CEBU CITY – A female judge died in a vehicular accident in Barangay Cabiangon, Pinamungajan town, Cebu province on Wednesday morning, Oct. 22. Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) Judge Carmela Rosario Pasquin, 41, was declared dead when she was brought to a hospital. Police said the judge was...
TACLOBAN CITY – A teacher was shot gunned down by her husband at the Agbanga Elementary School in Barangay Agbanga, Matalom town, Leyte province, on Wednesday. The Matalom Municipal Police Station (MPS) identified the victim as Ellen, 39. Initial investigation said Ellen was being chased by the...
Acting Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. on Wednesday ordered the start of summary dismissal proceedings against a police corporal tagged in the killing of a barangay kagawad (councilor) and his partner in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. Nartatez said that...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two of the three suspects behind the murder of a village official in Basilan province on Tuesday, police said. Basilan police director Col. Cerrazid Umabong identified the two arrested suspects as Toh Lalung Acalul, 41, and Delpi Suratan, 32, both residents...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – A barangay councilor and his live-in partner were gunned down in Barangay 21, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, on Sunday. Police identified the victims as barangay councilor Joshua Madamba, 26, and live-in partner, Eloisa Jane Pagaduan, 30, an online accounting staff....
By TARA YAP ILOILO CITY – Heavy rainfall from tropical cyclone “Ramil” (international name Fengshen) killed two persons and displaced nearly 18, 500 residents in Capiz and northern Iloilo provinces. A report released by the Office of Civil Defense-6 said that both casualties were from Capiz....
ILOILO CITY – A lady vlogger died during the flash flood that engulfed many towns in Capiz province on Saturday, Oct. 18. The victim was identified as 23-year-old Mae C. Urdelas of Ivisan town, Capiz province. She was popularly known as “Ka Lover’s Blog” by her online followers. “Tama...
A family of five was killed when a buri palm tree fell on their house while they were sleeping at the height of tropical cyclone "Ramil" in Barangay Cawayanin, Pitogo town, Quezon province on Sunday morning, Oct. 19. Police identified the victims as Alberto Anoche Bueno, 66; Jean Andrea Bueno Pena,...
CEBU CITY – A motorcycle driver died while his backrider was injured when they fell off a cliff in Barangay Cambinocot here past noon Saturday, Oct. 18. Alberto Lapesigue, 57, was declared dead when he was brought to the Cebu City Medical Center. Floyd Perez Jr., Lapesigue’s neighbor in...
A male pilot and his female passenger were killed in a plane crash on Saturday in Concepcion, Tarlac. They were taken to a hospital in Concepcion where they were declared dead. Police said the victims were in their late teens and residents of Pampanga. The ultralight aircraft crashed in a rice...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 79-year-old businesswoman was robbed and stabbed to death inside her house in Barangay Vitali here on Thursday, Oct. 16. Police identified the victim as Asuncion Pajarito. Initial investigation showed that the suspects forcibly entered the victim 's residence and robbed...
An 11-year-old boy was killed in a lightning strike in Barangay Granada, Bacolod City on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Barangay Captain Armando Vito said lightning struck the bamboo wall of the victim’s home while he was lying in bed and hugging his pregnant mother. The victim sustained chest injuries,...
