BACOLOD CITY – A 38-year-old former member of the Rebolusyonaryong Partidong Manggagawa ng Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army/Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) was shot dead in Purok Vanda, Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 19. Police said that the victim Joseph...
A shooting victim in Rodriguez, Rizal, was arrested while receiving medical treatment after authorities discovered he was linked to a murder case and had a standing warrant of arrest for illegal possession of firearms. The victim, identified only as “King Abbas,” was brought to the hospital for...
Perhaps Senator Pia Cayetano was not able to read the messages from her colleagues in the minority bloc checking up on them after the shooting incident in the Senate last week. This was according to Senator Erwin Tulfo, who said that he personally messaged: "Praying for all of you there" when he...
Amid emotional exchanges among senators exactly a week after the gunfire incident inside the Senate, Senate Minority Leader Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday, May 20, proposed referring the matter to a Committee of the Whole, describing the issue as one that directly affects the institution and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Another female member of the Toledo family who works at the Isabela City government in Basilan was shot dead by unidentified riding-in-tandem gunmen in Isabela City on Wednesday, May 20. Carliecel Nuena, a utility worker and cousin of the late Karen Toledo Resurreccion who was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay kagawad was allegedly shot dead by his son-in-law inside his residence in Barangay Curuan here on Wednesday, May 20. Police identified the victim as Warlito Sanson Salvador, 57. Investigation disclosed that Salvador and a friend were having a drinking session at the...
Suspended Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca said on Wednesday, May 20, that the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage released on the night of the Senate shooting incident was spliced to support the narrative that there was no attack on the institution. "We are preparing the complete videos...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two teenagers who shot and killed three people in an attack on a California mosque were radicalized online where they first met and shared white supremacist views, according to authorities and writings they authored. The pair "didn 't discriminate on who they hated," Mark...
A volunteer of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested following the recent Senate incident was unarmed and taken into custody without a warrant, NBI Director Melvin Matibag said. Speaking at the Manila City Hall Reporters’ Association (MACHRA) “Balitaan” forum on Tuesday, May 19,...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two teenage suspects killed three men in a shooting at a San Diego mosque Monday before killing themselves a few blocks away, authorities said. Police Chief Scott Wahl said a security guard at the Islamic Center of San Diego was among those killed and that the case is being...
A 40-year-old man, known in his neighborhood as a drug personality, was gunned down in broad daylight by a black-clad assailant in Sitio Aringit, Barangay San Isidro, Antipolo City, Rizal, at around 12 p.m. on Monday, May 18, police said. The Antipolo Component City Police Station (Antipolo CCPS)...
The Office of the Ombudsman has requested the Senate’s Public Relations and Information Bureau (PRIB) to submit records related to media personnel present during the May 13 shooting incident inside the Senate. In a letter dated May 15 addressed to PRIB Director Michael Caber, the Ombudsman’s...
