ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A powerful explosion rocked a gasoline station in Lamitan City, Basilan province on Tuesday evening, June 18, the same day the city was celebrating its 17th founding anniversary. A loud blast was heard from the gas station owned by the Mateo family in Barangay Matibay at 6:47 p.m....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has denounced the May 19 bombing during a Catholic mass in a chapel in Cotabato City where two women worshipers were injured. In a statement, the CHR said the incident was "a deplorable act of violence that has no place in society." The CHR said that police...
BACOLOD CITY – A 58-year-old man was killed and his son was injured in an explosion in Purok Lomboy, Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Monday night, April 22. A MAN and his son were killed and injured in an explosion in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons were injured in a grenade blast in a store on the Eco-Tourism Highway in Sitio Medina, Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, February 27. POLICE cordon a store following a grenade explosion that injured three persons in Barangay Rizal,...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – Four persons died in a fireworks factory explosion in Barangay Bigaa here on Thursday afternoon, February 1. Fatalities were identified as Marvin Lamela Ocom, 27; Bebot Reymundodia, 44; Ricardo Olic-Olic, 51, and John Ronald Gonzales Deduro, 23. Initial investigation...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Four individuals – two men and two women – sustained second- and third-degree burns in an alleged explosion in a fireworks factory in Balangay 9, Barangay Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon, on Friday, December 29. THE Quezon Municipal Police Station and the Bureau of Fire...
The Mindanao State University (MSU) on Sunday, Dec. 3, denounced the act of violence that occurred during a religious gathering at the university gymnasium. Photo from MSU Issuing a statement, MSU called the incident a "senseless act of violence" that has no place in a civilized society. Based on...
Emergency responders attend to an injured woman after a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) suddenly explodes at the Dimaporo Gymnasium inside the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City on Dec. 3, 2023. The incident left at least four people dead and 50 others wounded. Authorities...
Four persons were killed and 50 were injured in an explosion in Marawi City on Sunday morning, December 3. AN explosion hit a Mass in Marawi City on December 3, killing four persons and injuring 50 others. (FB) Three of the fatalities were female and one was male. Fourty-two of the injured were...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two militiamen were killed and two others were injured when an improvised explosive device went off on Monday, November 28, in Sitio Bato Piat, Barangay Limbocandis, Sumisip, Basilan. The fatalities were identified as Rit Iklaman, 41, of Barangay Guiong, Sumisip, and Ligaya...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – A suspected member of Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) was blasted to death after an improvised bomb he was carrying prematurely went off Sunday morning, October 29, in Maguindanao del Sur. Major Saber Balogan, Army 601st Infantry Brigade spokesperson, said the...
CEBU CITY – A 48-year-old man in Jagna, Bohol was killed after an object inside a hole that he excavated exploded on Wednesday afternoon, October 18. MAP of Jagna, Bohol. The fatality was identified as Allan Villanueva, a native of Albuera, Leyte. Police said Villanueva dug up a hole inside...
