The death toll from last weekend's collision of a passenger vessel and a cargo ship in Cebu waters rose to 42 as search operations continued Monday, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
As of 10:50 a.m., the Coast Guard said 52 bodies had been recovered while 68 are still missing and the subject of search and rescue operations.
Some 750 passengers had been rescued so far, it added.
Earlier Monday, the Coast Guard resumed search operations for possible survivors and for bodies of the victims of last Friday's collision.
Last Friday, the passenger ship MV Saint Thomas Aquinas 1 sank after colliding with the cargo vessel MV Sulpicio Express 7 off Cebu.
The Maritime Industry Authority suspended the vessels of 2GO, owner of the MV St. Thomas Aquinas, and Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp., owner of the Sulpicio Express 7.
On Sunday, a television report said an oil spill believed to have come from MV Saint Thomas Aquinas 1 has reached the shorelines of Cordova town in Cebu.
In his report on GMA News TV's Balitanghali, Jun Veneracion said the oil spill has already affected the town's mangrove area.
Quoting residents, Veneracion said the mangrove could die within one to three months if the affected area is not cleared of the oil spill
Monday 19 August 2013
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