CAMP OLA, Albay – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-5 reported that 15 persons drowned in the Bicol region during the observance of Holy Week. Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, PRO-5 spokesperson, said one person drowned in Albay, four in Camarines Norte, nine in Camarines Sur, and one from Sorsogon...
Three persons drowned in Lian, Nasugbu, and Lemery in Batangas on Good Friday and Black Saturday. The Batangas Police Provincial Office said the victims were a 17-year-old male student, single, resident of FDR, Block 9, Lot 12, Phase 3, GMA, Cavite; Juanito Tiples, 61, resident of Zone 10, Barangay...
LEMERY, Batangas – What was supposed to be a mere stroll along the beach turned tragic as four teenage students, three of them female, and laborer died after they drowned, while their only other companion survived on a sad Black Saturday afternoon, April 8, in this town. The police, who...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – Two persons died while another was rescued in separate drowning incidents in Cagayan Valley rivers on Black Saturday, April 8. Police said a 16-year-old student from Barangay Mabuhay, Angadanan, Isabela reportedly drowned and was declared dead at a hospital on Black...
DAGUPAN CITY – Three persons drowned in Pangasinan on Black Saturday. Police identified the victims as Enrique Espinosa, 70, of Barangay Pagatpat, Santa Cruz, Zambales; Johny Lingayo, 52, of Panta St., San Vicente, Baguio City, and a resident of Tarlac. Espinosa and five companions were...
BATANGAS – Three died and one was hospitalized in four separate drowning incidents here on Good Friday, April 7. The Batangas Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the fatalities as Bobong Rivera, single, and resident of Barangay Palincaro, Tuy; Khailyn, a resident of San Juan, and Lucas,...
DIPACULAO, Aurora – A 36-year-old construction worker drowned while swimming in a beach in Barangay Lipat here on Good Friday. Coast Guard Station (CGS)-Aurora identified the victim as Carlito Badil, a resident of Bislig City, Surigao del Sur. Badil was swimming with his co-worker, Japet Subang,...
CAMP OLA, Albay – Five persons, three of them minors, drowned while another went missing during a beach outing in San Jose, Camarines Sur on Black Saturday. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office (PRO)-5 (Bicol) spokesperson, identified the victims as Rizza, 17; Jhona, 17;...
LEMERY, Batangas – A teenage male drowned while swimming in a pool on Maundy Thursday in Barangay Nonong Casto here. Police said the victim and his teenage cousin were swimming at Suenia Beach Resort when he suddenly went underwater. After a minute, the unconscious victim was lifted by his...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A father and his son died while his other child went missing in a drowning incident along Ganano River, Barangay Santa Maria, Alicia, Isabela on Wednesday. The father, identified as Norman Balinang, 42, along with his 16-year-old and eight-year-old sons, was on a Holy Week...
PANGASINAN – A minor and two others died in two separate drowning incidents in Bolinao and Agno towns in this province on Saturday, April 1. The victims were identified as Maxine Peñalosa Bandoquillo, 9, of Barangay Pembo, Makati City; Nestor Ubano, 58, of Barangay Sanchez, Asingan,...
A 19-year-old college student drowned while trying to rescue his cousins in the Chico River in Barangay Calanan, Tabuk City, Kalinga, on Thursday, March 30. The Tabuk City Police Station said the victim, Franz Dumaguing, of Lubuagan, Kalinga and Bulanao Centro, here, along with his cousins and...
