Zamboanga village chief slain
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — A barangay chairman was killed in an attack that also wounded his colleague in this city on Sunday night.
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3 ‘rebels’ killed in Negros Occidental clashes
MANILA, Philippines — Three suspected New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas, including a woman, were killed in separate encounters in Escalante City, Negros Occidental in the past two days.
2 suspects in ambush of doctor in Maguindanao del Sur surrender to cops
COTABATO CITY — Two of the three suspects in an ambush of a 28-year-old physician in Buluan town in Maguindanao del Sur last February 3 surrendered to the police on Wednesday.
99 journalists killed in 2023, 77 in Gaza war — report
NEW YORK, Unitd States — Seventy-seven of the 99 journalists killed in 2023 were killed in the Israel-Hamas war, making the last 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday.
Bulacan church collapse blamed on termites
MANILA, Philippines — The floor of the balcony of a church in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan that collapsed on Wednesday was infested with termites, an official of the city government said yesterday.
Landslide fatalities reach 85 as search, retrieval continue
MANILA, Philippines — Ten days of search, rescue and retrieval operations have brought the number of fatalities to 85 in the rain-induced landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro.
1 dead, scores hurt as church balcony collapses
MANILA, Philippines — An 80-year-old woman died while 45 others were injured when the second floor balcony of a church in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan collapsed yesterday.
1 dead, 52 injured in Bulacan church collapse on Ash Wednesday
MANILA, Philippines — Dozens of churchgoers attending Wednesday morning mass at St. Peter Apostle Parish Church in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, suffered injuries, with one fatality, following the collapse of a section of its second floor.