TACLOBAN CITY – Nine construction workers escaped unharmed after the motorboat they were riding capsized due to strong waves off the waters of Barangay 12 in Dolores, Eastern Samar, on Tuesday evening, August 4, prompting a search and rescue operation by the Philippine Coast Guard. According to the Coast Guard Sub-Station (CGSS) Dolores, the incident occurred at around 6:50 p.m. while the workers were traveling aboard an unregistered private motorboat from Barangay 1 to Barangay Hilabaan, where they were assigned to a breakwater and seawall construction project. READ: Rains expected in Western Visayas due to ‘habagat’, storm One of the passengers, 30-year-old Rodel […]...Keep on reading: 9 breakwater workers safe after motorboat capsizes off Eastern Samar