Asia's Titanic

Yam Laranas
2009-08-25


9
46 min

The passenger ship Doña Paz collided with an oil tanker in the Philippines. 4,000 passengers died in the tragedy. Just five days before Christmas in 1987, the passenger ship Doña Paz collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro Island in the Philippines. 4,000 passengers died in the tragedy. It was the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster. Through dramatic first hand accounts from survivors and rescuers, transcripts from the Philippine congressional inquiry into the tragedy, archival footage and photos and a re-enactment of the collision, dissect the unfolding tragedy of Doña Paz.

Cast

Name Character Team
Joonee Gamboa Narrator Unowned
Salvador Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor) Salvador - self Unowned
Aludía Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor) Aludía - self Unowned
Luthgardo Niedo (Dona Paz survivor) Luthgardo - self Unowned
Pedro Sorema (Dona Paz survivor) Sorema - self Unowned
Morris Apura (Doña Paz survivor) Apura - self Unowned
Almario Balanay (Dona Paz survivor) Balanay - self Unowned
Generoso Batola (Doña Paz survivor) Batola - self Unowned
Arthur Lim (Counsel of Sulpicio Lines) Lim - self - archived footage Unowned
Jose Sison (Counsel for Caltex on MT Vector) Sison - self - archived footage Unowned
CMDE Benjamin Mata (Marine Safety Expert) Mata - self Unowned
CMDE Cipriano Luspo (Coast Guard) Luspo - self - archived footage Unowned