A Cebuano shipping executive of Sulpicio Lines Inc. was cleared of criminal liability by the Court of Appeals in relation to the 2008 sinking of MV Princess of the Stars.
Technically, Sulpicio Lines Inc. ceased to exist after it changed its name.
The MV Doña Paz sank 25 years ago, but the scars on Zosimo de la Rama’s body always remind him of the pain and fear that he endured swimming in flaming waters for hours before he was rescued.
FOUR more civil suits filed against the former Sulpicio Lines Inc. in relation to the 2008 sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars were dismissed by the court yesterday. In separate resolutions, Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judges Simeon Dumdum Jr. and Douglas Marigomen took into consideration the Release and Quitclaim signed by the victims’ [...]
