ZAMBOANGA CITY – A ‘’perya’’ or carnival controller was gunned down in Santa Lucia, Pagadian City on Thursday, Dec. 22. Major Shellamie Chang said the victim, 35-year-old Niña Lou Aguilar Flores, was watching a perya game at around 9:30 p.m. when the suspect appeared from behind and shot...
TACLOBAN CITY – A retired municipal administrator of San Isidro, Leyte was killed in an ambush on the national highway in Barangay Libongao, Kananga, Leyte, on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Police identified the victim as Juanita Balmoria Veloso, 77, a resident of Barangay Linao, San Isidro, and sister of...
THE car of Atty. Danny Pondevilla, general manager of the Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco), who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen inside his vehicle parked on 16th Lacson St., Barangay 7, Bacolod City before dawn on Wednesday, Dec. 21. (Photo via Glazyl Masculino) BACOLOD CITY – A...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – An official of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) was killed while two others were unscathed in a gun attack in this city, a police official said Wednesday, Dec. 21. Major Amil Andungan Jr., Cotabato City Police Office Station 2 chief, identified the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay councilor and two barangay tanods or watchmen were killed by two unidentified armed men inside a videoke bar in Dumalinao town, Zamboanga del Sur province, last Friday, Dec. 16. Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, said the victims...
‘SAM,’ a native dog or ‘asong Pinoy’ (Aspin), is treated after he was shot by unidentified culprits in Cebu City. (Photo from Happy Tails Philippines) CEBU CITY – Police are investigating a reported case of animal abuse after two men shot a stray dog in Barangay Duljo here recently. Col....
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police are hunting motorcycle riding-in-tandem gunmen who shot and killed an off-duty Marine here on Sunday, Dec. 18. “There are several angles that investigators are looking into the daring attack against Marine Staff Sgt. Rodolfo Magno Jr., a member of Philippine Marine...
MONTREAL, Canada — Five people were killed and another wounded Sunday in a shooting in the suburbs of the Canadian city of Toronto, police said. The suspect also died after an exchange of fire with law enforcement, local police chief Jim MacSween told reporters, saying the shooting took place in...
A POLICE officer checks the crime scene in Barangay Mambaroto, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental where a man was shot dead and his companion wounded on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Sipalay City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – A 40-year-old man was killed while his friend was wounded in a...
DATU Naga Mangudadatu (FB) TACURONG CITY (PNA) – Police in Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat have launched a manhunt against gunmen who shot dead the son of Mayor Datu Pax Mangudadatu on Tuesday night, Dec. 13. Lt. Col. Lino Capellan, Sultan Kudarat deputy police director for operations, said police in...
DATU Naga Mangudadatu (FB) COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Two persons were killed while two others were injured in a gun attack on Tuesday night, Dec. 13, in Lutayan town, Sultan Kudarat province, police said Wednesday, Dec. 14. Capt. Leonel Delasan, Lutayan police chief, said the 6:30 p.m. shooting at...
BATANGAS CITY – A 48-year-old driver ran amuck and killed two barangay tanods or watchmen in Barangay Bilogo here on Sunday night, Dec. 11. Police identified the victims as Ruben Torino, 52, and Robinson Torino, 50. The victims tried to pacify the suspect, Reinaldo Barangas of Sitio...