TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) is set to implement road projects worth a total of P350 million in Eastern Samar this year. Among these is the two-contract project in Barangay Magsaysay-Barangay Magongbong-Barangay Gap-ang in the...
DOLORES, Quezon -- A municipal councilor here was gunned down before dawn on Friday, Nov. 18, in Purok 2, Barangay Dagatan, this town. Police identified the victim as Orlando Barsomo, 47, single. Initial investigation said that the victim was walking around 3:15 a.m. when he was shot in the head by...
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – Murder charges have been filed against three ex-bodyguards of slain former Dolores, Quezon Vice Mayor Danilo Amat before the City Prosecutor here last August 3. Police Col. Joewie Lucas, chief of police here, identified the accused as William Panganiban, 51, of Dolores;...
BANGUED, Abra – A woman was killed while her live-in partner was wounded by a lone gunman in Barangay Mudiit, Dolores, this province, Wednesday, June 29. Police identified the victim as Benita Turqueza, 58, married, unemployed, of Barangay Poblacion, Dolores. Investigation by the Dolores...
The military recovered Tuesday night, Aug. 17, the bodies of two more suspected New People's Army (NPA) communist rebels in the jungles of Eastern Samar a day after the strenuous 13-hour armed encounter in Dolores town. Dolores, Eastern Samar (Courtesy of 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army /...
The Philippine Army's 8th Infantry Division (8ID) pulled off a near perfect focus military operation against the New People's Army (NPA) in Dolores, Eastern Samar on Sunday, Aug. 16, which resulted in the killing of 16 communist rebels while no casualty was recorded on the side of the troops. Major...
