The fatalities were identified as Jose Rannie Sinanggolo, who figured in a shooting incident, and a Maximo Berang and an unidentified man who were both stabbed dead. All incidents occurred past midnight.
Three others, Joselito Villa—hermosa, Renato Dicdican and Cris Manayaga, also figured in stabbing incidents but survived.
Despite these incidents, police regional director Avelino Razon Jr. assessed the entire celebration as "generally peaceful." — Freeman News Service