Three Filipino fishermen remained missing and five others, who survived on fish and algae, were rescued more than two weeks after their boat was rammed by an unidentified vessel in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Thursday. The vessel slammed into the wood-hulled Prince Elmo 2 in the waters off Occidental Mindoro’s Lubang Island around 8 p.m. on Jan. 30, according to Lt. Commander Michael John Encina, the PCG deputy spokesperson. The eight men, who were from Naic, Cavite, left the town on Jan. 17 to fish near Lubang.

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