BACOLOD CITY – A 54-year-old livestock buyer was shot dead in Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Dec. 14. The victim was identified as Alberto. Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr., Kabankalan police chief, said the victim was fixing a motorcycle when two men arrived...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old man set himself on fire after stabbing his 14-year-old nephew to death in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Dec. 14. Police Lt. Col. Nazer Canja, San Carlos police chief, said that the victim was lying in bed after obtaining gasoline upon the...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police are set to file murder charges against three suspected illegal drug pushers who were tagged in the gruesome killing of a 21-year student on Monday, Dec. 8, in Barangay Apopong, this city. The victim was identified as Miyuki Kim, a 21-year-old Agriculture student at...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A medical representative was shot dead here on Sunday night, Dec. 14. Police identified the victim as 43-year-old Nicolai Torres Asistido. Investigation said the victim was talking to a companion on Calle Real St. in Barangay Mercedes when a man onboard a motorcycle appeared and...
TACLOBAN CITY – A retired police officer was shot dead in Calbayog City on Saturday, Dec. 13. The Police Regional Office-8 strongly condemned the murder. Investigation said the victim was gunned down in a cockpit arena. His last assignment was Lope de Vega town, Northern Samar province where he...
A woman was shot dead in Cabuyao City, Laguna province, on Saturday, Dec. 13. Police identified the victim as Rose Ann. The victim was sitting in front of the main gate of Citadel Subdivision, Purok 3, Barangay Mamatid, at about 10:35 p.m. when two unidentified men wearing black jackets and riding...
BACOLOD CITY – A 45-year-old policeman killed by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Calatrava town, Negros Occidental province was laid to rest in his hometown of Toboso, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Dec. 13. Personnel of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office rendered a solemn 21-gun...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are investigating the murder of former Mangalut Barangay Captain Haji Malik Aru of Akbar municipality, Basilan province in Isabela City, Basilan on Thursday, Dec. 11. Investigation showed that the gunman approached the victim on the Lamitan-Isabela Highway in Sitio Pilar,...
CEBU CITY – A Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) has been formed to speed up the investigation on the killing of a Bureau of Internal Revenue lawyer in Mandaue City on Thursday morning, Dec. 11. The SITG is still establishing possible motives in the killing of Duke Ramil Perral Lincuna, said...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Police arrested a suspect in the murder and robbery of a couple in the town of Diffun, Quirino province last July. The suspect Buddy was listed as the ninth most wanted person in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley). He was apprehended on Thursday, Dec. 11, in Purok 2, Barangay...
CEBU CITY – A 24-year-old man brutally killed his ex-girlfriend in a fit of jealousy inside a house in Barangay Carreta here at dawn Thursday, Dec. 11. Police said Christian Labarez bashed her girlfriend’s head with a hammer before stabbing her. The victim was identified as Percy Paculaba, 24....
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region posthumously awarded the Philippine National Police (PNP) Heroism Medal (Medalya ng Kadakilaan) to Police Senior Master Sgt. Rommel Aguilar, 45, who was killed by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Calatrava, Negros Occidental on...