ISABELA BUSINESSMAN DROWNED IN MAGAT RIVER

A massive search and rescue operations has been launched for Isabela businessman Angelo Petines, 40, who drowned yesterday in a river in San Juan, Potia, Ifugao. Petines, son of Linda Petines, president of the San Mateo Rural Bank in San Mateo, Isabela were with three companions, hunting for papas (wild ducks) in the river, a tributary of the Magat River, according to Susan Gagarin, SMRB employee. She was quoting one of the companions of Angelo, saying that the businessman, in full hunting gear, boots and all, was crossing the swollen river when the accident happen. The river is one of several creeks and rivers that pour water to the Magat Hydroelectric Plant in Aguinaldo, Ramon, Isabela.

Magat HIgh Dam