BACOLOD CITY – The brother of 17-year-old Freya Go vowed justice for her sister, who was laid to rest on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at the Valley of Peace in Barangay Mandalagan here, a week after she was found dead in Barangay 12, this city on Oct. 22. “We will not stop until justice is duly...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo has called on the New People’s Army (NPA) to surrender and pursue peace talks, following a gun battle between soldiers and communist rebels where a six-year-old boy was killed in Sitio Matal-i, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros...
CEBU CITY – The wanted man who fatally shot a police captain is willing to surrender but only to Camp Crame, the headquarters of the Philippine National Police. Leonardo Manto Jr. said he will not surrender to the local police, suspecting that he would be killed. “If I will surrender in Cebu,...
BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old boy was killed in an encounter between the military and the New People’s Army in Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla town, Negros Occidental province on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Vice Mayor Felix Mathias Segundo Yulo has visited the remains of the victim and extended...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A 43-year-old man fatally shot two female neighbors in Barangay San Roque, Tabaco City, Albay province on Tuesday night, Oct. 28. Police identified the victims as Daisy, 30, married, and Nerissa, 35, single. Investigation said the suspect Luis, 43, and a neighbor were...
CEBU CITY – Police are hunting a man who was tagged as a suspect in the killing of his wife, whose body was found inside a church in Liloan town, northern Cebu province. Police said Ronnie Ligaray, 40, was accused of being responsible for the death of his 44-year-old wife Estela Leyte Ligaray....
Rescuers have found the fourth fatality of a truck that plunged into the Chico River in Bontoc, Mountain Province on Monday. The victim was identified as Carlo Ancheta of Tayug, Pangasinan. Ancheta’s body was found on the river two meters away from their submerged truck before noon Tuesday in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - After days of tension, a fierce firefight erupted in Tipo Tipo municipality, Basilan province on Tuesday, Oct. 28, between soldiers and lawless elements and forces affiliated with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The gunfight erupted after negotiations led by the...
CEBU CITY – A cash reward of P200,000 has been offered for the arrest of a wanted man who fatally shot a police captain in Barangay Sudlon 2 here on Saturday, Oct. 25. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) initially offered to give P100,000 to anyone who could provide information...
SAN ANDRES, Quezon – An eight-year-old boy was hit and killed by a dump truck while crossing a road on Sunday in Barangay Camflora here. Investigation said the victim was running an errand for his mother when he was struck. The victim died on the spot from serious injuries. The driver of the dump...
ILIGAN CITY – Three persons were killed and another was injured in a head-on collision between two vehicles in Purok 10, Barangay Dalipuga, this city, on Monday afternoon, Oct. 27. Initial investigation said a Hyundai Accent rammed a 10-wheel truck. The front of both vehicles sustained heavy...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – Three construction workers were killed and two others are missing after their truck plunged into the Chico River in Barangay Tocucan here on Monday morning, Oct. 27. The Bontoc Operations Center said the truck transporting five workers was headed to a project site in...
