Teves: Suspect, ‘terrorist,’ now expelled lawmaker

Julie Aurelio 08/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — With 265 members in favor and three abstaining, the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday night to expel Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. on several grounds, including abandonment of public office and indecent…

Gov’t nurse slain, hubby hurt in Maguindanao del Norte ambush

Edwin O. Fernandez 05/29/2023

Maguindanao del Norte, Philippines – Unidentified gunmen killed a government nurse and wounded her husband in an ambush during a heavy downpour on Friday night in this town, police said. Lt. Col. Julhamin Asdani, municipal police chief…

Urban poor leader in Lapu-Lapu, Cebu gunned down

Futch Anthony Inso 05/26/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) is investigating the killing of an urban poor leader here on Thursday night, May 25, 2023. Elvis Ambos, 64 years old, was shot dead along Fuentes Road in Sitio…

Lanao del Sur gov now out of hospital; raps filed vs ambush suspects

Richel Umel, Ryan Rosauro 03/06/2023

ILIGAN CITY — Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr., who was wounded during a Feb. 17 ambush in Maguing town, had been discharged from the hospital and continues his recovery at home, an aide told the Inquirer on…

Aparri vice mayor, 5 others killed in Nueva Vizcaya ambush

Villamor Visaya Jr. - Correspondent / @VillVisayaJrINQ 02/19/2023

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — The vice mayor of Aparri in Cagayan and five of his companions were shot and killed by unidentified men clad in police uniforms and riding in a government car in Bagabag town in…

Lanao del Sur gov undergoes minor surgery after gun attack

Richel V. Umel, Ryan D. Rosauro - @inquirerdotnet 02/18/2023

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. is now recuperating in a hospital here after undergoing minor surgery on Friday night, hours after a bullet pierced through his right lower hip in…

Land broker survives ambush in Talisay

Paul Lauro 01/31/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A land broker from Talisay City survived an ambush last Monday evening, January 30, police here reported. Police in Talisay City confirmed that an ambush took place in Sitio Acacia, Barangay Jaclupan around…

RMFB-7 on full alert status after ambush of Army intel officers in NegOcc

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 11/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Regional Mobile Force Battalion in Central Visayas (RMFB-7) is on full alert status following the death of two Army intelligence officers, who were ambushed by unknown assailants on Thursday, Nov. 24, in…

Cebu City Council asks law enforcement agencies to solve lawyer’s ambush “swiftly”

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council requested all concerned law enforcement agencies to act “swiftly and decisively” in investigating the ambush of Atty. Karen Quiñanola-Gonzales and her son, as the council strongly condemned this recent…

CHR joins probe in lawyer, son ambush in Mandaue

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/06/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has joined in helping to shed light on the attempt to take the life of a lawyer and her son in Mandaue City, Cebu. The CHR, in…

Rama denounces ambush of lawyer and son in Mandaue City

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has condemned the ambush of lawyer Karen Quiñanola-Gonzales and her 19-year-old son while onboard a vehicle along Hernan Cortes Street in Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City on Thursday evening,…

Female lawyer, son ambushed in Mandaue

Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 09/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – (UPDATED) Still unidentified gunmen ambushed a female lawyer and her son in Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City late Thursday evening, September 1, 2022, police confirmed. Investigators from Station 4 of the Mandaue City Police…

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