BACOLOD CITY – Three persons were killed in motorcycle accidents in Negros Occidental on Sunday, June 22. A 44-year-old call center agent died after he sideswiped a center island and hit his head on a concrete post in Purok Roadside Barangay Tangub here. Police Executive Master Sgt. Rodney...
ITOGON, Benguet – Three miners died after a landslide buried their makeshift hut in Camp 5, Sitio Acupan, Barangay Virac, this town, on Sunday night, June 22. Authorities withheld the identities of the victims pending notification of their families. The landslide, which occurred around 6:29...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The provincial government of Cagayan has offered a P2-million reward for individuals who would give information leading to the identification of the gunman and mastermind in the gun slaying of Rizal, Cagayan Mayor Joel Ruma on April 23. Ruma was conducting a campaign...
BANGUED, Abra – Gunmen killed a farmer resting in a cradle in Sitio Katungawan, Barangay Basbasa, Tayum, Abra on Sunday morning, June 22. Police Lt. Col. Daniel Pel-ey, chief of the Abra police Provincial Community Affairs and Development Unit (PCADU), said the victim Eugenio Lazarte died from a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 55-year-old construction worker was killed by the concrete wall of a hotel comfort room that collapsed at the Goldenfield Commercial Complex in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Friday, June 20. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod took the victim Arnel, a resident of...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A suspect in the killing of a Quezon town vice mayor three years ago was killed in a shootout on Friday morning, June 20, in Sitio Santa Ana, Barangay Malao-a, this city. Police Col. Romulo Albacea, Quezon police director, identified the suspect as Rolando, 52, a resident...
Police have arrested two men for allegedly killing a barangay councilor or kagawad in Barangay Palca, Tuao, Cagayan on Thursday morning, June 19. Police Col. Mardito G. Anguluan, Cagayan police provincial director, said the suspects were intercepted in a hot-pursuit operation in Barangay...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have arrested a militiaman allegedly responsible for the killing of a government official in Zamboanga del Sur province on Thursday evening. In a report Friday, Police Col. Bonifacio Arañas Jr., Zamboanga del Sur police director, identified the fatality as Jesriel...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and a soldier were killed during a fierce firefight in the mountains of Sultan Kudarat province before dawn Thursday, the Philippine Army’s 37th Infantry Battalion (IB) said in a report. Lt. Col. Christopherson...
TUAO, Cagayan – A barangay councilor was gunned down in Barangay Palca, Tuao, Cagayan on Thursday morning, June 19. Police Capt. Sheila Joy Fronda, Cagayan police provincial office spokesperson, identified the victim as Rodrigo Dupitas, 58, kagawad of Barangay Angang, Tuao. Initial investigation...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A centenarian was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Barangay Cabacao, Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro on Wednesday, June 18. Police identified the victim as Rosalinda “Lola Apong” C. de la Rosa, 105, of Sitio Bagong Sikat, Barangay Cabacao. Police Lt. Col....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group member was killed in a shootout with police in Barangay Sangali here on Tuesday, June 17. Police identified the fatality as Naser Haranain, alias Gapur or Gapul, 29, a resident of Barangay Sangali. Investigation disclosed that lawmen were about to serve a...
