CANDELARIA, Quezon – Four revelers, three of them minors, were injured after a carnival amusement ride experienced a mechanical failure on Christmas Day in Barangay Malabanban Norte here. Police identified the victims as Trexy, a Grade 7 student; Thyron, Grade 3 pupil; Vince, a teenaged boy, and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A driver was killed in a three-vehicle crash in Ipil municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Friday, Dec. 26. The Ipil Municipal Police Station said an Isuzu Elf vehicle travelling from Zamboanga City towards Ipil encroached on the opposite lane and collided with a passenger...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Four passengers were killed and 16 others were injured when a passenger bus plunged into a 10-meter deep ravine on the Rolando Andaya Highway in Barangay Magais-I, Del Gallego town, Camarines Sur province, on Friday, Dec. 26. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional...
SAN JACINTO, Pangasinan – Eleven individuals were injured after an amusement park ride at the town plaza here collapsed on Wednesday night, Dec. 24. The Police Regional Office-1 said injured were a 37-year-old mechanic, a 19-year-old female, two female minors, and seven male minors. Investigation...
CEBU CITY – A man died and three others were injured in a collision between two motorcycles on a highway in Carmen town, northern Cebu province. The crash happened around 4 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 22. Police said a certain Jun, who drove a Suzuki Smash, died in the road crash. Injured were a certain...
CAMP FLORENDO, San Fernando City, La Union – Six people were injured in an accident on the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) in Barangay San Blas, Villasis, Pangasinan on Saturday, Dec. 20. Police said the incident occurred at around 3:12 a.m. A 61-year-old engineer reportedly...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A 41-year-old businessman was killed and five were injured after a trailer truck rammed two vehicles in Barangay Camaysa here on Saturday, Dec. 20. Police Lt. Col. Elizabeth Capistrano, Tayabas City police chief, identified the victim as Jeffrey. Injured were Dennis, 37;...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A couple and their 10-year-old son were killed while a bystander was injured when a speeding van bumped the victims’ motorcycle on Friday, Dec. 19, in Pola town, this province. Police Major Florante M. Sugian II, chief of the Pola Municipal Police Station, said...
LEGAZPI CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard District Bicol (PCG-5) confirmed on Thursday that two died and two are still missing after a motor banca capsized in the sea of Aroroy, Masbate on Wednesday. In a phone interview, PCG Bicol commander Commodore Ivan Roldan said initial accounting recorded...
A 35-year-old nurse died after allegedly losing her balance while riding a motorcycle and being accidentally run over by a modern jeepney in Marikina City on Wednesday morning, Dec. 17. According to the Marikina City Police Station, the accident occurred along A. Bonifacio Avenue near Kabo Pio...
GATTARAN, Cagayan – Five people were injured after a delivery truck plunged into a 20-meter-deep ravine in Barangay San Carlos here on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Dennis Domingo, head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), said the truck was on its way to Aparri, Cagayan...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A Korean was killed by a spinning electric grinder in Sitio Labak, Barangay Janagdong 2, this town, on Friday. Police identified the victim as Killku, 59. Investigation said the victim was working in his house under construction. He plugged in the electric grinder not knowing...