ILOILO CITY: Five people were missing after a sailboat capsized off waters in Iloilo City, Iloilo province, police said on Monday. Police spokesman Senior Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr. said that the five passengers of the Mary Lord sailboat remain lost after the vessel sank off Santo Niño Sur village in the city’s Arevalo district on Sunday afternoon. He added that members of the Philippine Coast Guard were conducting a rescue operation to find the five.
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Today’s Front Page February 18, 2020
Today’s Front Page February 18, 2020