• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Police probers are still clueless with regard to the persons who left behind two dead newborn babies in cities of Kabankalan and Silay City, Negros Occidental.
On the other hand, a baby boy was found abandoned but alive in a sugarcane field in Hacienda Caridad, Brgy. 2 poblacion, Sagay City, Negros Occidental, according to the police.
Barangay captain Mema Gallego reported to the police that a lifeless infant, placed inside an eco-bag, was found at Hacienda Malisbog 2 in Brgy. E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental, on May 6.
According to the investigation conducted by the Silay City police, the infant, a boy, was already in an advanced state of decomposition.
His remains were brought to a funeral parlor in Silay City.
Meanwhile, a garbage segregator discovered a lifeless infant at a dumpsite in Sitio Cabangahan, Brgy. Hilamonan, Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, on May 5.
The baby girl with uncut umbilical cord, was wrapped in a black garbage bag and placed in a box that was found by garbage segregator Josephine Diaz, according to the police.
On the other hand, a sugarcane worker found a baby boy inside a sugarcane field in Hacienda Caridad, Brgy. 2 poblacion, Sagay City, Negros Occidental, also on May 5.
A sugarcane worker, who heard the baby’s cry, found the newborn, still with the placenta and umbilical cord, wrapped in a piece of cloth.
The infant was taken to a hospital in Sagay City for medical examination, according to the police.*
