It's party time!!! Filipinos love parties. Sometimes party-time is a deadly time. Let's meet some fellow party-goers.
Hi, my name is Percival Espera Macapaz, alias Ebyot. At my Barangay's disco party I got into a fistfight with Teodoro Calo Santito Jr. He ran off and me and my friends chased him down. When we caught him we beat him until he passed out. He later died at the hospital.
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| https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/man-dies-days-after-being-beaten-during-a-disco-party-in-balamban |
A 23-YEAR-OLD man passed away a few days after being beaten at dawn on Friday, April 21, 2023, in Sitio Tunga, Cantuod, a mountain barangay in Balamban town, midwest Cebu.
Victim Teodoro Calo Santito Jr., a resident of Barangay Prenza of the said municipality, expired in the hospital on Monday, April 24.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Glen Hife, chief of Balamban Police Station, the victim and the 22-year-old suspect identified as Percival Espera Macapaz alias Ebyot got into a fistfight during a disco party for their barangay's fiesta, but the former fled in fear of being attacked by the oncoming crowd.
The suspect and his companions chased him and when they caught up with him, they beat him until he passed out.
Santito was rushed to the Provincial District Hospital in Balamban where he died a few days after going into a coma due to severe head injury.
Macapaz, however, was arrested during a follow-up operation after he was positively identified by some witnesses.
According to Police Lieutenant Colonel Mark Gifter Sucalit, deputy director for operation of CPPO, they will file a homicide case against the suspect.
"Kahapon they filed attempted homicide on the suspect however they were also informed yesterday (April 25, 2023) na unfortunately namatay ang victim, so i-amend lang nila sir ang ilang gi file nga kaso nga attempted homicide to homicide. They are still waiting sa death certificate as part sa attachments," Sucalit said.
Hife said they have already identified the other individuals who assisted Macapaz in mauling the victim and they will be included in the case.
Hi, my name is Roberto Vecin Samontañes. A friend and I, Romulo Emperado Bolhano, were guests at a birthday party where we did some drinking. A few hours later we got into a spat so I grabbed a 19-inch bolo which was conveniently near-by and hacked him to death!
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| https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/522951/birthday-party-in-badian-turns-bloody |
A birthday party almost ended in a bloody tragedy when a man hacked another man in Badian town, southern Cebu last Sunday, August 20, 2023.
Police arrested a 64-year-old man for allegedly hacking multiple times another 64-year-old man in Barangay Taytay, Badian.
The suspect was identified as Roberto Vecin Samontañes.
Police Major Philip John Libres, chief of the Badian Police Station, said the crime took place in a birthday party, where the suspect and the victim, Romulo Emperado Bolhano, were guests.
Around 5 p.m. on Sunday, the police received complaints from a concerned citizen about a hacking incident in Barangay Taytay, a mountain village in Badian.
When investigators arrived in the scene, they saw Bolhano, 64, being rushed to the hospital by his relatives. The victim sustained multiple hack wounds on different parts of his body, said Libres.
Citing accounts from witnesses, police said both Bolhano and Samontañes had been drinking in the party before the hacking happened.
A few hours later, they got into a heated altercation. The suspect suddenly grabbed a 19-inch bolo and then proceeded to hack the victim multiple times.
Samontañes immediately fled the scene but responding officers tracked him down in his daughter’s residence in Barangay Basak, where he was arrested.
The suspect, who is currently under the custody of the Badian Police Station, will be facing charges of frustrated murder, Libres said.
Badian is a third-class municipality located approximately 104 kilometers southwest of Cebu City.
Hi, my name is John Kevin Pilapil. I was cooking food preparing to celebrate my birthday. My daughter was playing in the front yard but suddenly I realized she was gone. We searched for her and found her drowned in a swimming pool of a neighbor's house.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1896932/girl-drowns-during-fathers-birthday-celebration-in-batangas |
A birthday celebration turned tragic on Tuesday, Jan. 30, after a young daughter of the celebrant drowned in a swimming pool in San Juan town in Batangas province, police said.
The Batangas police reported on Wednesday, Jan. 31, that John Kevin Pilapil’s daughter, who was not identified for being a minor, was playing in front of their house in Barangay Subukin around 5 p.m. Pilapil was cooking the dishes that will be served for his birthday party later that day.
A few minutes later, Pilapil noticed that the girl was no longer around and searched for her.
The father found his daughter submerged in the swimming pool at the nearby house. The whereabouts of the house occupants were not specified in the reports.
Pilapil retrieved the girl from the water and brought her to the San Juan District Hospital but she died at 5:04 p.m. while being revived.
The police are conducting further investigation.
Hi, my name is Jayson Ciar Chumacera. I was attending a birthday party with Noel Lasam and Jeffrey Lasam. We got into a heated argument but we parted ways amicably. I was walking home with friends when all of a sudden those two showed up and stabbed me to death!
