Brit tourist, 44, missing after going on freediving trip in Philippines amid fears he was swept away by brutal currents
A BRIT tourist has gone missing in the Philippines, causing rescue teams to scramble.
Mark Davis Morris, 44, disappeared while on a freediving trip off the coast of Negros Oriental on Tuesday afternoon.
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Rescue teams were today searching for a a British tourist who went missing on a freediving trip in the Philippines
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Mark Davis Morris, 44, disappeared while on holiday
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The tourist's wife, Emily Tan, filed a filed a report with the police on Wednesday morning, April 23, after he failed to return home in the evening.
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