Love. It hurts, it scars, it wounds, and it also stinks. But in the Philippines love kills. Say hello to some lovers.
Hi, my name is Christian Selga. When I found out my wife was having an affair with Allan Matutina I was livid. Carefully I formulated my plan to get revenge. When Allan was on his way home one night I blocked his path. Then I stabbed him in the chest with a kitchen knife. After that I fled. Allan died on the way to the hospital and the police eventually caught up with me.
A 40-year-old farmer was stabbed dead on Wednesday, which was allegedly triggered by a “love triangle” in Candelaria town in Quezon province.
The Quezon police reported on Thursday, March 30, that Allan Matutina was on his way home around 10:30 p.m. aboard his motorcycle when his path was blocked by Christian Selga, 30, in Barangay Malabanban Sur.
Without provocation, Selga stabbed Matutina in his chest twice with a kitchen knife and fled after the incident.
Matutina suffered fatal wounds and died while being taken to the United Candelaria Doctors Hospital in the town center.
The police arrested Selga and recovered the murder weapon in a follow-up operation.
Investigators said the killing was motivated by a “love triangle.”
“The wife of the suspect and the victim had an alleged illicit love affair,” the police said in the report. The police did not give further details on the so-called forbidden affair.
Hi, my name is Noemi H. Dacuycuy. I was murdered and the police did not care to investigate my death until my brother insisted they do so. It turns out two helpers I employed who also happened to be lesbian lovers were responsible for my death. The NBI tracked my ATM card activity which showed money had been withdrawn at the time of my death. Also earlier the two had been caught stealing money from me by using that same ATM card I had entrusted to them.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1203786 |
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday announced the filing of criminal charge against two women who owned up to robbing and killing their employer, an 85-year old widow inside her house in a Parañaque suburb last month.
In a statement, the NBI - Anti-Organized and Transnational Crime Division (NBI-AOTCD) named the two as Julie Ann Navarro and Rovelyn Canete. They have been charged with robbery with homicide.
The two were nabbed after an investigation was sought by the victim’s sibling Telesforo P. Hernando on the death of his sister, Noemi H. Dacuycuy, an 85-year-old widow who was brutally murdered inside her residence at El Grande Avenue, BF Homes, Parañaque City last May 4, 2023.
Another househelp, Ronald Roxas had earlier been cleared of involvement in the crime.
The NBI investigation showed that the two women, who were lovers had earlier been caught by the victim stealing money from her using an ATM she entrusted to them. The transaction records of the victim’s ATM card revealed withdrawals at the time of victim’s death.
NBI-AOTCD was able to gather evidence showing that the two made the withdrawals using the victim’s missing ATM card.
Hi, my name is Raffy Rosa and I drive a tricycle. I broke up with my girl and she got a new man named Rico Patiño. While out driving I saw them together so I rammed him. We were able to make up and part ways. However, later that day he was out with his boys when they saw me and ganged up on me. They stabbed me dead.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/12/trike-driver-mauled-stabbed-dead-by-lover-of-ex-partner |
A tricycle driver died after he was mauled and stabbed by the new lover of his former live-in partner in Barangay Caradio-an, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 10.
Police identified the victim as Raffy Rosa of Barangay San Antonio, Himamaylan City
Police Capt. Arturo Margallo, deputy chief of administration of the Himamaylan City Police Station, said Rosa allegedly hit 39-year-old suspect Rico Patiño when he saw him with his former live-in partner.
Margallo said the victim probably got jealous after seeing the two together.
Rosa and Patiño were then pacified. However, later that day, they again figured in another commotion when Patiño’s group reportedly waylaid and mauled the victim.
Patiño then allegedly stabbed Rosa and fled, along with his two companions.
Rosa was declared dead in a hospital while Patiño surrendered to the police later that day, according to Margallo.
Hi, my name is Jennifer Ancajas. I was asleep when all of a sudden I awoke to the sound of a gun cocking. Next thing I knew I felt numbness as I was shot in the leg. The man who shot me owned up to it. His name is Junnel Felicano Baril. See, I had been having an affair with him but he wanted me to end it because he is married. But I did not want to end it. I was also having an affair with his brother.
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| https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/527575/sleeping-woman-shot-by-sisters-married-lover-who-wants-to-end-their-illicit-affair |
A sleeping woman was injured after she was allegedly shot in the leg by the married lover of her sister who was desperate to end their illicit affair.
The shooting incident happened inside the victim’s home in Barangay Anonang Norte in Bogo City, Cebu on early Friday morning, September 15, 2023.
Police identified the alleged suspect as Junnel Felicano Baril, 30, married, and a resident of Purok Rose, Barangay Bancasan, San Regimio, Cebu.
