ZAMBOANGA CITY - A foreign national was shot dead by an unidentified assailant here on Saturday evening, Nov. 29. Authorities said the shooting incident transpired at the boundary of Divisoria and Lumbangan. Police identified the victim as Elfaky Abdulrahman Elshawadfy Mohammed, 47, of Matina...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old former teacher and barangay treasurer was killed after he was run over by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) following a collision between a tricycle and a wing van truck in Sitio Tapol, Barangay Salong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Nov. 28. Police...
CEBU CITY – A five-year-old boy died in what was claimed as a freak accident in Argao town, Cebu province on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 26. The boy was found lifeless in a creek with a wound on his neck, police said. Police later found out that the wound was inflicted by his eight-year-old cousin,...
BACOLOD CITY – An 85-year-old woman was killed in a fire that destroyed her two-story house in Purok 6, Barangay Talubangi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday night, Nov. 26. Fire Officer 3 Alfie Gravela, arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Kabankalan, said the...
DAVAO CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will conduct a parallel investigation on the killing of a village chief in Digos City, Davao del Sur province this week, lawyer Israelito Torreon said Friday. “I just got confirmation that the NBI Director will issue an order within the...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Two maintenance section personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) were buried alive in a landslide in Barangay San Juan, Santa Praxedes town, Cagayan province, on Friday morning, Nov. 28. Wilzon Valdez, DPWH-Ilocos information officer, identified the...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - A young couple preparing for their December wedding were among the 11 fatalities in the tragic collision between a UV Express van and a truck on the national highway in Barangay Libod, Camalig town, this province, on Wednesday, Nov. 26. The victims, Brian Ibo, 22, and Angeline...
DAVAO CITY – Lawmen are looking at three persons of interest, including a police lieutenant colonel, in the killing of Barangay Tres de Mayo, Digos City, Davao del Sur Chairman Oscar Bucol Jr. on Tuesday, Nov. 25. Police Brig. Gen. Leon Victor Rosete, chief of the Police Regional Office-11...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police officer and a suspected drug pusher were killed in a shootout during a buy bust operation in Hadji Mohammad Ajul town in Basilan province on Tuesday, Nov. 25. The suspect Hamid Idarus, alias Mids and a high-value individual, and his companions fired at lawmen after they...
Eleven persons were killed in a collision between a truck and a UV Express van in Camalig town, Albay province on Wednesday morning, Nov. 26. Nabua town, Camarines Sur province Mayor Fer Simbulan said 11 of the 13 victims were passengers of the van with a Nabua-Legazpi City route and residents of...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte and Davao del Sur Gov. Yvonne Cagas on Wednesday, Nov. 26, offered a P1-million reward each – a total of P2 million – for the arrest of the mastermind in the killing of Barangay Tres de Mayo, Digos City Captain Oscar Bucol inside his residence on...
A barangay captain was shot dead in an ambush in Barangay Alauli, Masantol town, Pampanga province on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 25. Police identified the victim as Barangay Balibago, Masantol Captain Jinqui Quiambao. Investigation said the victim and his colleagues were on their way home from the...
