Boat capsizes off Camotes island; 2 dead
Survivors (top photo) cling on to the hull of ill-fated MB Habagat after the motorbanca capsized yesterday morning as it travelled from Carmen town to Camotes Island. Some of the survivors (above) are attended to by the social workers of Mandaue City where they were brought to after they were rescued by the crew of Lite Ferry 27. Photo Courtesy of Dexter Godzman and Joy Torrejos
MANILA, Philippines — Two person drowned when a motorized boat capsized in the waters off Camotes island on Tuesday.
Twenty-nine other boat passengers were rescued.
Petty Officer 1 Leonardo Cos of the Philippine Coast Guard-Camotes station said the bodies of the victims, including a two-year-old girl, were found floating in the water shortly after the incident.
Two girls, aged two and four, and a nine-year-old boy remained missing as of Tuesday night.
The MB Habagat was carrying 35 people when it capsized at around 1 p.m.
Chief Petty Officer Jose Arnel Conopio-PCG-Danao station commander, said the boat has no clearance to sail.
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