The alleged shooting incident took place inside the victim’s residence in Purok Macopa, Sitio Laray, Barangay Anonang Norte, Bogo City at around 3:15 a.m.
The victim was identified by police as 33-year-old Jennifer Ancajas.
The police report showed that while the victim was sleeping, she was awakened by the sound of a firearm being cocked.
Then she heard a gunshot and felt a numbness in her left leg. She was shocked when she realized that her leg was already hit by a bullet.
According to police, the assailant immediately fled while the victim was rushed to the Cebu Provincial Hospital in Bogo City.
Earlier, a man and two others were tagged as the suspects after they were seen drinking near the scene of the crime, said Lieutenant Colonel Joan Arnoco, the chief of Bogo City Police Station.
However, Arnoco said the initial suspects had been cleared after they found the alleged suspect who was identified by the victim’s sister, Jenniveb Pepito.
Pepito told police that she and Baril were in a relationship and that the latter had been asking her to end their relationship since he was married.
Pepito also told investigators that Baril allegedly posted on his social media account a picture of a gun which raised their suspicion.
After police traced Baril to his residence, the latter allegedly confessed to the shooting.
According to Arnoco, the alleged suspect told police that he was angry because Pepito would not agree to end their affair.
"He's upset about what happened, even if he's married. He seems to have a strong relationship...his brother has a relationship with the victim. Now it seems like the woman won't even answer," she said.
Pepito allegedly started to pester Baril and disturb him with his work in an attempt to save their relationship.
"It's like he messed with the size. To the point, the job is about the size, it's already compromised by texting the boss, you guys. So to his annoyance, he went," added Arnoco.
The alleged suspect told police that he went to the house with a gun on the day of the incident only to scare Pepito to leave him alone for good.
Because it was dark, Baril allegedly fired his gun not knowing that Ancajas was sleeping in the exact spot where he fired a shot at the side of the house.
Baril insisted that it was not his intention to kill anybody, but only to scare Pepito, said Arnoco.
Police recovered from the suspect a caliber .357 revolver loaded with two live ammunition and one fired empty cartridge case during his arrest.
The alleged suspect is now detained at the Bogo City Police Station pending the filing of appropriate charges against him.
Baril will be facing charges of frustrated murder.
The City of Bogo is a sixth-class component city located approximately 97 kilometers north of Cebu City.
Hi, my name is being withheld. I work as a call center agent and I knew my wife was cheating on me. So, I went to the police station to ask their help in catching her in the act. Luckily, we did catch her in a hotel with a 26-year old man. They will both be facing charges of adultery.
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| https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/527774/married-woman-caught-with-alleged-lover-inside-motel-room-in-mandaue-city |
A married woman and her alleged lover will be spending some time in jail after getting caught by her husband and the authorities inside a motel in Barangay Banilad, Mandaue City, Cebu on early Friday morning, September 15, 2023.
Police Major Mangawang Mallorca of the Casuntingan Police Station said in his report that at around 4:20 a.m. on Friday, a 33-year-old man came to their office to report an alleged adultery.
He said that the victim, a 33-year-old man, who works as a call center agent and lives in Barangay Pakigne, Minglanilla, Cebu, asked for police assistance in catching his wife and her alleged paramour in the act.
The victim told police that his 31-year-old wife allegedly went inside Queensland Hotel in Orel, Barangay Banilad, Mandaue City on the same day.
After receiving the report, police personnel immediately assisted the husband and proceeded to the place he mentioned.
Upon their arrival at the motel, the man’s wife was found inside one of the hotel rooms together with her alleged paramour.
According to Mallorca, the suspected paramour is a 26-year-old man who also has a live-in partner and a resident of Kasambagan, Cebu City.
Both persons were arrested by police and brought to the station.
The alleged suspects are now detained at the custodial facility of the Casuntingan Police Station while waiting for the appropriate charges to be filed against them.
They will be facing charges of adultery, according to the police report.
Cebu Daily News Digital opted to withhold the names of the husband and the alleged suspects to protect their families and children.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2025/3/8/woman-shot-dead-live-in-partner-wounded-inside-vehicle |
A 44-year-old woman was shot dead and her live-in partner, a former barangay captain, was wounded in their vehicle in Bangga Tomaro, Barangay Sum-ag here on Friday night, March 7.
Police Capt. Andy Ofalia, head of Police Station 9, identified the fatality as Carmilitia, a resident of this city.
Wounded was Federico Gayagas Jr., 53, former Barangay Bacong, Bago City, Negros Occidental captain.
Carmilitia sustained a lone bullet wound and declared dead in a hospital. Gayagas was shot in the head and is in critical condition in a hospital.
