Browsing Panay News by Subject "capsizing"

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    • Iloilo City gov't gives cash aid to sea mishap survivors 

      PN (Panay News, August 7, 2019, on page 1-10)
      The city government gave financial assistance yesterday to survivors and families of casualties of three capsized motorboats in the Iloilo Strait on Aug. 3. Three families of passengers who died received P10,000 each. Five ...

    • Livestock ship with 42 crew sinks off Japan coast 

      Associated Press (AP) (Panay News, September 4, 2020, on page 9)
      Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship that a survivor said sank with 42 crew members aboard during rough weather off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard said.

    • Major challenge: boat operators: no money for modern hulls. 

      PN (Panay News, August 30, 2019, on page 1-14)
      The lack of financial resources to secure technologically-improved hull materials is a major challenge to boat operators and associations of Iloilo and Guimaras that have been told to change their wooden-hulled boats to ...

    • Motor banca capsizes in Sagay; 15 rescued 

      Bañaga, Dominique Gabriel (Panay News, October 31, 2022, on page 2)
      A motor banca capsized off the coast of Barangay Molocaboc in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29. Fifteen people were rescued. According to the Sagay City police, motor banca Baby Evony Line ...

    • Motor banca capsizes; nine rescued 

      Bañaga, Dominique Gabriel (Panay News, February 6, 2023, on page 4)
      A motor banca capsized off the coasts of barangays Tomongtong and Gahit in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, around 8 a.m. on Saturday. Nine people were rescued. Of the nine, seven were residents of Manapla town; two were ...

    • Motorboat capsizes in Caluya; cop missing 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, May 9, 2020, on page 2-14)
      A motorboat bound for the island municipality of Caluya, Antique capsized at around 11:20 a.m. yesterday. Two policemen and two personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) were injured and hospitalized – Police Staff ...

    • NegOcc joins coast watch for missing persons in sea mishap 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, August 7, 2019, on page 9)
      The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) here has directed city and municipalities, which are located along the shorelines of Negros Occidental, to join the coast watch for missing persons in ...

    • PCG 'hoping against hope' 6 missing persons alive 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, August 6, 2019, on page 1-10)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Western Visayas is hopeful that the six remaining missing persons from Saturday’s capsizing of three boats in the Iloilo Strait survived. Yesterday, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) deployed ...

    • 'Prayers for families of teachers in sea mishap' 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Iloilo; PN (Panay News, August 5, 2019, on page 7)
      The regional office of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Western Visayas called on the whole DepEd family to pray and support the families of teachers who perished in a sea tragedy here. "We enjoin our DepEd family ...

    • Pumpboat capsizes in Ajuy; passengers rescued 

      Calantas, Rhenjie Marie (Panay News, September 24, 2022, on page 2)
      Four fishermen were rescued in the waters between Victorias City, Negros Occidental and Barangay Culasi, Ajuy, Iloilo. Their pumpboat capsized. Barangay Culasi kagawad Roy Q. Garcia identified the four as Edgar Balintongog ...

    • Regular checking of all Bacolod sea vessels urged 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, August 13, 2019, on page 2-13)
      The Sangguniang Panlungsod here urged the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) to conduct a regular inspection of all sea vessels plying the waters of this city. “The PCG and Marina should ...

    • Safe travel option: Study for bridge over Iloilo Strait out soon 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, August 9, 2019, on page 1-14)
      Once completed, the proposed bridge connecting Iloilo and Guimaras Island will be another travel option when crossing the Iloilo Strait to go to any point in the nearby island province from this city. It could curb if not ...

    • Search continues for missing Antique cop 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, May 13, 2020, on page 5)
      The search and rescue (SAR) operation for a missing police officer who went missing between the waters of Sibolo and Sibato islands, two of the small islands comprising Caluya, Antique, continues. Antique Provincial Disaster ...

    • Search for missing Caluya cop ends 

      PN (Panay News, May 14, 2020, on page 5)
      After six days, authorities terminated their search and rescue (SAR) operation for the missing 33-year-old policeman onboard a motorboat that capsized between the waters of Sibato and Sibolo Islands in Caluya, Antique. “We ...

    • Search ongoing for missing fisherman in Culasi 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, December 30, 2022, on page 4)
      A search and rescue operation was launched for a fisherman reported missing in the seawaters of Barangay Batonan Sur, Culasi, Antique. Romeo Vicente, 69, of Barangay Batonan Sur, went fishing onboard a small vessel around ...

    • Search, rescue and retrieval ops end: All passengers, crew accounted 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, August 8, 2019, on page 1-10)
      The search, rescue and retrieval operations for survivors and casualties of Saturday's capsizing of three motorboats in the Iloilo Strait have ended. All the 83 passengers and 13 boat crewmen have been accounted. The crew ...

    • Shattered dreams: questions raised as sea tragedy breaks hearts 

      Tayona, Glenda; Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, August 5, 2019, on page 1-14)
      The squall that capsized three boats in the Iloilo Strait between this city and Guimaras Island past noon on Saturday did not only kill people. It also broke hearts and dashed dreams. The casualties included, among others, ...

    • Use lifejacket during entire trip - Marina 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, August 9, 2019, on page 1-14)
      All passengers of ships or boats with open deckhouses are required to wear lifejackets at all times, according to the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA). It issued the clarification in the wake of the capsizing of three ...

    • Was that sea disaster 'God's will'? 

      Vego, Herbert (Panay News, August 6, 2019, on page 6)
      “God's will” is a two-word of comfort we say to the bereaved family over death of a loved one. But whether the persons condoled think so to, too, is unlikely. “Condolences” would not appease the bereaved, especially if ...

    • Why passengers of Iloilo-Guimaras boats do not use life jackets 

      (Panay News, August 6, 2019, on page 7)
      The unfortunate sea tragedy in the Iloilo Strait on Aug. 3 that claimed the lives of 31 people (as of yesterday) raised a lot of questions. The most prominent of these questions is about the essential lifejacket. Were there ...