Last fatality in Bulacan river tragedy recovered | Inquirer News

Last fatality in Bulacan river tragedy recovered

/ 01:10 PM August 21, 2014

MANILA, Philippines – The seventh and last fatality in the Bulacan river tragedy was recovered by the search team on Thursday, a Radyo Inquirer 990AM report said.

The seventh body was identified as Maico Eleva Bartolome, a former member of noontime show Eat Bulaga’s EB Babes.

She was recovered by the search team in Madlum river in Barangay (village) Sibul, San Miguel, Bulacan, the report said.

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This puts the death toll to seven in the river tragedy that marred a field trip of Bulacan State University (BSU) Tourism students who were in the area to visit the Madlum cave.

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The students were supposedly crossing the river at around 3 p.m. on Tuesday when a strong current swept them away.

The Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) is eyeing a warning system installed in the area, PDRRMO head Felicisima Mungcal said in the report.

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The BSU, meanwhile, has announced a day of mourning as it suspended future field trips in the aftermath of the tragedy.

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