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    • 15 fishermen rescued in Pangasinan 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 14, 2020, on page A8)
      After being adrift at sea for three days, 15 fishermen were rescued in the waters off Agno town last weekend, the Coast Guard said. Their boat, the FB Aqua Princess, capsized when it encountered big waves on Oct. 7.
    • 8 die in rough seas; thousands flee floods 

      Cinco, Maricar; Arguelles, Mar S.; Orejas, Tonette; Gascon, Melvin; Chiu, Patricia Denise M.; Semilla, Nestle; Burgos, Nestor P. Jr.; Franco, Joel; Gabieta, Joey; Gomez, Carla (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 4, 2019, on page A5)
      Eleven people died on Saturday after three passenger boats capsized in rough waters in the Visayas, while thousands fled their homes as monsoon rains triggered floods and caused rivers to swell in several provinces in ...
    • 9 drown after sinks in Indonesia 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 22, 2022, on page A9)
      At least nine bodies have been found after a ferry sank off the coast of an Indonesian island due to bad weather, a search and rescue official said Thursday. The KM Cahaya Arafah capsized in waters off Indonesia’s Ternate ...
    • All-Pinoy crew in sinking ship 

      Calleja, Niña P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 4, 2015, on page A3)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday said the Philippine embassy in Hanoi was seeking more information about the sinking of a cargo ship manned by an all Filipino crew that sank off Vietnam. The ship, the ...
    • Another Pinoy seaman in accident 

      Avendaño, Christine O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2015, on page A2)
      Two Filipino seafarers died and 16 others were missing after their cargo ship sank in waters near Vietnam on Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Sunday. The Norwegian cargo vessel Bulk Jupiter went ...
    • Coast Guard: HK boat crew didn’t do enough to save PH fishermen 

      Yee, Jovic; Ocampo, Karl R.; Adonis, Meg; Ramos, Marlon; Miranda, Romar; Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 1, 2020, on page A7)
      The Philippine Coast Guard on Tuesday said that due to a number of factors, the crew of a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship was only able to do half of what they were expected to do after their vessel collided with a Filipino ...
    • Coat Guard, Marina officials relieved amid sea mishap probe 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 9, 2019, on page A2-4)
      Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has relieved six officials of the Philippine Coast Guard and the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) pending results of a “comprehensive and very objective” investigation on the ...
    • Iloilo boat sinking: 3 dead, 3 are still missing 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 4, 2015, on page A6)
      A search and rescue operation has been launched for three passengers of a boat that capsized in the waters off Carles town in Iloilo province on New Year’s Day, killing three persons, including two children, authorities ...
    • Iloilo-Guimaras boat trips resume after sea mishap 

      Burgos, Nestor Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 14, 2019, on page A8)
      Motorboat trips between Guimaras Island and Iloilo City were allowed to resume on Tuesday, 10 days after three boats capsized in Iloilo Strait and left 31 people dead. A directive issued by Transportation Secretary Arthur ...
    • 'Quinta' lashes Luzon; 13 fishermen missing 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Enano, Jhesset O.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Domingo, Ronnel W.; Cinco, Maricar; Mallari, Delfin T. Jr.; Mier-Manjares, Ma. April; Virola, Madonna T.; Arguelles, Mar; Reyes-Estrope, Carmela; Visaya, Villamor Jr.; Refraccion, Greg; Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 27, 2020, on page A4)
      Typhoon “Quinta” lashed Luzon overnight, dumping heavy rains that caused flooding, toppling power lines, and whipping up giant waves that sank at least 30 boats off Batangas and Bataan provinces, disaster officials said ...
    • Search for missing ship Pinoys suspended 

      Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 6, 2020, on page A3)
      The Japanese coast guard has temporarily suspended the search for more than 30 Filipino crew of the cargo ship that capsized in southwestern Japan on Wednesday as another typhoon barreled toward Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture, ...
    • Search resumes for crew of capsized cattle ship 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 8, 2020, on page A5)
      Japan's coast guard resumed late on Monday its aerial search mission for 40 missing crew from the capsized cattle ship Gulf Livestock 1 in the East China Sea after the storm passed. Two crewmen have been rescued, while ...
    • Teacher recalls nightmare in Iloilo Strait 

      Burgos, Nestor Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 7, 2019, on page A8)
      For the past three days, teacher Rexie Lorilla could barely close her eyes and sleep. “Every time I close my eyes I imagine myself under the boat hearing prayers and shouts for help,” said Lorilla, a teacher at Lambunao ...