Browsing by Author "Jacinto, Al"

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    • 2 Indonesian fishers abducted off Sabah 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, September 13, 2018, on page A7)
      Two masked gunmen abducted two Indonesian fishermen off Semporna town in Sabah despite a strict security and sea curfew imposed by Malaysian authorities over persistent threats posed by Abu Sayyaf Group terrorists. Malaysia’s ...

    • 23 crew men rescued from capsized boat 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, February 11, 2023, on page A7)
      A cargo ship capsized off Surigao del Norte province in southern Philippines on Friday and its 23 crew members were rescued by a passing boat, the Coast Guard reported. The Coast Guard, quoting Robert Espino, the captain ...

    • Cruise ship runs aground in Sulu sea 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, January 15, 2019, on page A7)
      A cruise ship ran aground in the Sulu Sea after hitting a coral bed about 15 nautical miles off Cagayancillo Island near Palawan province, the Maritime Bulletin reported on Monday. It said MV Forever Lucky was sailing to ...

    • Dead fishes wash ashore in Zamboanga 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, May 3, 2019, on page A7)
      Thousands of dead fish were washed ashore in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga and suspected to have died from lack or low level of dissolved oxygen. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar has dispatched a team ...

    • Mindanao is country's top fish supplier 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, May 11, 2021, on page A7)
      The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) said southern regions in Mindanao registered 6,196.02 metric tons of unloaded fish supply during the first week of May, a 5 percent increase in volume or equivalent to ...

    • Norwegian fish cages behind huge harvest 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, January 6, 2023, on page A7)
      The Philippines hailed the success of the Norwegian marine fish cage project in the southern province of Zamboanga del Norte in wake of a huge harvest that benefited members of the Sindangan Fisherfolk Association. According ...

    • Pirates kill 8 fishermen off Zamboanga 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, January 11, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      Zamboanga City: Pirates attacked a group of fishermen off Zamboanga City and killed at least eight of them, while five others survived. The gunmen asked the fishermen if they were Muslims, and shot them when they failed ...

    • Seized Indonesian fishermen released 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, April 29, 2022, on page A9)
      Three Indonesian fishermen who were reported kidnapped off Sabah near the southern Philippine border province of Tawi-Tawi have been freed, reports said on Thursday. The trio was reportedly taken by gunmen on April 24 off ...

    • Small plane crash-lands at sea 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, July 8, 2020, on page A9)
      A small private plane carrying three foreigners and a Filipino crash-landed at sea off a coastal village in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga on Tuesday. The four passengers — two Indians, a Nepalese and the ...