Philippines: Still Mourning for the Sea's Mischief

About 800 passengers of the MV Princess of the Stars died after the ship was faced down by the strong typhoon in Romblon. Only about 60 of them survived in the accident. The investigation and search retrieval is still going on . The wailing of many family and relatives of those who died was changed into angst after they haven't seen the dead body of their kin. Many of these bodies that were seen on the neighboring islands of Sibuyan were buried by residents without even taking examinations to identify them. The agencies who are tasked for the examination of the bodies advised the residents that if bodies are found they have to call NDCC or RedCross or any other affiliated agencies to check and retrieve the bodies, or cover the bodies with blankets or put the bodies in the plastic bags to delay the decomposition of bodies.

Philippines: MV Princess of the Star, 700 Missing Passengers

Morning of June 23, 2008, I was shocked by the news that a shipping vessel sank in Romblon leaving 700 missing passengers with only 4 survivors. The MV Princess of the Star, a Sulpicio Lines owned ship, sank after it suffered a tremendous fury from the typhoon Frank in Sibuyan Island. This typhoon was reportedly the worst typhoon ever visited the Philippines causing immense destruction of properties and lives. I must agree because Davao City was in flood.

An update of the ship reported another 28 survivors after they have jumped into a rubber boat. The survivors were very lucky to have seamen aboard the ship. Report said they were originally 30 in the rubber boat wearing life vests but the two took it off just before they arrived the shore. They went missing after they were slapped by big waves of which height was resembled to a mountain's.