23-07-2025
13-year-old boy drowned in stream in Jaro, Iloilo City
A 13-year-old boy drowned in a stream in Jaro, Iloilo City.
A video showed that he was with other young boys playfully having a swim in a stream in Barangay Tagbac, Jaro District afternoon on July 20, 2025.
In the video, alias 'Biboy" is the one wearing a black shirt.
His family could not believe that that was the last time they would see 'Biboy' alive. He failed to come home that evening.
His mother learned that the other boys in the video went home ahead of 'Biboy.'
A search and rescue operation was conducted afternoon on July 21, 2025, but rescuers did not find him.
However, his body was found at about 6 a.m. on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
"Hindi ko matanggap kaya lang ano ba ang magagawa natin. Sabi ko na lang sa sarili ko, isipin ko na nagbakasyon siya at namasyal,' Virginia Meguillo, the boy's mother, said.
His sister mentioned that Biboy would have wanted to become a policeman.
"Pangarap pa niya sanang maging pulis. Kung nasaan ka man ngayon Boy, gabayan mo lang kami,' Ruvi Jean Meguillo, his sister, said.
According to the police, a wound was found on Biboy's head.
"Yet to be determined pa kaya may SOCO. Pinagsabihan na sila ngunit lumilipat lang sa ibang lugar,' said Lt. Owen Andrada, deputy chief of Iloilo City Police Station 3.
Meanwhile, the search for a 25-year-old male person with disability (PWD) who drowned in a river in Barangay Boulevard, Molo, Iloilo City on July 21, 2025, is on, as of this writing.
The person was reportedly with his cousin and a friend gathering shells under an inclement weather condition. He was swept away by river water.
'Ang ating victim, hindi siya marunong lumangoy. Tapos ang tinawid nila, ang shoreline ng ilog. Ang kanyang pinsan, as reported, hindi rin marunong lumangoy so nahawakan siya ng kanyang pinsan,' said Ensign Marvince Genzola, spokesperson of Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo. —GMA Regional TV
