2 slain while attending wake of murder victim in Quezon
LUCENA CITY — Two persons died while being treated in a hospital on Thursday after they were shot by a gunman on Wednesday night, Jan. 17, while at the wake of a murder victim in San Antonio town in...
View Article2 fires raze 7 houses in Lucena City
LUCENA CITY – Five days after a fire hit 15 houses and caused the death of four people in this city, two more broke out on Tuesday, Jan. 30, and burned down seven more houses. At around 9:30 p.m., a...
View ArticleTruck falls into Quezon ravine; driver dead, helper hurt
LUCENA CITY — A truck driver was killed and his helper was injured on Wednesday night when their vehicle plunged into an eight-meter-deep ravine in Pagbilao, Quezon. Pagbilao police said in a report...
View ArticleArmed men burn modern passenger minibus in Quezon
LUCENA CITY — Four armed men burned down a modern passenger vehicle on Wednesday night, Jan. 31, in Catanauan town in Quezon province, police said on Thursday, Feb. 1. The Quezon police said the...
View ArticleHusband, wife shot dead while harvesting coconuts in Quezon
LUCENA CITY – A husband and wife were shot and killed by a still unidentified gunman while harvesting coconuts in Guinayangan town in Quezon province on Saturday, Feb, 3. The Quezon police, in a report...
View Article‘Warrantless arrest’ of filmmaker, pals in Quezon bus torching hit
LUCENA CITY—Artist communities in the country have condemned the “warrantless arrest” of filmmaker Jade Castro and his three friends in Quezon province as alleged suspects behind the burning of a...
View ArticleRemulla to Quezon prosecutor: Ensure justice in Jade Castro case
MANILA, Philippines – Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla has ordered the Quezon Province Provincial Prosecutor to expeditiously resolve the criminal complaint against filmmaker Jade Castro and his...
View ArticleArson case vs filmmaker, pals gets DOJ attention as kin cry foul
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla has ordered the provincial prosecutor of Quezon to ensure that “justice is dispensed appropriately and expeditiously” in the case of filmmaker Jade Castro and...
View ArticleSea travel for small vessels in north Quezon still suspended
LUCENA CITY — Sea travel for small vessels in the northern part of Quezon province is still suspended on Tuesday, Feb. 13, due to bad weather, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. Citing a 5 a.m....
View ArticleFather, teen daughter hurt in ambush in Quezon
LUCENA CITY — A father and his teenage daughter were wounded on Monday, Feb. 12, after still unidentified assailants shot at them in Sariaya town in Quezon province. The Quezon police reported on...
View ArticlePilgrims, hikers pay up to defy Mt. Banahaw ban
LUCENA CITY—Despite the ban imposed by the government, pilgrims and hikers, for a fee, have managed to reach restricted sections of Mt. Banahaw in Quezon province, especially as the Lenten season...
View Article1 dead, 2 hurt in shooting at drinking session in Candelaria, Quezon
LUCENA CITY – A jovial drinking session among friends turned tragic on Friday night (March 1) after one of them was shot and killed and two others were wounded in Candelaria town in Quezon province,...
View ArticleSuspect claims to be concerned citizen, reports girl’s rape/slay to cops
LUCENA CITY – A 9-year-old girl was raped, killed and then placed inside a jute sack before being dumped on Saturday (March 2) in Atimonan, Quezon. In a report Sunday (March 3), Quezon police said a...
View ArticleStreet sweeper shot dead in her home in Quezon
LUCENA CITY – A 47-year-old woman was shot dead on Saturday night (March 2) inside her house in Candelaria, Quezon, police said Sunday (March 3). In a report, Quezon police identified the victim as...
View ArticleFire in Quezon razes 3 houses
LUCENA CITY — A fire that was possibly caused by faulty electrical wiring burned three houses in Gumaca town in Quezon province on Tuesday, March 5, police said. The blaze started around 12:45 p.m. on...
View ArticleCar colliding with tricycle in Quezon kills 91-year-old female passenger
LUCENA CITY – A 91-year-old female passenger of a tricycle died on Thursday, March 7, after their vehicle was hit by a car along the Maharlika Highway in Atimonan, Quezon. Quezon police, in a spot...
View ArticleFilmmaker, pals walk free; raps eyed vs cops
“Traumatized” but in “good spirits” after regaining their freedom on Monday, movie director Jade Francis Castro and his three friends are now studying whether to file charges against the police...
View Article2 mild earthquakes sway Quezon town
LUCENA CITY — Two successive mild earthquakes on Thursday swayed San Francisco town in Quezon province. A 3.8-magnitude tectonic earthquake was recorded at 5:44 a.m. with its epicenter located 21...
View ArticleEarthquakes strike Quezon island town
LUCENA CITY — Two successive earthquakes of tectonic origin struck the island town of Patnanungan in Quezon province early Friday, March 15. The Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said...
View ArticleMissing Japanese national, mother found buried in Quezon
LUCENA CITY — The bodies of a missing Japanese national and her Filipina mother were found buried near a relative’s house in Tayabas City, Quezon province on Thursday, March 14. In a report Friday,...
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