** Question nako ani.. ngano kaha namatay sila? Di kamao mu swim? I wonder what it was like for them to die that way. unsa ila na feel.. Huhu SAD



BATANGAS CITY–Twelve people died while more than 50 passengers were rescued when a motorized banca sank off Batangas island Saturday morning, a Coast Guard official said.

Batangas Coast Guard station chief Lt. Commander Troy Cornelio said the M/B Commando Sais left Batangas port at around 11:00 am bound for White Beach in Puerto Galera in Mindoro island.

Cornelio said the outrigger boat, with a passenger seating capacity of 60, was pummelled by strong waves and wind, ripping its wooden rig and sinking it before noon near Balahibong Puti Point off Batangas.

Cornelio identified the fatalities as:

* Franco Eugenio, 3, and Anton Cruz, 2, both from White Plains, Quezon City;
* Gregonia Pabliko, 58, and Albino Pabliko, 55, both from Sta Cruz, Manila;
* Beta Berdin, 2, and Melanie Berdin, 30, both from Sta Mesa;
* Desiree Teodoro, 20, from Taytay, Rizal;
* Joana Perez, 25, from Batangas;
* Mina Ricci Cads, from Rizal;
* Daisy Eugenio, from Quezon City;
* Hosotani Shoji, a Japanese national; and,
* a yaya (nanny) named Tess.


Cornelio immediately sent two Batangas Coast Guard rescue vessels, which joined private banca operators in Puerto Galera in the rescue operation.

Coast Guard personnel brought the remains of those who drowned to Puerto Galera while the survivors were brought to the town’s hospital for medical treatment.
source: (Update 2) 12 dead as Puerto Galera-bound boat sinks | ABS-CBN News Online Beta