![“The Pharmally case... there are 46 respondents [in our complaint], kaya medyo matagal. And many of them have become invisible. Para bang they're trying to evade the jurisdiction of this body,” says Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla.](https://www.panaynews.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/plunder_copy_resized_resized-218x150.jpg "Ombudsman presses P11-B Pharmally plunder case But 23 respondents missing— Remulla")
BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO City – A 67-year-old woman drowned in the Batiano River in Zone 1, Barangay Boulevard, Molo district yesterday.
Molo police said Salvacion Demesa, a resident of Barangay East Baluarte, had been suffering from nervous breakdown.
The victim went down the bridge to take a bath at the river. She possibly slipped with her left foot sustaining a wound, and drowned, according to barangay kagawad John Espia.
The victim had been saved several times before from trying to go down the river to take a bath, said alias “Alleo,” a resident of the area.
The victim was rushed to a hospital but was declared dead by the attending physician, police said./PN
