BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) has confirmed two more dengue fatalities, raising the death toll in this highly-urbanized city to four this year as of July 27. The latest victims were a six-year-old girl from Barangay Handumanan, who died on July 17 due to dengue shock syndrome, and...
ALAMINOS, Laguna – A 40-year-old truck assistant was stabbed to death by a drunken man Sunday night in Barangay San Agustin here. Police identified the victim as Ryan Dayrit, a resident of General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite. Investigation said the suspect, JR, a resident of Batangas City, arrived...
TACLOBAN CITY – An absent without official leave (AWOL) police officer was shot dead on Sunday in Sitio Gungab, Barangay Poblacion, Albuera, Leyte. The victim was identified as Dexter Patun-og, 47, who had been AWOL since 2007 and a resident of Bliss Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City, Leyte. The victim...
BACOLOD CITY – A laborer was allegedly stabbed to death by his brother-in-law during an altercation in Barangay Salong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Aug, 2. Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr. identified the victim as 26-year-old victim Lloyd. Indiape said the victim and the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A police officer drowned after the boat he was riding capsized following crime scene processing in connection with an encounter in Barangay San Isidro, Las Navas, Northern Samar, on Saturday, Aug. 2. The Northern Samar Police Provincial Office mourned the death of Police...
ILOILO CITY – An elderly woman was killed in a fire on Saturday morning in this city two weeks after burying her husband. Authorities identified the victim as 75-year-old Teresita Senon Panelo, who was trapped on the second floor of her house in Barangay Oñate in Mandurriao District. The Bureau...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two students were killed and their companion was injured when their motorcycle crashed into a home in Pagadian City on Friday, Aug. 1. Police identified the fatalities as Teffanie Saipudin and Jonalyn Oliva, both 17 and students of the Zamboanga del Sur National High School....
NASUGBU, Batangas – A 43-year-old helper was stabbed to death by a 39-year-old construction worker during an altercation on Friday, Aug. 1, in Barangay Kaylaway, this town. Police said the victim, Arnel, and the suspect, Rolando, were having a drinking spree when an altercation erupted. Rolando...
BAGUIO CITY – Two caretakers were found dead inside a house in Barangay Manuel Roxas here on July 29. The victims were identified as Sean Jestin Matubang Agnas and Fernando Inventado, both 21. Investigation said a man, Jimmy, called the victims to open the gate of the house. Nobody answered,...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas -- A 46-year-old solar lights installer died and his two co-workers were injured after they were electrocuted while installing a metal solar light pole here on Thursday afternoon, July 31. Police identified the fatality as Ruel. Ruel and colleagues Mario, 35, and Andyniel,...
ILOILO CITY – Six people died and two persons remain missing from the stormy weather last month in Western Visayas region, latest data released by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-6 chaired by the Office of Civil Defense-6 on the impact of the ‘’habagat’’...
TACLOBAN CITY - Two consecutive encounters led to the death of eight suspected members of the New People 's Army and seizure of eight high-powered firearms in the hinterlands of Barangay San Isidro, Las Navas, Northern Samar, Thursday. The first firefight erupted at around 2:30 a.m. as...
