President Duterte is set to visit this town today to send back to their homeland 17 Vietnamese fishermen who were apprehended for poaching onboard three commercial fishing vessels 21 nautical miles off Ilocos Sur two months ago. On Sept. 8, the Philippine Navy caught the Vietnamese fishermen from Dile Point, Sta. Catalina, Ilocos Sur. The Bureau of Immigration’s Vigan field office held the Vietnamese, while the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 1 took charge of their commercial fishing vessels docked at Sual Port in Sual, Pangasinan.

Visperas, E. (2016, November 2). Rody to send back 17 Vietnamese poachers. The Philippine Star News, p. 12.