A pall of gloom descended in Barangay Calapandayan here on Wednesday evening with the arrival of the bodies of three fishermen in the latest and worst maritime tragedy to befall this coastal community. “This is too painful for us. We lost three people all at the same time,” said Lina Laudencia, 44, whose brother Dexter Laudencia died after being trapped inside the fishing boat FFB Dearyn following its collision with a passing foreign vessel early Monday in waters off Pangasinan.

Joaquin, A., & Cabalza, D. (2023, October 6). 3 fishers' kin demand justice: 'The ocean was their life'. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A8.