crime

Noisy motorcycle leads to shooting, death in Koronadal

KORONADAL CITY, Philippines – A local village councilman shot and killed a motorist on Friday over a motorbike with an open pipe muffler that produced irritating noise. Supt. Barney Condes, Koronadal City police director, identified the victim…

C-5 dangerous at night

Inquirer columnist Ramon Tulfo recounts a rock-throwing incident on C5: The C-5 highway—especially that stretch between Market! Market! and Kalayaan Avenue—is very dangerous at night. Unidentified persons hurl rocks at passing vehicles. My friend, Louie Ysmael, was…

1 dead, 1 wounded as gun owners argue over ‘glaring’ headlights

TWO licensed gun owners who got into a heated debate over a motorcycle’s headlights shot each other shortly after Sunday midnight in Caloocan City, leaving one dead and the other wounded. Killed on the spot was 58-year-old…

Brothels thrive beside road projects of ‘Daang Matuwid’

BROTHELS are rising near roads being repaired by the public works department—hardly the sort of projects one would associate with President Aquino’s “Daang Matuwid” (Righteous Path). A surge in the number of road and bridge construction and…

Cab linked to Papadom widow’s slay

THE POLICE are trying to determine if the bloodstains found in an abandoned taxi cab in Guadalupe, Makati City—a five to 10-minute drive from the area where her body was found—came from the widow of reggae artist…

Businesswoman shot dead during traffic jam in Parañaque

MANILA — A 66-year-old woman was killed after she was shot several times inside her vehicle in Parañaque on Tuesday. A report reaching Senior Supt. Ariel Andrade, the city’s chief of police, said Yolanda Dela Rosa Manatad…

Landscaper hacks 3 bus passengers with a bolo

Claiming he overheard them talking about killing him, a passenger on a Bicol-bound bus on Edsa, Quezon City, hacked with a bolo the three men seated in front of him on Friday morning. Vincent Ostonal, 30, a…

California cops looking for Filipino suspect in fatal shooting

SAN FRANCISCO— Santa Clara Police are seeking a Filipino suspect who allegedly shot and killed a man Friday, January 29 at 1509 Agnew Road, in Santa Clara, California. Police found the victim, a 25-year-old Santa Clara resident,…

Good-looking man’ fires at cab carrying 4 in Sta. Ana

MANILA — A man fired shots at a taxi carrying four passengers after its driver refused to pull over in Sta. Ana, Manila, early Wednesday. The cab driver, Edgardo Magisa of Winjerm Taxi, said the still unidentified…

Car yields 2 dead boys in Antipolo

IT REMAINED a puzzle for the police how two 4-year-old boys ended up dead inside a car parked at an Antipolo City subdivision. The bodies of Aljo Malaco and Renz Alcoriza were found around 3 p.m. Monday…

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