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Teen who rescued 50 people amid 'Tino' onslaught receives scholarship, reward

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Teen who rescued 50 people amid 'Tino' onslaught receives scholarship, reward. Photo courtesy of Liloan Mayor Aljew Jordan Frasco

Annie Perez

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1762918575741582277019_886526880439439_9151249070569233967_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Teen who rescued 50 people amid &#x27;Tino&#x27; onslaught receives scholarship, reward. <em>Photo courtesy of Liloan Mayor Aljew Jordan Frasco</em></span></span></span></div><p>CEBU — A teen in Cebu received scholarship grants and other forms of reward after he rescued some 50 people during the onslaught of <a href="http://Tino death toll passes 140 as typhoon heads towards Vietnam">typhoon Tino</a> in the province.</p><p>Jay Magdadaro, 15, son of a municipal sweeper, said that he felt the need to help when he saw residents on the roof in Barangay Cotcot in Liloan town.</p><p>He used a makeshift lifebuoy and a small boat from his relative to save trapped residents.</p><p>&quot;I felt sorry for them as they were atop the roofs. They looked like birds,&quot; the 15-year-old Magdadaro said in Cebuano.</p><p>Despite his mother&#x27;s instruction for him to return to their evacuation shelter, the teenager pushed through with rescuing his trapped neighbors, saying he was not scared of the floods.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/11/11/baricuatro-tells-marcos-cebu-ready-to-help-probe-flood-control-projects-1112">Baricuatro tells Marcos: Cebu ready to help probe flood control projects</a></div><p>Magdadaro received a scholarship that would fund his studies until college as well as a plaque of recognition from Barangay Mabolo chairman Daniel Francis Arguedo. </p><p>He will also get a P3,000 monthly allowance.</p><p>Arguedo said Magdadaro should be a model for responders.</p><p>The local government unit of Liloan will also provide a scholarship for Magdadaro while several individuals offered him clothing and a new phone.</p><p>&quot;Dako kaayo akong pasalamat (I am so thankful),&quot; the teenager said.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-WoGoiqxDTw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>A teen in Cebu received scholarship grants and other forms of reward after he rescued some 50 people during the onslaught of typhoon Tino in the province.</p>

A teen in Cebu received scholarship grants and other forms of reward after he rescued some 50 people during the onslaught of typhoon Tino in the province.

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Teen who rescued 50 people from Tino onslaught receives scholarship, reward

Annie Perez,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 12, 2025 11:41 AM PHT

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Updated November 12, 2025 11:46 AM PHT

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