Admin aide dies after fall from Malacañang Mabini Hall

An administrative aide working at the Palace died on Thursday, July 14, after falling from the fourth floor of the Mabini Hall inside the compound of Malacañang.

Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles confirmed the incident and identified the victim as Mario Castro, an administrative aide under the Information Communications Technology Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Finance and Accounting.

Angeles said that the wife of the victim is coordinating with them on the investigation. The Presidential Security Group and the Philippine National Security Force Unit are probing the incident.

The official also vowed to do all they “ can do to help the family.”  –Report from Mela Lesmoras/KC-ag

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