BACOLOD CITY – A 13-year-old boy died after he drowned in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 6. Police withheld the name of the minor victim. According to Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, the victim and his 11-year-old friend were...
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – Five people, including three minors, drowned when their wooden boat capsized along the Cagayan River in Barangay Naguilian Sur here on Friday, July 7. Report reaching the Ilagan City Police Station identified the victims as Mervin Balubar, 36; Crisel Alvarez, 43; and...
INFANTA, Quezon – A fisherman fell off a fishing vessel while in the Pacific Ocean as he lost his balance while “answering the call of nature,” a belated report here said on Thursday, July 6. According to the report of the Infanta police, the victim identified as Joel Labasan, 44, single, a...
CEBU CITY – A nine-month-old baby boy died after he drowned in a pail of water inside their house in Barangay Lorega San Miguel here on Wednesday morning, June 28. EMELINE Cabido points to the area in their house where she found her grandson inside a pail of water on Wednesday morning, June 28....
TACLOBAN CITY – A 69-year-old man drowned after his vehicle plunged into the sea at the Liloan Ferry Terminal in Barangay San Roque, Liloan, Southern Leyte on Wednesday, June 29. The victim was identified as Fernando dela Cruz of Barangay Naparaan, Salcedo, Eastern Samar. Initial...
BACOLOD CITY – Rescuers retrieved the body of a 12-year-old girl who reportedly drowned in a river in Hacienda Santol, Barangay Zone 15, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, June 28. RESCUERS conduct a search and rescue operation after a 12-year-old girl reportedly drowned at the...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Sunday, June 25, that six people drowned in Western Visayas during the Feast of Saint John the Baptist on Saturday, June 24. A PHILIPPINE Coast Guard personnel monitors revelers in a beach in Aklan during the Feast of Saint...
CAVITE – A four-year-old boy fell and drowned in a construction pit in Trece Martires City on Wednesday, June 21. Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the victim as John Peter F. Corbol. Trece Martires City Police Station (CPS) chief Lt. Col. Jonathan A. Asnan told the Manila...
BACOLOD CITY – A security guard drowned in the sea in Sitio Sibucao, Barangay Banago, here, on Sunday, June 11. RESCUERS retrieve on Monday, June 12, the body of a security guard who drowned at sea in Sitio Sibucao, Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Sunday, June 11. (Photo courtesy of PCG...
SANTA BARBARA, Pangasinan -- A man drowned while catching fish along the Sinucalan River in Barangay Minien West here on Saturday, June 10. The Santa Barbara police identified the victim as Elmer Abuel Quitoles, 43, a resident of Barangay Catablan, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. The victim’s cousin,...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Two minors reportedly drowned while swimming in a river in Barangay Lamesa here on Saturday, June 3. A friend of the victims said they went swimming in the Ibayo River at around 4:30 p.m. However, the victims failed to emerge while swimming, which was promptly reported...
ILOILO CITY – A 22-year-old ship apprentice died while trying to save colleagues from drowning on the Iloilo River here on Thursday, June 1. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) identified the fatality as Sammy Bryle Gonzales, a resident of Zamboanga City and an apprentice of Weesam Express....
