DIFFUN, Quirino – Four children drowned in a fishpond in Barangay Bannawag here on Wednesday afternoon, April 2. Diffun police investigator Police Staff Sgt. Jonathan Hacholna said the victims were two sisters, aged nine and 10, and two cousins, a boy and a girl, both seven-years-old....
MAUBAN, Quezon – A 23-year-old laborer drowned and four individuals were rescued after their banca sank in Barangay Santa Lucia here on Sunday, March 30. The victim was identified as Jericho Agnasin. Rescued were Merwill, 28; Angelie, 26, and her twin children Adreil and Avriel. Bantay Dagat...
CALATAGAN, Batangas – A 43-year-old Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) drowned while swimming in a beach resort in Barangay Bagong Silang, this town, on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 23. Police identified the victim as Diosdado Catanay. Investigation said the victim and friends were swimming in the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 24-year-old fisherman drowned in the sea of Barangay 10 here on Tuesday, Feb. 18. A 24-year-old fisherman drowned after his boat capsized at sea in Barangay 10, Bacolod City on Tuesday, Feb. 18. (Photo via Bacolod Maritime Police) Coast Guard Ensign Pauline Villegas, public...
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur -- A bus conductor drowned while trying to rescue his son in the sea of Barangay Sived here on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 8. Police Lt. William Costales Jr., town deputy chief of police, identified the victim as Jayson Pabo, 46, of Barangay An-annam, Bantay, Ilocos Sur. The...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – A 35-year-old contractor was shot dead by while playing billiards in Purok 3, Barangay Marinig, this city, on Wednesday night, Jan. 29. Police identified the victim as Joselito Barquio. Investigation said the victim was playing billiards with friends when a man...
CAVITE – A 13-year-old boy drowned in a river in Dasmariñas City on Monday, Jan. 27. Initial investigation by the Dasmariñas City Component Police Station revealed that the boy and his friends went to the river in Barangay San Agustin I to swim at around 5:00 p.m. The report mentioned that the...
CALAUAG, Quezon – A 52-year-old farmer drowned while swimming on a river in Barangay Patihan here on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 21. Police identified the victim as Roberto Fernandez, married, and a resident of Barangay Patihan. Investigation said the victim swam at the Pandahan River but...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three children were rescued from drowning by two nurses and Philippine Coast Guard personnel on Sunday, Jan. 5, in Barangay Rizal, Dulag, Leyte. The victims were a 12-year-old male, his sister, a 10-year-old female, and their cousin, a 12-year-old female, all residents of San...
Two men were shot dead and a woman drowned in Quezon and Laguna on New Year’s Day. In Lucena City, Quezon, a 19-year-old pedicab driver was shot dead by a security guard after he was caught in the act of opening the roll-up door of a store in a fish port in Barangay Dalahican. Police identified...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 12-year-old boy drowned in a river spillway here on New Year’s Day. Police identified the victim as Abdulaziz Arabani Yacob. AUTHORITIES conduct a rescue operation for a 12-year-old boy who drowned on the Pasonanca River in Zamboanga City n New Year’s Day. ...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Two minors drowned while swimming on the Lingayen Gulf in Barangay Pangapisan North here on Tuesday, Dec. 31. Police identified the victims as Jessel from Santa Rosa City, Laguna and Benjurr from La Paz, Tarlac. Investigation said the victims, with companions Justin and and...
