Sulpicio Lines releases passenger manifest, list of survivors

MANILA, Philippines - Shipping company Sulpicio Lines Inc, owner of the ill-fated MV Princess of the Stars passenger vessel that capsized off Sibuyan Island over the weekend on Monday released the names of 725 passengers and 112 crew on board the ship when the incident happened. In a telephone interview with GMANews.TV, Darlene Faustino, customer relations staff of Sulpicio Lines, confirmed that the passenger manifest and crew list uploaded on their website were that ill-fated ship. The shipping company also released the names of the 32 survivors. The Philippine Coast Guard earlier confirmed that 30 survivors have earlier been found - two survivors short of figures released by the Sulpicio Lines. Local officials said the ship initially ran aground a few miles off central Sibuyan island Saturday, then capsized. Earlier, Transportation Sec. Leandro Mendoza tapped the Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI) to start an investigation into the sinking and ordered the grounding of all Sulpicio Lines vessels, pending the conduct an audit of the ships' seaworthiness. - Amita Legaspi, GMANews.TV