Fired 9mm bullets were recovered inside their vehicle, as well as an M16 rifle and an M203 explosive.
Ofalia said that according to the woman’s family, the couple had been arguing in the past days.
Gayagas was involved in a shootout with the police in Barangay Taculing here in September 2016 where he and his companion were wounded and a cousin was killed. He survived an attack by gunmen in July 2017 in Bago City in his cock farm.
Police are conducting follow-up investigation.
A FARMER was hacked and wounded by his rival, who was also injured, due to jealousy in a west coast village of Zamboanga City, the local police reported Friday, November 17, 2023.
The local police identified the victim as Ricky Rosal, 43, who was allegedly hacked by Angelito Montañes, 49, who is also a farmer and the victim’s rival.
The police said the incident happened around 7:49 p.m. Thursday, November 16, at Sitio Pole Diutay in La Paz village, west of Zamboanga City.
Investigation showed, Rosal was outside his house when suddenly the suspect, Montañes, appeared and attacked him with a scythe and improvised arrow.
The police said Rosal, although wounded, managed to retaliate by hacking Montañes using his bolo.
Rosal, who was wounded in his left leg and head, was taken to the Zamboanga City Medical Center while Montañes, who was injured in both arms, was rushed to Labuan General Hospital for medical treatment.
The policemen went to Labuan General Hospital and arrested Montañes.
The police said the motive of the incident was jealousy since the former live-in partner Montañes is now living together with Rosal.
Prior to the incident, the two rival had already settled their love quarrel at the village hall of Barangay La Paz.
A 39-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her lover after she barged into his house and got into a catfight with his wife before dawn on Wednesday, December 6, in Tolosa, Leyte.
Police identiified the victim as Mia, 39, a “sari-sari” (community convenience) store owner from Alangalang, Leyte.
Initial investigation said that Mia went to the house of suspect Roy, a 33-year-old butcher from Alangalang.
Roy's wife opened the door and Mia pulled her hair, resulting into a scuffle.
He was awakened by the noise and saw his wife being attacked.
Roy took a kitchen knife and stabbed the victim several times, killing Mia.
The suspect, accompanied by his older sister, surrendered to the police.
Roy and Mia allegedly had a three-year relationship while he was married.
The brutal death of a Japanese national inside his bedroom in Liloan town in northern Cebu was said to have been orchestrated by his own wife and her former common-law partner.
According to Arnel Pura, National Bureau of Investigation Cebu District Office (NBI-CEBDO) agent-in-charge, the wife became furious after Doug Hiroshi Sugawara, 72, failed to give the P120,000 that he promised as a gift before they wed in April.
Of the amount, P60,000 was to be used for a family outing while the remaining cash will be used by his wife to start a business.
"He made a promise to me. But he made a lot of promises to me. It's really sad that he didn't keep his promise. The part that hurts me is that he made a promise to someone else, especially to my family," the wife said in an interview with dyHP Cebu.Making matters worse, the Japanese national allegedly told the wife that if she wanted divorce, she should be the one to push for it and shoulder the cost, which became her tipping point.
CDN Digital is withholding the name of the wife and the other suspect as per request by the NBI-CEBDO. The agency wanted to file formal charges against the two first before they would make their names public.
Pura said that they now have custody of the wife and the other suspect, whom they arrested Friday night, December 8, while in hiding in Cagayan de Oro City.
The arrest was made after the wife also confessed to her involvement in the crime.
According to Pura, the wife admitted that she had planned to hurt Sugawara when he did not give the P120,000 cash that he promised.
During the interview, the wife confessed that she worked with her ex-partner to make the incident look like a burglary case.
Sugawara was found lying on the floor of the bedroom that he occupied in their rented house early morning on November 25. His hands and feet were tied with a masking tape.
The wife, previously claimed that her husband may have been robbed before he was killed. She also claimed to have lost her sling bag which contained her wallet with P1, 200 cash and assorted identification cards.
But NBI agents eventually uncovered the truth behind Sugawara’s death.
On Friday evening, Dec. 8, NBI-CEBDO Mandaue arrested the second suspect in Cagayan de Oro City.
According to Sugawara’s wife, she had separated with the second suspect, a backhoe operator whom she had three children with, for two years now. But she contacted him recently to ask for his help.
She told him that she planned to “hurt” the Japanese national and make the lower part of his body paralyzed for her to be able to take charge of running the activities in their home.
"Do I listen to others, I feel sorry. That's why I thought of calling the fathers of [my] children because I know he won't refuse me because he also has a problem with his family. Wake up too," she said.According to the wife, she let her former partner enter their house on the evening of November 24. She told him to beat her husband until his legs become paralyzed.
