Sulpicio Lines Tragedy 2008 - Philippine Sea Tragedy

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MANILA, Philippines - A total of 70 bodies of passengers and crewmembers of the ill-fated MV Princess of the Stars have been retrieved so far, an official from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Tuesday night.

Lt. Cdr. Rogelio Villanueva, a Coast Guard representative, said three of the bodies were recovered by divers who entered the wreckage of the ship Tuesday morning.

MV Princess of the Stars, owned by Sulpicio Lines, capsized off the coast of Sibuyan Island in Romblon due to strong waves brought by Typhoon "Frank."

The ship was carrying 849 passengers and crew when it capsized.

Villanueva said eight of the bodies were recovered from San Fernando town in Romblon, four from Mulanay town in Quezon, and 55 from the town of Claveria town in Masbate.

Forty-eight survivors were accounted so far, Villanueva said.

Villanueva also clarified that the 15 bodies retrieved last Monday from Burias Island, also in Masbate, were not from MV Princess of the Stars as they earlier reported.

Villanueva said they might have come from eight ships and bancas which also encountered maritime accidents at the height of the Typhoon "Frank" last weekend.

The official said at least 30 divers were sent to the vicinity of the ship Tuesday, with more to be added in the coming days.

Rescue and retrieval operations, however, were temporarily halted Tuesday night due to poor illumination inside the ship.

Villanueva said the divers reported that there may be more bodies inside the ship.

"According to the divers, there were indications that there were floating bodies inside the ship," he said. - GMANews.TV

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@werwolf523

I lost my mother, sister, aunt, lola, cousin... that tragic event has been devastated our dreams.

[brille2363]

Sulpicio Lines is no more at least the name. The worst shipping firm in our country is now by the name Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation. What a shame, renaming after the country's name. Should there be any additional tragedies its an insult to the nation knowing that this shipping lines now carries our name.

[ensignddb]

at dapat...dapat dyan sa insektong may ari ng sulpicio...........ayusin mo ang barko mo.....itatanong ko lng....gaano ang experience mo sa shipping management????may alam ka ba tungkol sa barko????

[ensignddb]

ang kailangan talaga dyan....ang marina.....coastguard.....at ISO ay ang syang mag checheck sa lahat ng qualifications ng mga crew.....and officers....kasi marami ang nabibiling fake documents sa cebu......at recto.....

[werwolf523]

I lost my mother on that tragedy of M/V Dona Cassandra way back 1983 she was missing kasama siya ng mga madre sa RGS...malungkot dahil sa trahedya na yun sobrang hirap dinanas ng buhay naming magkakapatid....I'm still hoping na somebody got her sana kung nasaan man siya....May you rest in peace nay.

[lhadyghurl18]

sana po lahat po ng namatay pumunta sa langit katabi ni Jesus, at sana gabayan po ng Diyos and mga namatayan na pamilya. sana wag na po maulit and trahedyang ito. ANG HILING KO LANG SANA MAWALA NA ANG MGA HAYOP NA INTSIK NA WALANG PAKEELAM KUNG MAY NAMAMATAY NA TAO SA PAGPAPAPERA NILA

[jayortiz59]

i can feel the pains of the victims' families, i, too, lost  a brother way back in 1983 when the MV Dona Cassandra sank somewhere in Butuan. We never found him! May my brother Joseph rest in peace Lord!

[06baboy]

isa pa yang cardinal vidal nang cebu na kinausap pa si pangulong arroyo para maka operate ang sulpicio ulit.buti nalang ang gagong cardinal hindi pinagbigyan ni pangulong arroyo.Nakakahiya ka cardinal kapal nang mukha mo ilan kaya ang pera ibinigay sayo nang sulpicio.kapal muks!!

[06baboy]

hindi lang isa o makalawa nangyari to kung hindi siguro apat o lima na, pero ang lahat ay nahulog pa rin sa wala dahil sa inpluwensya sa mga animal na mga insik na ito.mga baboy at animal na insik ang may ari sa barko na yan.hoy lumayas na kayo dito sa pilipinas bumalik na kayo sa china mga mamatay tao.

[06baboy]

grabe na ang kahayupan ang ginagawa sa mga insik na yan didto sa pilipinas biro ilang pilipino na ang namatay sa kanilang barko dahil sa kanilang kataratanduhan ,kasakiman basta magkapera lang bahala na tao mamatay.dapat yan palayasin yan dito ang mga animal na yan