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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...

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, April 7 renewed his push for the mandatory designation of lifeguards in public swimming pools and bathing facilities.   Gatchalian noted that during the recent Holy Week alone, there were 37 people, including 12 minors, who died of drowning.   In...

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A four-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool on Sunday morning, September 10, in Barangay Pansol, this city. Police said the victim, Darvin Ryco Binza, went missing and was later found in the bottom of the swimming pool at 1:30 a.m. after a thorough search. Binza was...

The barangays are the ‘weakest link’’ in the strict enforcement of mass gathering regulations amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) admitted Tuesday night, May 25. In an interview over CNN Philippines, DILG...