TACLOBAN CITY – A pair of twin nine-year-old girls drowned after their motor banca capsized in the sea of Abuyog, Leyte on Saturday, April 11. The missing was identified as Sofia and Anna, residents of Barangay Victory, Abuyog. The body of Sofia was found on the shoreline of Barangay Buntay,...
CEBU CITY – A construction worker was found dead in a man-made lagoon inside a golf club here on Tuesday night, April 7. Police identified the victim as Ryan Ardina Jermino, 27, of Barangay Guba, Cebu City. Police said Jermino was one of the workers of Netforce International contracted to...
Passenger traffic in seaports across the country rose during this year’s Holy Week travel rush despite higher fuel costs amid the ongoing tensions in the Middle East, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) assessed on Monday, April 6. PCG spokesperson Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said the number of...
MABINI, Batangas – A 48-year-old dive master drowned while on a diving session on Maundy Thursday in Barangay Bagalangit here. Police identified the victim as Palmon of Barangay San Teodoro, this town. Investigation said the victim and other dive masters were on a diving session when the victim...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Three men drowned in an irrigation canal in Barangay Naglabrahan, Science City of Muñoz, this province, on Monday, March 30. The victims were identified as Elmer, 46, a farmer; Ruben, 31, a security guard; and Jomar, 29, also a security guard. The Science City of...
ILAGAN CITY, Isabela – Two children drowned on the Cagayan River in Barangay Santa Isabel Norte here on Saturday, March 28. Police identified the fatalities as Tin and Joy, both 10-years-old. Investigation said the victims and two other children went to the river to swim. However, they were swept...
BAGUIO CITY – Two photographers were killed and four others were injured when their Sports Utility Vehicle was swept away by the Agno River on Friday afternoon, March 27, in Sitio Tabu, Barangay Dalupirip, Itogon, Benguet. The fatalities were identified as Rodolfo Tan, 68, and Neil Clark...
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...
