Bohol: 3 boats capsize, boatman drowns, 20 tourists rescued

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Bohol: 3 boats capsize, boatman drowns, 20 tourists rescued

PANGLAO, Bohol — Three boats capsized off Gak-ang Island here on Thursday noon causing a 62-year-old boatman to drown while 20 tourists were also rescued. The dead boatman was identified as Avenito Vistal, a resident of Inabanga town. The motorboats capsized due to bad weather, said the Philippine Coast Guard-Western Bohol in their initial investigation. READ MORE: Six rescued after pump boat capsizes in Sibonga, Cebu due to storm surge  3 fishe…