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| https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/14/man-stabbed-to-death-following-heated-argument-in-village-party-in-quezon |
A young man was stabbed to death following a heated argument in a barangay festival party before dawn on Sunday, May 14, in Barangay Bagong Silang here.
Police identified the victim as Jayson Ciar Chumacera of Barangay Santa Rosa, this town.
Investigation said Chumacera was attending the event with the suspects, Noel Lasam and Jeffrey Lasam, residents of Barangay Amugis, here, when an argument over an undisclosed matter erupted between them.
They went on their separate ways minutes later but the suspects stabbed the victim multiple times while he was on his way home with his friends in Barangay Santa Rosa.
He was taken to the hospital where he was declared dead. Suspects fled onboard a motorcycle and are the subject of a police manhunt.
Hi, my name is being withheld. I was at a birthday party with my friends Romy and Niño. They got into a heated argument and I intervened to tell them to cool it. Bu then Romy stabbed me in the left armpit! Of course I bled out and died.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2025/07/29/title |
A 27-year-old man was stabbed dead while trying to intervene in a fight between his drinking companions during a birthday celebration in Antipolo on Monday night, July 28.
The Antipolo Component City Police Station (CCPS) identified the victim as “Giovanni.”
Authorities said the victim engaged in a drinking session in Sitio Malanim, Palos Tangke, Barangay Dela Paz, together with other guests during the birthday celebration of a certain “Marvin.”
According to authorities, while the drinking session was ongoing, a heated argument erupted between the suspect, identified as “Romy,” and one companion, identified as “Niño.”
The victim then tried to intervene and pacify the situation, but the suspect suddenly stabbed him with a kitchen knife in the left armpit.
He was rushed to the Assumption Specialty Hospital and Medical Center but was pronounced dead on arrival. Probers have requested an autopsy examination to determine the victim's real cause of death.
Meanwhile, the Antipolo CCPS immediately arrested the suspect after receiving a 911 emergency call regarding the incident. The kitchen knife used in the crime was also recovered.
Authorities said the suspect was brought to Antipolo CCPS.
Hi, my name is Mark Angelo Vibas. I was at a house with some friends drinking during birthday celebration. Just before midnight the owner of the house came out and told me to go home. As soon as she walked inside I was shot dead.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2025/4/1/jobless-man-gunned-down-during-birthday-in-abra |
A man was shot dead during a birth anniversary celebration in Tayum, Abra on Monday, March 31.
Police identified the victim as Mark Angelo Vibas, legal age, jobless.
Investigation said the victim was having a drinking session with friends outside a house to celebrate a friend's birthday.
At around 11:35 p.m., the victim was told to go home by the house owner and she went inside her home.
Moments later, shots rang out and the woman saw the victim sprawled on the ground.
The victim died from a bullet wound in the head.
The incident was reported to the police at past 12 midnight on April 1.
Police recovered a spent .45 caliber shell in the crime scene.
This was the latest shooting incident that rocked the province before the midterm polls.
Days earlier, authorities signed a covenant for a peaceful elections.
Hi, my name is Ozy. I was a tricycle driver. A fellow tricycle driver's granddaughter was having a birthday but he did not invite me. I showed up anyway and thats when Pepz and I got into a heated argument because I refused to leave. He then took up a kitchen knife and stabbed me several times until I died.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2181340/uninvited-birthday-guest-stabbed-to-death-in-northern-samar |
A 45-year-old man allegedly stabbed a fellow tricycle driver to death after confronting him for showing up uninvited to his granddaughter’s birthday celebration in Laoang, Northern Samar, on Wednesday.
The victim, identified by police as alias “Ozy,” 56, of Barangay Sto. Niño, Laoang, sustained multiple stab wounds and was declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital.
Police said the suspect, alias “Pepz,” 45, also a tricycle driver and resident of Barangay San Miguel Heights, voluntarily surrendered to the Laoang Municipal Police Station shortly after the incident. He also turned over a kitchen knife believed to have been used in the stabbing.
Initial investigation showed that the suspect was at his residence along Carmen Boulevard in Barangay San Miguel Heights, preparing for his granddaughter’s birthday celebration when the victim arrived at the gathering.
Authorities said the suspect confronted the victim, reportedly questioning why he went to the celebration despite not being invited. Witnesses told police that a heated argument ensued after the victim allegedly refused to leave the premises.
The confrontation escalated, with the suspect allegedly grabbing a kitchen knife and stabbing the victim several times.
Concerned residents reported the incident to authorities at around 5:25 p.m. Responding police officers immediately proceeded to the area and rushed the wounded victim to the hospital, but he was later pronounced dead by the attending physician.
Police are now preparing the appropriate charges against the suspect, who remains under the custody of the Laoang Municipal Police Station as the investigation continues.
