BACOLOD CITY – The body of a 27-year-old woman was found in a sugarcane field in Sitio Bag-ong Dalan Palao 1, Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Sept. 8. Police Lt. Suzennie Ann Legada, administrative officer of Escalante City Police Station, said the victim was...
CEBU CITY – Two brothers were gunned down in Barangay Tanghaligue, Talibon, Bohol on Saturday night, Sept. 7. Police said four armed men aboard a white vehicle arrived at the victims’ house. The gunmen broke into the house and peppered the brothers, identified as Giloy, 42, and Witwit 36, with...
SAN JUAN, Batangas – A 69-year-old man was shot dead by his brother-in-law for insulting his sister, Sunday morning, Sept. 7, in this town. Police identified the victim as Guillermo. The victim was walking when he was shot by the suspect Sireno who fled and ditched the gun along the way to...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Nedznyl Amjad Tulawie, the primary suspect in the murder of three men here, surrendered to authorities at dawn on Monday, Sept. 8, in Camp Police Senior Supt. Julasirim A. Kasim in Asturias, Jolo, Sulu. Personnel of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) served the...
BACOLOD CITY – An 11-year-old boy was killed by a lightning strike in Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Sept. 6. Police Lt. Col. John Joel Batusbatusan, Cadiz City police chief, said the victim, a Grade 6 pupil, was playing with other children near a cotton fruit...
BACOLOD CITY – Police recently recovered a car allegedly used in the fatal shooting of a church driver here last month. The vehicle was found in Barangay Pandanon, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, Police Major Ryan Villasario, Don Salvador Benedicto police chief, said. Police Lt. Meller...
BACOLOD CITY - The Police Regional Office Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) condemned the murder of a former barangay councilor in Barangay San Pablo, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, PRO-NIR spokesperson, denounced Thursday, Sept. 4, the “cowardly act...
BAGUIO CITY – A pregnant woman and a 17-year-old student were killed in landslides during heavy rains in in Mankayan, Benguet and Tabuk City, Kalinga, on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Police said the victims were Ivy Khate Ogues Dizon, 18, eight-months pregnant, of Barangay Guinaoang, Mankayan, and a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 54-year-old former barangay councilor was gunned down in Hacienda Cabayao, Barangay San Pablo, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday morning, Sept. 3. Investigation said a man was looking for a lost carabao in the area and asked for the house of the victim Pablo. The victim...
A 30-year-old police officer shot and killed his live-in partner in their house in Barangay Aplaya, Digos City, Davao del Sur on Sunday, Aug. 31. The Digos City police identified the suspect as Police Patrolman Orland, assigned to the Hagonoy, Davao del Sur Municipal Police Station. Investigation...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Two teenage boys drowned while swimming in a dam in Oas, Albay over the weekend. Police said victims went swimming with a companion amid heavy rain on Aug. 31 and the strong river current swept the trio away. One of the victims, identified as “Bert,” 18, drowned and his...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old Department of Education (DepEd) employee died after his motorcycle crashed into a parked carabao cart in Purok 2, Barangay Magallon Cadre, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Aug. 31. Police Major Romulo Gepilango, Moises Padilla police chief, identified the...
