The Department of Education (DepEd) and a teachers’ group on Friday, August 8, strongly condemned the shooting incident at Sta. Rosa Integrated School in Nueva Ecija, which left two students in critical condition and sent shockwaves through the education community. In separate statements, DepEd...
ILOILO CITY – Vice Mayor Julio M. Estolloso of Ibajay town in Aklan province was shot dead by Sangguniang Bayan (SB) Member Mihrel Senatin on Friday morning, Aug. 8. The incident occurred around 9:15 a.m. inside the SB office where the 43-year-old Senatin entered and requested copies of local...
CABANATUAN CITY – A student was shot and wounded inside a classroom in Barangay Rizal, Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, on Thursday morning, Aug. 7. Initial investigation said the minor suspect, Leo, barged inside the classroom of the victim, Lea, 15. Leo drew a gun and shot the victim in the neck. The...
CEBU CITY – A job-order worker of the Cebu City Hall was gunned down in what police suspected as a crime of passion in Barangay Suba here on Monday night, Aug. 4. Roldan Delima Minguito, 46, was shot at close range in the head inside his house past 8:15 p.m. Police said the victim had just...
BACOLOD CITY – A businessman was killed by a gunman who was neutralized in a shootout with responding policemen at the Barangay Dancalan public plaza in Ilog, Negros Occidental on Tuesday morning, Aug. 5. Police identified the victim as 50-year-old Pat, a resident of Barangay Dancalan, Ilog, and...
The Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) announced that they have already identified the two suspects wanted for the shooting of an HPG officer at a car wash in Barangay San Isidro, Makati City on Aug. 1. HPG spokesperson Lt. Nadame Malang said the victim was a known...
COTABATO CITY – A 24-year-old teacher in Lanao del Sur was shot dead by an unidentified gunman on Monday morning, police reported. In his report to the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR), Lanao del Sur Police Provincial Director Police Col. Caezar Cabuhat identified...
TACLOBAN CITY – An absent without official leave (AWOL) police officer was shot dead on Sunday in Sitio Gungab, Barangay Poblacion, Albuera, Leyte. The victim was identified as Dexter Patun-og, 47, who had been AWOL since 2007 and a resident of Bliss Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City, Leyte. The victim...
TACLOBAN CITY - A barangay chairman and a driver were shot and wounded on Saturday, Aug. 2, in Barangay Tagbas, Albuera, Leyte. The victims were identified as Barangay Captain Enrico Barcelona of Barangay Tinag-an, Albuera and his driver Sabel Gubalane. Initial investigation revealed that the...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A 39-year-old manicurist was allegedly shot to death by her live-in partner in Sitio White House, Barangay Lalo, this city, before dawn on Wednesday, July 30. Investigation said the couple had a heated argument after their drinking session in their house over an undisclosed...
CAVITE – A man survived an attempted shooting in Dasmariñas City after the suspect’s gun malfunctioned early morning on Wednesday, July 30. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A said the victim was having coffee just outside his house when the suspect, identified as alias Edison,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A top Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) commander was killed in an ambush in Barangay Cusipan, Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte on Wednesday, July 30. The victim was identified as Asbirin Naing Kalahuddin, 68, leader of Snake Camp Muran and resident of Barangay Cusipan. Police...