In 1987, MV Doña Paz collided with an oil tanker, causing the second deadliest boat disaster in history and the worst civilian incident. MV Doña Paz's victims. Bullit Marquez/ AP ...

The Louisiana Court issued its final Order approving a Class Settlement to compensate valid claims arising from the Doña Paz incident. Even though Caltex Philippines Inc. was absolved of ...

In December 1987, MV Doña Paz, owned by Sulpicio Lines Inc., sailed through Tablas Strait off Mindoro Oriental province to Manila. The trip, which started from Tacloban City, Leyte province, carried ...

TACLOBAN CITY—Heirs of the 4,000 people who died in the ill-fated MV Doña Paz received claims of more than P200,000 each based on a ruling of the Civil District Court in Orleans, Louisiana, in ...

MV Doña Paz — Philippines, 1987 Relatives mourn victims of the ill-fated passenger ship M/V Dona Paz in Manila's Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Dec. 28, 1987.<br>The overladen ferry caught fire and ...

MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court on Thursday absolved Caltex Philippines (now Chevron) from any liability in connection with tragic collision between MV Doña Paz and oil tanker MT Vector off ...

The MV Doña Paz sank 25 years ago, but the scars on Zosimo de la Rama’s body always remind him of the pain and fear that he endured swimming in flaming waters for hours before he was rescued.

On Dec. 20, we commemorate the death of my loved ones and all those who have perished in the world’s worst sea tragedy, the sinking of MV Doña Paz, when it collided with an oil tanker in Tablas Strait ...

TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — It was a blatant disrespect to the memory of the thousands of people who died in the 1987 collision between the MV Doña Paz and oil tanker MT Vector ...

She wanted to help augment the family’s meager income. Valeriana's employers would take her with them on their travels to Manila. During one trip, Valeriana found herself aboard the MV Doña Paz, which ...