A lineman repairing power lines damaged by typhoon “Tino” in Cebu province was electrocuted on Thursday. The victim was identified as Junric Niñal Heraldez, 25, junior lineman of Cebeco. Police said the victim was working with Raynel Cano, senior lineman of Cebeco, in Barangay Bojo, Aloguinsan...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A pastor who shot to death their treasurer at the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church is now under police custody, according to a report Friday. The SDA North-Central Mindanao Conference (NCMC) said in a statement that Pastor Chosen Gem Abesta, 37, of Manticao, Misamis...
CEBU CITY – The body of a woman buried alive during a landslide in Barangay Sapangdaku was recovered on Thursday, Nov. 6, as the death toll from typhoon ‘’Tino’’ continued to increase. The body of Alicia Llevado, 46, was recovered at 1:38 p.m. Two family members were earlier found. The...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 62-year-old grandmother went missing at the height of typhoon “Tino” in Barangay Hilaan, Bontoc town, Southern Leyte province on Tuesday afternoon. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) said Yolanda Labastida and her husband were evacuating...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two security guards were found dead with multiple bullet wounds at the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) office in Ipil municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The Ipil Municipal Police Station identified the victims as 52-year-old Jamie Dante, a resident of...
TACLOBAN CITY — A 78-year-old man died early Tuesday morning in Barangay Romualdez, MacArthur, Leyte, after his nipa hut was struck by a fallen tree during the onslaught of typhoon “Tino.” The victim, alias Max, a widower and jobless resident, was discovered at 5:40 a.m. According to the...
CEBU CITY – A 44-year-old fisherman died while two others were wounded when they were shot while aboard a motor banca in Barangay Pasil here on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 2. Police identified the fatality as Efren Tancos, a native of Inabanga, Bohol province. Wounded were Marvin Duallo Moreno, 27,...
BACOLOD CITY – A barangay councilor and an active member of an anti-communist organization was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside his home in Purok 1, Barangay Tambad, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Monday, Nov. 3. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said six armed men...
BACOLOD CITY – A 43-year-old police officer is facing murder charges before the Talisay City Prosecutor’s Office in Negros Occidental for allegedly killing a single mother who he had a three-year love affair. Although Police Staff Sgt. Enrique Gonzalodo Jr. claimed in his extrajudicial...
TACLOBAN CITY — A barangay chairman was gunned down on Sunday in Purok 7, Barangay Nijaga, Calbayog City. Police identified the victim as Rogelio Salvame, 50, of Barangay Guinbaoyan Norte, Calbayog City. Police Lt. Col. Dinvir Revita, Calbayog City police chief, said Salvame and his 34-year-old...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Two toddlers were killed in a fire that destroyed their house in Purok 5, Barangay Dalahican, this city, on All Saints’ Day. Police identified the victims as Francis, one-year-old, and brother Vladimir, two. The fire broke out at the house owned by their auntie Joyce, 26,...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental third district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez on Saturday asked the Philippine National Police and Department of Justice to thoroughly investigate the brutal killing of a 42-year-old single mother from Victorias City, Negros Occidental. “I am calling for a full and...
