A woman was killed and 25 people were missing after a boat carrying workers from a timber company sank on Wednesday on a river in East Kalimantan, an official said. Rescuers plucked 14 people to safety after the boat carrying 40 workers sank at around 6:00 p.m. as it traveled across the Mahakam River,
Read moreThe Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday was placed on alert due to an oil spill which was spotted near the area of the ill-fated Panamanian vessel that sank along the vicinity off Cape Bolinao in Pangasinan. The Coast Guard Action Center (CGAC) in Manila said that based on the aerial reconnaissance operations conducted
Read moreThe Soechi Lesmana oiltanker, delivering 3,000 tons of fuel owned by state-own oil and gas company PT Pertamina Fuel Retail Marketing Region VII, caught fire in Mamuju waters in West Sulawesi early on Monday. One crew member died in the incident, while two others were injured. The tanker and its 20 crew members was
Read moreKuala Lumpur. One person is confirmed dead and about a dozen are still missing two days after an overloaded ferry capsized in rough rapids on a remote Borneo river, Malaysian police said on Thursday. The accident happened Tuesday on the Rajang river, Malaysia’s longest, deep in the interior of the vast island of Borneo
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