BACOLOD CITY – The four remaining missing foreign nationals were rescued on Saturday morning, March 22, in Sitio Kanguntol, Barangay Silab, Amlan, Negros Oriental, three days after they were stranded in their hiking trail in Valencia, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, March 19.
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Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental police, identified the four rescued hikers as 67-year-old Wolfgang and 60-year-old Aldwin Fink, both Germans; 38-year-old Anton Chernov, a Russian; and 50-year-old Terry, a Canadian.
AUTHORITIES rescue four remaining missing foreign nationals in Barangay Silab, Amlan, Negros Oriental on Saturday, March 22, three days after they were stranded in their hiking trail in Valencia, Negros Oriental on March 19. (Photo via Valencia Municipal Police Station FB)
They were located in the vicinity of a hydropower plant in Barangay Silab by personnel of the Philippine Army and other rescue volunteers deployed in the area at 9:44 a.m., the Valencia municipal government said in a Facebook.
Polinar said that the rescued hikers will be transported to the Incident Command Post where they will be checked. No other details have been provided as of posting time.
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Rescuers first located 58-year-old Torsten Martin Groschupp, a German, and 63-year-old Alexander Radvanyi, a British, in Sitio Ginsayaw, Barangay Malabo, Valencia at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 21, adjacent to Sitio Lunas, Barangay Malabo, where they departed for a trek to Twin Lakes in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Wednesday morning.
Polinar said the two hikers were on their way back to their starting point in Sitio Lunas, Barangay Malabo, when they met authorities conducting search and rescue operations on Friday.
He added that they were advised to rest at home after they were checked by doctors.
Polinar said that they did not reach Twin Lakes, and decided to return.
However, their four companions decided to hike towards Amlan which is far from Barangay Malabo.
Polinar added that inclement weather contributed to the slippery trail.
All six of them have been accounted, according to Polinar.