5 drown in Batangas, Pangasinan

BATANGAS, Philippines  – Five people, including a policeman and a businessman, drowned in this province and Pangasinan in separate incidents over the weekend, police said.

Senior Superintendent Rosauro Acio, Batangas police director, identified the victims as Senior Inspector Renato Samson, 36; Rustico Balog, 36, businessman and a resident of Barangay Dagatan in Taysan town; and Artemio Salabit.

In Pangasinan, a 13-year-old boy drowned while swimming with his friends in Marusay River in Barangay Nalsian, Centro Calasiao town.

Romeo Tustes, 45, a resident of Barangay Salisay, Dagupan City, who is reportedly drunk, drowned while swimming along the shoreline in Barangay Patar.