What was supposed to be a time for reflection turned out to be deadly for some as 78 cases of drowning in different parts of the country were monitored during the Holy Week last week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Wednesday, April 12. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The PCG said the...
(Unsplash) The dozens of deaths reported due to drowning this April may have been mitigated had swimming been taught as a basic education subject in schools. Incidentally, Probinsyano Ako Party-list Rep. Rudys Caesar Fariñas recently filed in the 19th Congress House Bill (HB) No. 7476, or the...
The body of a 10-year-old boy who went missing in the Pasig River in Punta, Sta. Ana, Manila was recovered on Tuesday afternoon, April 11. According to the initial report of the Manila Police District (MPD), the boy was last seen playing with his playmates along the riverbank at about 4:30 p.m. on...
ILIGAN CITY – A seven-year-old boy drowned in Barangay Tomas Cabili here on Easter Sunday. The father of the victim from Barangay Tomas Cabili told police that his son was swimming in the beach at around 1 p.m. when he suddenly disappeared. Iligan City Police Office (ICPO) spokesperson Police...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A factory worker drowned in a beach here, the Police Regional Office-1 reported on Monday, April 10. Factory worker Jaime Mendoza, 43, of Barangay Pulang Lupa, Valenzuela City, was swimming with colleagues when he drowned at Lingayen Beach in front of YRS Resort near...
CAMP OLA, Albay – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-5 reported that 15 persons drowned in the Bicol region during the observance of Holy Week. Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, PRO-5 spokesperson, said one person drowned in Albay, four in Camarines Norte, nine in Camarines Sur, and one from Sorsogon...
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...
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 – Two persons died while another was rescued in separate drowning incidents in Cagayan Valley rivers on Black Saturday, April 8. Police said a 16-year-old student from Barangay Mabuhay, Angadanan, Isabela reportedly drowned and was declared dead at a hospital on Black...
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...
BATANGAS – Three died and one was hospitalized in four separate drowning incidents here on Good Friday, April 7. The Batangas Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the fatalities as Bobong Rivera, single, and resident of Barangay Palincaro, Tuy; Khailyn, a resident of San Juan, and Lucas,...
DIPACULAO, Aurora – A 36-year-old construction worker drowned while swimming in a beach in Barangay Lipat here on Good Friday. Coast Guard Station (CGS)-Aurora identified the victim as Carlito Badil, a resident of Bislig City, Surigao del Sur. Badil was swimming with his co-worker, Japet Subang,...
