Boy drowns while gathering seashells in Iligan City

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ILIGAN CITY — Rescuers from the Philippine Coast Guard and its auxiliaries continued their search on Saturday for a 10-year-old boy who went missing on Friday afternoon (June 25) while gathering seashells on the coasts of Buru-un village here.

The boy, identified as Rolando, was with his brother Junrey, 6, whose remains were found by a fisherman floating near the shoreline of nearby Linamon town in Lanao del Norte around 5:30 p.m. on Friday.

According to Fernando Canillio, the boys’ father, both were reported missing around 4 p.m. on Friday when they were not able to return home from the seashore.

They set out to collect shells around 3 p.m. with their mother and three other c…

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