CEBU CITY, July 2 (PIA)— Big waves sank motorbanca bound for Pilar Camotes from Ormoc City this noon carrying 173 passengers.
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| Photo of the capsized banca taken by Ronald Canopio, Protocol Officer of former #Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia. |
Agosto Zurita, Muicipal Counilor of Poro, Camotes in an
interview with PIA-Cebu said MB Nirvana left the port of Ormoc City at 12:12
noon today bound for Pilar, Camotes Island.
Zurita was in Ormoc for business matters and was just at the
port during the incident.
It accordingly was leaving the port with rear first and just
as it was about to swerve its front to face Pilar, it eventually pivoted and
capsized on its back a hundred meters away.
“Majority of the passengers were adults and there were about
30 who were minors,” Zurita said.
Initial rescuers were the town policemen and firemen,
Philippine Coast Guard personnel and some medical team.
As of press time 34 bodies were retrieved and around 60
were rescued. These were brought to
Ormoc Doctors Hospital and Ormoc Sugarcane Planters Association –Farmers Medical
Center (OSCA-FMC).
"Ang pag rescue mano mano lang gyud, di ta makaingon nga hi tech, (The rescuing was only manual and not high tech)," Zurita said.
Pilar is one of the four towns of Camotes island, Other towns include Poro, Madridejos and Tudela.(fcc with reports from Mariel Torres, Palompon Institute of
Technology intern/PIA7-Cebu)
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