According to an official, security forces are reportedly investigating the death of a palace managerial assistant who fell from one of the Malacañang compound’s buildings.

According to Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles, the deceased was Mario Castro, who was appointed to the ICT office under the Deputy Executive Secretary for Finance and Accounting.

“Ikinalulungkot naming i-announce na si Mr. Mario Castro… ay namatay kaninang umaga, apparently from a fall from the fourth floor of the Mabini Hall. Ito po ay sa loob ng Malacañang compound,” Cruz-Angeles has said hte reporters during a Palace briefing.

“Kasalukuyang iniimbestigahan ang kanyang pagkamatay at nagko-coordinate ang PSG at ang PNP Security Force Unit,” she stated.

The Palace officials expressed their deepest sympathies to the families of the dead. His wife and children have survived him.

She stated that the palace is thinking of ways to assist Castro’s family.

“Tinitingnan natin, of course, dahil it happened inside the Malacañang Compound at isa siyang empleyado, titingnan natin iyong kaniyang ano … iyong possibility na, of course, kahit paano ay mayroon tayong maitulong doon sa kaniyang pamilya; may naiwan siyang pamilya,” she said in a separate statement.

“Ang kaniyang maybahay ay currently cooperating naman doon sa investigation. So, we will do whatever we can to help the family.”

Other information was not immediately available at the time of notification.