Manila, July 14 -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday assured the continued and thorough search for the missing sabungeros (cockfighting aficionados) at the Taal Lake through the use of the "jackstay" search method.

In an interview over Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon at PTV, PCG spokesperson Capt. Noemie Cayabyab said diving search operations are ongoing, with five sacks recovered so far that are suspected to contain bones and rocks.

"Tuloy-tuloy po ang ginagawa pong diving operations, and we will just wait po for the advice kung kailan po ang termination from the lead agency, [Department of Justice] (We will continue with our diving operations, and we will just wait for the advice on when to terminate from the lead agency, DOJ)," Caya...