The number of fatalities from the collision of a passenger ship and a cargo vessel in Cebu waters last Aug. 16 reached 91 Wednesday evening, state-run Philippines News Agency reported.
Citing figures from the Philippine Coast Guard, the PNA said at least 91 bodies had been recovered as of 6:30 p.m.
With this, only 43 remained missing while 733 people had been rescued, the PNA report quoted the Coast Guard as saying.
The victims were from the MV Saint Thomas Aquinas 1, which sank after colliding with the cargo vessel MV Sulpicio Express 7.
Wednesday 28 August 2013
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