At least 29 people died of drowning while three others were reported missing since the start of the Holy Week break on March 27, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Sunday, March 31. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said most of the drowning fatalities were reported in Calabarzon...
The Police Regional Office-3 recorded 30 drowning incidents in Central Luzon from January to March 30. POLICE patrol a beach in Zambales. PRO-3 Director Police Brig. Gen Jose S. Hidalgo Jr. encouraged the people to take extra precaution while swimming in beaches and resorts. Hidalgo ordered the...
SAN MARIANO, Isabela – A 36-year-old farmer drowned while swimming on a river in Barangay Minanga here on Black Saturday. Police identified the victim as Richard Bular, a resident of Barangay Old San Mariano, this town. Investigation said the victim and his family were having a picnic on the...
ANDA, Pangasinan – A senior citizen drowned in the sea in this town on Black Saturday. Police identified the victim as Remedios Castrence Caras, 78. A neighbor, former barangay councilor or kagawad, Cosme Garibay Bravo, 68, discovered Caras’ body floating on the shallow part of the sea near her...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A 69-year-old farmer drowned in an irrigation canal in Barangay Wacal, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya on Good Friday. DOWNTOWN Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. Police identified the victim as Junilito Edwin Salvador, a resident of Barangay Casat, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. Investigation...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Four individuals drowned while swimming in on Good Friday in three provinces in Southern Luzon. Police identified the victims as Jacob Naguit, 39; Rodemar Magtubo, Ruffa Mae Quinto, 22, and Francis F. Pasamba, 31. Naguit drowned at Jarina Brion Resort in San Pablo...
LUNA, Isabela – A four-year-old child was rescued from drowning on the Magat River in Barangay Lalog 2 here on Good Friday. Police said the victim left his family who were having a picnic to swim on the river unnoticed. He was seen drowning and was rescued by authorities. Rescuers revived...
SAN MANUEL, Pangasinan – A 27-year-old man drowned while swimming in a dam here on Good Friday. The victim was identified as Daniel, a resident of Lupao, Nueva Ecija. A MAN from Nueva Ecija drowned while swimming in a dam in Pangasinan on Good Friday. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction...
SAN FABIAN, Pangasinan – A man drowned while swimming in a beach in Barangay Nibaliw West here on Good Friday. A MAN drowned in San Fabian, Pangasinan on Good Friday. Police identified the victim as Ronillo, 59, from Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija. Officer-on-case Police Staff Sgt. Richard Soquila...
GONZAGA, Cagayan – A job-order employee of the Philippine Statistics Authority allegedly drowned while swimming in a beach resort in Barangay Amunitan here on Good Friday. A JOB-order government employee drowned in Cagayan on Good Friday. Police identified victim as Rebecca de Leon, 50, of...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – A man drowned in a beach resort in Barangay Diora-Zinungan here on Good Friday. A MAN drowned in Cagayan on Good Friday. (Photo via Liezle Inigo) Police said the victim, Elmer Villaspin, 35, of Barangay Tamban, Alcala, Cagayan, and his co-worker, James Abad, were having...
At least six individuals have perished due to separate drowning incidents in different parts of the country this Holy Week, authorities said on Good Friday, March 29. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel retrieved the remains of two 14-year-old drowning victims in Solana, Cagayan on Maundy...
