TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – A landslide hit the town of Santa Praxedes, this province, due to heavy rain caused by the northeast monsoon or “amihan.” Marlene Miralles, Santa Praxedes Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer, said a team was deployed to landslide-hit Barangay...
BINMALEY, Pangasinan – Two minors drowned while swimming on the Binmaley Beach in Barangay Baybay Lopez here on Sunday, October 8. Police identified the victims as Charisse Pensona Marcillos, 13, and Gladys Abegail Sarol Ballesteros, 16, residents of Barangay Patayac, Santa Barbara,...
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – Two men crossing the national highway were killed by a speeding pick-up truck before dawn in Barangay Bubukal here on Tuesday, November 7. Police identified the victims as Lesly Layin Barrios and Glenford Asmeralde. The victims who had just left an eatery died on the...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – A seven-year-old girl died in a fire in Barangay Caingin here on Monday, November 6. The fatality was identified as Princess Olivar. Arson investigators said the fire started at 1:45 p.m. and more than 100 houses were razed. Fire out was declared at 3:56 p.m. The...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fire hit three buildings, including the Commission on Elections’, in the local government unit compound of Santa Margarita, Samar on All Souls’ Day. The fire allegedly started from the abandoned office of the Department of Interior and Local Government and Liga ng mga...
SANTA CATALINA, Ilocos Sur – A barangay tanod or watchman drowned while swimming in a beach in Barangay Tamurong here on Sunday, October 1. Police identified the victim as Rafael Reyes Albano, 53. Investigation said the victim, a tanod of Zone 3, Bantay, Ilocos Sur, was recovered by rescuers...
A suspected drug pusher was arrested and yielded shabu worth P112,000 in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Huwaran, Barangay Pagsawitan, Santa Cruz, Laguna, on Monday afternoon, September 18. Police identified the suspect as “Rafael” from Pasig City. Rafael was arrested by the Santa Cruz Municipal...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – A woman was robbed while selling online in her shop in Barangay Dita here on September 4. In a live video, the victim, Agnes Serafica, 52, could be seen selling bags and clothes at around 2 p.m. when a man wearing a helmet interrupted her. The suspect flipped the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman running for reelection in the barangay elections next month and her live-in partner were gunned down on Wednesday, September 6, in their home in Barangay Campeig, Santa Margarita, Samar. Police identified the victims as Vivian Morales Verano, 46, and her...
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a New People’s Army (NPA) medic was found on Saturday, August 26, two days after an encounter with the Army 11th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Taleo, Barangay Milagrosa, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental, on August 24. The 11th IB said a K9 dog discovered the body of...
BACOLOD CITY – A soldier died in an encounter between the Army 11th Infantry Battalion (IB) and New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Taleo, Barangay Milagrosa, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Thursday, August 24. The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) has yet to reveal the name of the slain...
BACOLOD CITY – A fire hit the Colegio de Santa Rita in Barangay V, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, August 14. A FIRE gutted the old building and a portion of the new building of Colegio de Santa Rita in Barangay V, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, August 14....
