OFW drowns at Batangas beach resort
Batangas/drowning. INQUIRER FILES
LUCENA CITY — A 43-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) drowned Sunday at a beach resort in Calatagan, Batangas.
In a report on Monday, the Region 4A police identified the victim as Diosdado Catanay, a resident of Nasugbu town, also in Batangas.
At around 2:30 p.m., Catanay was swimming with friends in Barangay Bagong Silang when they were swept by waves toward the deeper part of the sea, causing the victim to drown.
His companions managed to pull him from the water and rushed him to the nearest hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.
The report did not provide further information about the victim, except that he was single and an OFW.
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