CEBU CITY – A fisherman died when a pump boat carrying him and colleagues was struck by lightning in the sea of Bogo City, northern Cebu province on Sunday afternoon, March 30.Ronilo Galecia Balunan, a resident of Barangay Nailon, Bogo, suffered severe burns, said Police Capt. Amory Piedra...
BACOLOD CITY – A 57-year-old woman was killed by a lightning strike during a thunderstorm in Barangay Don Salvador Benedicto, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Jan. 4.Police Capt. Darryl Kuhutan, Pontevedra police chief, identified the victim as Trinidad Baliguat of Barangay Don...
SOLSONA, Ilocos Norte – Police said a farmer was killed by a lightning strike in Sitio Corcuera, Barangay Laureta, this town, on Tuesday, October 8.The victim, Oswaldo M. Baltazar, 60, was on his way to back to his nipa hut after pasturing his cow in an open field when he was hit during a...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A 28-year-old boatman and a cow were killed by lightning in Pangasinan and Ilocos Norte on Sunday, August 25.Police said the boatman Jun and his companion were in the middle of national park Hundreds Island in Alaminos City, Pangasinan, and about to reach Quezon...
BACOLOD CITY – A 21-year-old farmer was killed by a lightning strike in Purok Enyam, Barangay Cambarus, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 24.A 21-year-old farmer was killed by a lightning strike in Barangay Cambarus, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 24....
Three farmers were killed in lightning strikes in Isabela and Ilocos Sur on Monday, June 10.Police identified the victims as Edwin Madduma, 40, and Wilson Figarola, 56, residents of the City of Ilagan, Isabela, and Rogelio A. Sucop, 65, of Sitio Kimpakpakan, Barangay Santo Rosario, Sigay, Ilocos...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 33-year-old employee of a mining site was killed in a lightning strike on Monday, June 10, in Barangay Cagusu-an, Homonhon Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. The victim was identified as Aljon, 33, in charge of equipment monitoring at the mining site, and a resident of...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A 22-year-old farmer was killed by a lightning strike on Sunday afternoon, June 9, in Barangay Sampaloc, Bolinao, Pangasinan.Police identified the victim as Roland A. Millamina, 22, a resident of Barangay Paitan East, Sual, Pangasinan.The victim went out of his house...
GAMU, Isabela – Two soldiers were killed and four others were injured by a lightning strike during a thunderstorm while they were conducting a security operation against the New People’s Army in the boundary of Barangay Western Uma, Lubuagan and Barangay Balatoc, Pasil, Kalinga on Sunday, May...
GATTARAN, Cagayan – Two men were killed and their companion was injured in a lightning strike in Barangay Naddungan here on Thursday, April 25.The fatalities were identified as Dante Seguro, 77, and Rey Fabia, 66.The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) said that...
CEBU CITY – In the wrong place at the wrong time.Such was the case for two persons who were killed in freak accidents in separate areas in Cebu.In Sogod, a 16-year-old boy was killed when a trunk of a coconut tree fell on him on Wednesday night, September 20.The victim was identified as...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – One person died and four others were injured in a lightning strike in Barangay Nagpatpatan, Solsona, this province, on Sunday, September 18.Police identified the fatality as Bong Valera, a resident of Barangay Catangraran, Solsona.The injured, Melencio Juan, Vick...
