5 fishermen from Aklan saved after 2 days at sea
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.Five fishermen on board a motorboat that went missing in Antique since Sunday were rescued off Palawan on Wednesday, according to the Coast Guard.
Five fishermen on board a motorboat that went missing in Antique since Sunday were rescued off Palawan on Wednesday, according to the Coast Guard.
Five fishermen on board a motorboat that had been missing in Antique since Sunday were rescued off Palawan on Wednesday evening, according to the Coast Guard.
The Philippine Navy and the Philippine Coast Guard have launched massive search and rescue operations in the high seas off the coast of Surigao and Davao Oriental to look for 315 missing fishermen, who are based in this city.
Two fishermen have been reported missing since last week in Agno, Pangasinan, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Tuesday.
Seven fishermen were arrested for alleged illegal fishing in the waters off Tuburan town, northern Cebu.
Two fishermen were killed while another was wounded on Sunday morning when shots were fired at them while they were in their boat a short distance off the coastline of Parang town, Maguindanao, the police reported Monday.
Local fishermen on Tuesday rescued 12 foreign crewmen who were thrown by pirates off their vessels, the military said Wednesday.
The Philippine Coast Guard on Tuesday said it was searching for three fishermen, who disappeared in separate areas off Negros Occidental as a storm lashed Luzon, causing bad weather and rough seas in large parts of the country.
Theirs is a story worthy of the international reality TV show “Survivor” that is currently being shot in the province.
Two fishermen from Camarines Sur reported missing for almost three weeks were found in Cagayan, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported.
Two fishermen were killed and seven others were injured when lightning struck their fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean off northern Quezon’s waters on Monday, police said.
In the fishing village of Dalahican here, workers in commercial fishing boats say their wages depend on the boat owner.
The militant fisher folk group Pamalakaya has thrown its support behind a court case that seeks to prevent the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) and other government agencies from pursuing the 635-hectare reclamation project beside the Las Piñas-Parañaque Coastal Lagoon.
