GUMACA, Quezon – A 17-year-old student was killed and 21 individuals, including two drivers, were injured after a passenger bus lost control and plunged into a ravine on the Diversion Road, Barangay Villa Arcaya, here, Thursday night, Nov. 6. Police identified the fatality as Joshua, Grade 10...
GUMACA, Quezon – A 54-year-old farmer was hacked to death by his companion during a drinking spree in Barangay Batong Dalig here on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 13. Police said victim Florante, with the suspect Manolito and three others, including a former barangay kagawad, were peacefully drinking...
GUMACA, Quezon – A fire razed an appliance warehouse in Barangay Bagong Buhay here on Wednesday morning, Aug. 6, resulting in P10 million damage to property. Arson investigators said the fire started at about 4:30 a.m. and declared fire out at 7 a.m. Mayor Webster Letargo thanked firefighters...
GUMACA, Quezon – Police arrested a 61-year-old New People’s Army rebel wanted for murder and kidnapping in Barangay Rosario here on Saturday afternoon, June 14. The suspect was identified as Ordasco Ordante, alias Ka Sakay, of Barangay Santa Maria Lopez, this town. Ordante was a most wanted...
GUMACA, Quezon – Diocese of Gumaca Bishop Euginius Cañete has mourned the death of Pope Francis. BISHOP Euginius Cañete FB. Cañete ordered the ringing of bells in all churches under the diocese in honor and for the eternal repose of the soul of the pope who died at the age of 88 on...
GUMACA, Quezon – Fourteen persons were injured when the van they were riding rammed a tanker truck in Barangay Inaclagan here on Wednesday morning, Jan. 29. Police identified the injured as Marlon, 39, driver; Allan, 38; Romnick, 28; Christine, 26; Regie, 28; Clinton, 32; Reymark, 24;...
GUMACA, Quezon – An 84-year-old woman drowned and her body was caught in a fish trap or “baklad” in the shoreline in Barangay Villa Padua here on Monday morning, Dec. 2. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office identified the victim as Nelda W. Caballero, a resident of Barangay...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – This city formalized a sisterhood agreement with the municipality of Gumaca in Quezon province during a ceremony on Wednesday, September 18, in a hotel here. ZAMBOANGA City Mayor John Dalipe and Gumaca Mayor Webster Letargo sign a sisterhood agreement on Wednesday, September 18....
GUMACA, Quezon – A 60-year-old housewife was killed and a 37-year-old welder was injured after they were hit by a three-wheel motorbike or tuk-tuk on Friday morning, May 31, in Barangay Hagakhakin, this municipality. Police Major Marnie Abellanida, Gumaca police chief, identified the victim...
GUMACA, Quezon – A 57-year-old land developer was killed while his daughter was wounded after his live-in partner shot them at dawn on Sunday in Elas Memorial Park, Barangay Butaguin, this town. Police chief Police Major Marnie Abellanida identified the fatality as Raynaldo, owner of Elas Land...
GUMACA, Quezon – A seven-year-old boy died after he was hit by a truck on the Maharlika Highway, Barangay Camohaguin, this town, on Friday morning, May 17. Police identified the victim as Kent, a resident of Barangay Camohaguin. Kent suddenly crossed the road and was sideswiped by an Isuzu...
GUMACA, Quezon – Fourteen persons were injured after a passenger van crashed into a truck parked on the road shoulder in Barangay Casasahan Ilaya here on Saturday afternoon, December 23. One of the passengers, Radel Rada, 37, of Catanauan, this province, sustained injuries and is in critical...
