GUINAYANGAN, Quezon – Two persons are missing and four were rescued after the motor banca they were riding in capsized on the Manato River between Barangay Balinarin here and Tagkawayan town, this province, on Saturday, Feb. 1. Police identified the missing as Efimaco Hernandez and Backo...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P1 million in a buy-bust operation in Pavia, Iloilo on Saturday. A suspected drug pusher, Je, a 49-year-old delivery truck driver and a high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade, was apprehended. POLICE seized suspected shabu valued at...
CEBU CITY–An 83-year-old woman was found dead with her head severed from her body, leaving residents of a mountainous barangay in Dumanjug town, southern Cebu in shock. The body of Miguela Pocong Barino was already in a state of decomposition when she was found by her great-grandchild at past 11...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A man was stabbed dead onboard a tricycle in Purok 7, Barangay Concepcion Palasan, this town, on Friday afternoon, Jan. 31. Police identified the victim as Allan. Investigation said the victim and live-in partner were on their way to Lucena City when the suspect, Alfonso,...
CEBU CITY – A 37-year-old driver was killed and his co-worker was injured when their vehicle plunged off a cliff in Asturias town, Cebu province on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 30. Police identified the fatality as Jefferson Alloso, driver of the owner-type jeep owned by Cebu Electric...
CAVITE – A woman had the shock of her life when she saw a reticulated python, locally known as "sawa," right inside her house in Rosario on Thursday, Jan. 30. Residents of Barangay Ligtong-IV hold up the 9-foot reticulated python that emerged from the bathroom ceiling of a house in the area....
CEBU CITY – A 41-year-old woman and her three-year-old daughter were found dead in a shanty in Barangay Balud, San Fernando town, Cebu province. Marittes Rosane Cabaluna and her daughter Ajalia Cabaluna had no external injuries when they were found lifeless past 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28....
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – A 35-year-old contractor was shot dead by while playing billiards in Purok 3, Barangay Marinig, this city, on Wednesday night, Jan. 29. Police identified the victim as Joselito Barquio. Investigation said the victim was playing billiards with friends when a man...
GUMACA, Quezon – Fourteen persons were injured when the van they were riding rammed a tanker truck in Barangay Inaclagan here on Wednesday morning, Jan. 29. Police identified the injured as Marlon, 39, driver; Allan, 38; Romnick, 28; Christine, 26; Regie, 28; Clinton, 32; Reymark, 24;...
Equipment and paraphernalia allegedly used to manufacture shabu in a small-scale laboratory discovered in Tanza on Jan. 28 (Photo from PDEA Calabarzon) CAVITE – Authorities discovered a small-scale laboratory allegedly being used for the production of illegal drugs following a...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Two individuals were shot dead in this town on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Police identified the victims as Alex Cadiao, 54, a farmer, and Mico. Cadiao was walking on his way to his farm when a man appeared and shot him. He died on the spot. Mico was driving when a man boarded his...
ILOILO CITY – A deal has been inked for the construction of a solar power plant project in northern Iloilo province. Joy~Nostalg Solaris Inc. (Solaris) recently signed an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with China Energy Engineering Group Northeast No. 1 Electric...
