USM exec shot

MATALAM, North Cotabato – A top official of the state-owned University of Southern Mindanao (USM) was wounded when a gunman shot her while she was about to enter her house at Uyanguren Street here, around 6:15 p.m., Sunday, police said. Senior Inspector Elias Dandan, chief of Matalam Police, identified the victim as Dr. Cynthia Alpas, head of the USM’s human resource management office. var... 

School principal gunned down

TUGUEGARAO CITY – A school principal was shot and killed Friday night by an unidentified man near an irrigation canal in Purok 3, Barangay Bulanao Norte, Tabuk City, Kalinga province, a belated police report said. Police identified the victim as Alvino Lupnacan, 50, principal of Cawagayan National High School and resident of said place.  Read More »

Grenade scare

An MK2 fragmentation grenade was hurled at the Quezon City Police District Station 5 in Fairview at dawn yesterday, but it did not explode. Superintendent Eleazar Matta, chief of the Fairview Police Station, said the grenade hit and smashed the glass front door of the station.  Read More »

Ex-cop robbed

A retired policeman got injured when two male suspects robbed and stabbed him on board a bus in Pasay City. Police said the victim, SPO2 Willie Aviado, 52, of San Juan City, was aboard a bus on his way to Baclaran at about 2:05 p.m. when an unidentified man snatched his gold necklace worth P60,000.  Read More »

Drugs eyed in man’s killing

Police are hunting down a man who shot dead a man allegedly in what investigators suspect as a drug-related killing in Pasay City Police last Thursday. Probers said the victim, Robby Castuera, 31, of 258 Vergel Street, was shot to death by an unidentified man at about 3:45 p.m., Thursday, in the presence of his shocked neighbors.  Read More »

Antipolo mayor’s political leader slain

ANTIPOLO, City – A political leader of Antipolo City Mayor Nilo Leyble was shot dead Tuesday night while watching television inside her house. PO3 Ronald San Juan of Antipolo Police identified the victim as Rina Gabuna Junio, 50, officer-in-charge of the Antipolo City Hall Annex 3 and former barangay chief of Sitio Kamias, Barangay Sta. Cruz, Antipolo City. She succumbed to a bullet... 

Motorcycle rider killed in Cavite

IMUS, Cavite ­- Mystery shrouded the death of a man whose body was left on a motorcycle parked on a road in this capital city, police said yesterday. The still unidentified man, whose head bore a bullet wound, was found by passersby and police on the cushion seat of a red Racal motorcycle (6866 OM) on Pasong Buaya I Road at 8:45 p.m. Friday. Incoming search terms:imus motor accident... 

Medical student killed in dormitory

DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite – A De La Salle University (DLSU) medical student was shot dead midnight Thursday by a still unidentified man armed with a .45-caliber pistol in a room of Casa Isabel Dormitory-Villa Nicasia in Barangay Burol Main here, police said yesterday. The victim, one Mark Joseph N. Oliveros, sustained multiple bullet wounds and died on the spot. Incoming search terms:mark... 

Grandma slain

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A 60-year-old grandmother died after she was shot in the face by an unidentified man near her house in Barangay Laoac, Pozurrobio, Pangasinan, last Wednesday.  Read More »

‘Salvage’ victims found in Manila

Manila, Philippines – Two suspected “salvage“ or summary execution victims were found at the corner of Dimasalang and Craig Streets at 3 a.m. yesterday. The still unidentified victims were blindfolded with packaging tape and their hands were bound. One of the victims was wearing blue shorts and an orange shirt while the other had gray shorts, black shirt, and many tattoos. Police...