Aira Genesa Magdayao and JayraJoyce Taboada

In a resolution, the chamber urged barangay officials and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to coordinate efforts in order to track down and stop the individuals who perpetrate the dangerous act.

Municipal police chief P/Maj. Thirz Starky Timbancaya said Friday that they have already received at least 16 separate complaints from Coron residents who had “invested” in the scheme and were seeking to take their money back.

The yacht and its foreign passengers reportedly came from the city of Tianjin in northern China. They were held by the PCG at their headquarters in Honda Bay pending further investigation.

Carandang and his companion driver P/Cpl. Mark Russel Evangelista escaped unhurt following the ambush at around 6 a.m.

Board member Cherry Pie Acosta, who earlier moved for the program's postponement, said she received confirmation from the DepEd about the postponement.

"The Sanggunian (Bayan) was created in order to guide or approve the acts of the mayor, especially using government money. Wala kang Sangguniang Bayan tapos gumamit ka ng pera, kulong ka,” Gov. Alvarez said, commenting on the case against Danao.

In a statement furnished to Palawan News, the NPA's Bienvenido Vallever Command (BVC) denied mounting an attack as reported by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and San Vicente Mayor Amy Alvarez.

The End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) provincial task force here said Monday that the arrest of Domingo Ritas, tagged by the military as a high ranking official of the New People's Army's (NPA) Bienvenido Vallever Command (BVC), is a major blow to the local insurgency in Palawan.