Coast Guard vessel with remains of 50 ferry disaster victims heads for Cebu

(Updated 9:20 p.m.) A Coast Guard vessel carrying the remains of at least 50 fatalities from Thursday's capsizing of the MB Kim Nirvana-B off Ormoc headed for Camotes Island in Cebu Sunday.

The Cebu provincial government said more than 200 people boarded the Coast Guard vessel that headed for Pilar, Camotes.

It said the coffins bearing the remains were arranged on the boat's helipad. The boat left Ormoc at 7 a.m.

 

Ormoc CDRRMO & Coast Guard personnel load one of 30+ coffins bound for Camotes Islands, the supposed destination of the ill fated MB Kim Nirvana.

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Jul 4, 2015 at 4:47pm PDT

 

The Phillipine Coast Guard ship BRP Batangas sails for the Capones Islands with 45 coffins onboard and more than a hundred survivors from the MB Kim Nirvana sinking Thursday last week.

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Jul 4, 2015 at 9:56pm PDT

 

Rolando Luchabez will go home to Camotes with the remains of his 3 year old daughter. But Rolando tells me, what hurts even more is that his wife and his one year old son are still missing. He hopes authorities will not stop the search for more victims.

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Jul 5, 2015 at 1:31am PDT

GMA's Raffy Tima reported that Vice President Jejomar Binay was at the Ormoc pier to inspect the boat.

Vice President Jejomar Binay inspects the ill-fated MB Kim Nirvana-B at the Ormoc Pier, promises to help survivors. pic.twitter.com/JkNPg5H0jw

— Raffy Tima (@raffytima) July 5, 2015

The MB Kim Nirvana-B ferry was on its way to the Camotes Islands when it capsized off Ormoc on July 2, Thursday.

The motorized outrigger boat was reportedly carrying 189 passengers and crew members.

As of Sunday, the death toll has risen to 61. — Joel Locsin/LBG, GMA News