DAGUPAN CITY — A rice mill operator on Sunday drowned in a swimming pool in Mangatarem town in Pangasinan province. Lester Fronda, 24, was found at the bottom of a 9-foot deep pool at Manleluag Hot Springs in Barangay (Village) Malabobo at about 2 p.m., an hour after Fronda took a dip. Fronda was taken to the Mangatarem District Hospital but had died along the way. Also on Saturday in Bugallon town, rescuers found the body of Jaypee De Guzman floating in the Agno River at Barangay Bañaga in Bugallon town at about 1 p.m.De Guzman, 33, was with his brother and friends at the river bank on Friday. At about 5:35 p.m., police said De Guzman dove from the railing of the bridge but had not surfaced.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 07, 2018 09:33 UTC