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[Title] => Possible EV link in June Aster fire prompts ferry bans, safety review
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[Title] => 4 listed passengers didn't board MV June Aster, says PCG
[Summary] => Four passengers listed in the manifest of MV June Aster did not board the vessel before it left Baseco Port in Manila on September 8, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
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[Title] => Ferry fire death toll hits 77
[Summary] => One of the survivors of the MV June Aster fire has died in a hospital in Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard said yesterday.
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[Title] => EDITORIAL – Independent probe needed
[Summary] => As of the latest count, 76 people were confirmed dead while 12 to 13 others remained unaccounted for in the fire that engulfed the ferry June Aster as it approached the port of Coron in Palawan on the night of Sept. 9.
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[Title] => 41 more bodies found aboard burned Coron ferry, toll now at 76
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[Title] => Palawan ferry fire death toll rises to 35; 53 still missing
[Summary] => The death toll from the ferry fire off Coron, Palawan has risen to 35, with 43 survivors and 53 people still missing, the Philippine Coast Guard said Saturday.
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[Title] => 5 reported dead, 42 rescued after ferry fire off Palawan
[Summary] => At least five people were reported dead while 42 others have been rescued after a fire broke out off Coron, Palawan on Wednesday, September 9, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.
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[Title] => Starting May 11: Bantayan ferry fares to go down
[Summary] => After years of fare burden that started during the pandemic and worsened in recent months, ferry operators serving the Hagnaya-Sta. Fe route agreed to reduce passenger and vehicle fares by May 11.
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[Title] => No ferry, bus fare hike on Holy Week
[Summary] => Ferry and bus fares will not be increased this Holy Week, President Marcos told Bloomberg on Tuesday.
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[Title] => 'Overloading' may have led to deadly Basilan ferry sinking
[Summary] => Philippine authorities said Wednesday that a ferry may have been overloaded when it sank in the country's south last month, killing dozens of people who received no warning from the ship's crew.
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[Title] => 41 more bodies found aboard burned Coron ferry, toll now at 76
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[Title] => Palawan ferry fire death toll rises to 35; 53 still missing
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[Title] => 5 reported dead, 42 rescued after ferry fire off Palawan
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