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M/V Princess of the Stars with 700+ Passengers Sunk in Romblon

22 Jun 2008

22 Jun, 2008  News 5,444 views

I saw in the TV a sad news this morning that a M/V Princess of the Stars of Sulpicio Lines which was carrying 700 plus passengers sunk last night off Sibuyan Island / San Fernando, Romblon. The ship was said to have sent out a distress signal after it was stranded due to engine trouble and lost power. There was said to be a big hole in the center of the ship. Rescue had not been easy and one was called off because of the bad weather brought about by Typhoon Frank (international codename Fengshen) causing big waves, strong winds and heavy rain. Efforts to rescue possible survivors are put on hold and will resume until the weather would allow them. The ferry’s manifest had a record of 702 passengers on board which includes about 50 children and 100 crew as per Coast Guard. There were dead bodies found but there are et to be survivors. This is really sad and a horrible news especially for the families of those passengers on board that ship that sank. We pray for them and their families. We are hopeful that there are still survivors to be rescued out there.

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7 Responses

  1. ROBERT MARK POLINTAN

    2008 Jun 23 1

    My mom and my sister were on-board of the M/V Princess of the Orient on the night of September 18, 1998. It is apparently ASTONISHING for Sulpicio Lines making a record of having 4 worst disasters in the history.

    I would like to ask some clarification, aside from other factors to earn money (overloading and etc.), does a shipping company get Millions/Billions from an Insurance having this kind of incident (making the ship sink, INTENTIONALLY?)

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  2. Survivors of Sunken M/V Princess of the Stars | Blessings in Life

    2008 Jun 23 2

    [...] of Sulpicio Lines’ MV Princess of the Stars, which sank on Saturday as Typhoon Frank was lashing in the Visayas, Luzon and parts of Mindanao [...]

  3. stoxbnx3

    2008 Jun 23 3

    robert is right. i wouldn’t get on a sulpicio ship for anything.

    stoxbnx3s last blog post..PhotoHunt: Water

  4. ROBERT MARK POLINTAN

    2008 Jun 23 4

    The tragedy in 1998 (M/V Pricess of the Orient) was claimed to be caused by typhoon (Signal #1 NCR)… 2008, M/V Princess of the Stars sank due to typhoon Frank (Signal #1-3 for the areas of central luzon, ncr, and southern luzon).

    why take the risk of letting a ship travel despite of the typhoon? The people are aware that Romblon area has a strong and big waves even in the absence of typhoon…

  5. Special Prayer of Pope Benedict XVI for the victims of Sunken MV Princess of the Stars | Blessings in Life

    2008 Jun 23 5

    [...] Prayer will be made by Pope Benedict XVI for the victims of the sunken MV Princess of the Stars especially that there were children involved in this tragedy at sea. The Pope was quoted as saying [...]

  6. List of Survivors of Sunken MV Princess of the Stars | Blessings in Life

    2008 Jun 27 6

    [...] is a list of the thirty two (32) survivors of sunken MV Princess of the Stars from Sulpicio Lines as of June 23, 2008 [...]

  7. GrEnEt

    2008 Jul 05 7

    I WISH HUMINHAON NA LAHAT…


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