4 fishermen survive as lightning strikes boat
By Felipe V. Celino
By Felipe V. Celino
ROXAS CITY, Capiz — Four fishermen survived a lightning strike on their fishing boat in the waters of this city Monday afternoon.
According to Jeric Amangca, one of the four fishermen on board MB New Diamond, they were preparing to pull up their fishing nets around 2 pm when lightning struck their boat.
Boat skipper Daniel De Jose and crewmember Wardoy Anisco were wounded after the strike.
Amangca said the boat engine exploded after the lightning strike.
They returned to Brgy. Libas and proceeded to Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital for treatment.
Boat owner Francis Salazar proceeded to the hospital and pledged to shoulder the expenses of the boat crew.
Comments (0)
LEAVE A REPLY
No comments yet
Be the first to share your thoughts!
Related Articles
‘SET THE HEARING’: Committee gatekeeping stalls 13 Baronda measures in Iloilo City
ILOILO CITY — Vice Mayor Julie Grace “Love-Love” Baronda has blamed majority-aligned committee chairpersons for delays in her proposed ordinances, saying hearings were either not scheduled, repeatedly canceled, or delayed for months despite her readiness to present the drafts. In a statement Saturday, Aug. 29, Baronda said the issue was not
40-MW SHORTAGE: 20,000 Iloilo customers lose power every day, MORE Power says
ILOILO CITY – This city loses an average of 40 megawatts of electricity each day to manual load dropping, or roughly one-third of the city’s demand, as a generation shortfall across the Visayas forces near-daily rotational outages, MORE Electric and Power Corp. said. Engr. John Dave Jabatan, assistant manager for
Iloilo City PHP 3.5 million mini sweeper draws price scrutiny
By Rjay Zuriaga Castor ILOILO CITY – Questions have been raised over Iloilo City’s PHP 3.5 million purchase of an electric mini sweeper, prompting the city government to say the equipment was funded through financial benefits the city receives from a power generation facility rather than through its regular funds. The purchase has drawn attention