SUAL, Pangasinan: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is now scouring the West Philippine Sea to find the ship that rammed a fishing boat from Subic, Zambales on September 30.
Three Filipino fishermen were killed during the incident.'We have sent an investigation team to interview the fishermen who survived the incident and to get additional data,' said Alexander Corpuz, PCG Pangasinan station commander, in a telephone interview.Eleven fishermen survived the incident. They arrived in the coastal village of Cato in Infanta town in Pangasinan at about 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 3.
'It was the fourth payao that they had visited during that fishing trip,' said Corpuz.The fishermen left Subic on September 26 aboard their fishing boat F/B Dearyn. While in the payao on September 30, they were met by badweather, forcing them to tie their boats in the payao.Dark and raining'It was dark and raining and they could not have noticed the ship,' said Domalanta.
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