Only bodies found under MV Princess of the Stars

MANILA, Philippines - Divers wriggled into a capsized ferry Tuesday and found only bodies — including that of a crewman still clutching a radio — three days after some 850 people went down with the vessel during a powerful typhoon, officials said.

Hundreds of people were feared trapped when the ship suddenly tilted and went belly up Saturday at the height of the powerful storm that left dozens of people dead in flooded communities in the central Philippines.

Philippines Navy spokesman Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo indicated it was unlikely there were survivors from the ferry. He said the ship's interior was too dark to determine how many bodies were there and lighting was being brought in.

"Most of the bodies were floating inside. They were trapped when the seven-story ship suddenly tilted and capsized," he told dzBB radio.

Arevalo said it was possible some passengers could have survived initially, but the roiling seas from Typhoon "Frank" (Fengshen) had kept rescuers at bay too long and suffocation may have claimed some lives.

He said some of the bodies had life vests but many passengers apparently hesitated to jump into the "turbulent waters" before the ship capsized because "it happened too sudden." Survivors said the ship listed and went down in a half-hour or less.

"If there are survivors, they could only be found in the forward portion, because if the vessel is no longer watertight, water would enter all its spaces that are submerged," Arevalo said.

Coast guard chief Adm. Wilfredo Tamayo said about 20 coast guard and navy divers were at the scene and that the U.S. Navy ship Stockham had arrived with frogmen and search-and-rescue helicopters.
He said the divers had broken windows and used every other gap they could find to slip inside the 23,824-ton Princess of Stars, which has only one end jutting from the water off Sibuyan island.
Arevalo said the priority now is to extricate the bodies. He said options include attaching weights to them and then pulling them out, or cutting the hull — a prospect complicated by a cargo of bunker oil that could leak and turn the human disaster into an environmental one.

On Sunday, divers heard no response when they hammered on the hull, but officials had refused to give up.

Only about three dozen ferry survivors have been found, including 28 who drifted at sea for more than 24 hours, first in a life raft, then in life jackets, before they were found Sunday about 80 miles to the north in eastern Quezon province.
Officials initially reported 747 passengers and crew were aboard the ferry, but said Monday that it was carrying about 100 more.

Six bodies, including those of a man and woman who had bound themselves together, have washed ashore, along with children's slippers and life jackets.

While some relatives tearfully waited for news, others angrily questioned why the ship was allowed to leave Manila late Friday for a 20-hour trip to Cebu with a typhoon approaching.

Sulpicio Lines said it sailed with coast guard approval. The government ordered the company to suspend services pending an investigation and a check of its other ships' seaworthiness.

Debate also began anew on safe-sailing rules in a country prone to storms — Fengshen was the seventh typhoon this year — and dependent on ferries to get around the sprawling archipelago.

While the official national death toll from the typhoon stood at 117, the worst-hit region reported 227 dead and 275 missing. The figures did not include those aboard the ferry. - AP


how sad....in just few minutes hundreds of people died.....
lets just pray for their families to overcome this tragic incident...

flooding of tears

this is the day



na nawala ang



cellphone ko.....


haaaayyyyy.....so saaad

maganda toh

pls click image to enlarge for you to be able to read it...thanks

very inspiring.......

my prayer...

my prayer for this day:

Lord bless my future partner
help him grow deeply in love with you
Let him know that I am here patiently waiting for him
waiting for the day that we will meet for forever
make him a good or even best son to his mom and dad
as a preparation for his responsibilities to his future family
make him a Godly man...a God centered man
that he will be a Godly model for his future children

Let all his experiences today be his wisdom and knowledge
though he may not be perfect
Make him perfect for me

Make him feel that I love him
and will wait for him...waiting for the day that he will be able to read
all my love letters to him
that I kept thru these years

last song syndrome ko....

Marc Dorsey - I Crave

I wake up to shadows,touching your pillow

looking,for a trace of your smile.

And that’s when it hit me, you’re no longer with me

in fact is been quite a while

since I sit here drinking coffee as you sipped your tea

and you swore you’d always love

and care for me. And even though there is no more us to save.
Its you I crave

I crave your touch, I crave your lips, I miss so much

the excitement of your kiss,

and since your gone, my heart won’t behave,

its your love that I still crave.

It may look like I’m happy, people who know me,

they know I’m not doing so well.

I heard that you been dating, and though I been waiting,

I had found you and no one else.

And just the thought of never waking up with,

you again, always turned me inside out,

how could, we let it end, And even there is no more us to save.
Its you I crave

I crave your touch, I crave your lips, I miss so much,

the excitement of your kiss, and since your gone,

my heart won’t behave, its your love that I still crave.
I should have known, I should have seen,

cause you were always, there, inside my every dream.
know that I will try, love will never die,

I think of you and I, Night and day,

though, my, mind, knows, its too late, to say, your love

I crave

I crave your touch, I crave your lips, I miss so much,

the excitement of your kiss, and since your gone,

my heart won’t behave, its your love that I still crave

I crave your touch, I crave your lips, I miss so much,

the excitement of your kiss,

and since your gone, my heart won’t behave,

its your love that I still crave

para sa future bf ko.....

salamat salamat!

weeee!!!! yesterday Eder gave me a post birthday gift


sabi niya isahan na lang ung lahat ng atraso nya sa ken..hehehehe


Thank you ng madami Eder...I don't need to buy one for me...





tapos si sir Rey may gift din....

yipeee! bait bait!

thanks sir.....

God bless you more and more!

grabe...ang saya saya!

post celebration ng birthday ko

kasi nmn nung birthday ko natulog lang ako

di dumating yung ni e expect ko kasi na date..hehehehehe

so nung saturday namalengke muna ko para sa lunch together namin sa bahay

sunday lunch with friends (sheila, abi and leo) at ang sarap ng grilled steak nila at yung garlic sauce parang nasa TGIF ka na din..hehehehe

after nun nag halo-halo kami sa chowking at ang Leo gusto pa mag cheesburger (di ba halatang nag fofood trip kami..hehehehe)

after ng activity sa church me and my bestfriend sheila have a picture taking care of picture city (ritual n namin yun pag may special occassions)

and then dahil birthday ko may free 200 load ako sa power station sa MOA..hahahaha yun nga lang di namin naubos sa videoke kasi malapit na mag 7 nun at manunood pa kami ng Iron Man

astig ang mga effects...ma pa pa wow ka talaga...and dun mo makikita why Tony Sparks turned from a playboy and "i can get it if I want it" attitude to a good boy/super hero.

eto pa....

2nd batch ng mga bumati...

at si sir rey na sabi niya bibilhan ako ng book na "Basta Love Life" na ibibigay daw nya sa Monday..hehehehe..yahooo!