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MISSING. Police in Negros Oriental reported on March 21, 2025 that they found two of the six missing foreign nationals who went on a mountain hike in Valencia town, Negros Oriental.
Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office
The four rescued foreigners were part of a group of six. The other two were rescued earlier.
MANILA, Philippines – Local authorities rescued the rest of the foreign trekkers who went missing while on a trek in Valencia, Negros Oriental.
Citing a report from the local disaster risk reduction and management office, Valencia Mayor Edgar Teves Jr. said the search and rescue (SAR) team assigned in Amlan area found four foreigners at around 9:44 am on Saturday, March 22.
The foreigners were turned over to the medical team to get immediate medical attention. Later, the team advised to transfer the foreigners to the Negros Oriental provincial hospital for further medical evaluation and treatment.
Teves said the rescued foreigners were identified as the following:
- Alwin Fink, 63, German
- Wolfgang Arthur Schlenker, 67, German
- Terry De Gunten, 65, Kenyan/Australian
- Anton Chernov, 39, Russian
Two dogs were also rescued, said the Valencia mayor.
“A night search and rescue operation were conducted in the mountains of Valencia and Amlan, with teams divided into two groups, the SAR team Malabo was tasked to cross and search the area traversing the direction to the hydro electric power plant in Amlan traversing the trail going to Malabo, Valencia,” the mayor explained.
On Wednesday, March 19, Valencia police said six foreigners went missing while trekking in the Negros Oriental town. Two of the foreigners – 63-year-old British Alexander Radbanyi and Torsten Martin Groschupp, 58-year-old German – were rescued on March 21.
According to local police, the foreigners went on a trek to the mountain located in Sitio Lunas in Barangay Malabo, around 8 am on Wednesday. A day later however, the foreigners failed to reach home and and lost contact with their family. This prompted the wives of the two foreigners to seek the police’s help. – Rappler.com
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