BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The body a missing fisherman who went missing after a cargo ship hit his boat has been found.
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Negros Occidental chief, Lieutenant Commander Jansen Benjamin confirmed that the remains of 42-year-old Marlon Adigue Sr. were found yesterday off the coast of Barangay Nasidman in Ajuy, Iloilo.
Adigue – resident of Sitio Pasil in Barangay 6-A, Victorias City, Negros Occidental went on a fishing trip on Friday evening along with 36-year-old Agustin Flors. Their boat sank after it was hit by a cargo vessel in the seas dividing Victorias City and Ajuy.
Adigue was knocked off the fishing boat, while Flors managed to hold on to the fishing vessel. Flors later managed to get the fishing vessel back to Victorias City under its own power, despite the damage it had incurred in the ramming.
Adigue’s remains has been brought to the Jaruda Funeral Homes and arrangements are now being made for the remains to be brought back to Victorias City./PN
