CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Isabela – A soldier drowned on a river while on a mission against the New People’s Army in Gattaran, Cagayan on Thursday, April 20. Major Rigor Pamittan, spokesperson of the Army 5th Infantry Division, identified the victim as Private Raymund Mones, 23, of Barangay...
LOBO, Batangas – A 63-year-old man reportedly drowned while swimming in the sea of Barangay Masaguitsit in this town. Police identified the victim as Nestor Perez, a resident of Barangay Dagatan here. Perez’s body was seen by his relatives floating in the shallow portion of the sea at 12:45 a.m....
CEBU CITY – Two 12-year-old Grade 6 students drowned while swimming in a pond in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City on Thursday afternoon, April 20. ONLOOKERS gather around the pond where two young girls drowned while swimming on Thursday afternoon, April 20, in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City. (Photo...
CEBU CITY – A 67-year-old American national drowned while diving off Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu on Friday, April 21. Police identified the fatality as Mark Alan Shea, who was temporarily living in Barangay Logon, Malapascua. Police said the victim was recorded at...
BACOLOD CITY – Two friends died after they were suffocated and eventually drowned in a well one of the two tried to clean at Sitio Syding, Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 15. RESIDENTS check the well in Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, where two...
KABACAN, North Cotabato (PNA) – Two youngsters drowned while seven others were rescued after they swam on a river dam here on Thursday afternoon, April 13. THE river dam in Barangay Kilada, Matalam, North Cotabato where two students drowned on Thursday, April 13. (Kabacan LGU FB) Two others were...
(Unsplash) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has reiterated his proposal to assign a lifeguard in every public swimming pool or any bathing facility in the country. Gatchalian stressed this following a series of drowning incidents that killed more than 70 this summer. Under Senate Bill (SB) No. 1142, or...
What was supposed to be a time for reflection turned out to be deadly for some as 78 cases of drowning in different parts of the country were monitored during the Holy Week last week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Wednesday, April 12. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The PCG said the...
(Unsplash) The dozens of deaths reported due to drowning this April may have been mitigated had swimming been taught as a basic education subject in schools. Incidentally, Probinsyano Ako Party-list Rep. Rudys Caesar Fariñas recently filed in the 19th Congress House Bill (HB) No. 7476, or the...
The body of a 10-year-old boy who went missing in the Pasig River in Punta, Sta. Ana, Manila was recovered on Tuesday afternoon, April 11. According to the initial report of the Manila Police District (MPD), the boy was last seen playing with his playmates along the riverbank at about 4:30 p.m. on...
ILIGAN CITY – A seven-year-old boy drowned in Barangay Tomas Cabili here on Easter Sunday. The father of the victim from Barangay Tomas Cabili told police that his son was swimming in the beach at around 1 p.m. when he suddenly disappeared. Iligan City Police Office (ICPO) spokesperson Police...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A factory worker drowned in a beach here, the Police Regional Office-1 reported on Monday, April 10. Factory worker Jaime Mendoza, 43, of Barangay Pulang Lupa, Valenzuela City, was swimming with colleagues when he drowned at Lingayen Beach in front of YRS Resort near...
