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Water samples near the sunken ship MV Princess of the Stars near Sibuyan Island
FPA Executive Director Norlito Gicana said the results of the July 1 surface water tests have been forwarded to Transport Undersecretary Elena Bautista.
Bautista, head of the government task force overseeing search and retrieval operations, said test results of water samples inside the ferry will be released later Wednesday. On Monday, divers took four water samples from inside the sunken ferry by drilling holes into the cargo deck.
The government and the ferry owners have abandoned a plan to bore a hole into the 24,000-ton vessel to retrieve the bodies and a cargo of endosulfan that threatens the marine environment. Instead, the sunken ferry will be refloated in the latest effort to recover hundreds of bodies trapped inside.
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FPA Executive Director Norlito Gicana said the results of the July 1 surface water tests have been forwarded to Transport Undersecretary Elena Bautista.
Bautista, head of the government task force overseeing search and retrieval operations, said test results of water samples inside the ferry will be released later Wednesday. On Monday, divers took four water samples from inside the sunken ferry by drilling holes into the cargo deck.
The government and the ferry owners have abandoned a plan to bore a hole into the 24,000-ton vessel to retrieve the bodies and a cargo of endosulfan that threatens the marine environment. Instead, the sunken ferry will be refloated in the latest effort to recover hundreds of bodies trapped inside.
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