A passenger pump boat named MB Sweet Merah capsized Wednesday dawn off the coast Nonoc Island dawn drowning one passenger -- a newly elected Municipal Councilor of Tubajon town, one missing, while eight others including its four crew members were rescued.
Reports said that while the pump boat was crossing the Surigao Strait, huge waves and strong winds caused the vessel to capsize.
Hours later, a passing motor banca rescued six passengers and four crew members of the ill-fated MB Sweet Merah.
Unfortunately, one of its missing passengers who was later identified as Tubajon Municipal Councilor Florencia Binongo Alinsunod, 68, a resident of Barangay Malinao, Tubajon, Dinagat Islands Province was found dead at the shore of Barangay Talisay, Surigao City.
Another passenger is still missing. Read more...
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