Body found off Canigao

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/19/2017

CEBU CITY—A body of a person was found floating in the sea off Canigao Island in Leyte on Thursday morning. Seaman Second Class (SN2) Philip Tadina of the Philippine Coast Guard in Eastern Visayas (PCG-8) said the…

4-year-old girl dies, mother survives after floodwaters swept them away in Naga City

Doris C. Bongcac 01/16/2017

CEBU CITY–A four-year-old girl drowned while her mother survived after they were swept by floodwaters early morning on Monday in a mountain village in Naga City, about 23 km south of here. Rey Mantalaba, Naga disaster personnel,…

Student drowns in Kawasan Falls

Rene F. Alima 12/20/2016

A male graduating college student drowned when diving into the Kawasan Falls in Barangay Matotinao, Badian Cebu, Monday afternoon. Pronounced dead on arrival at the Badian provincial hospital was Alrene Bersalote, 18, of Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City.…

E. Samar floods: 1,600 families affected; 1 killed

12/19/2016

Taft, Eastern Samar — A farmer was killed while at least 1,600 families were affected on Saturday when floods hit 11 villages here following incessant rains. Elpedio Zacate was found dead on Saturday after he drowned in…

Boy drowns during beach party

Jhunnex Napallacan 10/26/2016

A 13-year old boy from Cebu City drowned during a birthday celebration in a beach resort of Liloan town, some 18.8 km north of Cebu City. Tommy Catilcong was with his elder sister Mildred, 17 when they…

Fisherman drowns off Daanbantayan

Nestle L. Semilla 10/20/2016

A fisherman drowned gleaning for shellfish in Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu at Thursday dawn. Julius Regner, information officer of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO), said Jessie Estemar of Barangay Maya in Daanbantayan town was…

Girl dies after being swept away by strong current

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 07/23/2016

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl died while her six friends were injured after they were swept away by rampaging waters in a river in Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City on Friday afternoon. Joy Erlim Sayre, a resident of Barangay Subangdaku…

2 kids drowned in Carmen flash flood

Carmel Loise Matus 06/12/2016

HEAVY rainfall and strong winds triggered a flash flood that was believed to have caused two boys to drown at the swollen Malubog River in Carmen town, 41.7 kilometers north of Cebu City, on Sunday morning. SPO2…

Two boys drown in Carmen town

Carmel Loise Matus 06/12/2016

Heavy rainfall and strong winds caused two boys to drown at the Malubog river in Carmen town located 41.7 km north of Cebu City Sunday morning. SPO2 Simplicio Gibo, desk officer of the Carmen municipal police precinct…

Floods in Texas, Kansas leave 6 dead, 2 missing

05/30/2016

HOUSTON — Authorities in central Texas have found two more bodies along flooded streams, bringing the death toll from flooding in the state to six. It was unclear Sunday whether a body found in Travis County near…

Two missing kids, found dead in river

Jhunnex Napallacan 05/27/2016

The bodies of two siblings were retrieved a few hours after they went missing last Thursday by rescuers from the Biasong River in Barangay Bonbon, a mountain barangay in Cebu City. Nolasco Reyes, a neighbor, first found…

Bodies of two siblings who drowned in Biasong River found

Jhunnex Napallacan 05/27/2016

Rescuers fished out from the Biasong River in the mountain Barangay of Bonbon in Cebu City the body of two siblings who drowned and went missing on Thursday night. Neighbors first found the body Jesan, 5, at…

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