Boy, 4, drowns in pool

TUGUEGARAO, Philippines — A four-year-old boy drowned during a family outing in Alicia, Isabela on Saturday.

Geoven Rein Gines reportedly sneaked into a pool for the adults at a resort in Barangay Sto. Tomas.

Gines’ parents said they failed to notice that their son left the children’s pool.

The boy was retrieved from the bottom of the pool at around 7:50 p.m. He was rushed to the nearest hospital, but doctors failed to revive him.

Authorities are studying charges of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide against the owners of the resort.