5 dead as boat capsizes in Pampanga
By Tonette Orejas
The bodies of five people who were reported missing after their boat capsized in the Pampanga River in San Luis on Tuesday were recovered by search teams on Wednesday, police said.
The bodies of five people who were reported missing after their boat capsized in the Pampanga River in San Luis on Tuesday were recovered by search teams on Wednesday, police said.
The Court of Appeals has cleared an executive of Sulpicio Lines of criminal liability over the sinking of MV Princess of the Stars in 2008.
A crew member died while 14 others were declared missing when a foreign vessel sank in the West Philippine Sea off Bolinao, Pangasinan, on Saturday night, reports from the Philippine Coast Guard said Sunday.
Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Lieutenant Commander Armand Balilo said Wednesday night that the captain of the ill-fated MV Josille 2 that sank while en route to El Nido Island, Palawan, will be questioned regarding the discrepancies in the number of the vessel’s passengers.
Five were confirmed dead and 54 were rescued from the passenger cargo vessel that capsized late Tuesday night en route to El Nido Island in Palawan, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Wednesday.
Search and rescue operations for a passenger cargo vessel that capsized off El Nido, Palawan, Tuesday evening, went on high gear Wednesday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.
A packed ferry boat capsized in heavy winds and rain in remote northeastern India late Monday, leaving at least 35 people dead and 165 others feared missing, police said.
SAN FERNANDO, Sibuyan Island—For three years, they have learned to live with the ship’s hull bobbing above water, a sight that routinely greeted them every day. Now, they stare at the open, empty sea. “It’s a relief,” said fisherman Domingo Rosas, 48. “At least you don’t remember that much anymore the tragedy brought by that [...]
