CEBU CITY, Philippines — A five-year-old boy remains missing after the pump boat he and 23 others boarded going to Calape town in Bohol province capsized at around 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 1,
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The group of 24 individuals, who are residents of Barangay Manipis in Talisay City, were travelling to Bohol province to attend a supposed birthday celebration of a relative there. The accident happened when the passengers were transferring to another pump boat from Calape that met them in the waters off Barangay Sangat.
Those who were first to transfer and were already on the other pump boat reported the incident to the San Fernando Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office , which then sought help from the Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas .Among the rescued individuals was a one-month-old baby and nine other minors, whose age ranged from 1 to 17 years old.The rescued passengers were safely brought to the shoreline of Sitio Filomena in Barangay Sangat.
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