VIGAN CITY – A family of three was killed after their tricycle was struck by a pickup truck in Barangay Central East, Bauang, La Union, early Sunday morning. Police identified the fatalities as Sergio Patajo, 55, tricycle driver; his wife Daisy; and their son Alexander, 22. Police Staff Sgt. Juan...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Oriental mourned the death of a civilian and three policemen on Jan. 9 in the town of Sibulan. They called for healing and unity and appealed to all residents of Sibulan and the province to remain calm and united. "Let us support one another and...
A missing 15-year-old Grade 9 student was found dead and beheaded in Valencia City, Bukidnon on Thursday, Jan. 8. Police identified the victim as Jennifer Encarnacion. Encarnacion was reported missing on Tuesday, Jan. 6, after she failed to return home from school. A search was conducted and her...
Rescuers detected signs of life in an avalanche of garbage that killed at least four workers and left more than 30 others missing Thursday in Cebu City landfill and plan to intensify search efforts, an official said Saturday. Twelve workers have been rescued with injuries from the huge mound of...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) chief, said that two police officers were placed under restrictive custody and were disarmed over two shooting incidents where a woman and three lawmen were killed in Sibulan, Negros...
A man was bitten and strangled to death by an 11-foot python in Iloilo City early Sunday morning, Jan. 11. The victim Julius died in a dike in Barangay Bolilao, Mandurriao District. Residents were awakened by a loud thud around 4:30 a.m. and found the snake wrapped around the victim. Residents...
CALAUAG, Quezon – A 48-year-old Person with Disability plunged to his death in a deep well on Friday morning, Jan. 9, in Barangay Binutas here. Police identified the victim as Joseph. Investigation said Joseph was fetching water when he suffered a seizure and fell into the well and drowned. His...
CEBU CITY – The death toll in the landfill collapse in Barangay Binaliw here has increased to four as the search and rescue operations entered the third day on Saturday, Jan. 10. With more than 30 still believed to be trapped under the pile of garbage, Mayor Nestor Archival emphasized that the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office condemned the senseless act of violence that killed a police chief and two police personnel in Barangay Tubtubon, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Friday, Jan. 9. A police response resulted in a shooting incident that killed Police Capt. Jose...
The Dr. Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC) recorded three deaths among devotees brought to the hospital during the annual Traslacion of the Black Nazarene, a hospital official said on Saturday, Jan. 10. Dr. Cynthia Versoza, the chairperson of the Emergency Medicine Complex of JRRMMC,...
BACOLOD CITY - A police chief and three others were allegedly shot dead by a police officer in Barangay Tubtubon, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Friday night, Jan. 9. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), said the suspect, Police Staff...
ILOILO CITY – The police chief and a station commander here have been removed from their posts over the alleged mishandling of the investigation on the death of Dueñas, Iloilo Vice Mayor Aimee Paz Lamasan. Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan announced that Police Col....
