1 more body recovered from capsized sand vessel – PCG

Death toll up to 7 as another body found in overturned vessel, 4 still missing

SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recovered another body from the overturned vessel here on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed casualties to seven. Four individuals remain missing. Authorities intensified search and rescue operations to find the other crew members. 14 were rescued from the accident last week. Earlier on Saturday, Philippine Coast Guard divers recovered personal belongings from the brid…

Death toll from capsized sand carrier hits 7

(Photo: PCG)One more cadaver was recovered from the capsized sand carrier MV Hong Hai 16 in the waters of Rizal, Occidental Mindoro on Black Saturday, April 19, raising even further the death toll to seven.The PCG said the cadaver was retrieved from the accommodation area of the vessel at 3:56 p.m. by personnel of the PCG’s Special Operations Group-Southern Tagalog and technical wreck divers of the Special Operations Force, who were deployed fro…

1 more body recovered from capsized sand vessel – PCG

MANILA, Philippines — One more body was recovered from the capsized sand vessel MV Hong Hai 16 on Saturday, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Southern Tagalog District. Twenty-five Filipino and Chinese crew members were on board when the vessel capsized in the waters off Rizal town, Occidental Mindoro province on Tuesday afternoon. READ: Sand vessel capsizes; 2 dead, 9 of 25 crewmen still missing “The Coast Guard District Southern Ta…

7 confirmed dead from capsized dredging vessel

The Philippine Coast Guard retrieved three more bodies from the capsized dredging vessel off the coast of Occidental Mindoro, bringing the total number of fatalities to seven.

PCG continues Hong Hai 16 retrieval, environment assessment

The Philippine Coast Guard continued its search and recovery operations on Black Saturday following the capsizing of MV Hong Hai 16 off the coast of Occidental Mindoro.

Occidental Mindoro to halt dredging firm's operations over capsized sand carrier

“Temporary suspension muna ng kanilang operation ng dredging, kailangan settle muna nila yung incident na nangyari kasi may corporate social responsibility sila