Observing the mariners' code of helping fellow mariners in
distress, Navy gunboat BRP Dioscoro Papa (PG-381) towed to safety an overloaded
passenger banca those engine conked out off Tawi-Tawi waters Tuesday noon.
Philippine Navy (PN) spokesperson Capt. Lued Lincuna said
the M/L Rabson, skippered by a certain Mudap Amidil, sustained engine trouble
and has been stranded for more than three hours off the waters of Sibutu and Sitangkai Islands
The BRP Dioscoro Papa was conducting election-related
patrols when it spotted the stricken banca which was transporting 120
passengers just voted at Sitangkai during the recently-concluded elections.
The patrol vessel immediately towed the M/L Rabson to
Bongao, Tawi-Tawi.
Some of the passengers were also transferred to the
assisting PN vessel.
All of them were also provided potable water, Lincuna added.
"The PN in addition to its tasks for internal and
external security shall be an active partner of government in disaster response
and relief operations," he added.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=884220
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