2 children drown while harvesting kangkong in Pangasinan town

CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Two children, who were harvesting kangkong (water spinach) for lunch, drowned in a fishpond near their residence on Tuesday morning. Police said the boys, aged 9 and 10 and are siblings, were gathering vegetables at the pond when the younger child wandered towards the deep end.  The 10-year-old child attempted to rescue