28 rescued from sunken ship in Bohol

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As of January 18, the Philippine Coast Guard is searching for one last crew member of M/V Meridian Tres cargo vessel: chief operator 2 Benjamen Orola

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MANILA, Philippines – A team from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued 28 crew members of the M/V Meridian Tres cargo vessel, which sank in the Sto Niño Dive Site in Bohol at around 9:25 pm Tuesday, January 17.

As of Wednesday, January 18, the PCG was searching for one last crew member: chief operator 2 Benjamen Orola.

As of 9:45 pm Tuesday, the following had been rescued:

1.      NAPOLEON U EMPHASIS     MASTER
2.      EDUARDO J ESPANUEVA     CHIEF OFF
3.      LEANDRO F ANDRADE       2ND OFF
4.      NOEL G SONTOSIDAD       3RD OFF
5.      MANUEL A BACAYANA       CHIEF ENGR
6.      ANTOLIN M ALAMPAYAN     2/ENGR
7.      VIRGILIO S FRANCO       3/ENGR
8.      ROLANDO C CAIANGI       4/ENGR
9.      PRIMO B DARILAG BOSUN
10.     BENJARDE D NAVAL        A.B. 1
11.     JEZON M ABIQUE  A.B. 2
12.     MARK ANDREW S MOTON     A.B. 3
13.     RONALD B ARIBUABO  JR   O.S
14.     JULIUS C BLANCO C. OPER 1
15.     JOEL C CENTINO  OILER 1
16.     JAN ROGEL P TABILIRAN   OILER 2
17.     EXEQUIEL DAVE N GALVAN  OILER 3
18.     REYMART JAMES MODINA    CH. COOK
19.     PATRICK JOSHUA  M REFUGIA       APP. MATE 1
20.     FELIX M UY JR   APP. MATE 2
21.     RENANTE A OLIVERIO      APP. MATE 3
22.     JOHN MEYNARD S SUAREZ   APP. MATE 4
23.     KRISTIAN NOE L ARMENTAN APP. ENGR  1
24.     JAN JOEL T SALVADOR     APP. ENGR 2
25.     HERALD V VENTURILLO     APP. ENGR 3
26.     EMILIO ALMAMENTO        WELDER
27.     ZALDY PAGALARAN
28.     JOSE SABLANTE JR

Owned and operated by Meridian Cargoes Forwarder Incorporation, M/V Meridian Tres was skippered by Captain Emphasis. It departed the Cebu City port going to Tacloban City, but was battered by strong winds and waves while navigating at Sto Niño Dive Site in Bohol.

The vessel was carrying 29 crew members, including the captain, and 126 units of 20-foot container vans and 5 units of 10-footers.

After the M/V Lorcon Iloilo reported the incident to the PCG sub-station in Hilongos, Leyte, search and rescue operations were conducted by rescue vessel 3504, M/V Ocean KingdomM/V Butuan, and LCT PMI8. Rappler.com 

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