CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A businessman was shot dead on Monday afternoon, May 25, in Silangan Village, Barangay Canlubang, this city. Police said the victim Ed was paying a parcel to a delivery rider when two unidentified armed men on a motorcycle arrived and shot him. The suspects took his bag and...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 40-year-old man was shot after he assaulted a police officer in Barangay Busay, Barugo, Leyte, on Monday. Investigation said that the lawman with the rank of corporal who also lives in Barugo was on his way home when the suspect Reo appeared with a gun on his hand. Reo accused...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay councilor was shot dead in Barangay San Jose, Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay on Monday morning, May 25. Police identified the victim as Edison Magdamit, councilor of Barangay Gandiangan, Imelda. Magdamit was driving his motorcycle on the highway when another motorcycle with...
SANTO TOMAS, Isabela – Four persons, including a police officer and a barangay chairman, were killed and four others were injured in a shooting incident during a fiesta celebration in Barangay San Rafael Abajo here on Sunday night, May 24. Police identified the fatalities as Jim, chairman of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who opened fire Saturday near a White House security checkpoint is dead after being shot by officers who returned fire, the U.S. Secret Service said. It was the third incidence of gunfire in the vicinity of President Donald Trump in the past month. The law enforcement...
CEBU CITY – For three packs of shabu and P5,000 cash, three teenagers agreed to gun down a woman in Barangay Calamba here. This was the admission of the assailants who were arrested less than 24 hours after the gun attack happened past 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 21. Two of the culprits...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, May 23, acknowledged the challenge of restoring public trust in the Senate amid controversies that have damaged the institution’s image, as he called on senators to work together to rebuild their credibility. In a radio interview on DWIZ, Gatchalian...
Sen. Raffy Tulfo has filed a Senate resolution urging the Senate Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) to undertake comprehensive capacity-building training programs and to develop and institutionalize a formal operations manual to ensure effective security operations within the Senate of the...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Friday, May 22, that initial findings from investigators point to a case of “trigger-happy” behavior by a member of the Senate Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) during the shooting incident inside the Senate. Lacson said this in a radio interview...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian expressed readiness on Friday, May 22, to assume the Senate presidency amid ongoing coup attempts in the Senate. "Kung handa, handa talaga (If it comes to that, I’m ready)," Gatchalian said in an interview on DZMM. Gatchalian said his 10 years in the Senate and...
COTABATO CITY – Police in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have launched a hunt against two men who shot dead a local radio announcer in the region’s Special Geographic Area (SGA) on Thursday night. Capt. Vilma Dimaraw, chief of the Malidegao municipal...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man on the most wanted list was arrested by Basilan authorities for the murder of an Isabela City government worker on Wednesday, May 20. The suspect, identified as Joel Buenbrazo Abella, 49, was apprehended during a law enforcement operation by the Isabela City police. Abella...
