Manila, July 3 – A handout photo provided by Philippine Coast Guard on 02 July 2015 shows Filipino rescuers carrying a dead body of passenger during the ongoing search and rescue operation next to a motorized boat that capsized yesterday off Ormoc City, Leyte province, Philippines.
At least 36 people were killed when a passenger boat capsized off the central Philippines with – according to latest counts – still 19 missing, a coast guard spokesman said. Emergency teams rescued 118 people from the seas off Ormoc City in Leyte province, 560 kilometres south-east of Manila, where the accident happened, said Commander Armand Balilo.
The boat was carrying 173 passengers and 16 crew members, according to Balilo and the police.
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