CEBU CITY – Two children aged 10 and nine drowned in a National Irrigation Authority (NIA) canal in Ubay, Bohol on Tuesday, March 3. Police said Justine Etorma and John Carl Mercolesia, both Grade 3 pupils, drowned while swimming in the canal. Police said NIA personnel discovered the victims’...
SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna – A 25-year-old student was stabbed to death here before dawn on Tuesday, March 3. Police identified the victim as Jeymer. The victim was discovered by a motorist with multiple stab wounds in the body pleading for help as a man fled on foot. The motorist sought assistance...
DAVAO CITY – Officials of Cotabato province have condemned the broad daylight ambush of a retired police officer and his companion in Datu Montawal town in Maguindanao del Sur province on Tuesday, March 3. Police identified the victims as retired Police Major Elias Dandan and Raymund Bioy....
CEBU CITY – A one-year-old child was killed after a truck ran over her in Barangay Lagtang, Talisay City, Cebu on Monday afternoon, March 2. The incident, which was caught on security camera, happened while the girl and her mother were aboard a motorcycle driven by Lelan Remejio, 51. The child,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army has strongly condemned the killing of a lady engineer of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) by a soldier in Northern Samar and directed the “swift apprehension” of the personnel involved. In a statement issued Tuesday, the 8th Infantry...
NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – A man allegedly stabbed his drinking companion to death during a birthday party in Sitio Palikud, Barangay Sucoc here on Sunday afternoon, March 1. Police Lt. Reynald Ramos, chief of police of Narvacan, said the victim was a 35-year-old farmer and resident of Barangay San...
ILOILO CITY – A miner was killed in a landslide in a coal mining pit of Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC), the country’s largest coal producer, in Caluya town, Antique province. The Caluya Municipal Police Station (MPS) identified the victim as Ronilo Purgatorio, 48. Police said Purgatorio...
DAGUPAN CITY – The province of Pangasinan mourned the death of an Overseas Filipino Worker – Mary Ann Velazquez de Vera – in an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv, Israel on Sunday, March 1. The Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation in San Carlos City, Pangasinan mourned the death of their...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The suspect in the gruesome murder of three family members here was arrested by authorities on Sunday, March 1. The suspect, 47, allegedly killed couple Rodel and Jenny Espinosa and their 19-year-old daughter Jenrose inside their residence in Barangay Bolong last Friday. The...
Seven unidentified armed men gunned down a 61-year-old chief village peacekeeper at the barangay hall of Pinapugasan Proper in Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 28. Police Capt. Lindsey Caraballe, deputy chief of Escalante City Police Station, identified the victim as Eduardo....
An 82-year-old businessman and his driver and helper were found dead in Barangay Baloc, Santo Domingo, Nueva Ecija on Saturday, Feb. 28. Police identified the victims as Romulo, businessman; driver Theodore, and helper Rose. Investigation said their bodies with multiple bullet wounds were...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental extended P120,000 financial assistance to the family of the three siblings who were brutally attacked in their house in Silay City early this month. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson personally turned over a check to Ronelyn, the mother of the...
