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Ni Ely Dumaboc Eagle News Service Zamboanga City correspondent ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Masayang-masaya ang 31-anyos na Vietnamese fisherman na si Dang Canh nang makita ang kaniyang kababayan na si Huynh Kanh sa loob mismo ng Camp Navarro General Hospital sa kampo ng Armed Forces Western Mindanao command o Westmincom Upper Calarian Zamboanga City. Si Huynh Kanh ang malapit na kaibigan ng employer o amo ni Dang Canh sa isang Vietnamese fishing company […]
(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 […]
Indonesia, through its maritime affairs and fisheries ministry, has seized a Chinese fishing ship which was allegedly found fishing illegally over Indonesia’s eastern waters. The local authorities also seized 35 tons of fish, including tiger sharks, a protected species. They also arrested the 21 crew members of the ship Fu Yuan Yu 831. The Jakarta Post reported that the 21 crew members included nine Chinese, six Indonesians, three Myanmarese and three Vietnamese. They also found […]
A Vietnamese sailor being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu was killed during a gunbattle between the militants and troops, a military official said Thursday. Van Viet Tran was found dead on Saturday following the clash with members of the kidnapping group in the strife-torn island group, Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana said. A soldier was also killed and 15 other troops wounded while the Abu Sayyaf suffered undetermined casualties, said Sobejana who heads a […]
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) — Government troops have rescued a Vietnamese sailor held hostage for seven months by members of the Abu Sayyaf group in the country’s south, the military said Saturday. Hoang Vo, 28, was rescued by troops on Friday after an air strike and artillery fire on an Abu Sayyaf camp in the island of Basilan dispersed the kidnappers, regional military spokesperson Captain Jo-Ann Petinglay said. She said the sailor was being treated for an […]
Philippine and Vietnamese troops played soccer and volleyball in a heavily-disputed island in the South China Sea.
