Baguio resident drowns at Hundred Islands on All Saint’s Day
DAGUPAN CITY – A resident of Baguio City drowned at the Hundred Islands National Park at 6 p.m; on Thursday (November 1), All Saint’s Day, police said.
Eduardo Bembo, 43, was on a holiday break with friends at Quezon Island and had decided to swim alone because his companions did not know how to swim.
Bembo was suddenly engulfed by a strong current.
Members of the Philippine Coast Guard pulled Bembo out of the water and brought him to a hospital, but he was pronounced dead on arrival. YOLANDA SOTELO
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