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Ferry service suspended
On Oct 12, the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) has indefinitely suspended the operations of six vessels of the Atienza Interisland Ferries after the fire that gutted the 'June Aster' off the coast of Coron, Palawan. The order was issued to the 'Star San Carlos' (IMO: 9168128), 'September Tulips' (MMSI: 457900394), 'December Poinsettia', 'October Lavender' (IMO: 9969259), 'May Lillies' (IMO: 7900388) and 'Cattleya Express' (IMO: 8804086). Dole officials had inspected the vessels on Oct 10 in Navotas. The work for Atienza Shipping Lines has been suspended. Dole instructed the company to pay the wages of all affected employees during the period covered by this WSO, the issuance of this Order having resulted from violations attributable to the employer. 63 of the 77 people killed in the fire have been identified, while eight people remained missing. The ship had 128 passengers and crew members on board, and 43 of them survived. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) had filed a complaint of alleged falsification of public documents against the Captain Roel Sarmiento. He was found liable for discrepancies in the Master’s Declaration of Safe Departure (MDSD), which contained the vessel’s passenger and crew manifest. The MDSD declared that the vessel complied with safety regulations and had the proper placement of cargo and the correct number of passengers and crew members. The PCG initially tallied 134 occupants. This meant that six passengers listed in the ticket manifest did not board the vessel. Some passengers listed in the manifest reportedly failed to arrive or decided to take other means of transportation, before the 'June Aster' left Baseco Port in Manila on the night of Sep 9.
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