TACLOBAN CITY – The 8th Infantry Division said two of the six New People’s Army rebels killed in an encounter in Barangay Paco, Las Navas, Northern Samar on Monday were top leaders of the Subregional Committee Emporium of the Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee of the Communist Party of...
BACOLOD CITY – A policeman is under investigation over the death of his 29-year-old nephew during a scuffle over a gun in Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Suzennie Ann Legada, administrative officer of the Escalante City Police Station, said the police officer...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Police said four individuals perished due to bad weather caused by the shearline over weekend in the Bicol region. The Philippine National Police-Bicol said a 39-year-old man drowned at the Binahan River in Ragay town, Camarines Sur province while crossing the Philippine...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was shot dead by gunmen who barged into his house in Sitio Napungalan 2, Barangay Jonobjonob, Escalante City, Negros Occidental, on Sunday, Dec. 1. Police Lt. Suzennie Ann Legada, administrative officer of the Escalante City Police Station, identified the...
BACOLOD CITY – Former Mayor Carlo Gamban of Silay City, Negros Occidental was found dead in his house in Silay City on Monday afternoon, Dec. 2. GAMBAN (right) Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, said that the 85-year-old former local chief executive was found with...
CEBU CITY – A 49-year-old woman died while her husband was injured when a riprap wall collapsed on their house during a heavy downpour on Sunday night, Dec. 1, in Barangay Tisa here. RESCUERS find ways to rescue a couple who was pinned down by a collapsed riprap wall inside their house in...
Police Col. Edison V. Revita, Oriental Mindoro police chief, has ordered a deeper investigation on the recent murder of an elderly couple in Purok Lapnag, Sitio San Miguel, Barangay Maujao, Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro. REVITA Revita identified the victims as Lorenzo Bautista, 79, a retired teacher,...
ATIMONAN, Quezon – A 39-year-old collector was killed and his two back riders were injured after their motorcycle was rammed by a passenger bus in Barangay Malinao Ilaya, this town, on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 1. Atimonan police chief Police Major Marnie Abellanida identified the fatality as...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – A 60-year-old laborer was shot dead in Sitio llaya, Barangay San Andres, this town, on Friday night, Nov. 30. Police identified the victim as Roberto Dalangin Concepcion, married. Investigation disclosed that the victim was sitting inside his house when a man appeared and...
FAMY, Laguna – A New People's Army amazon was killed in an encounter with soldiers here on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 28. The fatality was identified as Agnes Lingay, alias Jimy, Judy, and Esek. Soldiers were conducting security operations when they engaged communist rebels allegedly...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy was killed in a fire that hit a portion of a three-hectare sugarcane plantation in Sitio Mambato, Barangay Tu-oy, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Fire Officer 1 Michael Bernardo, Himamaylan City Fire Station investigator, said that...
CEBU CITY – A “balut” (fertilized duck egg) vendor was killed when a wayward truck plowed into her and other vehicles in a port in San Remigio town, northern Cebu province past midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 27. The fatality was identified as Jennie Mandado, a 44-year-old resident of Barangay...
