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9 more bodies retrieved from ill-fated ferry in Cebu

Dennis Carcamo - The Philippine Star
August 19, 2013 | 9:52am

MANILA, Philippines - Divers recovered on Monday nine more bodies from the sunken MV St. Thomas Aquinas in Cebu waters. 

A radio report said the cadavers were taken around 9 a.m. to the Talisay fishport which serves as a command center for the retrieval operations in the area.
 
The remains of the passengers of the ill-fated ferry were placed in body bags when brought to the fishport. The cadavers have yet to be identified by authorities, the report said.

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