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...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Two college students from Cagayan drowned on a river in Sitio Buntoc, Barangay Aciga, this town, Kalinga on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21. Police identified the victims as Renz Cherlxon T. Mangulad, 20, and Mark Denver Bunagan, 18. Investigation said the victims...
BACOLOD CITY – A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) died while saving his 12-year-old son from drowning in the sea of Barangay 2, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Dec. 20. A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker drowned while saving his 12-year-old son in the sea of Barangay 2,...
BANGUI, Ilocos Norte – A United States Marine drowned in the sea of Sitio Suyo, Barangay Baruyen, this town, on Friday, Dec. 20. Police Staff Sgt. Dominic Tangliben, Bangui police investigator, identified the victim as Corporal Edmond Zhu, 20. The victim and colleague Corporal Isaac...
BACOLOD CITY – A 35-year-old man drowned on a river in Barangay Santa Rosa, Murcia, Negros Occidental. The victim was identified as Ronel of Barangay Santa Rosa. Ronel was last seen alive on Monday afternoon, Dec. 15, when he asked permission from his wife to swim on the river near their...
REAL, Quezon – A 19-year-old working student drowned in the sea of Purok 1, Barangay Tignoan, this town, on Dec. 11. Police identified the victim as Reymond Jeorge de Leon, single, from Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City. Investigation said the De Leon was swimming alone when he struggled...
CALANASAN, Apayao – Three rookie policemen drowned and five others survived after their boat capsized on the Apayao River here on Friday morning, Dec. 6. Police identified the victims as Police Patrolman John L. Togay-an Jr. of Buguias, Benguet; Police Patrolman Resty P. Bayog of Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool in a beach resort in Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Police withheld the name of the victim but he is a resident of Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City and a kindergarten pupil. A KINDERGARTEN pupil...
