Oroklini drowning eyewitness raises alarm over missing signage and unstaffed lifeguard post

An eyewitness has described to philenews the moments before and during the drowning of two women off the Oroklini coast on Thursday, as questions emerge over the absence of warning signage and an unstaffed lifeguard tower at the beach where the tragedy occurred.

Christina Tsene, who was at the beach with her young son, told philenews the group of five women arrived at the beach in high spirits. “We could hear them laughing,” she said. Tsene said the women, who were Muslim, entered the water...