Baby girl drowns in pail of water

DAVAO CITY---On the afternoon of September 17, a young girl drowned in the bathtub of her home in Sitio Cansabong, Barangay Candugay, in the southern town of Barili, Cebu Province.

Saljane Pinote Alquizalas, who was one year and three months old, was the victim.

Her mother, Jenivie, found her body at 4:00 p.m.

According to Staff Sergeant Erwin Ve Alvizo's inquiry at the Barili Police Station, the victim was given to her 10-year-old brother to watch over while their mother went out to gather their goats.

She hastily gathered the clothing hanging on the clothesline as she returned to the house because it started to rain. 

When she asked her son where Saljane was when she got inside the house, he said he didn't know.

She saw her kid curled up inside a water-filled bucket when she went to the bathroom.

The toddler died when Jenevie transported her to the Barili District Hospital.

According to Staff Sergeant Jeffrey Alpas of the Barili Police Station, there was no foul play in Saljane's death.

He claimed that what occurred was an accident.(Romeo Braceros Jr.)