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Police said rescue operations were continuing, but did not immediately provide figures for the total number of people on board the MBCA Princess Aya that capsized in Rizal province.
A small passenger boat capsized in a lake near the Philippine capital on Thursday, killing 23 people on board and leaving six missing, rescuers said.The passenger boat was making its regular run from a Binangonan port to the island of Talim in the middle of the lake, municipality rescue official Kenneth Cirados told AFP.
Rescuers retrieved 23 bodies from the water and there were 40 survivors, he said.
Tagedy struck Thursday as a passenger boat in the Philippines capsized in Laguna Lake, southeast of Manila, due to strong winds. At least 21 people lost their lives in the incident.