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(Eagle News) — Police have identified the suspects in the killing of Buenavista, Bohol Mayor Ronald Tirol. In an interview over GMA’s Balitanghali on Monday, May 28, Chief Inspector Rully Lauron, chief of police of Buenavista Police Station, refused to give the identities of the supposed gunmen, but noted they were known “hired killers” in the province. He said that although there were reports there were six gunmen, the mayor’s bodyguards themselves confirmed that there were only […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service A suspect in the killing of a police officer in Antipolo City has been arrested. Philippine National Police chief Dir. Gen. Oscar Albayalde made the announcement about the apprehension of Crispin Corpin on Wednesday, May 23. Corpin is one of several suspects in the killing of Po3 Don Carlo Mangui, who was attacked in front of his family’s house on Chico St. in Barangay dela Paz on Sunday, May 20. […]
(Eagle News) — A barangay chair was shot dead in Batangas on Thursday. A police report said Mario Sulit of Barangay Hugom was outside his garage when he was shot around 9 p.m. The suspects who were on board a motorcycle fled. Sulit died en route to the hospital. Authorities are still conducting an investigation into the incident.
(Eagle News) — The Caloocan Regional Trial Court ordered on Wednesday the arrest of three policemen and a police asset for the killing of Kian delos Santos, and the planting of evidence. Arrest warrants were issued against P03 Arnel Oares, PO1 Jeremias Pereda, P01 Jerwin Cruz after Branch 125 Judge Rodolfo Azucena Jr. found probable cause for the charges against them. No bail was recommended for the policemen, who are currently restricted to the National Capital […]
(Eagle News)– The police on Saturday formed a task force to determine the identities and motive behind the killing of a university president in Cagayan de Oro. Ricardo Rotoras, 48, the president of the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines, was shot by a still-undetermined number of suspects outside his house in Barangay Carmen around 1:00 a.m. His driver rushed him to a nearby hospital but he died prior to his arrival. The […]
MULTAN, Pakistan (AFP) — A Pakistani woman ended up killing her husband and 12 of his family members when poisoned milk was turned into a yoghurt drink and served to him and his relatives, police said. The woman, who was forced by her family into an arranged marriage in September, has been arrested and charged with murder along with her alleged lover, senior police official Owais Ahmad told reporters in central Pakistan’s Muzaffargarh district on […]
TOKYO, Japan (Agence France Presse) — Japanese police have found nine bodies, including two with their heads severed and dumped in a cool box, in a flat in the Tokyo suburbs, media reported on Tuesday. Police confirmed to AFP they had arrested 27-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi, who lives in the apartment in Zama, south of Tokyo. According to public broadcaster NHK, Shiraishi told police: “I killed them and did some work on the bodies in order […]
(Eagle News) — The contents of the spot report supposedly detailing what happened on the night Kian Delos Santos was killed do not match what the Internal Affairs Service of the Philippine National Police believed happened, based on testimonies. This was revealed during Senator Bam Aquino’s questioning of PNP-IAS Director General Alfegar Triambulo and Senior Supt. Chito Bersaluna during the hearing held by the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs on Thursday. The […]
Islamist militants holding parts of a Philippine city are killing civilians who try to flee while using others as orderlies and cooks, authorities said Tuesday after the gunmen boasted of executions. There are around 1,000 people trapped in the parts of Marawi city that the militants control, the government said, three weeks after fighting erupted with members of the Maute group that has pledged allegiance to the international terrorist group Islamic State. Authorities say 400 gunmen […]
Authorities now scouring waters for Bien Unido, Bohol Mayor Gisela Boniel’s body (Eagle News) — Police are now searching the waters for the remains of Bien Unido, Bohol Mayor Gisela Boniel, whose killing was believed to have been masterminded by her own husband, Bohol Board Member Nino Rey Boniel, and as such is now facing criminal charges. “As we are talking now, elements of police and coast guard are already scouring the area,” Senior Supt. Jonathan Cabal, Cebu […]
(Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned on Wednesday the terrorist attack in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, which killed at least 80 people and injured over 350 others. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said that the “Secretary-General expressed his abhorrence at this act and underlined the need to reinforce the fight against terrorism and violent extremism.” He also noted that the “indiscriminate attacks against civilians are grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and can […]
ODISHA, India (Reuters) — A sand artist in India has paid tribute to victims of Florida mass killing with a sculpture created on Puri Beach in eastern Odisha state on Monday (June 13). The artist’s sculpture read “One world, one message, end terrorism” on the five feet high sand sculpture. A number of tourists gathered at the beach to watch the sculpture being created. The shooting claimed the lives of 50 people, including the […]
