A woman in labor managed to vote in Pangasinan on Monday amid her condition. Jobert Ticman, an election monitor, said the photo was taken by Bernadeth delos Santos. The woman smiled for a photo amid the intense abdominal pain and signs of labor. Ticman said she patiently waited to fulfill her...
COTABATO CITY – A municipal council candidate and his aide were gunned down Monday morning while walking to cast their votes in Bayang, Lanao del Sur, police confirmed. Afganie Balt Taha, a town council aspirant, and supporter Walid Balt Taha – a relative and brother of a barangay official –...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven persons were wounded in the Election Day gun attack in Silay City, Negros Occidental. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) released the names of the wounded hours after the incident happened at 7 a.m. in Barangay Mambulac. Killed in the shooting were...
ISABELA CITY, Basilan – Three people, including a poll watcher, were killed and two others were wounded in a predawn boat clash near Hadji Muhtamad town, this province, Monday, hours before elections began. The fatalities – poll watcher Murasidul Kidong Abduarahman and supporters Samier Allil...
BACOLOD CITY - Two persons were killed and five others were wounded after a barangay chairman and his two companions allegedly opened fire without provocation while passing through Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Monday morning, May 12. REELECTIONIST Mayor Joedith Gallego...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four people were killed and several others were wounded in a fierce firefight between supporters of two political personalities in Hadji Mohammad Ajul town in Basilan province on Sunday, May 11. Several families fled their homes in Barangay Langil during the gun battle between...
BANAYOYO, Ilocos Sur – A 49-year-old driver-bodyguard of a mayoral candidate was shot and killed by gunmen on board a motorcycle while playing billiards in Sitio Greenhills, Barangay Elepante, Banayoyo, Ilocos Sur on Saturday, May 10. Police identified the victim a Marvin A. Singaben of Barangay...
COTABATO CITY – Two were killed, including a candidate for the municipal council, while eight were disarmed and arrested following a police operation in Pandag town, Maguindanao del Sur province, on Saturday. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office in the...
SANTA MARIA, Pangasinan – A police officer and two individuals were killed in a shooting incident in Sitio Imus, Barangay Samon, this town, before dawn on Sunday, May 11. The slain police officer was identified as Police Staff Sgt. Dennis Jali Oria, 33, assigned to the Tayug, Pangasinan Police...
BUTUAN CITY – A suspected leader of the New People’s Army was killed during an encounter with government troops in Lingig, Surigao del Sur over the weekend. Elbert Echaves (alias Aldrin), commanding officer of the Regional Sentro de Grabidad (RSDG) Jaguar under the Southern Mindanao Regional...
ILOILO CITY — Aklan Gov. Jose Enrique “Joen” Miraflores vehemently denied that their political slate “Tibyog Aklan” was involved in the murder of veteran journalist Juan “Johnny” Dayang last month. AKLAN Gov. Jose Enrique ‘Joen’ Miraflores (left) and his father, former Gov....
BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old girl was electrocuted to death by a cellphone charger in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 7. POLICE talk to the family of a six-year-old girl who was fatally electrocuted in their house in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros...
