QUEZON, Isabela – Police arrested a man who allegedly robbed a couple less than an hour after committing the crime in Barangay Arellano here on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 13. The suspect was identified as Edmar, 36, of Tabuk City, Kalinga. The Quezon Municipal Police Station said the victims were...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City – Police destroyed confiscated illegal firecrackers and improvised cannons in this camp on Wednesday, Jan. 14. Quezon police chief Police Col. Romulo Albacea led the ceremony, witnessed by the Bureau of Fire Protection, Quezon Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management...
The Quezon City government has officially launched the OASIS ( Openness, Adaptation, Sensitization, Innovation, and Social Ties) Schoolyard Project at Diosdado Macapagal Elementary School (DPMES) on Tuesday, Jan. 13. The school is the city’s first pilot site for a climate-resilient and...
CALAUAG, Quezon – A 48-year-old Person with Disability plunged to his death in a deep well on Friday morning, Jan. 9, in Barangay Binutas here. Police identified the victim as Joseph. Investigation said Joseph was fetching water when he suffered a seizure and fell into the well and drowned. His...
TIAONG, Quezon – A 42-year-old Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) was gunned down and her friend, also an OFW, was wounded on New Year’s Day in Sitio Usiw in Barangay Ayusan 1, this town. Police identified the fatality as Julie, single. The victim was driving a motorcycle and was about to fetch...
INFANTA, Quezon – A youth leader was killed and 23 individuals were injured when a tourist bus transporting members of a youth organization from Barangay Bagong Silangan, Quezon City turned on its side on the Marilaque Highway in Barangay Magsaysay, this town, on Monday morning, Dec. 29. The...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – Four revelers, three of them minors, were injured after a carnival amusement ride experienced a mechanical failure on Christmas Day in Barangay Malabanban Norte here. Police identified the victims as Trexy, a Grade 7 student; Thyron, Grade 3 pupil; Vince, a teenaged boy, and...
MAUBAN, Quezon – Ten houses were destroyed in a four-hour fire in Barangay Sadsaran here on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 23. Police and firefighters responded to the fire at 1:30 p.m. It was put out at about 4 p.m. Residents assisted firefighters through a bucket brigade. The fire spread rapidly as...
LOPEZ, Quezon – A widower was allegedly hacked to death by his 37-year-old son on Monday night, Dec. 22, in Barangay Mandoog here. Police identified the victim as Alfredo Sr., 69. Investigation said an altercation erupted between the victim and the suspect, Alfredo Jr., who was armed with bolo....
CANDELARIA, Quezon – Philippine National Police chief Police Lt. Gen. Jose Nartatez Jr. on Sunday visited police personnel wounded in a recent encounter with communist rebels in this town. Nartatez awarded the Medalya ng Sugatang Magiting and Medalya ng Kadakilaan for the bravery and sacrifice in...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A 41-year-old businessman was killed and five were injured after a trailer truck rammed two vehicles in Barangay Camaysa here on Saturday, Dec. 20. Police Lt. Col. Elizabeth Capistrano, Tayabas City police chief, identified the victim as Jeffrey. Injured were Dennis, 37;...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City – A police officer was killed and two colleagues were wounded in a gun battle with a group of armed men in Sitio Pulyok, Barangay San Isidro, Candelaria town, Quezon province, on Friday evening, Dec. 19. The name of the slain policeman was withheld for security reasons. He...
