A construction worker was killed and two others were injured in a landslide on Thursday afternoon, January 11, in Barangay Calumpang, Liliw, Laguna. A LANDSLIDE killed a construction worker and injured two others in Barangay Calumpang, Liliw, Laguna on Thursday afternoon. (Photo via...
MALVAR, Batangas – A 46-year-old jockey was trampled to death after he fell off his horse during a race at the Metro Turf Club in Barangay San Pioquinto here on Wednesday, January 10. Police identified the victim as Francisco Tuazon of Barangay 331, Manila. Tuazon was a participant in Race No. 4...
NASUGBU, Batangas – A construction worker died after his body was split in half by the bucket tooth of a backhoe at Nasacosta Resort in Sitio Aplaya, Barangay Natipuan, this town, on Friday morning, December 8. Police said the victim, Ricardo Domanais, a resident of Barangay Natipuan, was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A huge boulder rolled on the side of a hill and crushed a farmer to death in an incident described as a freak accident in Pamucutan, Zamboanga City on Wednesday, November 8. The victim, Erwin Ituralde Salvador, and his two sons went to a sunflower farm on Wednesday night and fell...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – A 63-year-old foreman died and his daughter was injured when a tree fell on them while they were on board a motorcycle in Barangay 7 here on September 20. “Julie,” 35, the daughter of the victim, Sammy Aplaon, a resident of Barangay 7, told police Tuesday, September 26,...
CEBU CITY – In the wrong place at the wrong time. Such was the case for two persons who were killed in freak accidents in separate areas in Cebu. In Sogod, a 16-year-old boy was killed when a trunk of a coconut tree fell on him on Wednesday night, September 20. The victim was identified as...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A 60-year-old laborer was buried alive in a private cemetery in Barangay Baguio here on Friday, August 11. MEDICAL staff attempt to revive a 60-year-old laborer buried alive while excavating the foundation for a fence of the Himlayang Paraiso Cemetery in Barangay...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – A 38-year-old helper died after he was electrocuted inside a deep well in Barangay Pancian, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte on Sunday, July 2. Police identified the victim as Rogel Fayloga of Barangay Abaca, Bangui, Ilocos Norte. Investigation said the victim and a co-worker...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 19-year-old laborer died after he was pinned under a freshly cut “kili-kili” tree on Tuesday, June 6, in an upland barangay in Barugo, Leyte. Barugo police chief Police Capt. Renato Gerona identified the victim as Christian Avila, 19, of Barangay Caboloan. The village is...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A woman was killed while her companion was injured when their motorcycle crashed in Barangay La Paz here on Saturday, May 27. FIRST responders place Charles Aguilar on a stretcher prior to transport to a hospital following a motorcycle crash in Zamboanga City on Saturday, May...
BACOLOD CITY – A motorcycle rider on his way to buy milk for his child died while a lending collector was injured in a collision in Purok Malipayon, Barangay Tampalon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 23. A POLICEMAN looks at the body of a motorcycle rider who was killed in a...
BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya – A 14-year-old boy died after he was hit by a tanker along the national highway in Barangay Santo Domingo Proper here on Sunday, May 21. The driver of the tanker was identified as Nomer Aba, 45, a resident of Tres Reyes, Saguday, Quirino, while the victim was identified as...