The ramming of a suspected foreign crude oil tanker on a fishing boat that killed three Filipino fishermen was an accident, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) declared yesterday. “As far as the initial information we have right now, we can say it was not deliberate,” said PCG spokesman for the West Philippine Sea Commodore Jay Tarriela. He also disputed speculations that the incident was done by Chinese vessels. At the same time, he emphasized the incident happened 180 nautical miles off the town of Agno in Pangasinan, not in the vicinity of Bajo de Masinloc that the agency reported earlier.

Ong, G., & Cariaso, B. (2023, October 6). PCG: Collision an accident, not deliberate ramming. The Philippine Star, p. 4.