Showing posts with label Philippine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philippine. Show all posts

Saturday, August 17, 2013

26 souls lost, 215 missing in Philippine ferry disaster




CEBU (AFP) – Philippine rescuers searched Saturday for more than 200 people missing after a crowded ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank almost instantly in thick darkness, with 26 already confirmed dead.

The St Thomas Aquinas ferry was carrying 870 passengers and crew when the accident occurred late on Friday night in a dangerous choke point near the port of Cebu, the Philippines’ second biggest city, authorities said.
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