Abandoned newborn baby girl found in Zamboanga Sibugay
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – An elderly businessman found an abandoned newborn baby girl in a remote area in Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay on Friday, March 10.
Col. Eduard Mallo, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, said Norberto Benedicto, 80, found the infant in a banana plantation in Purok Paradise, Barangay Baluran at about 5:50 p.m.
Benedicto told police that he was on his way home from his fishpond when he heard the baby’s cries, prompting him to scour the place.
Mallo said the baby is now under the care of the Tungawan Rural Health Unit.
He has ordered an investigation to determine who abandoned the infant.
The Revised Penal Code has corresponding fines and imprisonment provisions for abandoning minors.