ALICIA, Isabela – A Grade 2 pupil drowned in a five-foot deep swimming pool for adults during a family gathering in a resort here on Saturday, Oct. 19. Police identified the victim as Rex, 7, of Barangay Paddad here. Investigation said the victim’s father left him behind in the children’s...
ILOILO CITY – A 42-year-old policeman drowned after he fell overboard during a patrol in the island-province of Guimaras on Wednesday night, Oct. 16. GATINAO The Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO) identified the victim as Police Staff Sgt. Mechael Gatinao. Gatinao, from Buenavista...
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur – Authorities have recovered the body of a man who drowned along with his son in the sea of Barangay Calay-ab here. Ilocos Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rhon Arquelada said the body of Rowell M. Paat, 37, of Barangay Bagong Silang, Quezon...
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur – A teenage boy and his father drowned while swimming in the sea of Barangay Calay-ab, this town, on Saturday afternoon, September 28. Ilocos Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rhon Arquelada identified the fatality as Artearchealauz Paat, 16,...
Two boys drowned in Santa Teresita and Peñablanca, Cagayan this week. An 11-year-old boy drowned in an irrigation canal in Barangay Villa in Santa Teresita on Tuesday. Police said the victim, John, a resident of Barangay Villa, and his two friends went to the irrigation canal to fish. They...
BACOLOD CITY -- The body of a 14-year-old boy was found on Tuesday night, September 17, three days after he drowned in Campomanes Bay, Barangay Maricalum, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, September 14. Ensign James Carbajosa, acting commander of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-southern...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A tricycle driver drowned on a river in Purok Karachi, Barangay Ibabang Dupay, this city, on Sunday morning, September 15. Police identified the victim as Rozel John Mercado, 38. Investigation said that Mercado was crossing the river on his way to his live-in partner's...
SANTA CATALINA, Ilocos Sur – A Good Samaritan rescued a 14-year-old Grade 9 student from drowning in the sea of Barangay Paratong here on Saturday morning, September 14. Police Capt. Marlon Martinez, chief of police here, said the victim, Cris Asuncion, of Bantay, Ilocos Sur, was taken away...
CALAUAG, Quezon – A 67-year-old man was found dead in a deep well in Barangay Doña Aurora here on Wednesday morning, September 4. Police identified the victim as Alejo, a resident of Barangay Doña Aurora. Barangay chairman Danilo Borja said the victim had Alzheimer’s disease. Police found no...
LEMERY, Batangas - The body of a woman was found in the shoreline of Balayan Bay in Barangay Mataas na Bayan here on Tuesday, September 3. Barangay Chairman John Edison Mahinay told police that the body was discovered face down around 10 a.m. by Reynaldo, a resident of Barangay Mataas na Bayan,...
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan – A Finnish man drowned after he jumped off a boat in Romulo Island which is part of the Hundred Islands National Park in Barangay Lucap here on August 31. Police identified the victim as Simo Taneli Tynys, 44, of Javaskyla, Finland. Investigation said the victim...
AMULUNG, Cagayan – A 40-year-old man drowned in the Cagayan River in Barangay Dugayong here on Friday, August 30. A MAN drowned in the Cagayan River in Amulung, Cagayan on Friday, August 30. Police identified the victim as Edmar Balisi of Barangay Andarayan, Solana, Cagayan. Investigation...
