ILOILO CITY – A couple was allegedly stabbed to death by their son-in-law after they confronted him over his new girlfriend in Barangay Aguilar, San Lorenzo town, Guimaras province on Monday night, July 14. Police Capt. Joje Gania, chief of the San Lorenzo Municipal Station, identified the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 24-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor was charged with murder on Monday, July 14, four days after his alleged involvement in a random shooting spree that killed one person and wounded two others in Silay City, Negros Occidental on July 10. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony...
CEBU CITY – A man believed to be high on illegal drugs hacked and killed his father in their home in Barangay Sudlon 1 here. Police said the incident happened on Friday night, July 11, but it was just last Sunday, July 13, that the suspect identified as Jojo Overnario was arrested. The suspect...
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-year-old farmer was allegedly fatally stabbed by his younger brother in Purok Pakighi-usa, Barangay Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Friday, July 11. Police Major Ryan Villasario, Don Salvador Benedicto police chief, said the victim identified as Arnel...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson condoled with the family of 49-year-old Leah Mosquera, a resident of San Enrique town, who died in a missile attack on Rehovot, Israel on June 15. “It is very unfortunate,” Lacson said in Monday’s phone interview with the Capitol...
BACOLOD CITY – A 52-year-old electric bike (e-bike) driver wounded in a random shooting incident in Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 10, passed away in a hospital on Saturday, July 12. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, confirmed on Sunday, July 13, the death...
BAGUIO CITY – Two women were killed and three others were injured by a wayward van in Barangay Irisan here on Saturday night, July 12. The fatalities were aged 35 and 60. Injured were two children of one of the fatalities aged nine and three and a 34-year-old woman. Police said that the victims...
TACLOBAN CITY – A foreman was reported missing in a landslide on Sunday morning in Barangay San Ramon, San Ricardo, Southern Leyte. The missing was identified as Dador Moscosa, 54, of 888 ACY construction. Two houses, several motorcycles, the contractor’s barracks, a dump truck, and a mixer...
CEBU CITY – The president of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation in Argao town, southern Cebu province was arrested after fatally shooting his love rival inside a restobar on Friday night. The suspect was identified as Mark Alphonsus Villamora and as president of the SK Federation, sits as...
Police have arrested another suspect in the murder of University of the Philippines Manila student Sophia Coquilla in Tagum City on July 9. The 15-year-old suspect was apprehended in a follow-up operation on July 10 at 12:05 a.m. in Purok Lemonsito, Barangay Mankilam, Tagum City. Lawmen had earlier...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three people were killed after a dump truck plunged into a canal in Barangay Calaguise, Leyte, Leyte, on Thursday, July 10. Police identified one of the fatalities as Oliver, 38. Investigation said driver Ricky, 44, lost control of the dump truck after its brakes failed and veered...
SAN ANDRES, Quezon – A 60-year-old farmer was hacked dead by his 37-year-old son during an altercation in Sitio Libirin Gamay, Barangay Tala, this town, on Thursday night, July 10. Police identified the victim as Roger Burga. Investigation said the victim and son Allan had a drinking session in...
