BACOLOD CITY – To strengthen law enforcement and enhance public safety, Mayor Rowena Lizares has announced the establishment of three new police substations in strategic locations in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Lizares highlighted the urgency of improving security following a string of...
RIZAL, Cagayan – A policeman was gunned down by a colleague in a checkpoint in Barangay Gaddangao here on Saturday night, Sept. 13. The fatality was identified as Danny of Barangay Poblacion, Piat, Cagayan. Investigation said the suspect, Ali, of Solana, Cagayan, arrived at the checkpoint and...
BACOLOD CITY – Police recently arrested a 66-year-old man for allegedly killing his nephew in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said the suspect Alfredo hacked his nephew during a heated argument on March 29. The victim died on the spot. The...
CABUYAO, Laguna – Three convenience store robbers were arrested in Barangay Marinig, this city, on Thursday night, Sept.11. Police identified the suspects as Jason, 26; Reynaldo, 41, and Ronel, 24. One of their companions is still at large. The suspects were caught in a hot-pursuit operation...
INFANTA, Quezon – A 67-year-old former day-care worker was hacked to death by a 27-year-old farmer in Barangay Batican here on Wednesday morning, Sept. 10. Police identified the victim as Feliza. The victim was wounded in the neck and was taken to a hospital here where she was declared dead. The...
BACOLOD CITY - Authorities in this highly-urbanized city are investigating if the recent killing of a businessman was carried out by a hired gunman. Police Capt. Francis Depasucat, head of Police Station 1, confirmed that the gunman — one of three persons of interest — has been identified...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are investigating the murder of a man on the highway in Barangay Limo-ok, Lamitan City, Basilan province on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Police identified the victim as Nassir Maruji Abdulhari, a resident of Barangay Mangalut in Akbar municipality, Basilan. Abdulhari sustained...
CALATAGAN, Batangas – A 43-year-old man was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Balibago here on Tuesday morning. Police said the victim Michael driving a motorcycle on the national highway when the suspects appeared and shot him in the back. The victim crashed into a road...
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – A 25-year-old miner was shot dead on Monday night, Sept. 8, in Barangay Mapulot here. Police identified the victim as Anton, single. Investigation said the victim was sheltering from heavy rain in an abandoned house when a man appeared and shot him in the jaw. The victim died...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) liaison school here was robbed of P128,000 on Saturday, Sept. 6. The robbery was discovered on Sept. 8, Monday, by a utility worker responsible for opening and...
CEBU CITY – Two brothers were gunned down in Barangay Tanghaligue, Talibon, Bohol on Saturday night, Sept. 7. Police said four armed men aboard a white vehicle arrived at the victims’ house. The gunmen broke into the house and peppered the brothers, identified as Giloy, 42, and Witwit 36, with...
ILOILO CITY – Neophyte Mayor Raisa Treñas of this city has drawn flak for announcing her administration is extending help to the family of a suspect in a robbery incident that victimized the wife of a former provincial police chief. “Oh my God!” exclaimed retired Police Col. Cornelio Salinas...
