Families of M/V Doña Paz victims to commemorate tragedy on Dec. 17
By Evelyn Macairan (The Philippine Star) Updated December 13, 2009 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Families and friends of the 4,047 victims of the ill-fated M/V Doña Paz will gather on Thursday to commemorate the death of passengers and crew who perished in the tragic incident that happened almost 22 years ago.
Co-counsel for the Doña Paz victims lawyer Valeriano del Rosario, of the Del Rosario Bagamasbad & Raboca, announced that the relatives of the victims will have a remembrance and memorial service on Dec. 17, from 9 a.m. until noontime at the Asian Social Institute located along Leon Guinto corner Escoda Streets, Ermita, Manila City.
There will also be a solemn Mass for the victims and their families. Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is expected to join the gathering.
It can be recalled that at around 10 p.m. of Dec. 20, 1987, the Sulpicio Lines Inc. (SLI) M/V Doña Paz collided with the oil tanker M/T Vector at the coast of Dumali Point, in Mindoro.
This was regarded as the “worst disaster in terms of loss of life in the history of maritime commerce.”
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