2 drown, 1 missing when boat capsizes off Camarines Norte

NAGA CITY-Two women drowned while a man went missing when the boat they were riding capsized off the coast of Mercedes town in Camarines Norte province Saturday morning, according to a village official.

Village councilor Fidel Adan of Barangay (village) 1 identified the bodies of Lolita Aragon, 57, and Rica Tiam, 24, who were found an hour after the boat capsized about 7:15 a.m.

Adan said the boat came from Barangay Caringo and was on its way to the town center of Mercedes when it capsized at 6:21 a.m.

As of Saturday afternoon, the third passenger, a certain Albert Canaria, was still missing.

Adan said the bodies of the drowned women were found by personnel of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.