violence

Driver shoots biker dead after Manila fistfight

A POLICE hunt has been launched for the driver of a Hyundai Eon who shot dead a biker and wounded a teenage girl on Monday night. The police identified the fatality as Mark Vincent Garalde and the…

Woman shot dead in jeepney; teen girl hurt

A woman was shot dead inside a passenger jeepney by a man who had just alighted from the same vehicle on Thursday morning in Makati City. Lauran Kristel Rosales, 26, a resident of Sta. Ana, Manila, was…

3 car thieves killed in shootout

THREE suspected car thieves were killed in a shootout with policemen on Monday after they held up a taxi driver in Quezon City and took his cab. Operatives of the District Special Operation Unit (DSOU) said they…

Pasay ambush leaves 2 dead, 2 wounded

Motorcycle-riding gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying members of a Filipino-Chinese household as it traversed Macapagal Avenue, Pasay City, on Tuesday night, killing two of the four people inside. The attack resulted in the death of…

Driver shot by parking area guard in Mandaluyong

A DRIVER working for a state-run corporation was shot and wounded by a security guard after an altercation over parking space in a Mandaluyong City building Wednesday night. The police said Miguel Villamor, 46, a driver working…

Victim No. 6 tags van robber-rapist

Another victim has come forward to pin Wilfredo Lorenzo, who is currently detained by the Quezon City police, on a string of rape and robbery complaints filed mostly by female taxi passengers. The sixth complainant, “Faith,” whacked…

How to protect yourself on the road

MARCH is International Women’s month. Since Chicdriven is a women empowerment column (although we still welcome the other genders), I will be writing a series of women empowerment article starting with safety while driving.…

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…

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…

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…

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