COTABATO CITY – Police tracker teams are pursuing an armed suspect who fatally shot a farmer and wounded his wife early Thursday in Parang, Maguindanao del Norte. Police Major Blayn Lomas-e, chief of the Parang municipal police station, identified the slain farmer as Samuel Lamis of Purok Panay,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two passengers died and 28 others were injured when their bus crashed into a tree and plunged into a roadside ditch in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday morning. Jufil Mabanag, Dumingag municipal information officer, said the accident occurred around 7:20 a.m. in Purok 4,...
A 19-year-old University of the Philippines Manila student was robbed and killed by four individuals in Barangay La Filipina, Tagum City, Davao del Norte on Wednesday, July 9. Police identified the victim as Sophia Coquilla, who was on vacation when she was slain. She sustained 38 stab wounds in...
ILOILO CITY – A police officer was found dead inside the Barotac Nuevo Municipal Police Station (MPS) in Barotac Nuevo town, Iloilo province on Wednesday, July 9. He was found by a colleague on the roof deck. The victim, 36, sustained a bullet wound. A 9mm pistol was found beside his body. “It...
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – A 39-year-old man stabbed his grandmother to death then himself in Barangay Alacan here on Monday, July 7. Police identified the victim as Soledad, 80. Soledad sustained multiple stab wounds in the chest inflicted by her grandson, Teodoro. The suspect fled and was later...
CEBU CITY – A policeman died in what authorities described as an accidental firing inside his house in Barangay Buhisan here on Tuesday morning, July 8. Police Corporal Edmund Danieles Agustin, 33, suffered a bullet wound in the abdomen. He was assigned to the Investigation and Detective...
BACOLOD CITY – A 23-year-old graduating aeronautics student was killed in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Mabini, Pulupandan, Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 6. Police identified the victim as Christian, a resident of Barangay Zone 7, Pulupandan. Investigation said the victim and his two...
BUTUAN CITY – Police have arrested two men wanted for the murder of a 24-year-old male pageant contender in Cagayan de Oro City two years ago. The suspects were arrested on July 3 in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, police said in a statement Monday. The suspects aged 35, a nurse, and 37, a...
BACOLOD CITY – Sixteen out of 17 government workers injured in an accident in Silay City, Negros Occidental last month have opted not to file charges against the driver of a city government-owned mini-dump truck involved in the incident. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief,...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was allegedly stabbed by his nephew to death during a drinking session in Sitio Ilog, Barangay Arebasore, Mabinay, Negros Oriental on Sunday, July 6. Police withheld the names of the victim and the 42-year-old suspect, a carpenter. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, Negros Oriental...
BACOLOD CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO)-Western Visayas has issued a show-cause order to a 30-year-old dump truck driver involved in a tragic accident that left seven people dead in Barangay Guimbalaon, Silay City, Negros Occidental on June 27. The order signed by LTO-E.B. Magalona...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 60-year-old female fruit vendor was allegedly stabbed to death by her helper, Sunday, July 6, at the Calbayog City Public Market. Police said a witness heard the victim pleading for her life. The witness saw the 20-year-old suspect holding a kitchen knife stabbing the victim...
