LUNA, La Union – A 50-year-old man was shot dead in front of his children in Barangay Alcala here on Tuesday, February 20. Police identified the victim as Alexander O. Concepcion. Investigation said Concepcion had just arrived home with his two minor children from school at about 11 a.m....
A barangay kagawad or councilor was shot dead in Sitio Banahaw, Barangay Tugas, Tabango, Leyte, on Tuesday, February 20. The victim was identified as Ronald Palacio, 50, of Barangay Santa Rosa, Tabango. Initial investigation disclosed that the victim was driving his motorcycle on his...
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a newborn baby boy was dumped in a creek in Purok Pinetree, Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, February 19. THE body of a newborn baby boy was found in a creek in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, February...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 72-year-old woman died in a fire that razed four houses in Barangay 2, Catbalogan City, Samar on Tuesday, February 20. The victim was identified as Jovita Norombaba Lapara. Lapara went back to get her money and other important belongings from the second floor of her house....
MAGSINGAL, Ilocos Sur – A barangay chairman was gunned down in front of the cockpit arena here on Monday night, February 19. A BARANGAY captain was shot dead in Magsingal, Ilocos Sur on Monday night, February 19. Police Capt. Rodel Ragasa, town chief of police, identified the victim as Lawrence...
ILOILO CITY – A 26-year-old call center agent and a 21-year-old college student died in a boarding house fire in Barangay San Nicolas La Paz District here on Sunday afternoon, February 18. AN aerial photo of the February 18 fire in Barangay San Nicolas, La Paz, Iloilo City, that killed two...
ECHAGUE, Isabela – A 17-year-old teenager drowned on the Cagayan River in Barangay Malitao here on Saturday, February 17. Police identified the victim as Jenelyn Culalan of Santiago City, Isabela. Culalan and a 15-year-old female student were swimming on the river when they were taken by the...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – A 48-year-old tricycle driver was gunned down in Barangay Malabanban Norte here on Saturday night, February 17. Police said the victim, Agaton de Silva, a resident of Barangay Buenavista East, this town, was walking on a footbridge when a man appeared and shot him in the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 15-year-old boy died in a fire that razed four houses in Hacienda Josefa Una, Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, Negros Occidental before dawn on Saturday, February 17. Arson probers withheld the name of the fatality, a Grade 10 student. A 15-year-old boy was killed in a fire that...
TACLOBAN CITY – A lone gunman shot and killed a barangay chairman and wounded a barangay kagawad or councilor in Ormoc City, Leyte on Friday night, February 16. MAP of Ormoc City, Leyte Police identified the fatality as Patricio Laude, 60, chairman of Barangay Catmon, Ormoc, and the wounded as...
ILOILO CITY – A contagious respiratory disease has killed a baby and infected another in Iloilo province. Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, chief of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO), confirmed two cases of pertussis or whooping cough in Iloilo. The first fatality was a month-old...
BACOLOD CITY – A rescuer died in a motorcycle accident in Barangay 2, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Valentine’s Day. JARUYAN (Photo courtesy of Emergency Operation Center of Himamaylan Facebook) Police identified the victim as July Jaruyan, 37, of Barangay Su-ay, Himamaylan City, and a...
