Owner of vessel in river accident hit for failing to take responsibility for crew
Commodore Geronimo Tuvilla of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) says in a press briefing on April 17, 2025 that a demand letter was sent to the owner of the vessel, as it has not taken responsibility for its crew and the accident. Four of the 25 crew members of the MV Hong Hai 16 died after the vessel, which was dredging a river in the town of Rizal, Occidental Mindoro on April 15 overturned. Search and rescue operations are ongoing for the seven missing. Fourteen have been rescued. Tuvilla said it has been the local government of Rizal that has been providing food and accommodation to the survivors.
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Commodore Geronimo Tuvilla of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) says in a press briefing on April 17, 2025 that a demand letter was sent to the owner of the vessel, as it has not taken responsibility for its crew and the accident. Four of the 25 crew members of the MV Hong Hai 16 died after the vessel, which was dredging a river in the town of Rizal, Occidental Mindoro on April 15 overturned. Search and rescue operations are ongoing for the seven missing. Fourteen have been rescued. Tuvilla said it has been the local government of Rizal that has been providing food and accommodation to the survivors.
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00:00Dito sa ating pangatlong araw ng SAR operations na atin ang tinatawag, no?
00:05Para dito sa integrated O-I-16.
00:08Ditong umaga nag-conduct tayo ng diving operation gamit ng ating mga special operations group divers, no?
00:16At may kita nyo dito, around 8.15am kung umaga, ay nakakuha ulit tayo ng cadaver.
00:23Ang location ay nandiyan din, nakasaad sa accommodation area below ng pilot house o yung tinatawag na bridge ng barko.
00:32At yan ay na-identify naman ang mga member ng crew, no?
00:37Ang mga survivors natin.
00:39At kanina rin, no?
00:4211.36, nagkandak ulit ng second diving operation ng ating mga front men.
00:47And they were again able to recover the second lifeless body.
00:52And nandun naman siya sa may main deck part, kabina, sa loob ng kabina.
01:00So, maaaring nangyari ang accidente ay nandun sa nanyang room, no?
01:06So, it was later on na-identify girls over the survivors.
01:12So, we are now down to seven missing individuals.
01:16At di naman tayo sumusuko sa ating, ano, na allocate tayong iba.
01:24At ginagawa natin ang paraan sa tulong na rin ng local government unit ng RISAL,
01:29in particular si Mayor Pablo, sa ang ating kapulisan, ang Philippine Army.
01:35At di nanti-marin tayo, lahat kami nandito tulong-tulong, ang DNR, para talagang, ano, makanatili natin.
01:42And as of the moment, naglayout din tayo ng additional segments ng oil spill boom.
01:47So, makikita niyo dito sa, ah, paat yang, ah, parte ng barko na nakapaikol.
01:53At, ah, sa, sa kasalukuyan, wala tayong, ah, amoy or visual na oil, essence ng oil, tulong sa, ah, being subject rest.
02:03So, e, kung sa dalawang na-recover na identify na sila kung ano yung, ah, niyong nationality nila ron sa, ah, mas, ah,
02:11ah, sisigundahan pa natin yung pag, ah, ah, ah, ah, this, ah, identity na nakita natin kanina, or given identity,
02:20ay base dun sa mga survivor. Ah, tatandaan natin, ah, mga mga naguha natin ay medyo, ah, ah, hindi na sila, ah, ah, same as, ah, before,
02:34ang kanilang, ah, pagkakilalan. At, ah, tinutukoy na lang siya ng ating mga survivors,
02:39sa kasutan at mga distinguishing marks. So, this is, again, all subject to proper confirmation.
02:48But, ah, ah, ang ating, ano, objectiva sa ngayon, nakita nyo, eh, ituloy lang, tuloy-tuloy itong effort natin
02:55sa mga ating mga kaibigan dito at kasamaan para ma-recover natin ng, ah, nga individual ng mga.
03:02Sir, yung may-ari ng, ano, ng shipping vessel, ah, nakipag-coordinate mo ba sa PCG?
03:08That is one of our, ah, main concern right now. And this is a calling, also, to the owner,
03:16which, ah, we have already given a demand letter, ah, since the other day.
03:22Up to this time, na, the social responsibility to the ship, to the, to the, ah, crew of the ship,
03:29ang kanilang empleyado, we haven't seen their commitment.
03:33The local government unit of Rizal is the one doing, no?
03:38The, ah, the, the, the facilitation of, ah, food, no?
03:44No? Accommodation and assistance dito sa ating mga survival.
03:48So, until now, here in the incident, kumagkos, they haven't shown, yet, there, there, ah, provided a, ah, representative.
03:57Para yun yung direct na makag, ano, ah, meron silang social responsibility, ah, and again, may accountability sila dito sa barco na ito.
04:08Yes, yung, ah, according sa document, we base our, ah, information dun sa documents na nakita namin.
04:19And, ah, it is, ah, the name of the company is Intiq, ah, Intiq Company.
04:24Saan nakabayos na?
04:25Um, we have written a letter, we'll, ah, later inform it about this.
04:30Pero, Filipino company?
04:31Yes, and, ah, represented by a Filipino owner, is, ah, written there.
04:37That is one of our, ah, green concern right now.
04:41And, this is a calling also to the owner, which, ah, we have already given a demand letter, ah, since the other day.
04:50Up to this time, no, the social responsibility to the ship, to the, ah, to the, ah, crew of the ship, ang kanilang empleyado, we haven't seen their commitment.
05:02The local government unit of Rizal is the one doing, no, the, ah, the, ah, the, the, ah, facilitation of, ah, crew, no, no, accommodation and assistance dito sa ating mga survival.
05:17So, until now, here in the incident command post, they haven't shown yet their, their, ah, provided a, ah, representative, para yun yung direct na makag, ano, ah, meron silang social responsibility, ano.
05:32And, again, may accountability sila dito sa barko na ito.
05:37That is a challenge.
05:54And, again, may accountability sila dito sa barko na ito.