TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – The bodies of a Japanese woman and a Filipina were discovered in a shallow grave in the backyard of a house in Bella Vita Subdivision, Barangay Isabang, this city, on Thursday afternoon, March 14. MAP of Quezon with Tayabas City highlighted. Police identified the victims as...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A robber caught in the act of carting away tools in a memorial park was hacked dead by a caretaker before dawn on Tuesday, January 16, in Barangay Mayuwi, this city. A ROBBER was hacked dead after he was caught stealing tools in a memorial park in Tayabas City, Quezon...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A father and son were gunned down by their relatives over a land dispute in Barangay Isabang here on New Year’s Day. Police identified the fatalities as farmers Elgelito, 64, and Joselito, 38. Investigation said the victims were in their house when a suspect, Christian,...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) charged three hunters for capturing and killing a wild boar or “baboy ramo” or the Philippine Warty Pig in the protected area of Mount...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Quezon Rep. Mark Enverga has earmarked almost P12 million for the construction of canal lining in four barangays here. The chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture and Food said this project was requested by farmers’ associations in Barangays Potol, Opias, Masin,...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A 60-year-old laborer was buried alive in a private cemetery in Barangay Baguio here on Friday, August 11. MEDICAL staff attempt to revive a 60-year-old laborer buried alive while excavating the foundation for a fence of the Himlayang Paraiso Cemetery in Barangay...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Police arrested a father here on Monday, July 31, for allegedly raping his daughter for seven years, particularly during her birth anniversary, starting in 2016. Police Lt. Col. Bonna Obmerga, city police chief, said the victim, accompanied by her mother, has filed a...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A farmer died and a barangay chairman was injured in a lightning strike in Barangay Ilayang Nangka, this city, on Tuesday afternoon, July 18. Tayabas police chief Police Lt. Col. Bonna Obmerga identified the fatality as Romeo Sayam, 30. Sayam was taken to the Tayabas...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – The body of a man believed to be a “salvage” or summary execution victim was found near the bypass road in Barangay Wakas here on Thursday morning, May 25. THE body of a suspected ‘salvage’ victim was found near the bypass road in Barangay Wakas, Tayabas City, Quezon...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A city hall built at a staggering budget of P500 million in Barangay Baguio and arguably the biggest in this province was inaugurated on Tuesday, May 9. MAYOR Lovely Reynoso-Pontioso (sixth from left), with Bishop Mel Rey-Uy, the city council, and provincial and local...
POLICE look at the body of a suspected summary execution victim in Tayabas City, Quezon. (Photo via Danny Estacio) The body of another suspected “salvage” or summary execution victim was found in the province of Quezon on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Police said the male victim was found by passers-by on...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – About 400 children from this province received a simple but adorable teddy bear under a project spearheaded by a popular mall here in cooperation with the Quezon Tri-Media Group (QTMG). SM City-Lucena employees headed by Assistant Manager Russel Alegre and QTMG president...