TACLOBAN CITY – A soldier has been awarded a bronze cross medal for sacrificing his life to save two children from drowning in Barangay Locsoon, Borongan City, Eastern Samar. TECHNICAL Sgt. Samuel Garbo is laid to rest in Giporlos, Eastern Samar on Friday, April 19. (Photo via Marie Marticio)...
BATANGAS CITY – A 19-year-old man drowned on a river while being chased by patrolling barangay tanods or watchmen in Barangay Pallocan West here on Thursday, April 18. Police identified the victim as John Louie Aclan, alias “Sampu-Sampo,” 19, who reportedly was suffering from mental...
MANGALDAN, Pangasinan – A 17-year-old student drowned while swimming on a river here. Police identified the victim as Allen Matthew Morales. Investigation said Morales and his friends went swimming on the Angalacan River at about 12:50 p.m. on Thursday, April 18. Morales asked his friend to...
ENRILE, Cagayan – Authorities have recovered the body of a 20-year-old man who drowned while gathering clams on the Cagayan River in Barangay Maddarulog Sur here on Saturday, April 13. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/13/man-gathering-clams-drowns-on-cagayan-river Police Capt. Precil Morales,...
ENRILE, Cagayan – Authorities are conducting a search and rescue operation for a 20-year-old man who drowned on the Cagayan River in Barangay Maddarulug Sur here on Saturday, April. 13. THE town of Enrile in the map of Cagayan. Don Erickson Orje of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction...
URBIZTONDO, Pangasinan – The body of a man was found floating on the Agno River in Barangay Galarin here on Wednesday, April 10. AGNO River (Wikipedia) A farmer, Botbot delos Santos, was pasturing his cattle on an island that formed in the middle of the Agno River when he saw the body. Delos...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A construction worker drowned while swimming in the sea in Barangay Carlatan here on Sunday, April 7. Police said the victim, Edison Hidalgo, 39, a resident of Purok 2, Barangay Mameltac, this city, was reportedly drunk when he was taken away the strong current....
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...
ALCALA, Pangasinan – A man drowned on the Agno River in Barangay Laoac here on Thursday night, April 4. The Bureau of Fire Protection here received a report that an unidentified man was drowning on the Agno River. BFP-Alcala Fire Officer 1 Renz Martinez, residents Erick Catalan, Leomar de...
CAVINTI, Laguna – A Grade 5 pupil drowned in a resort in Barangay Mahipon-Lumot, this municipality, on Wednesday night, April 3. Police identified the victim as Rohanna Gimantog, 11, from Barangay Mahipon-Lumot. The victim was taken to a hospital in Luisiana, Laguna where she was declared...
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-year-old man drowned on a river in Barangay 1 Poblacion, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, April 3. A MAN drowned on a river in Barangay 1 Poblacion, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, April 3. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police...
ECHAGUE, Isabela – An eight-year-old girl drowned on a river in Barangay Salvacion here on Monday, April 1. Police Major Rogelio Natividad, Echague police chief, said the victim was taken away by the strong river current while she was taking a bath and her older sister was checking her cell phone...
