DROWNING INCIDENT. Responders provide assistance to excursionists after a drowning incident at the Kabilang-bilangan Reef in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Sunday (Aug. 28, 2022). Four of the 16 persons who visited the area drowned due to strong current, the police said. (Photo courtesy of Cadiz City Coast Guard Sub-Station) BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental said on Monday the city government will temporarily prohibit the public from going to the Kabilang-bilangan Reef in Barangay Sicaba after four excursionists drowned on Sunday afternoon. "Starting today, we will try to close the facility until further notice or until such time we can introduce appropriate safety measures," he said in a radio interview. Escalante said the area is a coral reef and people are allowed to visit although they are just being cautioned to be always alert of strong currents which usually occur during high tides. On Sunday, a group of 16 people visited fo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Kabilang-bilangan Reef in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, was temporarily closed to the public by Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr.,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Rescuers lift the body of a drowning victim to an ambulance, for transport to the Cadiz City Emergency Clinic. An excursion among