TRIFLING WITH THE LIVES OF SHIP PASSENGERS. After more than 25 years later the survivors and families of the victims are still waiting for justice. It is reported that a class suit alleging negligence on the part of the charterer of the Vector drags on in a civil court in Louisiana, USA. Then the Philippine Star came up with the report that the Philippine Court of Appeals has cleared an executive of the Cebu-based Sulpicio Lines of liability over the sinking of the Princess of Stars. This despite the fact that there were already storm warnings before the ferry left the port of Manila for Cebu; that life boats were tightly lashed to the deck and difficult for passengers and crew to deploy them in the twenty minutes after the storm hit before the ship capsized. Many of the life jacket lockers on the ship were reportedly locked and the few life vests available were outmoded. It is alleged that the court is soft on wealthy respondents like the Sulpicio Lines. Retired Rear Admiral Benjamin Mata of Board of Marine Inquiry was quoted saying that with its record of 45 sea mishaps over the past 28 years, no insurer would want to touch Sulpicio with a ten-foot pole. In addition to the Dona Paz, other Sulpicio ships involved in horrible accidents include the Dona Marilyn in 1988, the Princess of the Orient in 1998 and the Princess of the Stars in 2008. It is said that there were six other ships that caught fire, seven had engine problems and stalled at sea, and 19 ran aground. The full story at -- ireport.cnn/docs/DOC-1013173?fb_action_ids=10201385558137545&fb_action_types=cnn-social3Aupload&fb_ref=og_ireport&fb_source=og_timeline_photo_robotext
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:46:36 +0000
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