STRANDED. M/V Filipinas Cebu owned by the Cokaliong Shipping Lines runs aground off the waters of Concepcion, Iloilo around 11 p.m. of Aug. 8, 2022. All 279 passengers were rescued and transferred to MV Filipinas Nasipit and BRP Panglao as of 4:40 p.m. of Tuesday (Aug. 9, 2022), according to Concepcion Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Jhon Rey Asturias in a phone interview.(PNA photo courtesy of Jhon Rey Asturias) ILOILO CITY - All 279 passengers on board the M/V Filipinas Cebu owned by the Cokaliong Shipping Lines that ran aground off waters of Sitio Miape, Barangay Igbon in Concepcion, Iloilo have been rescued as of 4:40 p.m. Tuesday. Concepcion Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (MDRRM) Officer Jhon Rey Asturias in a phone interview on Tuesday said that 270 passengers were transferred to M/V Filipinas Nasipit bound for Cebu while nine passengers were ferried by the BRP Panglao (FPB-2402) of the Philippine Coast Guard going to Iloilo City. M/V Fi
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+ April 23, 2021 THE bodies of two more crew members of the ill-fated LCT Cebu Great Ocean were recovered Friday morning, April 23, 2021, raising the death toll from the maritime tragedy to six.
Seven crew members remained missing. Search and rescue operations led by Coast Guard Station (CGS) Surigao del Norte were ongoing.
The bodies of Clint Auxtero and Lemuel Dadivas were separately found in Barangays Balite and Oslao, both in San Francisco town in Surigao del Norte, according to CGS Surigao del Norte chief Elaine Pangilinan.
She said they were identified by the human resources officer of their company. No other details were available.