Boy, 5, drowns in Pangasinan river

DAGUPAN CITY — A 5-year-old boy drowned in a river in Santa Barbara town in Pangasinan province on Sunday.

Djaniel Zone Fabito Calimquim, a day care pupil, was playing on the banks of the Sinucalan River in Barangay (village) Ventinilla at 5:40 p.m. when he slipped and fell into the river.

Rescuers retrieved Calimquim’s body around 7 p.m.

He was taken to a hospital in Dagupan City but a doctor there declared him dead on arrival. JE