Suicide
Teener Kills Self In South RP
Saturday, September 6th, 2008DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 6, 2008) – A youth leader in the southern Philippine town of Santa Cruz was found dead inside his room and his family claimed he committed suicide.Police is already investigating the death of Mar…
Woman Committed Suicide Inside Police Jail; Son Kills Own Father In Mindanao
Friday, August 22nd, 2008DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 22, 2008) – A woman who was arrested by policemen for stealing at a shopping mall allegedly killed herself Friday inside her detention cell in Davao City in Mindanao, authorities said.Authorities sa…
Huge Debts Drives Man To Kill Self In Southern Philippines
Saturday, July 26th, 2008DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 26, 2008) – A Filipino man despondent over his huge financial debts climbed up a tall billboard sign in Davao City and then leaped to his death, police said.Police identified the man as Ricky Villar, …
Man Abandoned By Wife Kills Self In South RP
Monday, June 9th, 2008NORTH COTABATO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / June 9, 2008) – A despondent man killed himself after his wife abandoned him, police said Monday.Police said relatives discovered the body of Alfredo Bugas on Sunday hanging from a bean inside his hous…
Girl Who Killed Self Is Buried in South RP
Saturday, November 10th, 2007DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 10, 2007) – A poor girl who committed suicide because of extreme poverty in southern Philippines was buried Saturday.Mariennet Amper, 12, hanged herself Nov. 2 inside their thatched house in the vill…
Majority Of Suicides Caused By Depression: San Mateo County Times
Friday, September 14th, 2007Abuse. Loneliness. A stressful episode. The unexpected loss of a loved one. Any of those and other strong physical or emotional factors could trigger suicidal thoughts, especially in already depressed people who don’t seek help either because they don’…
Man, Abandoned By Wife, Shoots Self In South RP
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 24 Jul) – A postman, abandoned by his wife, shot himself inside their house in Davao City in the southern Philippines, police said on Tuesday.Police said the man shot himself with a .38-caliber revolver in their house …
Man Jumps To His Death In South RP
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 12 Jun) – A man, despondent over his mother’s death, committed suicide by jumping from a building in the southern Philippines, police said on Tuesday.Police said the 32-year old Jerry Tabig jumped to his dea…
Two Germans End Life In Philippines
Friday, June 8th, 2007DIPOLOG CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 08 Jun) – Philippine police is investigating the death of a German national whose body was found inside his car in the southern city of Dipolog.Police said Reiner Herman Paul Korneg, from Berlin, was discovered dead …
Pregnant Woman Kills Self Inside Army Base In South RP
Friday, June 8th, 2007DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 08 Jun) – A pregnant woman killed herself after quarreling with her boyfriend inside a Philippine military base in Baganga town in Davao Oriental province, police said.Police said the woman’s boyfriend is a member of…
Boy Hangs Self In Southern Philippines
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 05 Jun) – A Filipino boy, scolded by his grandmother for fighting his cousin, hanged himself in the southern Philippines, police said Tuesday.Police said the eleven-year old boy, Denmark Quinto, was found dead by famil…
Extreme Poverty Drives Woman To Kill Self In South RP
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 30 May) – A Filipino woman, despondent over the family’s extreme poverty condition, committed suicide in the southern province of Davao Oriental, police said on Wednesday.Police said the 44-year old Berlita Cahilig w…
Dahil Sa Utang, Dayuhan Nagpatiwakal Sa Cebu
Monday, March 19th, 2007LAPU-LAPU CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 20 Mar) – Isang South Korean national na umano’y lubog sa utang ang nagpakamatay sa loob ng kanyang tinutuluyang hotel sa Lapu-Lapu City sa Cebu province.Kinilala ng pulisya ang dayuhan na si Kang Hong Saok at ay…
Man Tries To Kill Self After Split With Girl
Sunday, March 18th, 2007GENERAL SANTOS CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Mar) – A man, despondent over a woman who abandoned him, drank a pesticide and tried to kill himself, but survived only to suffer in agony at hospital in the southern Philippines.The 21-year old Arnel Armen…
Man Tries To Kill Self After Split With Girl
Sunday, March 18th, 2007GENERAL SANTOS CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Mar) – A man, despondent over a woman who abandoned him, drank a pesticide and tried to kill himself, but survived only to suffer in agony at hospital in the southern Philippines.The 21-year old Arnel Armen…
Militia Kills Superior, Then Shoots Self In Central RP
Thursday, March 15th, 2007CEBU (Mindanao Examiner / 15 Mar) – A government militia killed his commander and a civilian before shooting himself an apparent suicide in the central Philippine province of Negros Occidental, police said.The Philippine Army, which has control over …
Diabetic Man Hangs Self In Southern RP
Sunday, March 4th, 2007DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 04 Mar) A 54-year old man, despondent over his diabetes and suffering of his family, hanged himself inside his small room in the southern Philippine port city of Davao, police said. Police said the man, Crispin Francia,…