ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) and his female companion were shot dead in Barangay Chinese Pier, Jolo, Sulu on Wednesday, Aug. 20. Police identified the militiaman as Pacolanan Medalle Jr., a resident of Barangay Anuling, Patikul, Sulu....
BACOLOD CITY – A 28-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her jealous husband during a heated argument in Sitio Batang, Barangay T-Hill, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, Aug. 19. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental police, the couple had a...
BUTUAN CITY – A 15-year-old boy allegedly killed his 55-year-old mother after she refused to give him food in Plaridel town, Misamis Occidental province on Friday, Aug. 15, police reported Friday, Aug. 22. Initial investigation conducted by the Plaridel Municipal Police Station disclosed that the...
Police said a 12-year-old girl was killed in a suspected grenade explosion in Barangay Labangal, General Santos City, on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Angel Malid. Investigation said the victim’s family heard an explosion in their backyard and saw the victim in a hammock. Malid...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A mother and her daughter were killed in a landslide during a heavy downpour in Sitio Wani, Lower Sibulao, this city, Tuesday, Aug. 19. The fatalities were identified as Carmelita, 40, and daughter Karen. Erwin, 46, a laborer and Carmelita’s partner, said that they were...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A 41-year-old woman onboard a tricycle was shot dead in Barangay Looc, this town, on Wednesday, Aug. 20. Police identified the victim as Cherry. Investigation said the suspects riding a motorcycle suddenly appeared and fired at the victim. She died on the spot. Follow-up...
DAGUPAN CITY – Police arrested two suspects in the brutal killing of two women in Palauig, Zambales on Thursday during a hot-pursuit operation in Caloocan City on Saturday. The suspects – Jinky, 30, female, jobless, and Benedict, 34, male, mechanic, residents of Masinloc, Zambales – were...
Soldiers killed four New People’s Army rebels in a gun battle in Bukidnon on Wednesday, the military said. Fatalities were three men and an amazon. The 403rd Infantry Brigade engaged the communist rebels at the Saldab Complex in the hinterlands of Malaybalay City and Barangay Dumalaguing in...
BACOLOD CITY – The decomposing body of a suspected “salvage” or summary execution victim was discovered on Thursday morning, Aug. 14, on a river in Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, after three bodies were discovered in Talisay City on Monday, Aug. 11. Police said the body...
Two suspects in the abduction and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Pangasinan have been arrested. Police credited this development to follow-up investigation where witnesses surfaced and positively identify the suspects. Inquest proceedings were scheduled on Monday, Aug. 18. The body of the...
ILOILO CITY – A stabbing victim and his brother were killed in a vehicular collision on their way to the hospital in Pototan town, Iloilo province, on Friday, Aug. 15. The Pototan Municipal Police Station identified the victims as Reymar and Reymond Postrado. Police Major Bryan Alamo, Pototan...
DAGUPAN CITY – A seven-year-old girl reported missing in Asingan, Pangasinan Thursday was found dead in Bonuan Gueset here on Friday. The body of the victim Portia from Asingan was discovered by a couple from the area. Initial investigation said the victim was abducted in front of her house and...
