By Delfin T. Mallari
PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2010
THE CAPTAIN of a cargo vessel that sank off Romblon in
the wee hours of Saturday and two of his crew were
rescued by local fishermen yesterday, said the Coast Guard.
Lt. Commander Armand Balilo said Capt. Joselito Cortejos,
skipper of SF Freighter and crane operator Jerry Cortez
were found along the shoreline of General Luna, Quezon,
while the vessel's assistant engineer Joseph Jabonete was
rescued along the shoreline of Catanauan town.
"They were rescued by local fishermen in the area on Monday
morning," Balilo told the Inquirer by phone yesterday. He
said the three men were brought to General Luna General
Hospital in Quezon for medical treatment.
Rescuers have also found the body of another crew member
but Balilo said they could not yet release the name of
the first confirmed fatality as the family has yet to be
notified.
Rescue
Search and rescue operations continued for the 12 missing
crew of the vessel, which sank after it encountered engine
trouble and was engulfed by big waves off Don Hermanas
Island in Romblon.
The Philippine Navy has deployed its biggest ship and three
search planes to help in the search and rescue of the crew
of SF Freighter.
At 1:20 p.m. yesterday, BRP Raja Humabon manned by a crew of
nine officers and 41 enlisted personnel sailed to Dos
Hermanas Island in Romblon to assists in search and rescue
operations for SF Freigther, said Navy spokesman, Marine
Col. Edgard Arevalo.
He said the BRP Raja Humabon, under the command of Capt.
Adelius Bordado, is the biggest Navy vessel thus far at 306
feet and 36 feet in length and breadth, respectively.
"The focus of the search will be the vicinity of Dos Hermanas
Island in Romblon. The expanded search area is now 900 square
nautical miles, taking into account the drift, the prevailing
weather condition and other data available," he said.
The Navy also palced on standby a diesel fast vessel with a
compliment of eight enlisted personnel and a six-man team of
navy Special Operations Unit (Navy Seal) "for immediate
dispatch as soon as sea conditions improve," Arevalo added.
Also on Monday at 1:30 p.m., a two-engine search plane was
deployed to the area after two smaller search planes that
took off at 10:30 a.m. aborted their flights due to strong
winds.
Safety
"While time is literally ticking, the two Cessna planes had
to abort their flight for search mission due to strong winds
critical to the safety of such aircraft. They were put on
standby until the weather improves," Arevalo said.
He said in lieu of the single-engine Cessna planes, a
Philippine Navy Islander (PNI 312) aircraft was deployed to
the search area.
"While we are yearning to search and rescue the crew of the
missing vessels, we would like also to ensure the safety of
rescuers so they will be able to accomplish their mission,"
Arevalo explained.
In Lucena City, PCG Lucena station commander Lt. Joel Ogorida
said rescuers found the three survivors and the body of
another crew member still wearing life jackets.
Petty Officer 1 Leopoldo Robledo, PCG detachment commander in
Barangay Dalahican here, said the rescued crew members were
taken care of by doctors in General Luna and Catanauan.
Robledo said Cortejos told him that the vessel had 16 crewmen
when it sanks in the waters off Goto Point near Bonton Island
in Romblon.
"When the ship was battered by strong waves and before it was
about to sink, the ship captain ordered his crew to abandon
ship. He (ship captain) said all the 16 crewmen were able to
snatch life jackets before diving into the sea," Robledo said.
He said the vessel was loaded with steel products and was
sailing towards Cebu.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Navy joins search for missing ship
By Victor Reyes
MALAYA, TUESDAY AUGUST 10, 2010
THE Navy has joined search and rescue operations for
SF Freighter, a 498-ton cargo vessel with 16 crew
members which lost radio contact during inclement
weather last Saturday.
The Navy dispatched a twin-engine Islander plane and
two single engine Cessna planes to join the search
mission, said spokesman Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo.
The Coast Guard yesterday recovered a body of one of
the crew members.
It said Joselito Cortejos, the ship captain; Jerry
Cortez, a crane operator; and Joseph Jabonete, an
assistant engineer, were rescued at the shoreline of
Quezon province.
The Coast Guard said that according to Cortejos, the
cargo vessel developed engine trouble and was
subsequently battered by big waves and strong winds
around 1:30 a.m. It sank around 2:20 a.m.
Arevalo said search and rescue operations for the
remaining crew members are focused in the vicinity
of Dos Hermanas island.
"The expanded search area is now 900 square nautical
miles taking into account drift, then-prevailing
weather condition, and other data available," said
Arevalo.
He said the Islander plane is now in the search area.
Arevalo said the Cessna planes had to abort "due to
strong winds and will be on standby until the weather
improves.
