BACOLOD CITY – An unidentified man was found buried in a sugarcane field in Barangay Salvacion, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 3. Police Major Sherwin Fernandez, Murcia police chief, said that initial findings showed signs of strangulation. However, no other injuries were seen in the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two individuals died and four were hospitalized after consuming a deadly puffer fish in Olutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay on Tuesday, July 1. Police identified the fatalities as Repsine Galliner, 16, and Mary Joy Gumata, 30. Hospitalized were Joash Gumata, 13; Jerome Gumata, 44; and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 38-year-old woman allegedly strangled her five-year-old daughter to death then killed herself inside their residence here on Wednesday, July 2. Initial investigation said neighbors reported hearing cries of help from the victims’ house. These were left unheeded until a...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A 35-year-old oil depot assistant terminal administrator was shot dead in Sitio Central, Barangay Castañas, this town, on Wednesday night, July 2. Police identified the victim as Ronel, married. Investigation said the victim was driving his motorcycle when a man onboard a...
ILIGAN CITY – A 37-year-old woman was found dead with multiple stabs wounds inside a boutique shop in Purok Dahlia, Barangay Acmac, this city, on Tuesday, July 1. Police received a call from a barangay kagawad or councilor about a stabbing incident in the area. Lawmen arrived and found the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 53-year-old dump truck driver involved in a road accident that killed seven job order employees in Barangay Guimbalaon, Silay City, Negros Occidental last week has been released from hospital arrest. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, said that none of the...
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly couple was killed in a fire that razed their two-story house in Barangay Taculing here before dawn on Monday, June 30. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod identified the fatalities as Edison, 80, and his wife Emelyn, 81. Fire Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, city fire...
LIPA CITY, Batangas -- A 54-year-old nun was found dead in her apartment in Barangay San Carlos here on Friday morning, June 27. Police identified the victim as Sister Merlyn from Matanao, Davao del Sur. Investigation said that a friend arrived to visit the victim and noticed that the door and...
CEBU CITY – A barangay secretary was gunned down inside her house in Dumanjug town, southern Cebu province. Celsa Regidor Redondo, 62, was found dead in her room past midnight Friday, June 27. The victim, a widow, sustained bullet wounds in the head and body, police said. Initial investigation...
CEBU CITY – A policeman was fatally shot while responding to an armed person alarm in Danao City, northern Cebu province at noon Friday, June 27. Police Patrolman Mark Gomer Ornopia Sr., an operative of the Danao City Police Station, died due to a bullet wound in the head. The victim was...
BACOLOD CITY – Silay City Mayor Joedith Gallego on Friday assured immediate assistance and other necessary support to the victims of the tragic crash involving a city government-owned mini dump truck in Barangay Guimbala-on. Based on the initial police report, a group of job order employees who...
BACOLOD CITY – Five people were killed when a mini-dump truck with 24 passengers overturned in Barangay Guimbalaon, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Friday morning, June 27. Police Lt. Grace Eran, administrative officer of the Silay City Police Station, identified the fatalities as Rafael...