M/B Leonida 2, with a capacity of 155 persons, capsized last Nov. 25, 2006 off Bilisan Point in Hinatuan island. Fourteen passengers have been confirmed dead while 18 others are missing. The wooden-hulled ferry, which was also carrying 300 sacks of cement and 18 sacks of rice, ran into large waves that damaged its bamboo outrigger, which provides balance to the vessel, and caused the boat to sink
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