BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a fisherman and two minors and seized suspected shabu and guns in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Dacutan Dacu, Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, January 10. Police identified the suspect as Elmer Abela Jr., 42, of Barangay Mambulac....
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A fisherman was reported missing after he failed to arrive home from fishing in the West Philippine Sea on Monday, October 16. MAP of Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte Police identified the missing fisherman as Gerald Rapol, 22, from Balabac, Palawan, and residing in...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a fisherman in a buy-bust operation in Purok Makawiwili, Barangay Punta Taytay here on Friday, September 22. POLICE arrested a fisherman in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Punta Taytay, Bacolod City on Friday, September 22. (Photo courtesy of Llanee Zil...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PNA) – Crew members of the Philippine Navy (PN) frigate BRP Antonio Luna rescued a Filipino fisherman in a near-fatal accident in the waters near Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Commander Ariel Joseph Coloma, Armed Forces Western Command (Wescom)...
The Philippine government will not stop the Filipino fishermen from fishing in the West Philippine Sea as it refused to acknowledge China’s unilaterally imposed fishing ban. “We do not recognize China’s fishing ban,” the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday, August 18. DFA said...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – A fisherman drowned after suffering a heart attack while fishing at Laguna Lake in Barangay Malaban here on Sunday morning, August 12. Police identified the victim as Antonio Salonga, a resident of Barangay Malaban. Lito Salonga, uncle of Antonio, told police that...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Police arrested a fisherman for allegedly butchering a dog in Barangay Bignay I here on Wednesday, July 19. Sariaya police chief Police Major Romar Pacis identified the suspect as Renato Castillo, 51. Pacis said Alicia Peduche, 63, of Barangay Calios, Santa Cruz, Laguna, together...
INFANTA, Quezon – A fisherman fell off a fishing vessel while in the Pacific Ocean as he lost his balance while “answering the call of nature,” a belated report here said on Thursday, July 6. According to the report of the Infanta police, the victim identified as Joel Labasan, 44, single, a...
Two Filipino fishermen who went missing in Palawan last month were finally rescued after 12 days in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) by Chinese fishermen, the Western Command (WesCom) reported Wednesday, Feb. 15. Photo: Western Command Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos, WesCom commander, identified the rescued...
SARIAYA, Quezon - A fisherman was killed while his companion was wounded after they were attacked by unidentified assailants while they were fishing at the municipal water here on Wednesday evening, Jan. 18. According to Sherwin Rosales, employee of the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO), the...
BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental arrested a fisherman in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 6 here, with the confiscation of 50 grams of shabu worth P340,000 on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The subject was identified as Benny Buenaventura, 21, of Barangay 2 here....
BURDEOS, Quezon – A 60-year-old fisherman drowned while fishing in Barangay Amot here on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Police identified the victim as Nolito Vargas of Barangay Poblacion this town. Investigation said that the victim left his house at 6 a.m. to fish. Hours later at 2:15 p.m., his body was...
