Local fishermen on Monday called on authorities to help them seek at least P900,000 in compensation from a foreign vessel that reportedly destroyed their “payao” (artificial reef) while the ship was entering the municipal waters of Masinloc town in Zambales province on Jan. 17. In a phone interview, fisherman Leonardo Cuaresma, president of the New Masinloc Fisherman Association, said the HC Glory, a bulk carrier owned by the Hong Kong Haichang Holdings Group Ltd., was reportedly transporting coal to the Masinloc Power Plant at around noon when it hit the payao.

Aglibot, J. R. (2023, January 24). Zambales fishers seek damages after HK ship 'hit' artificial reefs. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A10.