SAN JUAN, La Union – The municipal government has limited surfing activities in this town dubbed as the surfing capital of the North due to bad weather and the death of a 12-year-old boy in a drowning incident on Tuesday, December 26. Mayor Arturo Valdriz issued amended Executive Order...
BACOLOD CITY – A seven-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool in a resort in Barangay Su-ay, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Christmas Day. Police withheld the name of the victim, a resident of Kabankalan City. Police Capt. Arturo Margallo, deputy chief of the Himamaylan City Police...
CEBU CITY – Authorities launched a search and retrieval operation after a 21-year-old man went missing while spear fishing off Santander town, southern Cebu. As of 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26, divers from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and local disaster risk reduction and management...
BACOLOD CITY – A man drowned after he collided with his friend when they dived into the Malogo River in Barangay Canlusong, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, on Sunday, December 10. A 21-year-old man died after he collided with a friend and drowned on the Malogo River in Barangay Canlusong, E.B....
PEREZ, Quezon – The body of a man believed to have drowned was found on the shoreline of Sitio Tiaga, Barangay Villa Manzano Norte, this island-town, on Monday afternoon, December 4. The victim was wearing a blue-green long-sleeve and blue shorts, with a silver ring on his right ring finger,...
SAN JUAN, Batangas – A nine-year-old girl drowned in a beach here on Sunday, November 26. Police identified the victim as Criza Gonzalez, an elementary pupil and resident of Barangay Calit-calit, this town. Gonzalez went missing while she was swimming with her grandmother Nilda at about 4:30...
DAVAO CITY – Three schoolchildren drowned on the Liloan River in Barangay Mandug here on Friday, November 24. The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) identified the victims as Takeshe Sanico, 13; Kian Carlo Bituin, 12; and Jeric Redulla, 12, pupils of the Buhangin Central Elementary...
BINMALEY, Pangasinan – Two minors drowned while swimming on the Binmaley Beach in Barangay Baybay Lopez here on Sunday, October 8. Police identified the victims as Charisse Pensona Marcillos, 13, and Gladys Abegail Sarol Ballesteros, 16, residents of Barangay Patayac, Santa Barbara,...
CAVITE – A farmer reportedly drowned in an irrigation canal in Barangay Molino, Naic, on Wednesday, Oct. 11. The Cavite Police Provincial Office identified the victim as alias Mazo, a 62-year-old farmer. Naic Municipal Police Station’s quick response team responded to a report that the victim...
CEBU CITY – Never leave your children playing in hazardous areas such as rivers. FOUR-year-old Ernesto ‘Junjun’ Laboc Jr. is seen playing before he drowned in a murky river in Barangay Day-as, Cebu City on Saturday, October 7. (Video screengrab via Calvin D. Cordova) Police issued this...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A farmer who went missing after he was carried away by the rampaging waters of the Burubur River in Barangay Calliat, Balaoan, this province, on September 26 was found dead in the West Philippine Sea in Bangar, La Union on Monday, October 2. Police identified the victim...
BACOLOD CITY – A 10-year-old boy drowned in the sea in Sitio Dacutan Dacu, Barangay Mambulac, Silay Ciy, Negros Occidental on Sunday, October 1. A POLICE officer probes the drowning of a 10-year-old boy in the sea in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, October 1....
