A four-year-old boy and a teenager reportedly drowned in rivers in Rodriguez, Rizal on Sunday, Aug. 17. According to the authorities, the Tactical Operations Center of Casimiro Ynares Hospital received a call regarding a drowning incident involving the four-year-old boy identified as Jude Ethan...
QUEZON, Quezon – A worker fell and suffocated in a deep well he was cleaning in Sitio Pagatpat, Barangay Del Pilar, here, on Wednesday morning Aug. 7. Investigation said the 31-year-old victim was climbing out of the seven-meter-deep well using a rope when he suddenly became weak and had...
REAL, Quezon – A 53-year-old woman drowned while swimming under the influence of alcohol in the sea of Purok Kamagong, Barangay Poblacion 61, this town, on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 7. Police identified the victim as Jocelyn, married. Investigation said the victim was drunk and leisurely swam at...
Two children, a four-year-old kindergarten student and a three-year-old daycare student, drowned after falling into a lake near Pritil Wharf in Barangay Bombong, Binangonan, Rizal on Monday, Aug. 4. Based on the police investigation, the victims, identified as Matthew Villariña and Joseph Julian...
TACLOBAN CITY – A police officer drowned after the boat he was riding capsized following crime scene processing in connection with an encounter in Barangay San Isidro, Las Navas, Northern Samar, on Saturday, Aug. 2. The Northern Samar Police Provincial Office mourned the death of Police...
CAVITE – A man was found dead at sea in Barangay 49-M, Cavite City, on Wednesday, July 30. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A stated that the man was reported missing to the Philippine Coast Guard by his immediate family on July 29. The discovery of the body was reported to the Cavite...
An unidentified man was found dead, floating in the Marikina River in Barangay Malanday, Marikina City, on Wednesday afternoon, July 30. The Eastern Police District (EPD) said the body was discovered by “Roberto” of the River Parks Authority (RPA) floating in the middle of the river and...
CABUGAO, Ilocos Sur – A man drowned while saving his grandson in Barangay Pug-os here on Tuesday, July 22. Police identified the victim as Nestor R. Viriña, 66, a resident of Barangay Quezon, Cabugao. Investigation said the victim and grandsons Darrel James Montero dela Cruz and Joshua Castillo...
Two boys who had been missing since Saturday, July 19, were found dead after being swept away by strong river currents in Barangay Bombongan, Morong, Rizal. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the victims as Gene Heinrich Dacumos, 12, and Ruben Cioseph Giray Cubilla, 10, both...
BANAYOYO, Ilocos Sur – A 21-year-old construction worker drowned while retrieving his slippers thrown by his co-worker into a river as a practical joke at the height of tropical storm “Crising” here on Saturday, July 19. Police Capt. Medward G. Galay, Banayoyo chief of police, identified the...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy drowned in a well in Barangay Suay, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 15. Police Lt. Col. Anthony Grande, Himamaylan police chief, said the victim was last seen around noon playing outside their home near the uncovered well. The victim failed...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two elementary students were found dead on Thursday, June 19, in a pond in Barangay Cabaluay here. The victims – Ivan Apolinario, 10, Grade 5 pupil, and Joshua Sannudin, 8, a Grade 1 student – were reported missing after they failed to return home on Wednesday night....