10 missing as boat hull cracks in NW Philippines
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[March 13, 2010]

10 missing as boat hull cracks in NW Philippines

MANILA, Mar 13, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A boat carrying 10 passengers was reported missing Saturday after it suffered a broken hull off Fortune Island in northwest Philippines, a Philippine Coast Guard official said.

"One of the passengers communicated with us through a cell phone," local media quoted Troy Cornelio, Philippine Coast Guard Batangas station commander, as saying.

Upon receiving the report, the Coast Guard immediately sent troops and issued distress notice to nearby vessels.



Cornelio said the passenger told him that they were off Fortune Island in Nasugbu but when Coast Guard rescuers arrived, the boat was nowhere in sight.

Cornelio said Coast Guard members were still searching for the victims who were reportedly near Corregidor Island at the entrance of Manila Bay late Saturday afternoon.

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