SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna – A 13-year-old boy drowned and his 10-year-old friend went missing while swimming in a swamp in Sitio Cataquiz, Barangay San Antonio, this city, on Friday afternoon, July 26. Police identified the victim as DJ and the missing as Justin, a Grade 5 student, and...
By GLAZYL MASCULINO BACOLOD CITY – Three persons, including two teenage construction workers, drowned in Negros Occidental on Wednesday, July 10. TWO teenage construction workers drowned on a river in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, July 10. (Photo...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A man drowned while saving his relatives after their bamboo raft capsized on a river in Barangay Guelew, San Carlos City, Pangasinan on Sunday, July 7. Police identified the victim as Romnick L. Vilda, 34, a resident of Barangay Quetegan, Urbiztondo, Pangasinan. Police...
PEÑABLANCA, Cagayan – The skeletal remains of a man who drowned a year ago was unearthed in Barangay Dodan here. Police said a backhoe was digging in a quarry site when a human skull and skeleton were discovered. Investigation said an individual drowned on a river in Barangay Minanga....
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Three minors drowned on the Chico River in Sitio Collog, Barangay Junction, this town, on Sunday afternoon, July 7. The Kalinga Provincial Police Office identified the victims as Aico Mananeng Daluping, 6, male, of Barangay Pangol, Tanudan, Kalinga; Zia Wayaway Mananeng, 9,...
BATAC CITY, Ilocos Norte – Two cousins drowned in a fishpond in Barangay 20-N Colo, this city, on Wednesday, July 3. Police identified the victims as Janice, 14, student, and cousin Jamel, 8, an elementary pupil. Investigation said the victims and their grandmother, Diolita Mariano, 49, were...
NASUGBU, Batangas – Police said a 52-year-old fisherman drowned on the Wawa River in Barangay Wawa here. The victim was identified as Raymundo Derain Ata, single, resident of Barangay Wawa. Police said Ata left his friends during a drinking spree on Monday afternoon to pick up his things in his...
CAMALANIUGAN, Cagayan – A farmer drowned while relieving himself in an irrigation canal in Barangay Baggao here on Saturday, June 29. Police Capt. Jessie P. Alonzo, town chief of police, said the victim, Melchor dela Cruz, 53, of Barangay Sapping, this town, stopped by the irrigation...
GENERAL NAKAR, Quezon – Two men drowned on the Agos River in Barangay Maigang here on Sunday, June 30. TWO men drowned on a river in Quezon province on June 30. (Photo via Danny Estacio) Police identified the victims as Ronald, a 32-year-old drilling operator, and Mark, a Grab driver,...
A man and his niece drowned while trying to rescue three teenage girls in the sea of Barangay Naglicuan, Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte on Thursday morning, June 27. Police identified the fatalities as Willy Calpo, 47, of Barangay Carusipan, Pasuquin, and his niece, Irish dela Cruz, 19, of Barangay...
LIAN, Batangas – A 21-year-old employee drowned in the sea in Barangay Luyahan, this town, on Monday afternoon, June 24. Police identified the victim as Mark Merto of Bagong Silang, Caloocan City. Merto was swimming when he was dragged into deep water by strong current and waves and drowned. A...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A couple drowned in an area called the “death pool” in Cabongaoan Beach, Barangay Baruan, Agno, Pangasinan on Saturday, June 22. THE ‘death pool’ in Cabongaoan Beach, Barangay Baruan, Agno, Pangasinan. (FB photo) Police identified the victims as Gonzalo Maglalang...
