ARINGAY, La Union – A police officer drowned while patrolling the sea of this town amid bad weather caused by tropical storm “Kristine” on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Police identified the victim as Police Executive Master Sergeant Edison S. Rivera, 50, leader of the Maritime Law Enforcement Team of...
CAVITE – A woman’s body was found floating near the waters of Tanza on Tuesday, October 22. According to the report from the Police Regional Office 4A, the Tanza Municipal Police Station received a phone call from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) about the incident. Initial investigation stated...
BACOLOD CITY – A seven-month-old baby boy died after he drowned in a pail of water in their house in Barangay Sum-ag here on Monday, Oct. 21. A seven-month-old baby boy drowned in a pail of water in their house in Barangay Sum-ag, Bacolod City on Monday, Oct. 21. (Photo courtesy of Police Station...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 has urged the Philippine National Police to issue guidelines on the proper uniform of policemen assigned to maritime patrols following the death of a police officer last week. MARITIME police conduct search and retrieval operation on a police officer who...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – Two Grade 10 students drowned while swimming on a river in Barangay Laurel, this city, on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 20. Police identified the victims as Ron Gabriel Mercado, 15, of Calamba City, Laguna, and Jomar Roslin Masapol, 14, also of Calamba City. Investigation...
ALICIA, Isabela – A Grade 2 pupil drowned in a five-foot deep swimming pool for adults during a family gathering in a resort here on Saturday, Oct. 19. Police identified the victim as Rex, 7, of Barangay Paddad here. Investigation said the victim’s father left him behind in the children’s...
ILOILO CITY – A 42-year-old policeman drowned after he fell overboard during a patrol in the island-province of Guimaras on Wednesday night, Oct. 16. GATINAO The Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO) identified the victim as Police Staff Sgt. Mechael Gatinao. Gatinao, from Buenavista...
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur – Authorities have recovered the body of a man who drowned along with his son in the sea of Barangay Calay-ab here. Ilocos Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rhon Arquelada said the body of Rowell M. Paat, 37, of Barangay Bagong Silang, Quezon...
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur – A teenage boy and his father drowned while swimming in the sea of Barangay Calay-ab, this town, on Saturday afternoon, September 28. Ilocos Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rhon Arquelada identified the fatality as Artearchealauz Paat, 16,...
Two boys drowned in Santa Teresita and Peñablanca, Cagayan this week. An 11-year-old boy drowned in an irrigation canal in Barangay Villa in Santa Teresita on Tuesday. Police said the victim, John, a resident of Barangay Villa, and his two friends went to the irrigation canal to fish. They...
BACOLOD CITY -- The body of a 14-year-old boy was found on Tuesday night, September 17, three days after he drowned in Campomanes Bay, Barangay Maricalum, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, September 14. Ensign James Carbajosa, acting commander of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-southern...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A tricycle driver drowned on a river in Purok Karachi, Barangay Ibabang Dupay, this city, on Sunday morning, September 15. Police identified the victim as Rozel John Mercado, 38. Investigation said that Mercado was crossing the river on his way to his live-in partner's...
