As families and friends are probably thinking of summer escapades, the Philippine National Police (PNP) advised them to take precautionary measures to avoid drowning incidents after an increase in fatalities during the April-May period last year. Not only that, PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Randulf...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela — An 18-year-old graduating student drowned on the Cagayan River in Barangay Carabatan Chica here on Saturday, March 14. Police said the victim and two classmates went to the area to record a video for a school project. They decided to swim on the river before working on the...
ILOILO CITY – A Russian tourist and a lifeguard drowned at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province on Wednesday, March 11. Lawmen have yet to confirm the incident but the Malay Municipal Council hailed lifeguard Rex Pablo Aguirre of Barangay Yapak. The incident occurred on...
CEBU CITY – Two children aged 10 and nine drowned in a National Irrigation Authority (NIA) canal in Ubay, Bohol on Tuesday, March 3. Police said Justine Etorma and John Carl Mercolesia, both Grade 3 pupils, drowned while swimming in the canal. Police said NIA personnel discovered the victims’...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old man and his nine-year-old nephew drowned while gathering shells on the Nabinay River in Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Police Lt. Daleen Grace Loreno, deputy chief of the Cadiz City Police Station, said the man, Jesus, brought his...
BUTUAN CITY – The Tandag city government in Surigao del Sur ordered the temporary closure of a beach resort on Saturday following the drowning of a foreign national. Mayor Roxanne Pimentel issued Executive Order No. 7 on Monday, creating a joint inspection team to conduct a safety assessment and...
BACOLOD CITY – A 12-year-old Grade 6 pupil drowned on a river in Barangay Vista Alegre here on Wednesday, Jan. 28, two months before his elementary graduation and 13th birth anniversary in March. The victim, the youngest of four siblings, went to the river with several classmates after a half-day...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a woman last Wednesday, Jan. 21, for allegedly drowning her four-year-old daughter in Barangay Abong Abong, Tabina municipality, Zamboanga del Sur. Investigation showed that a witness spotted a naked woman leading a naked child to sea last Monday, Jan. 19. The...
ILOILO CITY – Families of three boys will welcome the New Year without them after they drowned while trying to cross a river at Moroboro Dam in Dingle town, Iloilo province. Authorities identified the fatalities as 11-year-old Angelo, 12-year-old Jim, and 13-year-old Jar. “The local government...
LEGAZPI CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard District Bicol (PCG-5) confirmed on Thursday that two died and two are still missing after a motor banca capsized in the sea of Aroroy, Masbate on Wednesday. In a phone interview, PCG Bicol commander Commodore Ivan Roldan said initial accounting recorded...
BUTUAN CITY – Philippine Coast Guard personnel recovered the body of a missing child on Sunday after an extensive search of the Mayag River in Mainit, Surigao del Norte. The child had been reported missing since Saturday after allegedly falling into the river in Purok Mahusay, Barangay Matin-ao....
CAVITE – Two minors died in drowning incidents in Dasmariñas City and Naic on Wednesday, Dec. 3. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A identified the first victim as alias Kervin, a 12-year-old resident of Dasmariñas. One of the victim 's friends sought help upon seeing him immersed...
