SARIAYA, Quezon – A 38-year-old jobless man was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Barangay Janagdong 2, here, Wednesday night, Aug. 27, in what police said might be a case of revenge. The victim was identified as Ian. Police said the victim was driving a motorcycle when a man onboard a...
A 32-year-old alleged hitman and one of Manila’s most wanted criminals was arrested in Cavite for two counts of murder, including the fatal shooting of an online seller in San Andres Bukid last June 2025. The Manila Police District reported on Thursday, August 28, that the suspect, known...
PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – A barangay chairman reporting for work survived a gun attack here Wednesday morning by trading gunshots with his attackers. The Pigcawayan municipal police immediately launched a manhunt for two gunmen who escaped when Barangay Presbitero Chairman Emmanuel Doctolero...
CEBU CITY – An engineer was shot and wounded on a highway in Santa Catalina town, Negros Oriental province on Wednesday morning, Aug. 27. The victim was identified as Engr. Angelito Uy Mendoza, a 58-year-old resident of Barangay Manalongon, Santa Catalina. Police said the victim was a contractor...
BUTUAN CITY – Police in Northern Mindanao have arrested a dance instructor for allegedly raping a 13-year-old minor in Opol town, Misamis Oriental province. Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Joan G. Navarro said the 38-year-old suspect was the ninth...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod Cosmopolitan Christian Church (BCCC) has condemned the recent murder of 59-year-old Efren Banaglorioso who worked as their driver for over 30 years. In a statement, BCCC senior pastor Rev. Michael Sequitin said they were saddened by Banaglorioso’s death and grieves...
TAYSAN, Batangas – A man was gunned down by his drinking buddy who was hacked to death by the victim’s wife afterwards in retaliation in Barangay San Marcelino here on Sunday night. Police identified the victim as Reymark Bagon. Bagon and the suspect, Amado, were having a drinking session when...
BACOLOD CITY – A 26-year-old man hacked his 44-year-old uncle to death over a land dispute in Purok 5, Barangay Basak, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Aug. 23. Police Lt. Col. Lowell Garinganao, Cauayan town police chief, said the victim was drinking coconut wine in a relative’s house...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities are investigating if the fatal broad daylight shooting of a 59-year-old church driver in Barangay Taculing here on Sunday, Aug. 24, was a case of mistaken identity. Police Lt. Meller Dionio, spokesperson of the Bacolod City Police Office, said that a background check on...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - The Philippine National Police (PNP)-Bicol’s strict enforcement of the five-minute response policy once again proved effective after officers swiftly apprehended a stabbing suspect and saved the life of the victim in Naga City, in Camarines Sur province on Sunday afternoon,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 59-year-old man was gunned down outside a church on Circumferential Road in Barangay Taculing here on Sunday, Aug. 24. Police Capt. Rosalino Pugoy Jr., head of Police Station 6, identified the victim as Efren, a resident of Barangay Granada in this city. Pugoy said that the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region reported that crime in the region dropped by 7.96 percent from June 2 to July 31 following the implementation of the Philippine National Police five-minute response time policy. PRO-NIR Director Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay...
