Iloilo-Guimaras sea tragedy prompts probe on boat design

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MANILA - The design of boats plying the Iloilo-Guimaras Strait should be examined after 3 ferries sank there over the weekend, leaving at least 28 dead, a Philippine Coast Guard official said Tuesday.

The 3 motorized, wooden-hulled boats overturned due to squalls or sudden violent winds, the PCG earlier said, citing witness accounts.

Watch more in iWant or TFC.tv The issue of whether or not boat passengers in the Iloilo-Guimaras Strait should wear life vests is the subject of a pending court case, noted the official.

 

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