A farmer was shot and wounded by a barangay chairman in Barangay Santa Isabel Sur, City of Ilagan City, Isabela, on Monday night, Jan. 13. Police identified the victim as Jon Jon. Initial investigation said the victim and the suspect Rey, chairman of Barangay Santa Isabel Sur, were having a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 21-year-old student was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman in Isabela City, Basilan province on Sunday, Jan. 12, the first day of the gun ban in the May elections. Newly appointed Isabela City police director Police Lt. Col. Raymond Sanson identified the fatality as...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office is investigating the death of a policeman in his brother’s house in Isabela town on Dec. 27. Police Capt. Judesses Catalogo, Negros Occidental police spokesperson, said the victim with a rank of staff sergeant was found with a bullet...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A tricycle driver was killed and his body was charred in a head-on collision in Barangay San Pablo here on Saturday. Police identified the victim as Manolito Taylan, 46. Investigation said Taylan’s tricycle encountered a pile of soil on a newly constructed road and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three family members died in a fire which gutted their house and store in Isabela City, Basilan at dawn on Monday, Dec. 9. A FIRE killed three family members in Basilan on Monday, Dec. 9. (Contributed photo by Ely Dumaboc) The victims were identified as Hji Hadjira...
TUMAUINI, Isabela – Three children drowned while swimming on the Cagayan River in Barangay Annafunan here on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 3. The victims were identified as Jhon Philip J. Pazzibugan, 8; Lawrence L. Bacani, 9, and Jerome Bacani, 10, residents of Barangay Annafunan and pupils...
RAMON, Isabela – Two teenage students were killed and their companion was injured in a collision between their motorcycle and a Sports Utility Vehicle in Barangay Oscariz here on Wednesday night, Nov. 20. The Police Regional Office-2 said that the female victims were on their way to buy milk...
SAN MARIANO, Isabela – Six persons were injured when a truck loaded with sacks of corn overturned in Barangay Macayucayu here on Sunday morning, Nov. 3. Police said the truck lost its brakes on a downward sharp curve, prompting its driver, Jojo Casuela, to crash the vehicle on the roadside...
BACOLOD CITY – A 56-year-old laborer was allegedly stabbed to death by his nephew during a heated argument over a fenced portion of a rented lot in Sitio Ema, Barangay Camangcamang, Isabela, Negros Occidental on All Saints’ Day. Police identified the victim as Lambrito Sarimong. A 56-year-old...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – Three persons were killed and two others were injured in motorcycle accidents in this province on Wednesday. Police said that the motorcycle driven by Josefino Marcelo Jr., 20, with back riders Diether Marcelo, 18, and Junjun, 17, accidentally crashed into a parked...
ALICIA, Isabela – A Grade 2 pupil drowned in a five-foot deep swimming pool for adults during a family gathering in a resort here on Saturday, Oct. 19. Police identified the victim as Rex, 7, of Barangay Paddad here. Investigation said the victim’s father left him behind in the children’s...
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – Two persons were killed when a man opened fire at a wedding in Purok 6, Barangay Centro San Antonio, this city, before dawn on Saturday, Oct. 19. Police Lt. Col. Jeffrey D. Raposas identified the suspect as Arnel Bielgo, 49. Investigation said Bielgo suddenly...