But she did not expect her former partner to beat her husband to death.
“Basta ang importante nga nisulti ko sa tinuod kay di kaya sa ako konsensya,” the wife said.
In a separate interview with dyHP, the other suspect said that he did not intend to kill Sugawara. But he said that had to hit the Japanese national hard because he was trying to fight back.
When Sugawara died, the wife said that she tried to cover up the crime as she regretted what they did.
The wife said that Sugawara, whom she met online in October 2022, was a kind person. After exchanging messages for over five months, she decided to accept his wedding proposal and married him in April 2023.
The wedding ceremony was held in Liloan, Cebu.
She admitted that she did not marry the Japanese national out of love. She decided to start a future with him after he made a promise to support her three children who are still 5, 6, and 9-years-old.
According to her, Sugawara would give her P3,000 to P5,000 allowance per week which she would also send to her children who are now staying with her parents in Cagayan de Oro.
Both suspects are detained at the custodial facility of the NBI-CEBDO Mandaue as of this writing.
According to Pura, a parricide charge will be filed against the victim’s wife while a murder charge will be filed against her former partner.
Hi, my name is Jetur Lapiña. I am a married man who has having an affair with a woman named Jennive. One night she and I had an argument. So, I shot her and her daughter. I tired to shoot myself too but the gun malfunctioned. The cops caught me an hour later at my house.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2024/12/12/woman-daughter-shot-dead-by-jealous-ex-lover-in-carcar-city-home |
A jealous former lover allegedly gunned down a 38-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter inside their home in Barangay Valladolid, Carcar City, Cebu on Wednesday night, Dec.11.
The fatalities were identified as Jennive and daughter Valerie Megan Abella.
The suspect, Jetur Lapiña, 64, was arrested after the crime.
Valerie was the daughter of Jennive from a previous relationship. Lapiña is married but was in a relationship with Jennive.
Lapiña's 65-year-old wife confirmed that her husband had an affair with Jennive.
Investigators are looking into the possibility that jealousy was the motive of the crime.
A neighbor said that there was an argument between Jennive and Jetur before the shooting occurred.
Jennive was shot in the head while Valerie succumbed to a bullet wound in the abdomen.
Police failed to recover the firearm used in the crime.
The suspect allegedly tried to shoot himself while escaping but the gun malfunctioned. It was believed that the suspect threw the gun while trying to flee. The suspect was arrested in his home about an hour after the crime.
Police Staff Sgt. Japeth Saavedra, investigator of the Carcar Police Station, said three bullets and two empty shells for .45 caliber pistol were recovered in the crime scene.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2024/8/16/crime-of-passion-jealousy-drives-man-to-kill-ex-lover-in-caloocan |
Too much love will kill you.
This iconic line from a popular song of the same name, Too Much Love Will Kill You, proved to be true after a man allegedly stabbed to death his former live-in partner in Caloocan City due to jealousy.
Reyand Pude, 22, was arrested in a follow-up operation in Tanza, Cavite on Friday, Aug. 16, two days after he allegedly killed Marian Angeline Manaois, 22, in front of a restaurant in Barangay 85, Bagong Barrio, Caloocan City.
Police Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., regional director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), presented Pude to the public and confirmed that jealousy was the motive behind the crime.
According to police investigation, Pude and Manaois had been living together for two months when the victim demanded that they separate.
Pude accused Manaois of having a new lover, which the victim denied, so he forcibly took her wallet and cellphone to prevent her from leaving their love nest. However, Manaois still left and went back to her parent’s home.
Eager to retrieve her wallet and cellphone, Manaois agreed to meet Pude but she had no idea about her ex-live-in partner’s plans.
Manaois was waiting for Pude in front of a restaurant along Loreto Street around 7:20 p.m. on Aug. 14 when a man in hooded jacket suddenly struck her with a knife on the side of her body.
The victim tried to stand up after falling down on the pavement but the suspect came back and swung multiple times. The suspect fled on foot towards EDSA northbound heading to Quezon City as he disposed the knife on the roadside.
The incident was caught in a CCTV footage and it was later confirmed that the man was Pude.
Manaois was brought to the MCU hospital where she died as proclaimed by an attending doctor.
Meanwhile, the suspect is currently in custody of the Caloocan City Police Station while necessary documents for inquest proceeding are being prepared before the duty prosecutor of Caloocan.
“My deepest sympathies go out to the family of the victim. While no action can undo the pain of this loss, I want them to know that we are fully committed to securing justice in her name,” Nartatez said.
“As we move forward, I want the public to know that the NCRPO remains resolute in its mission to maintain peace and order across the region. We will continue to act with diligence and integrity in safeguarding the well-being of our communities,” he added.