The BRP Rajah Humabon, the biggest Navy vessel at
present, has been sent to help in the search and rescue
operation.
Also on standby is a Diesel Fast vessel with a six-man
team of Philippine Navy Special Operations Unit (SEAL)
for immediate dispatch once sea conditions improve.
MALAYA, TUESDAY AUGUST 10, 2010
THE Navy has joined search and rescue operations for
SF Freighter, a 498-ton cargo vessel with 16 crew
members which lost radio contact during inclement
weather last Saturday.
The Navy dispatched a twin-engine Islander plane and
two single engine Cessna planes to join the search
mission, said spokesman Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo.
The Coast Guard yesterday recovered a body of one of
the crew members.
It said Joselito Cortejos, the ship captain; Jerry
Cortez, a crane operator; and Joseph Jabonete, an
assistant engineer, were rescued at the shoreline of
Quezon province.
The Coast Guard said that according to Cortejos, the
cargo vessel developed engine trouble and was
subsequently battered by big waves and strong winds
around 1:30 a.m. It sank around 2:20 a.m.
Arevalo said search and rescue operations for the
remaining crew members are focused in the vicinity
of Dos Hermanas island.
"The expanded search area is now 900 square nautical
miles taking into account drift, then-prevailing
weather condition, and other data available," said
Arevalo.
He said the Islander plane is now in the search area.
Arevalo said the Cessna planes had to abort "due to
strong winds and will be on standby until the weather
improves.
The BRP Rajah Humabon, the biggest Navy vessel at
present, has been sent to help in the search and rescue
operation.
Also on standby is a Diesel Fast vessel with a six-man
team of Philippine Navy Special Operations Unit (SEAL)
for immediate dispatch once sea conditions improve.
Sa patuloy na search and rescue ops sa naglahong freighter, kapitan nailigtas, crew patay
Ni Verlin Ruiz
Remate, Martes, Agosto 10, 2010
Lalaong pinag-ibayo ng Philippine Navy at Philippine
Coast Guard ang kanilang sinasagawang search and rescue
operations para sa lumubog na cargo ship na SF Freighter
na may lulang bakal sa may bisinidad ng Romblon.
Ito ay matapos na matagpuan ang kapitan ng barko at
isang tripulante nito habang isa pang crew ang nakitang
bangkay na ng mga tauhan ng coast guard kahapon.
Ayon kay Navy spokesman Marine Col. Edgard Arevalo,
tuloy tuloy ang ginagawang search and rescue operation
ng mga sea asset ng Philippine Navy na malapit sa area
habang bandang alas 10:30 ng umaga kahapon ay lumipad
din ang Phil Navy Cessna 330 at ang PN Cessna 324 para
hanapin ang nalalabing 12 pasahero.
Iniulat ng Philippine Coast Guard na natagpuang buhay
ang kapitan ng barkona si Jolito Cortejos at isa pang
crew nito subalit patay na nang makita ang isang crew
ng SF Freighter 498 ton cargo vessel na iniulat na
nawawala noong pang Sabado ng madaling araw sa Isabela
Island sa Romblon
Saklaw ng expanded 900 nautical miles search and rescue
ang bisinidad ng General Luna, Quezon.
Ang MV SF Freighter, na lulan ang 16 na mga tripulante
at kapitan ay mula sa Metro Manila at patungo sana ng
Cebu, subalit pagdating sa Dos Hermanas Island sa
Marinduque ay sinalubong ng malalaking alon ang barko
at hindi na gumana ang makina at nawalan na rin ito ng
radio signal.
Mabuti na lamang ay nakapag-ulat pa ang kapitan ng narko
sa may-ari na si Henden Chua ng Sea Food Shipping Company
na nakabase sa Bacolod City.
Remate, Martes, Agosto 10, 2010
Lalaong pinag-ibayo ng Philippine Navy at Philippine
Coast Guard ang kanilang sinasagawang search and rescue
operations para sa lumubog na cargo ship na SF Freighter
na may lulang bakal sa may bisinidad ng Romblon.
Ito ay matapos na matagpuan ang kapitan ng barko at
isang tripulante nito habang isa pang crew ang nakitang
bangkay na ng mga tauhan ng coast guard kahapon.
Ayon kay Navy spokesman Marine Col. Edgard Arevalo,
tuloy tuloy ang ginagawang search and rescue operation
ng mga sea asset ng Philippine Navy na malapit sa area
habang bandang alas 10:30 ng umaga kahapon ay lumipad
din ang Phil Navy Cessna 330 at ang PN Cessna 324 para
hanapin ang nalalabing 12 pasahero.
