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Death toll of Philippine ship collision rises to 38

Updated: 2013-08-18 20:16
( Xinhua)

Death toll of Philippine ship collision rises to 38

A private vessel sprays chemical to contain oil spill from a sunken ferry during Friday's disaster in the waters off Talisay, Cebu in central Philippines August 18, 2013. The ferry sank on Friday, killing 38 people and leaving 82 missing, after a collision just outside the central port of Cebu with a cargo vessel owned by a company involved in the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster nearly 30 years ago. [Photo/Agencies]

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