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THREE years after the collision of 2GO’s MV St. Thomas Aquinas and cargo vessel Sulpicio Express Siete claimed the lives of more than a hundred passengers and crew, 42 unidentified victims left unclaimed by family members still…
Three years ago today, Erwin (real name withheld upon request) and his partner were headed to Manila from Butuan City on board the MV St. Thomas Aquinas to process his documents for his US trip. The passenger…
It’s been more than a year but the families of the passengers who went missing in the collision of two vessels off Lawis Ledge, Talisay City are reluctant to file charges against the ship owners. “I cannot…
Flowers, prayers and candles were again offered yesterday morning by families of those who perished and still unaccounted for in the Aug. 16, 2013 collision between the M/V St. Thomas Aquinas and M/V Sulpicio Express Siete. The…
At least 50 people on pump boats and outrigger canoes yesterday celebrated Mass in the waters off Lawis Ledge in Talisay City where at least 116 people drowned after a cargo ship collided with a passenger ferry…
Not a single survivor – not even a relative of those killed or missing – attended the Mass held yesterday afternoon at the office of the 2Go group in Cebu City’s Pier 4 to mark the first…
He stood ramrod-straight. His close-cropped hair, Top Gun-inspired dark glasses and olive green tactical bag gave him away as a member of the uniformed service. With a bunch of five red roses in his hands, Nickinson Galupe…
Fed up waiting to be paid for damage to their coastal villages, Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy and local fishermen yesterday filed a $3 million lawsuit against two shipping companies whose vessels collided a year ago. They said…
AFTER covering the devastation caused by the Oct. 15 earthquake in Bohol and previous disasters like the sinking of the Princess of the Stars and the St Thomas Aquinas, I thought I’d seen it all. Then came…
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