ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the Army 12th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Hilwan, Barangay Manica, Libacao town, Aklan province on Oct. 31. Troops were in the area conducting foot patrol in response to information from residents that communist fighters...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 46-year-old man was stabbed to death on Cawa Cawa Boulevard here on Wednesday, Oct. 31. MAYOR John Dalipe and Zamboanga City police chief Police Col. Kimberly Molitas present Mohammad Miran, a stabbing suspect in Zamboanga City, on All Saints’ Day. Police identified...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – Three persons were killed and two others were injured in motorcycle accidents in this province on Wednesday. Police said that the motorcycle driven by Josefino Marcelo Jr., 20, with back riders Diether Marcelo, 18, and Junjun, 17, accidentally crashed into a parked...
BACOLOD CITY – A 53-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by his son "high" on drugs in their house in Hacienda Bacsay, Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Police Major Rhojn Darell Nigos, La Castellana police chief, identified the victim as Rolando...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – A 30-year-old gold buyer was shot dead in Barangay Bulanao here on Tuesday morning, Oct. 29. Police Master Sgt. Prodencio Atas, spokesperson of the Tabuk City police station, identified the victim as John Cabigat. Investigation said two unidentified men entered the room...
BURDEOS, Quezon – A fisherman was killed in a suspected dynamite explosion while fishing in the sea of this town on Monday morning, Oct. 28. Police identified the victim as Mario Macagaling. Investigation said a fellow fisherman, Richard Legaspi, heard an explosion from where the victim was...
CEBU CITY – Kenjie de Jesus was supposed to celebrate his 14th birth anniversary on Wednesday, Oct. 30. He was looking forward to that special day and had given his mother P500 for a simple celebration. De Jesus, however, did not make as instead of a birth anniversary celebration, his family is...
TAYUM, Abra – A deaf-mute woman was allegedly gunned down in Sitio Pitao, Barangay Bagalay, Tayum, Abra on Sunday night, Oct. 27, by a candidate for municipal councilor in next year’s elections. Police Capt. Michael Joe Dasalla, Tayum chief of police, identified the victim as Florida A. Teneza,...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Two Grade 9 students were killed and three individuals were injured in a collision between a motorcycle and a tricycle here on Monday, Oct. 28. Police Master Sgt. Prodencio Atas, Tabuk police spokesperson, identified the fatalities as Hazam B. Bawalan and John Raye S....
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – Ilocos Norte police director Police Col. Frederick E. Obar has created a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to probe the murder of barangay chairman Mark Adrian P. Barba and his two companions in Barangay 22 San Guillermo, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte before dawn...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A 54-year-old businessman was gunned down in a birth anniversary party in Barangay Manggalang 1, this town, on Saturday night, Oct. 26. Police identified the victim as Roderick Geron. Investigation said the victim was having a drinking spree when a man, Enrico, also a...
ILIGAN CITY – A farmer and his son were electrocuted to death in Zone 8, Sitio Pigsulan, Barangay Kabacsanan here on Thursday morning, Oct. 24, days before the man was about to celebrate his wedding anniversary. A FARMER and his son were electrocuted in Iligan City on Oct. 24. Iligan City Police...
