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,...
CAMP OLA, Albay – Five persons, three of them minors, drowned while another went missing during a beach outing in San Jose, Camarines Sur on Black Saturday. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office (PRO)-5 (Bicol) spokesperson, identified the victims as Rizza, 17; Jhona, 17;...
LEMERY, Batangas – A teenage male drowned while swimming in a pool on Maundy Thursday in Barangay Nonong Casto here. Police said the victim and his teenage cousin were swimming at Suenia Beach Resort when he suddenly went underwater. After a minute, the unconscious victim was lifted by his...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A father and his son died while his other child went missing in a drowning incident along Ganano River, Barangay Santa Maria, Alicia, Isabela on Wednesday. The father, identified as Norman Balinang, 42, along with his 16-year-old and eight-year-old sons, was on a Holy Week...
PANGASINAN – A minor and two others died in two separate drowning incidents in Bolinao and Agno towns in this province on Saturday, April 1. The victims were identified as Maxine Peñalosa Bandoquillo, 9, of Barangay Pembo, Makati City; Nestor Ubano, 58, of Barangay Sanchez, Asingan,...
A 19-year-old college student drowned while trying to rescue his cousins in the Chico River in Barangay Calanan, Tabuk City, Kalinga, on Thursday, March 30. The Tabuk City Police Station said the victim, Franz Dumaguing, of Lubuagan, Kalinga and Bulanao Centro, here, along with his cousins and...
CONNER, Apayao – A 30-year-old miner drowned in the Matalag River in Sitio Cubet, Barangay Malama here on Sunday morning, March 26. The Conner Municipal Police Station said the victim, Heltherman Ballawe Pallu-uc of Sitio Tagtag, Barangay Guinamgaman, this town, was having a picnic with his family...
By ARIEL AVENDANO BALER, Aurora – A medical supply company executive, who earlier rescued his 24-year-old son from drowning, died after he was swept away by strong water current while surfing in a beach in Barangay Sabang here at around 11:35 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5. RESCUERS rush Reygie Lantabo...
A 15-year-old boy drowned in a river near Alat Bridge in Barangay 185, Malaria, Caloocan City on Thursday, Feb. 2. The Caloocan City Police Station (CCPS) said that the incident happened at around 3 p.m. when the victim, a Grade 9 student, was swimming with his friends in the river. Cpl. Karl...
Peshawar, PAKISTAN -- Forty-nine children died when their overloaded boat capsized in northwest Pakistan, police said Tuesday after divers spent three days dragging bodies from freezing waters. In this picture taken on January 30, 2023, relatives and local residents carry the coffin of a student,...
BACOLOD CITY -- An 11-year-old boy died from drowning at Hacienda Camantero 1, Barangay Guimbala-on, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Jan. 12. The name of the minor-victim was withheld. Staff Master Sgt. Jeffrey Solas, investigator of Silay City Police Station, said it was raining when...
