LEGAZPI CITY – Two individuals who allegedly identified themselves as media practitioners were arrested during an entrapment operation in Barangay Balud Sur, Gubat, Sorsogon, for robbery by extortion on Wednesday, the Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) reported Thursday. PRO-5 spokesperson...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 45-year-old farmer was allegedly hacked to death by his stepfather on Tuesday, June 9, in Barangay Naulayan, Matag-ob, Leyte. Police identified the victim as Nilo. Initial investigation revealed the victim was drunk and tried to hack a dog. The suspect, Des, 62, farmer, of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 58-year-old pastor was gunned down in a sugarcane field in Sitio Mag-anay Uno, Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 8. Police Capt. Joelan Vinson, Binalbagan police chief, identified the victim as Marlo, a hacienda overseer and member of the village’s...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Education-Eastern Visayas (DepEd-8) condemned the death of a public school teacher in Eastern Samar on the first day of the new academic year on Monday. In a statement Tuesday, DepEd-Region 8 extended condolences to the family, friends, colleagues, and students...
ILOILO CITY – Crime in Western Visayas dropped by 67 percent during the first two weeks of Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño as Police Regional Office-6 chief. Tuaño said PRO-6 units recorded 11 cases of eight focus crimes from June 1 to June 7, compared to 33 from May 25 to 31. The eight focus...
TACLOBAN CITY — A 36-year-old public school teacher was found dead in Barangay Alang-Alang, Quinapondan, Eastern Samar on Monday, June 8. The Quinapondan Municipal Police Station (MPS) received a report of a body concealed in thick grass. Police discovered the victim lying on his side. Relatives...
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-year-old barber was gunned down while cutting a customer’s hair in his house in Barangay Vista Alegre here on Sunday, June 7. Police identified the victim as Carlito. Investigation showed that an unidentified person suddenly entered his house and shot him. The victim died on...
PAGSANJAN, Laguna – A 43-year-old vendor was shot dead in Barangay Maulawin here on Sunday morning. Police identified the victim as Gian. Investigation said the victim was inside his room eating fruits when an unidentified individual called his name from outside. He looked out the window and was...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) recorded 10,888 business establishment visits across Quezon City from May 29 to June 5 under its Target Hardening Program as part of an intensified public safety campaign. The visits aimed to sustain police visibility, deter criminal activity, and strengthen...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – A 30-year-old woman suffering from post-partum depression allegedly stabbed her two children then herself in their house in Barangay Pantay Bata here on Saturday night, June 6. Initial investigation disclosed that a neighbor of the victims – Brenda, mother, and children...
CEBU CITY – An elderly man was beaten to death by his 43-year-old son in Barangay Basak, Badian town, Cebu province on Thursday morning, June 4. Police identified the victim as Nemecio Benemerito Libron, 82. Libron suffered severe head injuries inflicted by his son Climaco Espanol Libron, a...
SUYO, Ilocos Sur – A man wanted for theft was killed during a shootout with police serving a warrant of arrest in Sitio Lipay, Barangay Urzadan, here on Thursday, June 4. Police Capt. Godofredo Ribuyaco, chief of the Suyo Municipal Police Station, identified the suspect as Jun. Ribuyaco said Jun...
