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2 boys drown in Bacolod

Gilbert Bayoran - The Philippine Star
September 24, 2019 | 12:00am

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — Two boys drowned in a drainage ditch at a construction site in this city on Sunday.

Adrian Bagondol, 9, and Robert Corsino, 7, were declared dead on arrival at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, Lt. Rondyl Tapang, police station chief, said.

Two other boys, aged six and eight, were confined in the same hospital and are now in stable condition.

An investigation is ongoing.

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