CONTRARY to news reports (not in Punto!), the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) clarifies that after a thorough investigation it was established that no con-tractor quarried in the area where three children drowned in Capas, Tarlac last Tuesday, 28 May 2019.
Based on the statement issued by the Capas local government, the incident happened in a titled private property in Sitio Kalangitan, Cutcut II.
BCDA is deeply saddened by the reported drowning accident which caused the death of three children.
BCDA lauds the Capas local government and the Philippine National Police-Capas for immediately securing the perimeter area as well as closing all quarry sites within the Kalangitan area, and extending financial sup-port to the families of the children.
