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...
ILOILO CITY – A special investigation team (SIT) has been created by the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) to probe the murder of a barangay captain in San Joaquin town, Iloilo. IPPO director Police Col. Bayani Razalan is supervising the SIT on Richard Sapalo, barangay captain of Barangay...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A couple and their 19-year-old daughter were gunned down inside their residence here on Friday night, Feb. 27. Police identified the victims as Rodel Tarroza Espinosa; his wife Jenny, 43; and their daughter, Jenrose, student. Investigation said the victims were inside their house...
A six-year-old boy was killed after he was run over by a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) while driving his bicycle in Barangay Mambabanga, Luna, Isabela, on Wednesday night, Feb. 25. Police Major Jonathan Ramos, chief of the Luna police station, identified the victim as Angel. Ramos said the victim...
Two men were shot dead minutes after leaving a cockpit arena in Badoc, Ilocos Norte on Wednesday night, Feb. 25. Police Col. Joemar Q. Labiano, Ilocos Norte police chief, identified the victims as Erwin D. Rondal, 60, and James Fernandez, 41. Investigation said the victims were ambushed by gunmen...
BACOLOD CITY – Corporal Renold Gardose was laid to rest in Tapaz, Capiz on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 10 days after he was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Santo Niño, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Feb. 15. Gardose’s remains arrived in his hometown on Feb. 17 and a...
TACLOBAN CITY — A 67-year-old farmer and his carabao were electrocuted to death in Barangay Bantigue, Ormoc City, Leyte on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Turning. Initial investigation disclosed Turning left the carabao to pasture in the area. The carabao’s rope touched a live wire...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Three miners reportedly died of gas poisoning inside a mine in Sitio Nayak, Barangay Sapid, Mankayan, Benguet. Benguet Provincial Police Office Information Officer Police Major Edwin Sergio said the victims were two 24-year-old and a 22-year-old males. The victims were last...
BANGUED, Abra – A barangay chairman and his relative were killed and their companions were wounded in an ambush on the Calaba Bridge here on Tuesday night, Feb. 24. Police identified the fatalities as Ezequiel Castañeda Parado, 35, chairman of Barangay Collago, Lagayan, Abra, and Arlene Dorias,...
The body of a suspected ‘’salvage’’ or summary execution victim was found in Sitio Lidlidaak, Barangay Macray, Bangued, Abra on Monday, Feb. 23. Police Major Graeme Boy Javier, chief of police of Bangued, identified the victim as Arjay, 27, of Barangay San Pedro, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur. The...
