{"id":197938,"date":"2019-01-15T22:27:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T03:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=197938"},"modified":"2025-01-13T05:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T10:04:10","slug":"filipino-nurse-drowns-in-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/15\/filipino-nurse-drowns-in-nz\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino nurse drowns in NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_197939\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197939\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0-02-06-fc2ebec70162c49923ca2ff428e7655af02816889e268047750b22c74c21b14597b6f67d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-197939\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0-02-06-fc2ebec70162c49923ca2ff428e7655af02816889e268047750b22c74c21b14597b6f67d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0-02-06-fc2ebec70162c49923ca2ff428e7655af02816889e268047750b22c74c21b14597b6f67d.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0-02-06-fc2ebec70162c49923ca2ff428e7655af02816889e268047750b22c74c21b14597b6f67d-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-197939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Espinosa went swimming with his friends at the popular Whangarei Falls on Jan.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy kamagra gold online <a href=\"https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/kamagra-gold.html\">https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/kamagra-gold.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> 11 when the incident happened, according to Mary Batayola, a friend and flatmate of the victim. (Photo from Mary Batayola&#8217;s Givealittle crowdfunding page via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Foreign Affairs said the Philippine Embassy in New Zealand is now coordinating with authorities there, for the issuance of visa to a sibling of a Filipino nurse, who recently died in the said country.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato said the issuance of visa to a sister of Kenny Espinosa, 26, was being arranged.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy spiriva inhaler online <a href=\"https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/spiriva-inhaler.html\">https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/spiriva-inhaler.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Espinosa went swimming with his friends at the popular Whangarei Falls on Jan. 11 when the incident happened, according to Mary Batayola, a friend and flatmate of the victim.<\/p>\n<p>Espinosa was seen gasping for air when he reached the middle of the falls and drowned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tourists on site were helping each other to look for Kenny. Unfortunately, they too got exhausted and sadly gave up. Kenny&#8217;s body was retrieved the following day after a professional team of rescue divers from Wellington were called,&#8221; Batayola wrote in a crowdfunding page that seeks to gather funds for his funeral service.<\/p>\n<p>Espinosa, whose parents are deceased, provided for his younger siblings by working in Saudi Arabia as a registered nurse in 2015. After the expiration of his contract, he pursued a career and a diploma course in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy prednisone online <a href=\"https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/prednisone.html\">https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/prednisone.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Before his demise, he was already processing the Competency Assessment Programme for overseas registered nurse.<\/p>\n<p>According to Batayola, Espinosa&#8217;s remains will be cremated as soon as members of his family and his girlfriend arrive in New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Foreign Affairs said the Philippine Embassy in New Zealand is now coordinating with authorities there, for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":197939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283265,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197938\/revisions\/283265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}