CANDELARIA, Quezon – A 34-year-old construction worker was killed in front of his daughter by an unidentified gunman who stormed their house in Barangay Pahinga Norte here Saturday, July 2. Police identified the fatality as Abril Buenavista. Investigation showed that Abril and daughter Khazalhayn...
BOCALA when she was freed by an Iloilo City court for the peace talks in Norway in 2016. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A court in Metro Manila has sentenced a high-ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) to life imprisonment for a 1975 murder. A Taguig...
BANGUED, Abra – A woman was killed while her live-in partner was wounded by a lone gunman in Barangay Mudiit, Dolores, this province, Wednesday, June 29. Police identified the victim as Benita Turqueza, 58, married, unemployed, of Barangay Poblacion, Dolores. Investigation by the Dolores...
A FORMER barangay councilor is sprawled on the road after he was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Poblacion, San Enrique, Negros Occidental Thursday, June 30. (Photo courtesy of the San Enrique Municipal Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – Two unidentified...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The decomposing and headless body of a man was found in Barangay Landang Gua, Sacol Island, Zamboanga City Monday, June 28. A Police Regional Office (PRO)-9 report identified the victim as Ibnohasim Turabi Hamid, 37, a resident of the island. Hamid’s body bore hack wounds and...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – Police have launched a hot pursuit operation against a man who shot and killed a barangay councilor and wounded a barangay tanod (watchman) in Sitio Tangke, Barangay Masalukot III here Saturday, June 25. Police Lt. Col. Arnulfo Silencio, Candelaria police chief,...
REINA MERCEDES, Isabela – The long arm of the law finally caught up with a 67-year-old man who was finally arrested last Tuesday, June 21, after hiding for more than 20 years for murder in Diadi, Nueva Vizcaya. CORPUZ The Police Regional Office (PRO)-2 identified the suspect as Oscar Corpuz of...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – The chairman of Barangay Sto. Niño here was killed by still unidentified gunmen Friday, June 24, the second shooting incident involving village officials in this city in just three days. Police said the victim, Florencio Cagas, was gunned down at around 7:10 p.m. in Purok 7,...
BURDEOS, Quezon – A retired policeman was shot dead while pacifying a drunken man who was poking a gun at a woman in Sitio Angib, Barangay Amot, this town, Sunday, June 19. Police Senior Master Sgt. Neil Monteverdi, officer-on-case, identified the victim as Orlando Bantucan, 66, a resident of...
A POLICEMAN talks to a family member of a man who was hacked to death by his father due to a land dispute in Barangay Maaslob, Calatrava, Negros Occidental Saturday, June 18. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office) BACOLOD CITY – A father allegedly killed his son...
THE body of Adonis Matulac, an alleged drug personality, is sprawled on the road in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City beside his motorcycle after he was shot dead Thursday, June 16. (Photo courtesy of Police Station 8) BACOLOD CITY – A 54-year-old suspected drug personality was gunned...
TACLOBAN CITY – Local officials in Samar are outraged by the brutal murder of a high school teacher and her fiancé this week. Samar Rep.-elect Stephen James Tan vehemently condemned the killing of Jade Bestudio and Roan Jeallen Lamparas last Monday by still unidentified men in Calbayog...
