Two Vietnamese fishermen were found dead on their boat while five others were arrested after a chase with a Philippine Navy patrol vessel ended in a collision in the waters off Pangasinan on Saturday. The Navy was on its way to Subic when it spotted six Vietnamese fishing boats allegedly poaching in the coastal waters of Bolinao shortly before midnight on Friday. The boats were reportedly using “very bright lights.” The Navy approached the boats, but one of them switched off the light and sped off, prompting a chase.

Flores, H., Punongbayan, M., Romero, A., Visperas, E., & Ramirez, C. (2017, September 26). 2 Vietnamese fishers die in P'sinan sea collision. The Philippine Star, p. 14.