“We are offering our prayers to the victims of Typhoon Frank,” Remengesau told reporters.The vessel, MV Princess of Stars capsized during a storm that hit the Philippines. Hundreds are feared dead after the tragedy.Reports said it sank 3 km (2 miles) from Sibuyan island in the centre of the archipelago.Typhoon Frank (Fengshen) with maximum gusts of 195 kph (121 mph), has also killed at least 155 people in central and southern Philippines, with the western Visayas region. Only 57 survivors have been found, along with 161 bodies, many of them having washed ashore to nearby islands.There is an ongoing effort to recover hundred of bodies believed to be trapped inside the sunken vessel.Sulpicio Lines has had at least three other major accidents since 1987, the worst was when the Dona Paz vessel collided with an oil tanker, killing around 4,000 people.
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