrence L. Bacani, 9, and Jerome Bacani, 10, residents of Barangay Annafunan and pupils...
GUMACA, Quezon – An 84-year-old woman drowned and her body was caught in a fish trap or “baklad” in the shoreline in Barangay Villa Padua here on Monday morning, Dec. 2. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office identified the victim as Nelda W. Caballero, a resident of Barangay...
