BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The body of a missing fisherman from the town of Ilog in Negros Occidental was found after his boat capsized two days ago.
The 32-year-old Isagani Avansenia was found floating two kilometers off the coast of the town’s Barangay 1, according to Lieutenant Commander Jansen Benjamin Philippine, Coast Guard (PCG)-Negros Occidental chief.
Benjamin said the victim was positively identified by his relatives.
Earlier on Tuesday night, Avansenia and his elder brother Ivar, 35, went out to fish when their boat, FBCa Gadying 1, snagged a fishing line which caused their vessel to capsize.
The elder Avansenia managed to cling on to the capsized boat, while the younger disappeared into the water.
Benjamin believed Isagani may have gotten entangled in the fishing nets, which caused him to drown. The victim’s elder brother, meanwhile, was later rescued by another fishing boat./PN