ILOILO CITY – A stabbing victim and his brother were killed in a vehicular collision on their way to the hospital in Pototan town, Iloilo province, on Friday, Aug. 15. The Pototan Municipal Police Station identified the victims as Reymar and Reymond Postrado. Police Major Bryan Alamo, Pototan...
DAGUPAN CITY – A seven-year-old girl reported missing in Asingan, Pangasinan Thursday was found dead in Bonuan Gueset here on Friday. The body of the victim Portia from Asingan was discovered by a couple from the area. Initial investigation said the victim was abducted in front of her house and...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office (PHO) has recorded eight dengue fatalities as of Aug. 2. The PHO said 3,813 cases have been recorded from Jan. 1 to Aug. 2, an increase of 62.46 percent or 1,466 compared to the same period in 2024 with only 2,347. Ten out of 31 local...
MAKILALA, North Cotabato – Two people died and two police officers were wounded in a shootout during a raid in a businessman’s house in this town before dawn Thursday. Police Lt. Juaren Caang, spokesperson of the Cotabato Police Provincial Office, said police were serving a search warrant in...
Two bodies of two women believed to be ‘’salvage’’ or summary execution victims were discovered in a canal in Purok 5, Barangay Salaza, Palauig, Zambales, on Thursday morning, Aug. 14. Police identified the victims as alias Khangkhang, 24, a resident of Purok Relocation, Barangay Taltal,...
GUMACA, Quezon – A 54-year-old farmer was hacked to death by his companion during a drinking spree in Barangay Batong Dalig here on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 13. Police said victim Florante, with the suspect Manolito and three others, including a former barangay kagawad, were peacefully drinking...
KORONADAL CITY – Authorities have launched a citywide manhunt for two gunmen who shot and killed a civil engineer and wounded his wife during a Wednesday morning gun attack inside Doña Lourdes Subdivision. Police Lt. Col. Peter Pinalgan Jr., city police director, said engineer Kezzie Junsan was...
A member of the LGBTQ community was stabbed to death in Lipa City, Batangas over the weekend. Police identified the victim as Jericho Elliorante. Elliorante, a 25-year-old newly crowned LGBTQ pageant winner in Barangay Sambat, Tanauan City, Batangas, sustained 13 stab wounds. His body was found at...
CABUYAO, Laguna – A 27-year-old employee of a gadget store was stabbed dead during a robbery in Barangay Mamatid, this city, on Monday morning. Police identified the victim as Jona. Investigation said the victim arrived at the store and discovered that assorted gadgets are missing. She called her...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A businessman and his wife were killed when a provincial bus crashed into their canteen before dawn on Wednesday, Aug. 13, on the Santa Rosa-Tarlac Road in Barangay Santo Rosario, Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija. Police identified the victims as canteen owner Eddie and wife...
DAGUPAN CITY – The 15-year-old girl shot by her ex-boyfriend in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija has passed away, police said. Police said Lea died on Tuesday, Aug. 12, five days after she was shot by her ex-boyfriend, Leo, in a public school classroom on Thursday, Aug. 7. Lea succumbed to a bullet wound...
TARLAC CITY – Victims of an accident on the Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX) in Barangay Amucao, Tarlac City on Tuesday, Aug. 12, were mostly merchandisers, authorities said. Emmanuel Ignacio of the La Paz Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) said the victims...