NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – Eleven persons were injured when the passenger jeepney they were riding in overturned while ascending the zigzag portion of the national highway in Sitio Kakaldingan, Barangay Lungog, this town, on Thursday afternoon, September 19. Police said the vehicle driven by...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old lineman plunged to his death while working on an electric post in Barangay Villamonte here amid inclement weather due to the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by tropical cyclones on Sunday, September 15. A 34-year-old Negros Power lineman, Jessie James...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon - A three-year-old boy drowned in a water container near a construction site in Barangay Ibaba Palale, this city, on Wednesday afternoon, August 28. Police identified the victim as Gabriel, a resident of Barangay Gumihan, Infanta, Quezon. The victim was found lifeless, head...
A construction worker plunged to his death after he was electrocuted on the third floor of a building under construction at the public market in Camalaniugan, Cagayan on Thursday, August 15. A LABORER plunged to his death in Camalaniugan, Cagayan on Thursday, August 15. (Cagayan PIO) Police...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – A 40-year-old truck driver was pinned to death by a concrete arch at the boundary of Barangays Sala-and Marinig, this city, on Wednesday evening, August 14. Police identified the victim as Bryan Reyes Ramos of Taytay, Rizal. Investigation said the victim was driving a...
NASUGBU, Batangas – A vendor was killed after a big acacia tree toppled due to strong wind and heavy rain from typhoon “Carina” while selling "goto" (rice porridge with tripe) in Barangay Poblacion 3, this town, on Tuesday night, July 23. Police identified the victim as Virgilio, 46, a...
CEBU CITY – A resort in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City was shut down after one of its guests died while using its floating jumping balloon. The freak accident that claimed the life of 45-year-old Catherine Paypa Egam from Cagayan de Oro City happened in Pinky’s Floating Cottage Rental in Sitio...
CAMALANIUGAN, Cagayan – A 67-year-old barangay councilor or kagawad died after he was hit by wayward tire debris in a vulcanizing shop here on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Demi Balianca, kagawad of Barangay Cullit, Lal-lo, Cagayan. Investigation said Balianca was hit by a...
CEBU CITY – A 39-year-old construction worker died on the spot after a concrete slab that a crane tried to lift fell on him in a construction site in Lapu-Lapu City on Wednesday afternoon, June 19. A LABORER was killed by a falling concrete slab in Lapu-Lapu City on June 19. (Contributed...
CEBU CITY – Lesson learned. THE construction site where a laborer fell to his death in Dalaguete, Cebu. (Contributed photo) This was how the municipal engineer of Dalaguete, Cebu described the tragic incident in Barangay Maluray where a 21-year-old laborer died fell to his death in a...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 20-year-old college student was injured after she was hit by a falling concrete decorative sculpture from the bell tower at Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church in Barangay South, Ormoc City, on Thursday, June 13. Police identified the victim as Caryl Ann Mistola, a student...
INFANTA, Quezon – A 43-year-old fisherman died after he struck the steel rudder of a boat in the sea of this town on Sunday, June 9. Police identified the victim as Marcelo, from Barangay Dinahican here. Investigation said the boat was returning from a week-long fishing venture in the...
