Basilan ferry fire death toll: 31
3 kids—including 6-month-old baby—among dead, 230 others rescued At least 31 people died and 230 were rescued after a fire ...
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PCG blames combustible items for May 23 ferry fire in Quezon
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) investigators on Wednesday said a “highly combustible material” could have possibly triggered the May 23 fire ...
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Endless sea disasters
More than four years ago, the government ordered an investigation into the sinking of a passenger ship that capsized between ...
Read morePalace mourns with kin of ferry blaze fatalities
Malacañang on Tuesday offered sympathies to the families of the seven victims who died after a ferry carrying 134 passengers ...
Read more7 died, 127 saved in ferry fire off Real, Quezon
At least seven people, including two senior citizens, were killed as scores were plucked to safety after a fire ripped ...
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Rescue efforts for 12 missing in ferry fire
Rescuers picked up the search for 12 missing people at the break of dawn Saturday after an Italian-flagged ferry caught ...
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