CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – An 11-year-old Grade 5 pupil drowned after his head hit a rock while diving in the San Cristobal Dam in Barangay San Cristobal, this city, on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. Police identified the victim as John Carlo Salcedo. Investigation said the victim went swimming with a...
TUMAUINI, Isabela – Three children drowned while swimming on the Cagayan River in Barangay Annafunan here on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 3. The victims were identified as Jhon Philip J. Pazzibugan, 8; Lawrence L. Bacani, 9, and Jerome Bacani, 10, residents of Barangay Annafunan and pupils...
GUMACA, Quezon – An 84-year-old woman drowned and her body was caught in a fish trap or “baklad” in the shoreline in Barangay Villa Padua here on Monday morning, Dec. 2. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office identified the victim as Nelda W. Caballero, a resident of Barangay...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The body of a fish vendor who drowned on the Abra River in Barangay San Mariano, Bantay, Ilocos Sur on Friday was recovered by rescuers on Sunday. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/11/9/fish-vendor-drowns-as-raft-with-husband-son-onboard-capsizes-in-ilocos-sur The victim, Mary...
LOPEZ, Quezon – A 69-year-old man slipped and drowned in a creek in Barangay Del Pilar here on Friday morning, Nov. 8. Police identified the victim as Revilla E. Alba Jr. Investigation said the victim was found by his brother Crisostomo lying in a prone position in a creek near their...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – A fish vendor drowned after the bamboo raft she was riding with her husband and her son capsized on the Abra River in Barangay San Mariano here on Friday, Nov. 8, at the height of typhoon “Marce.” Rhon Arquelada, head of the Ilocos Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction...
BACOLOD CITY – A Grade 7 student drowned in a river in Barangay Aranda, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Nov. 7. A GRADE 7 drowned on a river in Barangay Aranda, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Nov. 7. (Photo courtesy of Hinigaran Municipal Police Station) Police said that...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – A 14-year-old boy drowned on the Chico River in Dawdawan, Supang, Sabangan, Mountain Province on Thursday, Oct. 31. Authorities identified the victim as Juneil Crey Liwaliw Bagwan. AUTHORITIES recover the remains of a 14-year-old drowning victim on the Chico River in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 28-year-old man drowned after saving his relative during a family outing in a resort in Sitio Batang, Barangay Talaban, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on All Saints’ Day. A 28- year-old man drowned after saving his relative during a family outing in Barangay Talaban,...
NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – A woman drowned after she was allegedly pushed by two drunk residents off a bridge in Barangay San Antonio, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur on Thursday evening. Police said the unidentified victim was 5’2” in height, thin body, and aged 50 to 60. Investigation said the victim...
ILOILO CITY – A male tourist from Laguna drowned at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province in the aftermath of severe tropical storm “Kristine” on Friday afternoon, Oct. 25. Malay Municipal Police Station investigator Lt. Romeo Sabrine said the victim and a companion, also...
SABANGAN, Mountain Province – A 60-year-old man drowned on the Chico River here on Thursday, Oct. 24. The victim was identified as Francis "Lacaben" Angel from this town. AUTHORITIES recover the body of a drowning victim on the Chico River in Bontoc, Mountain Province. Angel went missing and...
