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Three nabbed in Talisay City drug bust. Talisay City police arrested three individuals in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangke. The suspects, including a high-value target, were found in possession of suspected shabu and a firearm. The total value of the seized drugs is estimated at P71,060. The raid was supervised by Talisay City Police Station Chief Lieutenant Colonel Wayne Magbanua. The suspects will be facing charges under Republic Act 9165. ....
SunStar (Photos courtesy of Norman Galon s family) + April 23, 2021 NORMAN Galon, one of the four crew members of cargo ship LCT Cebu Great Ocean who died after the ship ran aground near the shoreline in Surigao del Norte, has reunited with his family after his body arrived at Pier 1, Cebu City, early Friday morning, April 23, 2021. Norman s body was immediately sent to the Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes before he went home to Sitio Galaxy, Barangay Danglag in Consolacion, Cebu. He said that the last time they heard from Norman was on Sunday, April 18, 2021. Norman called his wife informing her of his situation that the LCT Cebu Great Ocean ship has already tilted due to the big waves and strong winds brought by typhoon Bising. ....
SunStar Photo from Philippine Coast Guard + April 23, 2021 THE bodies of two more crew members of the ill-fated LCT Cebu Great Ocean were recovered Friday morning, April 23, 2021, raising the death toll from the maritime tragedy to six. Seven crew members remained missing. Search and rescue operations led by Coast Guard Station (CGS) Surigao del Norte were ongoing. The bodies of Clint Auxtero and Lemuel Dadivas were separately found in Barangays Balite and Oslao, both in San Francisco town in Surigao del Norte, according to CGS Surigao del Norte chief Elaine Pangilinan. She said they were identified by the human resources officer of their company. No other details were available. ....
SunStar 2 from Cebu among 4 dead in Surigao maritime mishap SHIP HITS SURIGAO SHORE. Huge waves brought by typhoon Bising caused cargo ship LCT Cebu Great Ocean to run aground along the shoreline of Barangay Cantapoy in Malimono town, Surigao del Norte on Monday afternoon, April 19, 2021. The accident cost the lives of four crew members, two of them Cebuanos. The Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine National Police-Maritime Group are leading the efforts to search for the remaining crew members who have yet to be accounted for. Earlier, concerned citizens helped rescue some survivors. / PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD + April 21, 2021 FOUR seafarers, including two Cebuanos, died and nine others went missing after their cargo ship LCT Cebu Great Ocean ran aground near the shoreline of Brgy. Cantapoy in Malimono, Surigao del Norte Monday afternoon, April 19, 2021. ....