By LYKA MANALO
MABINI, Batangas – Search and rescue operations continue for an Australian diver who went missing Wednesday afternoon in the waters off Mabini in Batangas.
Chief Inspector Randy Oliquino, Mabini police chief, identified the missing diver as Andrew Kilbride, 49.
Oliquino said Kilbride was undergoing dive training course in Barangay Bagalangit when he went missing around 5 p.m.
The victim was said to have been with an instructor some 200 meters from the shoreline at the time.
According to the instructor, a professional diver of several years, he was familiarizing Kilbride with underwater breathing apparatus at a depth of 100 meters when the incident happened.
This is not the first time such a case was reported here.
Only last year, a 35-year old female call center agent was found dead a day after she went missing while undergoing diving training course in the waters off nearby Barangay Mainit.