CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Coast Guard personnel and disaster responders conducted search-and-rescue operations on Tuesday for a 54-year-old fisherman who went missing after his empty boat was found off Barangay Pinggan in Gasan, Marinduque.
The Coast Guard Sub-Station Gasan, in coordination with the Gasan Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, launched the search for Melchor Guevarra after no one was found onboard his boat at Sitio Catala in Barangay Pinggan.
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Authorities urged the public to report any information that could help locate Guevarra as the search continued.
The Coast Guard provided the following contact numbers for information related to the operation: Coast Guard Station Marinduque at 0930-430-3182 and Coast Guard Sub-Station Gasan at 0910-473-9932. /coa
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