Tag: fishing vessel

Nine missing after fishing vessel sinks off N. Cebu

(Eagle News)–Nine crew members remain missing after the fishing vessel they were on sank off Tanguingui Island in Northern Cebu on Friday, Sept. 24. The Philippine Coast Guard said the nine were part of the 31-member crew of FV St. Peter The Fisherman II which sank around 1 a.m. due to strong winds and big waves. The PCG said of the 31, 22 were rescued by the the FV Old Man and the Sea, the […]

Vietnamese crew who rescued 22 Filipino fishermen at sea recount rescue, corroborate PHL fishermen’s account

  (Eagle News) – The crew of a Vietnamese fishing vessel that rescued 11 Filipino fishermen adrift at sea said that the Filipinos they rescued were “clinging to plastic barrels and pieces of wood from the shipwreck” when they found them at Recto Bank. The account, as reported by VN Express, a Vietnamese online newspaper, of the Vietnamese crew who rescued the Filipino fishermen matched the account of the Filipino victims left drifting at sea […]

Mga pantalan sa Palawan, mahigpit na binabantayan ng PDEA

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Mahigpit na babantayan ngayon ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) ang mga pantalan sa Palawan sa pamamagitan ng paglalagay ng mga sub-station dito. Ito ang sinabi ni PDEA General Director Aaron Aquino sa pagdalaw niya sa lalawigan kamakailan. Base umano sa kanilang intelligence report ay nagagamit bilang bagsakan at lugar ng transaksyon ng iligal na droga na nagmula sa ibang bansa ang mga pantalan. Kabilang na nga dito […]