Army lawyer denies ‘uniformed soldier’ killed Lontok
The lawyer of Army soldiers in the controversial Atimonan shooting incident on January 6 strongly refuted the supposed personal account of two eyewitnesses, who pointed to an unidentified man in...
View ArticleFamily of Vic Siman welcomes initial NBI findings on Atimonan shooting
The family of Victor “Vic” Siman, who appeared to be the primary target of a police operation in Atimonan, Quezon, welcomed on Friday the initial findings of a government investigation showing that...
View ArticleBroker’s kin: administrative charges good, but murder raps better
The family of slain real estate broker Paul Arcedillo Quiohilag welcomed the decision of the Philippine National Police to file administrative charges against the 22 policemen involved in the January...
View ArticleLNG power plant to rise soon in town in Quezon
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) combined cycle power plant along the coast of Lamon Bay in Atimonan, Quezon, will start construction this year and is expected to enhance local employment and boost...
View ArticleCavite cop dies, 5 hurt in Quezon road accident
A Cavite policeman was killed and five others were injured after a van collided with three other vehicles along the Maharlika Highway in Tiaong, Quezon Monday afternoon, police said.
View Article16 houses razed in Tayabas town
Sixteen houses were destroyed in a fire in Tayabas, Quezon, on Thursday. Supt. Ronnie Miralles, Tayabas police chief, said the morning fire started in one of the houses in Barangay San Isidro at the...
View ArticleQuezon Catholic churches display Team Patay, Team Buhay tarpaulins
Lucena Catholic Bishop Emilio Marquez urged the faithful here to collectively reject candidates who voted in favor of the controversial reproductive health (RH) law as the Diocese of Lucena also put...
View ArticlePolice hunt alleged rapist of 13-year-old girl in Quezon
Authorities were on the lookout for a 58-year-old farmer who allegedly raped a minor in Quezon province, police said Wednesday.
View ArticleQuezon solon defends family vs Aquino tirades
House Minority leader and Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez on Tuesday defended his family from the tirades of President Benigno Aquino during a campaign sortie of the administration senatorial ticket in...
View ArticleUNA takes senatorial campaign to Quezon
The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) has taken its senatorial campaign here Friday in an effort to secure the support of some 900,000 registered voters.
View ArticleQuezon village chief shot dead
A barangay captain of Candelaria, Quezon was shot dead outside his house late Sunday evening, police said Monday morning.
View ArticleBody in trash avalanche recovered; 3 still missing
The body of one of the four workers buried in the trash avalanche at a landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal province was discovered under tons of garbage past noon on Wednesday.
View Article7 suspected hired guns nabbed in Quezon
Police arrested seven suspected guns-for-hire in simultaneous raids in the towns of San Antonio and Tiaong in Quezon early morning Wednesday.
View ArticleTribes oppose dams for MM folk’s water
Indigenous folk from the provinces of Quezon, Rizal and Bulacan are up in arms over the proposed construction of dams in the Sierra Madre mountain range that it is feared would submerge large swaths...
View ArticleQuezon bikers, runners join AFP campaign for clean, safe polls
At least 1,500 bikers and runners from Quezon on Sunday joined the military campaign for a safe and clean election.
View ArticleVote buying rampant in Quezon but nobody filing charges – PNP
Rampant reports on massive vote buying in different towns in Quezon have been received by the police provincial office in Camp Nakar here, said the spokesman of the Quezon Philippine National Police.
View ArticleLucban’s Pahiyas erases post-election blues
The festive atmosphere here on Wednesday, the feast of the farmers’ patron saint, San Isidro de Labrador, was pure celebration, albeit still commercialized, but showed no more traces of the feverish...
View Article1 killed, 3 hurt as cargo truck slams into house in Quezon
One person was killed and three others were seriously injured when a wayward ten-wheel truck rammed a residential house in Tagkawayan, Quezon on Thursday afternoon, police said.
View ArticleWith summer ending, image of carabao as fiesta star lingers
Summer is about to end, but the lingering image tourists bring home from this corner of Luzon is that of carabaos being treated as celebrities.
View Article2 dead, 1 hurt as truck loses control in Quezon
Two people were killed and one was injured when the truck they were riding figured in an accident in Quezon before dawn Monday, police said.
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