BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental recorded nine dengue fatalities from January 1 to August 31. The Provincial Health Office said 3,234 dengue cases were recorded as of August 31, a 214.29 percent increase from the 1,029 in the same period last year. The age group with the highest number of...
BANGUED, Abra – A businessman died and his wife was wounded after they were shot by motorcycle-riding gunmen while tending to their rice store in Barangay San Ramon, Manabo, Abra on Tuesday, September 3. Police identified the victims as Rodel and Zoraida Bermudez from Barangay Patoc, Bucay, Abra....
DIADI, Nueva Vizcaya – A pregnant woman died after she tried to rescue her mother who was electrocuted in their residence in Barangay Arwas here on Wednesday, September 4. Police identified the victim as Ella. Investigation disclosed that the victim’s mother was cleaning the water...
CALAUAG, Quezon – A 67-year-old man was found dead in a deep well in Barangay Doña Aurora here on Wednesday morning, September 4. Police identified the victim as Alejo, a resident of Barangay Doña Aurora. Barangay chairman Danilo Borja said the victim had Alzheimer’s disease. Police found no...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-6 said 42 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease dengue in Western Visayas region in eight months. A FOGGING operation is conducted in Capiz as the province battles a dengue outbreak. (Capiz Provincial Government Communications Group)...
TACLOBAN CITY – A six-year-old girl was killed and her mother was injured after they were hit by a passenger bus on Wednesday, September 4, on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Tinambacan Norte, Calbayog City, Samar. The bus was traveling from Manila to Tacloban City when it struck the...
LEMERY, Batangas - The body of a woman was found in the shoreline of Balayan Bay in Barangay Mataas na Bayan here on Tuesday, September 3. Barangay Chairman John Edison Mahinay told police that the body was discovered face down around 10 a.m. by Reynaldo, a resident of Barangay Mataas na Bayan,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 67-year-old man died in a collision between a truck and tricycle in Barangay III-Poblacion, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Paterno Belleza of Barangay Mandalagan here. Police Major Romulo Gepilango, Pontevedra police...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old laborer was electrocuted while urinating in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Sunday afternoon, September 1. A LABORER was electrocuted while peeing in a resort in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, September 1. (Photo...
SAN NICOLAS, Pangasinan – Three persons were killed in a collision between a commuter van and motorcycle with sidecar in Barangay Poblacion East here on Monday, September 2. Police identified victims as motorcycle passengers Angelito Gumtang, Joelo Gumtang, and Rolly Platino, all residents of...
BANNA, Ilocos Norte – A suspected gun-for-hire was killed in a broad daylight ambush in Barangay Tabtabagan here on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Isaac Casay, 54, alias Bigso, of Poblacion 1, Adams, Ilocos Norte and Barangay Santo Niño, Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte. Casay...
A 70-year-old woman died hours after rescuing a five-year-old boy from being rammed by a multicab in Barangay Poblacion Norte, Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Susana Antolin Abarra. Investigation said Abarra had just finished attending Mass at 5 a.m....
