PNP: 29 deaths due to drowning on Holy Week

The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported that 29 people have died in this year’s Holy Week due to drowning, while three other individuals remain missing.In a radio interview, PNP spokesperson Police Colonel Jean Fajardo said the PNP also recorded 56 Holy Week-related incidents so far, and 34 of which were due to drowning.The official said the PNP started receiving drowning incident reports on Wednesday, March 27, when people started going to provinces in time for the long weekend. Most of these drowning incidents occurred in beaches, private resorts, and rivers.“We have two near-drowning incidents. Good thing, there were police personnel near the area so we were able to save the other victims. In other private resorts, unfortunately, the victims really drowned,” Fajardo, quoted by reports, said.