Two siblings drown in Bago river

By Glazyl M. Jopson

BACOLOD CITY — Two siblings drowned in a river near their house in Purok Riverside, Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, Negros Occidental, on Friday.

Police Staff Master Sgt. Erwin Jamandre, investigator of the Bago City Police Station, said the 5-year-old girl and her 3-year-old brother were playing outside their house when their father did not notice that they had tagged along with their 3-year-old neighbor to the river.

Their father looked for them when they went missing, and they were later found floating in the river.

Their neighbor survived after he was seen by a resident trying to ask for help while submerged in the river.

The two siblings were declared dead at a hospital.

Jamandre said the children may have slipped while playing or bathing in the river, as their slippers were found on the rocks.