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Body of 5-year-old kid found after drowning in Kalinga river
Search operations are currently underway for a five-year-old boy who was swept away and drowned in the Pasil River on September 30, 2025.
The incident happened around 9:20 a.m. when the victim was playing in the river with two eight-year-old friends.
His companions alerted the Cagaluan Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee (BDRRMC).
A coordinated search and rescue operation was initiated by multiple local disaster response units and provincial and city disaster risk reduction offices.
At approximately 8:24 p.m. on October 1, 2025, the body of the child was located by the Tabuk City Water Search and Rescue (WASAR) team in the Chico River in Gatab, Barangay Bantay, Tabuk City.
The retrieval was completed at 9:55 p.m. and the child's body was brought to Kalinga Provincial Hospital in Tabuk City for proper handling and identification.
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