Iniulat ng Philippine Coast Guard na natagpuang buhay
ang kapitan ng barkona si Jolito Cortejos at isa pang
crew nito subalit patay na nang makita ang isang crew
ng SF Freighter 498 ton cargo vessel na iniulat na
nawawala noong pang Sabado ng madaling araw sa Isabela
Island sa Romblon
Saklaw ng expanded 900 nautical miles search and rescue
ang bisinidad ng General Luna, Quezon.
Ang MV SF Freighter, na lulan ang 16 na mga tripulante
at kapitan ay mula sa Metro Manila at patungo sana ng
Cebu, subalit pagdating sa Dos Hermanas Island sa
Marinduque ay sinalubong ng malalaking alon ang barko
at hindi na gumana ang makina at nawalan na rin ito ng
radio signal.
Mabuti na lamang ay nakapag-ulat pa ang kapitan ng narko
sa may-ari na si Henden Chua ng Sea Food Shipping Company
na nakabase sa Bacolod City.
PN intercepts rice, sugar off Tawi-Tawi
By ELENA L. ABEN
Manila Bulletin, August 4, 2010, Thursday
At least 11 suspected smugglers, two of them claiming
to be Bureau of Customs (BoC) personnel, were arrested
by the Philippine Navy (PN) for trying to sneak in more
than P6 million worth of rice, sugar, and other taxable
cargos through the waters of the southern border in
Lamion, Tawi-Tawi.
Lt. JG. Rommel Rodriguez, public affairs officer of the
Philippine Fleet at Naval Base Heracleo Alano in Sangley
Point, Cavite City, said the suspects were arrested
midnight of August 1.
Rodriguez said the ship BRP Dioscoro Papa (PG381)
intercepted “M/L Parhata” while on patrol at the southeast
off Lamion Point in Tawi-Tawi.
More than 3,400 sacks of Vietnam rice, 300 sacks of sugar
and other undocumented taxable cargos were found onboard
M/L Parhata, according to Rodriguez.
He said 11 crew of M/L Parhata were immediately apprehended
and turned over to customs authorities in Lamion Pier,
Bongao, Tawi-Tawi.
However, two of the 11 crew who were arrested claimed they
are Customs agents and that they had already apprehended
M/L Parhata, but failed to present a mission order authorized
by BoC. Rodriguez said the two were also not in their uniform
when caught.
“According to Awab Dawami, the skipper of M/L Parhata, the two
men never identified themselves to him when they boarded his
vessel and never asked him to present any papers supporting
the transportation of the contraband items he was carrying,”
said Rodriguez.
The two men who claimed to be BoC agents were identified as
Atari Misuari and Duksin Jaji.
Authorities are now checking their identities and if they are
indeed customs agents with appropriatemission order.
Rodriguez said M/L Parhata, enroute for Bongao, Tawi-Tawi from
Sabah, Malaysia is owned by a certain Ibnosalin Gadjali, of
Bongao, Tawi-Tawi.
Manila Bulletin, August 4, 2010, Thursday
At least 11 suspected smugglers, two of them claiming
to be Bureau of Customs (BoC) personnel, were arrested
by the Philippine Navy (PN) for trying to sneak in more
than P6 million worth of rice, sugar, and other taxable
cargos through the waters of the southern border in
Lamion, Tawi-Tawi.
Lt. JG. Rommel Rodriguez, public affairs officer of the
Philippine Fleet at Naval Base Heracleo Alano in Sangley
Point, Cavite City, said the suspects were arrested
midnight of August 1.
Rodriguez said the ship BRP Dioscoro Papa (PG381)
intercepted “M/L Parhata” while on patrol at the southeast
off Lamion Point in Tawi-Tawi.
More than 3,400 sacks of Vietnam rice, 300 sacks of sugar
and other undocumented taxable cargos were found onboard
M/L Parhata, according to Rodriguez.
He said 11 crew of M/L Parhata were immediately apprehended
and turned over to customs authorities in Lamion Pier,
Bongao, Tawi-Tawi.
However, two of the 11 crew who were arrested claimed they
are Customs agents and that they had already apprehended
M/L Parhata, but failed to present a mission order authorized
by BoC. Rodriguez said the two were also not in their uniform
when caught.
“According to Awab Dawami, the skipper of M/L Parhata, the two
men never identified themselves to him when they boarded his
vessel and never asked him to present any papers supporting
the transportation of the contraband items he was carrying,”
said Rodriguez.
The two men who claimed to be BoC agents were identified as
Atari Misuari and Duksin Jaji.
Authorities are now checking their identities and if they are
indeed customs agents with appropriatemission order.
Rodriguez said M/L Parhata, enroute for Bongao, Tawi-Tawi from
Sabah, Malaysia is owned by a certain Ibnosalin Gadjali, of
Bongao, Tawi-Tawi.
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