Families of victims of the 2008 sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars expressed dismay over the dismissal of criminal charges against an official of the Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp., formerly known as Sulpicio Lines Inc. (SLI).
Seven people were rescued by authorities when their motorized boat capsized in Batangas early Thursday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Friday.
Ten drowned while two remained missing as of Tuesday, when the passenger boat they were riding in capsized on the turbulent Liguasan River passing through Pagalungan and Sultan sa Barongis towns in Maguindanao on Monday afternoon, a town official said.
Thirty fishermen were plucked out of sea after the boat they were riding capsized off Jolo, Sulu, on Sunday but two of their companions might have died in the incident, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) here reported on Monday.
Two people died and two were seriously hurt after an asylum-seeker boat capsized off Australia Monday, but more than 90 were plucked to safety and taken ashore, officials said.
A roll-on, roll-off (ro/ro) cargo vessel capsized and sank at the Cabahug private wharf in barangay Looc, Mandaue City, on Monday evening while it was loading cargo.
A roll-on-roll-off cargo vessel capsized and sank at the Cabahug private wharf in Looc village, Mandaue City, last Monday evening while it was loading cargo.
Two fishing boats capsized off the coast of western Japan on Monday after a collision with a Taiwanese cargo ship, leaving one person dead and another missing, officials said.
A passenger vessel sustained damage to its propeller while preparing to dock Thursday in Mindoro, but all passengers were safe, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
At least eight Indonesian illegal migrants were missing after a boat smuggling them out of Malaysia sank in rough seas on Monday while 41 other people were rescued, an official said.
A small gash the size of half a ruler caused the MV Zamboanga Ferry to run aground here amid strong winds and waves spawned by tropical storm “Auring” on Thursday.
A passenger vessel ran aground Thursday after being hammered by strong winds and waves spawned by a tropical depression, but all 228 passengers—many of them students returning to this university town from the holidays—were rescued unharmed, authorities said.
A ferry carrying about 200 passengers ran aground in the port of Dumaguete Thursday morning due to strong waves brought by tropical depression “Auring”, the Coast Guard said.
