ILOILO CITY – Vice Mayor Aimee Paz Lamasan of Dueñas town, Iloilo province was wounded after she accidentally shot herself on Tuesday, Dec. 30. “We are looking at accidental firing,” said Police Col. Kim Legada, chief of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO). “The incident was reported...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An investigation that extended to the Philippines of two men accused of shooting dead 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival has found no evidence that they were part of a “broader terrorist cell,” police said on Tuesday. Sydney residents Sajid Akram, 50, and his...
CAVITE – A man was shot dead following a confrontation over an alleged theft in Dasmariñas City on Sunday, Dec. 28. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A said a commotion broke out in Barangay Burol 1 after the suspect, identified as alias Topher, was confronted by residents over a theft...
CEBU CITY – Two men died in a gun attack that marred Christmas Day in Barangay Sawang Calero here. Melber Alicabo, 40, and his half-brother, 36-year-old Romel Fernandez, were shot one after another by their neighbors on Thursday morning. Merlinda Fernandez, Romel 's mother, told police that...
BACOLOD CITY – The 55-year-old widow of a communist rebel was gunned down in Sitio Makilo, Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Dec. 24. Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr., Kabankalan police chief, said the victim Warlita was the wife of a New People’s Army (NPA)...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur – A former barangay captain was gunned down by his younger brother, the incumbent village head, in Barangay Sagneb, this town, on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. Police Capt. Donaldson Palaganan, acting chief of the Bantay Municipal Police Station, said the...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Oriental Mindoro Police Provincial Office has activated a special investigation task group to probe a road rage shooting incident that wounded two individuals, one of them a minor, in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday, Dec. 23. Police Col. Edison V. Revita,...
ILIGAN CITY – A police officer was gunned down while attending a wake on Monday night in Purok 9, Barangay Tipanoy, this city. The Iligan City Police Office (ICPO) identified the victim as Police Chief Master Sgt. Mark Hermoso, assigned to the Iligan City Mobile Force Company. Investigation said...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man who was on his way home to celebrate his birthday was allegedly shot by an 18-year-old man along the bypass road here on Saturday evening, Dec. 20. Police identified the victim as Nixeus Retutar Enriquez, 21. Enriquez was allegedly shot by 18-year-old Dean Mark Manolis...
BEKKERSDAL, South Africa (AP) — Nine people have died and at least 10 others were wounded after a group of gunmen carried out a shooting at a South African pub during the early hours of Sunday, authorities said. The incident occurred just before 1 a.m. in the township of Bekkersdal which is...
DAVAO CITY – A peace monitor has warned against linking the two Bondi Beach shooters to Islamic extremist groups in Mindanao. But the Climate Conflict Action (CCA) said extremists remain a threat amid the government campaign to eradicate them in Mindanao. The group formerly known as International...
President Marcos pushed back against reports branding the Philippines as a terrorism training hotspot, saying such claims ignore years of decisive action by security forces to dismantle extremist networks and protect the country’s hard-earned peace. Speaking at the 90th anniversary of the Armed...
