Nine people were killed and six others were injured in a collision involving two passenger vans and a truck in Barangay San Pablo, Aurora, Isabela before dawn on Saturday, July 19. Police said the eight fatalities were the driver and seven passengers of a commuter van – Oseas Calderon, driver,...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Two men onboard a motorcycle were killed by a falling tree on the Gov. Fuentebella Highway in Barangay Moriones, Ocampo town, Camarines Sur province, at noon on Friday, July 18. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson identified the victims as...
A nine-month pregnant woman was killed by a falling coconut tree in Barangay Ticulon, Malita, Davao Occidental on Thursday. Reports said the 23-year-old victim was walking on her way home after doing the laundry in a well near her house when a coconut tree suddenly toppled. The victim was hit...
BACOLOD CITY – A maid and a painter were electrocuted to death in Barangay Talacagay, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Thursday morning, July 17. The victims were a 36-year-old woman from Basay, Negros Oriental, and a 40-year-old man from Hinoba-an. Police Major Jaynick Bermudez, Hinoba-an police...
BAGUIO CITY – Two women were killed and three others were injured by a wayward van in Barangay Irisan here on Saturday night, July 12. The fatalities were aged 35 and 60. Injured were two children of one of the fatalities aged nine and three and a 34-year-old woman. Police said that the victims...
CEBU CITY – A policeman died in what authorities described as an accidental firing inside his house in Barangay Buhisan here on Tuesday morning, July 8. Police Corporal Edmund Danieles Agustin, 33, suffered a bullet wound in the abdomen. He was assigned to the Investigation and Detective...
BACOLOD CITY – A 23-year-old graduating aeronautics student was killed in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Mabini, Pulupandan, Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 6. Police identified the victim as Christian, a resident of Barangay Zone 7, Pulupandan. Investigation said the victim and his two...
BACOLOD CITY – Silay City Mayor Joedith Gallego on Friday assured immediate assistance and other necessary support to the victims of the tragic crash involving a city government-owned mini dump truck in Barangay Guimbala-on. Based on the initial police report, a group of job order employees who...
BACOLOD CITY – Five people were killed when a mini-dump truck with 24 passengers overturned in Barangay Guimbalaon, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Friday morning, June 27. Police Lt. Grace Eran, administrative officer of the Silay City Police Station, identified the fatalities as Rafael...
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – A three-day-old baby boy was killed in a freak motorcycle accident in Barangay Rizal, this town, on Wednesday night, June 25. Police said the victim, Ronald, was wrapped in a blanket and carried by his mother, Janeth, on their way home to Del Gallego, Camarines Sur onboard a...
CEBU CITY – A 41-year-old woman died after a 10-wheel truck ran over her on a highway in Toledo City, Cebu province on Wednesday morning, June 25. Police identified the fatality as Mitchelle Padwelan Paragoso, resident of Barangay Poog, Toledo. The woman was the back rider of a motorcycle driven...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four people were killed and 12 were rescued after a rescue vehicle of Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur plunged into the Dapitan River in Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte on Monday, June 23. The Libertad Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office said the vehicle, a green Fuso...