TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A 60-year-old laborer was buried alive in a private cemetery in Barangay Baguio here on Friday, August 11. MEDICAL staff attempt to revive a 60-year-old laborer buried alive while excavating the foundation for a fence of the Himlayang Paraiso Cemetery in Barangay...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Police arrested a father here on Monday, July 31, for allegedly raping his daughter for seven years, particularly during her birth anniversary, starting in 2016. Police Lt. Col. Bonna Obmerga, city police chief, said the victim, accompanied by her mother, has filed a...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A farmer died and a barangay chairman was injured in a lightning strike in Barangay Ilayang Nangka, this city, on Tuesday afternoon, July 18. Tayabas police chief Police Lt. Col. Bonna Obmerga identified the fatality as Romeo Sayam, 30. Sayam was taken to the Tayabas...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – The body of a man believed to be a “salvage” or summary execution victim was found near the bypass road in Barangay Wakas here on Thursday morning, May 25. THE body of a suspected ‘salvage’ victim was found near the bypass road in Barangay Wakas, Tayabas City, Quezon...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A city hall built at a staggering budget of P500 million in Barangay Baguio and arguably the biggest in this province was inaugurated on Tuesday, May 9. MAYOR Lovely Reynoso-Pontioso (sixth from left), with Bishop Mel Rey-Uy, the city council, and provincial and local...
POLICE look at the body of a suspected summary execution victim in Tayabas City, Quezon. (Photo via Danny Estacio) The body of another suspected “salvage” or summary execution victim was found in the province of Quezon on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Police said the male victim was found by passers-by on...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – About 400 children from this province received a simple but adorable teddy bear under a project spearheaded by a popular mall here in cooperation with the Quezon Tri-Media Group (QTMG). SM City-Lucena employees headed by Assistant Manager Russel Alegre and QTMG president...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Ten alleged illegal loggers were arrested in an operation on Friday afternoon, Dec. 2, in Barangay Kanlurang Domoit, this city. A MOLAVE tree (Photo via DENR Region 3 FB) Police identified the suspects as chainsaw operators Romeo Napili, 50; Ariel Sumilang, 56; and...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Police arrested here Saturday, July 10, a 55-year-old canvasser wanted for raping his daughter in 2014. The Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO) identified the suspect as Ulysses de la Torre. De la Torre is the most wanted person in this city and has been hiding for...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – Two men were killed while another was critically wounded in separate shooting incidents in Batangas and Quezon Tuesday, July 5. The Police Regional Office 4-A (PRO 4-A) identified the fatalities as Marco Ibañez, 45, of Sitio Tala, Barangay...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon -- A dead baby was found floating in the Alitao River in sitio Ibaba, Barangay Wakas in this city on Tuesday morning, June 7. The baby, about seven to eight months old, was found at around 10:30 in the morning by a group of youngsters who were in the river catching fishes. The...