Missing fisher rescued off Limasawa after boat engine fails

Missing fisher rescued off Limasawa after boat engine fails

TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — A 31-year-old fisher from Maasin City, Southern Leyte was rescued on Wednesday, Sept.30, after his pump boat suffered engine failure while he was fishing in the waters off Limasawa Island, authorities said. The fisher, a resident of Barangay Combado, had been out of communication with his family for more than 12 hours when the Coast Guard Sub-Station (CGS)–Southern Leyte and the Maasin City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) launched a sear