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...
SAMPALOC, Quezon – A 39-year-old housewife drowned while swimming on a river on Easter Sunday in Barangay Apasan here. MAP of Quezon with the town of Sampaloc highlighted. Police identified the victim as Ronalyn Flores, a resident of Barangay Bataan, this town. Investigation said...
Seven drowned in the province of Cagayan during the Holy Week. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said two were from Solana and one each in Camalaniugan, Santa Ana, Gonzaga, Santa Teresita, and Santo Nino. Most of the victims were men aged 20 to 50 and were under the...
BACOLOD CITY – Five persons, including two children, drowned in rivers during the Holy Week from March 25 to 31 in Negros Occidental. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) said the victims drowned in Cadiz, La Carlota, and Kabankalan cities and the towns of Moises Padilla...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – A vendor drowned on the sea in Barangay Calao-an here on Easter Sunday. MAP of Ilocos Sur with Candon City highlighted. Police identified the victim as Domell B. Peñaloza, 21, a resident of Barangay Calao-an. The victim, who was reportedly drunk, joined his...
DAGUPAN CITY – The body of a 49-year-old man was found floating on the Bacayao River in Sitio Tococ, Barangay Bacayao Sur here on Easter Sunday. A MAN believed to have drowned is fished out of a river in Dagupan City on Easter Sunday. Police identified victim as Ferdinand Gonzales...
The Police Regional Office-3 said four persons drowned during the Holy Week in Central Luzon. The victims – two minors and two adults – were from Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, and Zambales. On the other hand, two individuals were rescued from drowning in Aurora province. The PRO-3 has deployed 1,000...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy drowned on a river in Linaw Bubong, Barangay San Miguel, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday. MAP of La Carlota, Negros Occidental. Police said the victim, along with his father and older siblings, went to the river bank to feed their...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Four individuals drowned in Southern Luzon during the Holy Week. San Jose, Batangas A 32-year-old laborer drowned in a creek in Barangay Mojon Tampoy, San Jose, Batangas, on Good Friday. The victim, Joshua Planas, and five friends went to the creek for a drinking...
SANTA CRUZ, Ilocos Sur – Police rescued a four-year-old boy from drowning in the swimming pool of a beach resort in Barangay Sagat here on Black Saturday. Police Major Paul Vincent Tadeo, town chief of police, said the boy was accidentally pushed by another child into a deep portion of the...
At least 29 people died of drowning while three others were reported missing since the start of the Holy Week break on March 27, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Sunday, March 31. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said most of the drowning fatalities were reported in Calabarzon...
The Police Regional Office-3 recorded 30 drowning incidents in Central Luzon from January to March 30. POLICE patrol a beach in Zambales. PRO-3 Director Police Brig. Gen Jose S. Hidalgo Jr. encouraged the people to take extra precaution while swimming in beaches and resorts. Hidalgo ordered the...
