Three dead in Ilocos drowning incidents

.By John Michael Mugas

LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte — Three people died in separate drowning incidents Nov. 19, in Ilocos region.
Reports from the Police Regional Office-1 showed victims were from Ilocos Sur and Pangasinan provinces.
    In Pangasinan, police said John Paul Mislang, 5, drowned in a pool at a resort in Polong, Buggallon town, while swimming with his relatives.
    Responding personnel tried to revive the boy, but he was declared dead on arrival in a local hospital.
    Also in Pangasinan, the body of John Jomar Nepacena, 17, from Dagupan City, was found floating in a river traversing Malaued village.
    Police said Nepacena disappeared on Nov. 17 when he and his friends went swimming at a river in Quisban village.
    In Ilocos Sur, Mary Jessel Gabor, 3, also drowned while swimming in a river in Lidlidda town.
Investigators said a resident saw the body of Gabor floating in the river, which prompted him to rescue the child.
Gabor was brought to a hospital but was declared dead on arrival.