ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was killed in a suspected improvised explosive device explosion inside a beach resort in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur at dawn on Tuesday, September 17. A MOTORCYCLE damaged by the explosion. (PNP) Police are identifying the mangled victim whose body was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An explosion rocked the municipality of Tipo-Tipo in Basilan province on Tuesday night, August 13, days before the town festival mounted annually by the local government. The blast, which happened within the vicinity of the municipal hall, destroyed part of the fence. ...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons were injured in a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) explosion in Purok Kametal, Barangay Mandalagan here on Monday, July 29. THREE persons were injured in a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tank explosion in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City on Monday, July 29. (Photo...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Nineteen uniformed personnel were injured in an explosion during a fireworks disposal activity here on Monday, July 8. The Police Regional Office-9 has ordered a thorough investigation of the operation led by a composite team of the Explosives and Canine Unit-9, Philippine...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe has suspended the business permit of Next Step Fireworks Shop on Monday, July 1, after a powerful blast ripped through its warehouse and killed five people here on Saturday, June 29. READ:...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five persons were killed and 21 others were injured in an explosion in a firecracker warehouse here on Saturday, June 29. FIVE persons were killed in a firecracker warehouse explosion in Zamboanga City on June 29. (Photo via Liza Jocson) The loud explosion rocked...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A powerful explosion rocked a gasoline station in Lamitan City, Basilan province on Tuesday evening, June 18, the same day the city was celebrating its 17th founding anniversary. A loud blast was heard from the gas station owned by the Mateo family in Barangay Matibay at 6:47 p.m....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has denounced the May 19 bombing during a Catholic mass in a chapel in Cotabato City where two women worshipers were injured. In a statement, the CHR said the incident was "a deplorable act of violence that has no place in society." The CHR said that police...
BACOLOD CITY – A 58-year-old man was killed and his son was injured in an explosion in Purok Lomboy, Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Monday night, April 22. A MAN and his son were killed and injured in an explosion in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons were injured in a grenade blast in a store on the Eco-Tourism Highway in Sitio Medina, Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, February 27. POLICE cordon a store following a grenade explosion that injured three persons in Barangay Rizal,...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – Four persons died in a fireworks factory explosion in Barangay Bigaa here on Thursday afternoon, February 1. Fatalities were identified as Marvin Lamela Ocom, 27; Bebot Reymundodia, 44; Ricardo Olic-Olic, 51, and John Ronald Gonzales Deduro, 23. Initial investigation...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Four individuals – two men and two women – sustained second- and third-degree burns in an alleged explosion in a fireworks factory in Balangay 9, Barangay Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon, on Friday, December 29. THE Quezon Municipal Police Station and the Bureau of Fire...
