A 14-year-old boy was rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) after he nearly drowned while swimming in the Manila Bay on Friday, Nov. 11. FB_IMG_1668217345663 The PCG identified the rescued victim as James Rafael Asierto, a resident of Quiapo, Manila. According to the PCG, the personnel of the...
BACOLOD CITY -- A four-year old girl died after she drowned in a river in Barangay San Agustin, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Nov. 10. The name of the victim was withheld. Capt. Joseph Partidas, Isabela police chief, said the victim went to the river with her sibling to swim. However, her...
BURDEOS, Quezon – A 60-year-old fisherman drowned while fishing in Barangay Amot here on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Police identified the victim as Nolito Vargas of Barangay Poblacion this town. Investigation said that the victim left his house at 6 a.m. to fish. Hours later at 2:15 p.m., his body was...
RAMON, Isabela -- Two siblings who went missing for hours on Sunday were found dead in a water-filled construction hole in Purok 6, Barangay Burgos in this town. In a belated report, the Isabela Police Provincial Office identified victims as Marianne, 9, and Supremo, 5, of Purok 6 in Barangay...
AGNO, Pangasinan – A 48-year-old bus conductor drowned in a beach in Sitio Abagatanen, Barangay Macaboboni here, Saturday, August 13. Police identified the victim as Raymundo dela Torre Jr. of Angono, Rizal. Investigation showed that at about 5:50 p.m. Saturday, a Municipal Disaster Risk...
URBIZTONDO, Pangasinan – Two minors drowned in a fishpond in Barangay Pasibi West here Tuesday, August 9. RESCUERS attempt to revive a minor drowning victim in Urbiztondo, Pangasinan Tuesday. (Police photo) Police identified the victims as Bryan Paragas, 11, and Aljay Frias, 11, both Grade 6...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A 46-year-old woman died rescuing two drowning minors in a beach in Barangay Guis-guis Talon, this town, Sunday, July 24. The Sariaya police identified the victim as Juvelyn Cabrera, single, of Barangay San Isidro, Taysan, Batangas. Police withheld the names of the minors....
BACOLOD CITY – A 15-year-old girl drowned in a beach resort in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, July 20. A 15-year-old girl drowned in a beach resort in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental Wednesday, July 20. (Photo courtesy of Escalante City Police...
BOLINAO, Pangasinan – A five-year-old girl drowned on a beach in Barangay Balingasay here Sunday, July 17. Police said the victim and her family went to the beach for a picnic at around 6 a.m. The victim went to the sea to swim alone and unnoticed while her mother was eating breakfast. At around...
BACOLOD CITY -- A security guard died while his cousin survived from drowning at the beachfront in Barangay 5, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, July 10. Rescuers try to revive one of the two security guards, who drowned in a beach in Barangay 5, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental Sunday....
BOKOD, Benguet – A nine-year-old boy drowned in a river at a quarry site in Sitio Adonot, Ambuklao, here Tuesday, June 14. The Bokod Municipal Police Station said the incident happened at 6:30 a.m. and was reported to them at 12:15 p.m. The victim’s father, Orlando Tamilan Victor, 49, backhoe...
CATANAUAN, Quezon – Police are hunting a 25-year-old woman who allegedly drowned then buried her three-year-old son in a shallow grave on a riverside in Sitio Central, Barangay Sta. Maria, here last May 29. Police identified the victim as Jomar Monterey of Sitio Halindog, Barangay Sta. Maria....
