TACLOBAN CITY — Two suspected New People’s Army rebels were killed in a clash with soldiers on Wednesday, Aug. 27, in Barangay San Jose, Mapanas, Northern Samar. One of the slain communist fighters was identified as Motaw Ortazo, alias “Ibaro.” Troops engaged about 10 Cobra members of the...
GUINAYANGAN, Quezon – A 20-year-old lending collector was killed after a truck ran over him while driving a motorcycle in Barangay San Luis II here on Tuesday night, Aug. 26. Police said the victim Lex was driving towards Bicol direction when his motorcycle slipped and bumped the tire of a truck....
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod Cosmopolitan Christian Church (BCCC) has condemned the recent murder of 59-year-old Efren Banaglorioso who worked as their driver for over 30 years. In a statement, BCCC senior pastor Rev. Michael Sequitin said they were saddened by Banaglorioso’s death and grieves...
TAYSAN, Batangas – A man was gunned down by his drinking buddy who was hacked to death by the victim’s wife afterwards in retaliation in Barangay San Marcelino here on Sunday night. Police identified the victim as Reymark Bagon. Bagon and the suspect, Amado, were having a drinking session when...
COTABATO CITY – Pursuit operations are ongoing for armed men who killed a Muslim preacher and wounded seven others in an ambush in Guindulungan, Maguindanao del Sur, on Monday night, police said Tuesday. Police Capt. Giuseppe Tamayo, speaking for the Maguindanao del Sur police provincial office,...
INFANTA, Pangasinan -- A couple and their two children were killed in a motorcycle accident in Barangay Bayambang, this municipality, on Monday, Aug. 25. Police identified the victims as Allan, driver of the motorcycle; his pregnant wife Crisanta, and their two minor children. Initial investigation...
BACOLOD CITY – A 26-year-old man hacked his 44-year-old uncle to death over a land dispute in Purok 5, Barangay Basak, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Aug. 23. Police Lt. Col. Lowell Garinganao, Cauayan town police chief, said the victim was drinking coconut wine in a relative’s house...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities are investigating if the fatal broad daylight shooting of a 59-year-old church driver in Barangay Taculing here on Sunday, Aug. 24, was a case of mistaken identity. Police Lt. Meller Dionio, spokesperson of the Bacolod City Police Office, said that a background check on...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons, including a teacher, were killed in a motorcycle collision in Barangay Malabuhan, Siaton, Negros Oriental on Sunday night, Aug. 24. Police Master Sgt. Jose Marie Tayko, traffic investigator of Siaton Municipal Police Station, identified the victim as Rolly, 36, a...
BACOLOD CITY – A 59-year-old man was gunned down outside a church on Circumferential Road in Barangay Taculing here on Sunday, Aug. 24. Police Capt. Rosalino Pugoy Jr., head of Police Station 6, identified the victim as Efren, a resident of Barangay Granada in this city. Pugoy said that the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 65-year-old farmer and his 47-year-old nephew hacked each other to death in Sitio Kuli-Kuli, Barangay Mabunao, Bais City, Negros Oriental on Thursday, Aug. 21. Police Corporal Rechuel Adalia, assistant investigator of the Bais City Police Station, said the victim was visiting...
Three persons were killed and two others were seriously injured when a private van crashed into homes in Barangay Abuyon, San Narciso, Quezon on Saturday afternoon. Reports said the vehicle was on its way to Barangay Abuyon when it suddenly swerved and rammed two houses. Victims were taken to a...
