BAGUIO CITY – Police are thoroughly investigating the death of former Department of Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral. Cabral was found dead at around 8 p.m. on a 30-meter-deep ravine on Bued River in Sitio Maramal, Barangay Camp 4, Kennon Road, Tuba, Benguet, on...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A security guard who allegedly shot and killed a fellow security guard and a construction worker during a drinking session in a mechanic school in Iba Airport, Barangay Lipay-Dingin-Panibuatan, Iba town, Zambales province on Sunday, Dec. 14, has surrendered. The suspect, of...
BACOLOD CITY – A 54-year-old livestock buyer was shot dead in Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Dec. 14. The victim was identified as Alberto. Police Lt. Col. Roberto Indiape Jr., Kabankalan police chief, said the victim was fixing a motorcycle when two men arrived...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A Korean was killed by a spinning electric grinder in Sitio Labak, Barangay Janagdong 2, this town, on Friday. Police identified the victim as Killku, 59. Investigation said the victim was working in his house under construction. He plugged in the electric grinder not knowing...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old man set himself on fire after stabbing his 14-year-old nephew to death in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Dec. 14. Police Lt. Col. Nazer Canja, San Carlos police chief, said that the victim was lying in bed after obtaining gasoline upon the...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police are set to file murder charges against three suspected illegal drug pushers who were tagged in the gruesome killing of a 21-year student on Monday, Dec. 8, in Barangay Apopong, this city. The victim was identified as Miyuki Kim, a 21-year-old Agriculture student at...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A medical representative was shot dead here on Sunday night, Dec. 14. Police identified the victim as 43-year-old Nicolai Torres Asistido. Investigation said the victim was talking to a companion on Calle Real St. in Barangay Mercedes when a man onboard a motorcycle appeared and...
BUTUAN CITY – Philippine Coast Guard personnel recovered the body of a missing child on Sunday after an extensive search of the Mayag River in Mainit, Surigao del Norte. The child had been reported missing since Saturday after allegedly falling into the river in Purok Mahusay, Barangay Matin-ao....
TACLOBAN CITY – A retired police officer was shot dead in Calbayog City on Saturday, Dec. 13. The Police Regional Office-8 strongly condemned the murder. Investigation said the victim was gunned down in a cockpit arena. His last assignment was Lope de Vega town, Northern Samar province where he...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – An alleged member of the Dawlah Islamiyah tagged in a string of murder cases was killed in a shootout with security forces in Datu Abdullah Sangki, Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday, Dec. 14. Brig. Gen. Edgar Catu, 601st Infantry Brigade commander, identified the suspect as...
A woman was shot dead in Cabuyao City, Laguna province, on Saturday, Dec. 13. Police identified the victim as Rose Ann. The victim was sitting in front of the main gate of Citadel Subdivision, Purok 3, Barangay Mamatid, at about 10:35 p.m. when two unidentified men wearing black jackets and riding...
BACOLOD CITY – A 45-year-old policeman killed by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Calatrava town, Negros Occidental province was laid to rest in his hometown of Toboso, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Dec. 13. Personnel of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office rendered a solemn 21-gun...