CEBU CITY – Tragedy struck just as the year was about to end after two fatal fire incidents broke out in separate areas in Cebu province. AUTHORITIES inspect a house razed by fire in Bogo City, northern Cebu on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 29. (Photo from MyTVCebu) In Tabogon town, a mother and her...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police arrested 18 individuals for allegedly stealing 50,000 liters of diesel fuel worth more than P2 million in Barangay San Antonio, Guagua, Pampanga on Friday, Dec. 27. THE SUSPECTS in a police lineup. (PRO-3 FB) Police identified the...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Eleven persons were injured when their passenger van rammed a concrete center island in Barangay Domoit, this city, on Saturday, Dec. 28. Police identified the victims as Francisco Manalo Barbosa, 69, driver; Stella, 5; Ivan, 8; Ellen 7; Mark, 4; Maria, 4; Bernardo...
LOPEZ, Quezon – A 55-year-old farmer and a 71-year-old woman were shot dead in their house in Barangay Calantipayan here on Saturday, Dec. 28. Police identified the victims as live-in partners Armando Mendoza Lapuz and Melia Toriaga Leona. Investigation said the victims were sleeping...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) has issued show-cause orders to drivers involved in road crashes in Cebu during the holiday season. Acting on the directive of LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II, LTO-7 Regional Director Glen Galario signed five SCOs...
CEBU CITY – The reelection bid of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes was dealt another major blow after the Commission on Elections junked his appeal to reverse a previous order cancelling his Certificate of Candidacy in next year's elections. The Comelec en banc affirmed the Second...
Part of the victim's clothing posted by the police as they appealed for information from anyone who may know the victim. (Photo from Bacoor CCPS/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – A man allegedly strangled his former live-in partner to death and disposed of her body by burning it in a vacant lot in...
CAVITE – Authorities collared three drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Tanza on Thursday, Dec. 26. Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspects as alias Roger, alias Yuri, and alias Jen. Confiscated from their possession were more or less 27.25 grams of suspected shabu...
Bacoor Component City Police Station's Motorcade for Peace 2024 on Dec. 26, highlighting Anti-Criminality and Iwas-Paputok Campaigns (Photo from Bacoor CCPS/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – The police seized illegal firecrackers and improvised cannons, locally known as "boga," in various parts of...
ILOILO CITY – A total of 5,201 farmers from Iloilo and Guimaras were freed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of their debts as Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs). FARMER-BENEFICIARIES from Iloilo and Guimaras receive their land titles from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in...
LUCBAN, Quezon – Police are tracking down the treasurer of Barangay 1 here who allegedly used barangay funds to pay for her online gambling debts. DOWNTOWN Lucban, Quezon. (Wikipedia) Officer-on-case Police Master Sgt. Jomar Villaflor identified the suspect as Jessa Rosales. Chairman...
CEBU CITY – A six-year-old girl was killed in a vehicular accident in Barangay Langtad, Naga City, southern Cebu on Christmas Day. The girl’s parents were critically injured in the accident on the national highway at past 2 a.m. Police identified the fatality as Caroline Delute. Injured...