DAGUPAN CITY— At least 29 fishermen were found stranded on the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, after their boats capsized in rough seas on Dec. 15, a task force official said on Friday.
Army Col. Gregory Cayetano, on-scene commander of the Task Force Infanta, said the fishermen’s presence on the shoal was reported by one of their companions who managed to return to Infanta, Pangasinan, on Thursday dawn.
“To verify his report, we immediately sent a Navy Cessna plane to the area and the pilot radioed us that indeed, there were people there,” Cayetano said.
He said their reports also indicated that three bodies, believed to be among those reported missing, had been found.
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