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 the Iloilo-Guimaras sea mishap. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, chair of PDRRMC, in an advisory on Monday, said that the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Western Visayas has requested the province to alert the local DRRM offices in these areas and provide augmentation response, including search, rescue and retrieval operations. As of Monday afternoon, six of the 86 passengers of the three ill-fated motorboats remained missing.

NegOcc joins coast watch for missing persons in sea mishap. (2019, August 7). Panay News, p. 9.