Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Raphael Lotilla has ordered an investigation into the collapse of the Binaliw Sanitary Landfill in Cebu City that left 36 people dead early this month. Under Special Order No. 2026-32 issued by Lotilla, a Composite Team, which he...
A 24-year-old Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) cadet was killed and seven others were injured in an accident on the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway in Pozorrubio, Pangasinan on Tuesday morning. The driver of the lost control of the vehicle, a Mitsubishi Montero SUV, after its right...
BACOLOD CITY – A Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) has been formed on the killing of a barangay councilor in Murcia, Negros Occidental. Police Capt. Honey Labaro, Murcia police chief, said that the SITG will convene on Wednesday, Jan. 28, to discuss the progress of the investigation. The...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A businesswoman was shot dead in Barangay San Fermin here on Saturday, Jan. 24. The victim Angel, 43, was shot in the head and hand by a lone gunman while about to board her vehicle in front of her apartment. The suspect fled and she was taken to a hospital where she was...
A 59-year-old barangay councilor was shot dead in Purok Puncian, Barangay Santa Rosa, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Monday morning, Jan. 26. Police identified the victim as Kagawad Joe of Barangay Santa Rosa. Police Capt. Honey Labaro, Murcia police chief, said the victim had just alighted from a...
TACLOBAN CITY – A school principal was killed in a fire that hit his home in Barangay Malihao, Hinabangan, Samar, on Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Dolfo, 58. A housemate noticed smoke from the victim’s room and observed a thick smudge on the door frame. The housemate called the...
BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan — A 53-year-old businessman was shot dead in Barangay Nalsian Sur here on Saturday. Police said the victim was about to enter his driving school when two unidentified gunmen appeared and shot him. The suspects wearing black jackets fled on board a white motorcycle toward the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A motorcycle driver was hit and dismembered by a wing van truck on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Panubigan here on Friday, Jan. 23. Police identified the fatality as John Nelson Abdul Bustamante, 34. Investigation said that the victim was driving his motorcycle on the highway...
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Four children were killed and three others were injured in a collision between a trailer truck and a motorized tricycle in Barangay Ambalatungan, Santiago City, Isabela on Friday night, Jan. 23. Police said the tricycle driven by a 17-year-old minor with six children as...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – Police arrested a laborer who allegedly killed his 17-year-old former live-in partner here out of jealousy in Barangay San Isidro, Tinambac town, Camarines Sur province, on Saturday, Jan. 24. The suspect, Jerry, 37, was taken into custody the Lipa City police after...
The military mourned the death of four soldiers in an ambush by the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) in Barangay Lininding, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Friday, Jan. 23. A statement issued by 1st Infantry Division commander Major Gen. Yegor Rey P. Barroquillo Jr. said they were conducting a...
CEBU CITY – A man was gunned down exactly a week after he was released from jail here on Friday, Jan. 23. Police said Jason Lendio Yuson was eating at the side of the road in Barangay Mambaling when he was attacked past 2 a.m. A man wearing a hooded jacket and denim pants arrived and shot the...
