SAN MARIANO, Isabela – A 36-year-old farmer drowned while swimming on a river in Barangay Minanga here on Black Saturday. Police identified the victim as Richard Bular, a resident of Barangay Old San Mariano, this town. Investigation said the victim and his family were having a picnic on the...
ANDA, Pangasinan – A senior citizen drowned in the sea in this town on Black Saturday. Police identified the victim as Remedios Castrence Caras, 78. A neighbor, former barangay councilor or kagawad, Cosme Garibay Bravo, 68, discovered Caras’ body floating on the shallow part of the sea near her...
A 10-year-old child died when the motorcycle he was riding driven by a teenage boy collided with a truck in Zamboanga City on Black Saturday. A MOTORCYCLE driven by a teenage boy rammed a truck in Zamboanga City on Black Saturday. (PNP photo) Police identified the victim as Lawrence dela Cruz, a...
After Good Friday when Christians commemorate the suffering and death on the cross of Jesus, comes Holy Saturday or Black Saturday which marks the time when Jesus Christ was buried in the tomb. As the Vatican News puts it, it is the “interlude between the pain of the death of Jesus and the joy of...
BACOLOD CITY – Two minors were dead while three others were wounded after a Prime Mover truck crashed into a tricycle parked at Purok Singbinco, Barangay Plaridel, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday, April 8. TWO minors were killed while three other individuals were injured after a...
Three persons drowned in Lian, Nasugbu, and Lemery in Batangas on Good Friday and Black Saturday. The Batangas Police Provincial Office said the victims were a 17-year-old male student, single, resident of FDR, Block 9, Lot 12, Phase 3, GMA, Cavite; Juanito Tiples, 61, resident of Zone 10, Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman died while seven others, including a Chinese national, were injured after a sports utility vehicle (SUV) collided with a tricycle in Barangay 21, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday, April 8. A WOMAN died while seven others, including a Chinese national, were...
LEMERY, Batangas – What was supposed to be a mere stroll along the beach turned tragic as four teenage students, three of them female, and laborer died after they drowned, while their only other companion survived on a sad Black Saturday afternoon, April 8, in this town. The police, who...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – At least 17 persons were injured in a collision involving three vehicles in Barangay Cabugao, Echague, Isabela on Black Saturday. Police Senior Master Sgt. Eliezer Gaoiran, duty investigator of the Echague police station, said the accident happened at 3:20 p.m. Gaoiran...
DAGUPAN CITY – Three persons drowned in Pangasinan on Black Saturday. Police identified the victims as Enrique Espinosa, 70, of Barangay Pagatpat, Santa Cruz, Zambales; Johny Lingayo, 52, of Panta St., San Vicente, Baguio City, and a resident of Tarlac. Espinosa and five companions were...
CAMP OLA, Albay – Five persons, three of them minors, drowned while another went missing during a beach outing in San Jose, Camarines Sur on Black Saturday. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office (PRO)-5 (Bicol) spokesperson, identified the victims as Rizza, 17; Jhona, 17;...
Black Saturday is traditionally observed as a special non-working holiday in the country. But its significance is not as well-known or widely appreciated as Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The solemnity of the two preceding days is lifted; the somber mood is replaced by a return to...
