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...
A 14-year-old student was electrocuted to death inside her school in the Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 19. The student of Mambago-B National High School was on her way home when she accidentally touched a live wire. Her friend attempted to rescue her but...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) and his female companion were shot dead in Barangay Chinese Pier, Jolo, Sulu on Wednesday, Aug. 20. Police identified the militiaman as Pacolanan Medalle Jr., a resident of Barangay Anuling, Patikul, Sulu....
BACOLOD CITY – A 28-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her jealous husband during a heated argument in Sitio Batang, Barangay T-Hill, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, Aug. 19. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental police, the couple had a...
BUTUAN CITY – A 15-year-old boy allegedly killed his 55-year-old mother after she refused to give him food in Plaridel town, Misamis Occidental province on Friday, Aug. 15, police reported Friday, Aug. 22. Initial investigation conducted by the Plaridel Municipal Police Station disclosed that the...
Police said a 12-year-old girl was killed in a suspected grenade explosion in Barangay Labangal, General Santos City, on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Angel Malid. Investigation said the victim’s family heard an explosion in their backyard and saw the victim in a hammock. Malid...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A mother and her daughter were killed in a landslide during a heavy downpour in Sitio Wani, Lower Sibulao, this city, Tuesday, Aug. 19. The fatalities were identified as Carmelita, 40, and daughter Karen. Erwin, 46, a laborer and Carmelita’s partner, said that they were...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A 41-year-old woman onboard a tricycle was shot dead in Barangay Looc, this town, on Wednesday, Aug. 20. Police identified the victim as Cherry. Investigation said the suspects riding a motorcycle suddenly appeared and fired at the victim. She died on the spot. Follow-up...
DAGUPAN CITY – Police arrested two suspects in the brutal killing of two women in Palauig, Zambales on Thursday during a hot-pursuit operation in Caloocan City on Saturday. The suspects – Jinky, 30, female, jobless, and Benedict, 34, male, mechanic, residents of Masinloc, Zambales – were...
Soldiers killed four New People’s Army rebels in a gun battle in Bukidnon on Wednesday, the military said. Fatalities were three men and an amazon. The 403rd Infantry Brigade engaged the communist rebels at the Saldab Complex in the hinterlands of Malaybalay City and Barangay Dumalaguing in...
BACOLOD CITY – The decomposing body of a suspected “salvage” or summary execution victim was discovered on Thursday morning, Aug. 14, on a river in Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, after three bodies were discovered in Talisay City on Monday, Aug. 11. Police said the body...
