Two person were killed, including a local municipal official, and at least six were reported wounded in a shootout late Friday night between supporters of two mayoral candidates in the southern municipality of Bataraza.
Four suspects in a Baseco shooting were killed while a barangay tanod (village watchman) was in critical condition after a shootout with police around noon of Easter Sunday in Port Area, Manila.
A man whom police suspected to be a member of gun-for-hire and drug trafficking groups was shot and killed by police in barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City.
Four alleged members of a criminal group were killed in a clash with police during a raid on the suspects’ houses early Thursday in this northern town.
The families of at least two of the victims in the Atimonan, Quezon shooting are getting impatient with Malacañang’s decision to go slow in reviewing the recommendations that the Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation submitted to the Palace over a week ago.
Malacañang should be given more time to review a five-inch thick investigation report on the police killing of 13 alleged criminals in Atimonan, Quezon, on Jan. 6, officials said on Sunday.
Policemen shot dead a suspect in the Maguindanao massacre when he resisted arrest and engaged them in a shootout in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao, while another suspect was arrested in a separate operation in another town in the same province, authorities reported Saturday.
The ground commander of the police operation in Atimonan, Quezon, that led to the killing of 13 alleged criminals on Jan. 6 continued to insist on Thursday.
The national police commander immediately knew what he had in his hands when he saw the Calabarzon police report on the killing of 13 alleged criminals at a police checkpoint in Atimonan, Quezon province, on Jan. 6: A cover-up.
Sacked Chief Superintendent James Melad, the former director of the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) regions, admitted he gave the go-signal to put up the checkpoint in Atimonan, Quezon, on January 6 where 13 people were killed.
Three men suspected of robbing the passengers of a public utility van were killed in a shootout with policemen who chased them on Wednesday night in Quezon City.
Three suspected motorcycle thieves were killed in a shootout with policemen in San Pedro, Laguna past midnight on Tuesday.
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 the incident was not a shootout.
