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50 rescued from half-submerged motorbanca in Northern Samar

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Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News

<div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img alt="50 rescued from half-submerged motorbanca in Northern Samar" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/08/03/samar-1.jpg"/></div><div><img alt="50 rescued from half-submerged motorbanca in Northern Samar" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/08/03/samar-2.jpg"/></div><div><img alt="50 rescued from half-submerged motorbanca in Northern Samar" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/08/03/samar-3.jpg"/></div></div><div class="slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Fishermen and the coast guard rescued 50 people from a half-submerged boat in Northern Samar. <cite>Philippine Coast Guard </cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Fishermen and the coast guard rescued 50 people from a half-submerged boat in Northern Samar. <cite>Philippine Coast Guard </cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Fishermen and the coast guard rescued 50 people from a half-submerged boat in Northern Samar. <cite>Philippine Coast Guard </cite></p></div></div></div><p><br/>MANILA — Forty-one passengers and nine crew members of a motor boat half-submerged by rough waves were rescued by fishermen in the waters off Barangay Pilar in San Antonio, Northern Samar on Wednesday.</p><p>The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) assisted in the search and rescue operations for motorbanca MBCA SPIRIT. All its passengers and crew members were safe, though four people needed medical attention.<br/> <br/>MBCA SPIRIT sailed from Victoria, Northern Samar, and was supposed to drop the passengers in San Vicente. </p><p>Based on initial statements gathered by PCG, the motorbanca encountered rough waves that damaged its bow.</p><p>Three fishing boats towed the MBCA SPIRIT to San Antonio. </p><p>Last week, a passenger boat capsized in a lake in Binangonan, Rizal due to bad weather, leaving at least 27 people dead. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/28/23/motorbanca-that-capsized-off-binangonan-overloaded-pcg">Motorbanca that capsized off Binangonan overloaded: PCG</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/07/31/23/pcg-ends-search-and-retrieval-operation-in-rizal-boat-tragedy">PCG ends search and retrieval operation in Rizal boat tragedy</a></li></ul><div> </div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2739819" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Forty-one passengers and nine crew members of a motor boat were rescued by fishermen in San Antonio, Northern Samar on Wednesday.

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50 rescued from half-submerged motorbanca in Northern Samar

Jacque Manabat,

ABS-CBN News

Published August 03, 2023 09:48 AM PHT

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Updated August 03, 2023 10:05 AM PHT

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