PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers in eastern Indonesia found two more survivors, a mother and son, on Sunday from a passenger boat that sank earlier in the week and were searching for 18 others still missing. The 46-year-old woman and her 24-year-old son were found stranded on Balaloho Island, one...
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers were continuing to search on Thursday for 24 people missing after a passenger boat sank off Indonesia, authorities said. At least one person is known to have died after the KM Nurul Salsa experienced engine failure and sank about 43 nautical miles (79 kilometers)...
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan – Three women from the province of Pampanga drowned when their motor banca capsized in the sea of Barangay Pandan here on Sunday morning, March 22. Police identified the fatalities as a 45-year-old from Barangay Calulut, San Fernando; a 55-year-old from Porac, and a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Twelve people were rescued after their boat sank in the sea of Simunul and Bongao municipalities in Tawi-Tawi province on Monday, Jan. 19. The Philippine Coast Guard said they were among the 50 passengers of M/L Sitti Nur that departed Manok Mangkaw Pier in Simunul on Monday...
SAN MARIANO, Isabela — Fourteen passengers, mostly students, were rescued after their motorized boat capsized on the Pinacanauan River in Barangay Cataguing here on Monday morning, Dec. 22. Police said the victims were on their way home after attending dawn Mass at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Weesam Express, a fastcraft transporting passengers from Zamboanga to Basilan and vice versa, sunk while docked at the port of Zamboanga at dawn on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Vessel captain Samuel Sabanal said the boat crew initially observed water seeping into the vessel at around 3 a.m.,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities safely rescued 20 fishermen two hours after they received a distress call from a fishing vessel in the sea of Basilan and Sulu, police said Monday. Police Major Geobani Calle, chief of the Basilan Maritime Police Station (MARPSTA), said the 20 fishermen, all crew of...
POLILLO, Quezon - Twenty-three individuals were rescued after their motor banca capsized near Balesin Island here on Wednesday morning, July 30. Police said FBCA King departed Balesin Island to Mauban and Atimonan in Quezon with 22 passengers and the captain. Two hours later, passengers gathered...
GUINAYANGAN, Quezon – Two persons are missing and four were rescued after the motor banca they were riding in capsized on the Manato River between Barangay Balinarin here and Tagkawayan town, this province, on Saturday, Feb. 1. Police identified the missing as Efimaco Hernandez and Backo...
CEBU CITY – Eight persons were rescued when the pump boat they were riding in sank in the sea of Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Monday afternoon, September 16. LAPU-LAPU City Hall of Justice A private pump boat in the area rescued them. Among those rescued were the operator of...
BURDEOS, Quezon – Fourteen passengers were rescued from a boat that capsized in the sea in Barangay San Rafael, this town, on Black Saturday. MAP of Burdeos, Quezon. Police Lt. Sherwin Padua, duty officer at the port of San Rafael, received information that a private boat owned by Roy...
The families of the 27 casualties in the July 27 MB Aya Express tragedy will get P10,000 each from an insurance company while the 36 survivors will get P5,000 each. Sen. Grace Poe presides over the Senate Committee on Public Services' investigation on the July 27 mishap that resulted in the...