BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was shot dead by gunmen who barged into his house in Sitio Napungalan 2, Barangay Jonobjonob, Escalante City, Negros Occidental, on Sunday, Dec. 1. Police Lt. Suzennie Ann Legada, administrative officer of the Escalante City Police Station, identified the...
BACOLOD CITY – Former Mayor Carlo Gamban of Silay City, Negros Occidental was found dead in his house in Silay City on Monday afternoon, Dec. 2. GAMBAN (right) Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, said that the 85-year-old former local chief executive was found with...
CEBU CITY – A 49-year-old woman died while her husband was injured when a riprap wall collapsed on their house during a heavy downpour on Sunday night, Dec. 1, in Barangay Tisa here. RESCUERS find ways to rescue a couple who was pinned down by a collapsed riprap wall inside their house in...
Police Col. Edison V. Revita, Oriental Mindoro police chief, has ordered a deeper investigation on the recent murder of an elderly couple in Purok Lapnag, Sitio San Miguel, Barangay Maujao, Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro. REVITA Revita identified the victims as Lorenzo Bautista, 79, a retired teacher,...
ATIMONAN, Quezon – A 39-year-old collector was killed and his two back riders were injured after their motorcycle was rammed by a passenger bus in Barangay Malinao Ilaya, this town, on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 1. Atimonan police chief Police Major Marnie Abellanida identified the fatality as...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – A 60-year-old laborer was shot dead in Sitio llaya, Barangay San Andres, this town, on Friday night, Nov. 30. Police identified the victim as Roberto Dalangin Concepcion, married. Investigation disclosed that the victim was sitting inside his house when a man appeared and...
FAMY, Laguna – A New People's Army amazon was killed in an encounter with soldiers here on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 28. The fatality was identified as Agnes Lingay, alias Jimy, Judy, and Esek. Soldiers were conducting security operations when they engaged communist rebels allegedly...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy was killed in a fire that hit a portion of a three-hectare sugarcane plantation in Sitio Mambato, Barangay Tu-oy, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Fire Officer 1 Michael Bernardo, Himamaylan City Fire Station investigator, said that...
CEBU CITY – A “balut” (fertilized duck egg) vendor was killed when a wayward truck plowed into her and other vehicles in a port in San Remigio town, northern Cebu province past midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 27. The fatality was identified as Jennie Mandado, a 44-year-old resident of Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A 22-year-old construction worker was allegedly stabbed to death by his neighbor while pacifying an altercation in Barangay Bulwangan, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Monday night, Nov. 25. Police Major Jaynick Bermudez, Hinoba-an police chief, said the 22-year-old suspect went to...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – A 40-year-old livestock seller and a 38-year-old jobless man were gunned down in separate incidents here on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Police identified the victims as Ericson H. Amol, livestock seller, and Alberto Q. Braga, jobless. Amol was purchasing fried chicken in a stall...
BACOLOD CITY – A 14-year-old boy allegedly hacked his eight-year-old nephew to death in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental last week. Police Major Jun Ray Batadlan, Binalbagan police chief, said Tuesday that the victim was last seen alive with the suspect on Nov. 19. The victim was...
