BACOLOD CITY – A 12-year-old Grade 6 pupil drowned on a river in Barangay Vista Alegre here on Wednesday, Jan. 28, two months before his elementary graduation and 13th birth anniversary in March. The victim, the youngest of four siblings, went to the river with several classmates after a half-day...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a woman last Wednesday, Jan. 21, for allegedly drowning her four-year-old daughter in Barangay Abong Abong, Tabina municipality, Zamboanga del Sur. Investigation showed that a witness spotted a naked woman leading a naked child to sea last Monday, Jan. 19. The...
ILOILO CITY – Families of three boys will welcome the New Year without them after they drowned while trying to cross a river at Moroboro Dam in Dingle town, Iloilo province. Authorities identified the fatalities as 11-year-old Angelo, 12-year-old Jim, and 13-year-old Jar. “The local government...
LEGAZPI CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard District Bicol (PCG-5) confirmed on Thursday that two died and two are still missing after a motor banca capsized in the sea of Aroroy, Masbate on Wednesday. In a phone interview, PCG Bicol commander Commodore Ivan Roldan said initial accounting recorded...
BUTUAN CITY – Philippine Coast Guard personnel recovered the body of a missing child on Sunday after an extensive search of the Mayag River in Mainit, Surigao del Norte. The child had been reported missing since Saturday after allegedly falling into the river in Purok Mahusay, Barangay Matin-ao....
CAVITE – Two minors died in drowning incidents in Dasmariñas City and Naic on Wednesday, Dec. 3. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A identified the first victim as alias Kervin, a 12-year-old resident of Dasmariñas. One of the victim 's friends sought help upon seeing him immersed...
The Marikina City Rescue 161 warned the public on Saturday, Nov. 22, to avoid swimming or wading in the river, especially when the water level is high or the current is strong, following a drowning incident that claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy in the Marikina River. The victim was reported...
INFANTA, Quezon – A 47-year-old laborer drowned on a river after his banca overturned in Barangay Dinahican, this town, this week. Police said the victim Karding, a resident of Barangay Balugao, this town, sailed with his cousin Rodney on the Agos River on Sunday, Nov. 16, from General Nakar,...
An eight-year-old Grade 1 student drowned in a resort in Sitio Old Boso-Boso, Barangay San Jose, Antipolo City, on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Based on the investigation of the Antipolo City Component Police Station (Antipolo CCPS), the victim, identified as “Zian,” met a puto vendor near the Shell Gas...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 62-year-old grandmother went missing at the height of typhoon “Tino” in Barangay Hilaan, Bontoc town, Southern Leyte province on Tuesday afternoon. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) said Yolanda Labastida and her husband were evacuating...
ILOILO CITY – A lady vlogger died during the flash flood that engulfed many towns in Capiz province on Saturday, Oct. 18. The victim was identified as 23-year-old Mae C. Urdelas of Ivisan town, Capiz province. She was popularly known as “Ka Lover’s Blog” by her online followers. “Tama...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities rescued a policeman and his 16-year-old daughter from drowning in Barangay 5, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Sept. 18. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) spokesperson, said the 39-year-old police officer’s...
