Overloaded Ferry Travel in the Philippines
In the Philippines, a nation of thousands of islands, frequent maritime tragedies claim a stark number of lives. On busy inter-island routes near Cebu or Manila, budget-conscious tourists and locals often board cheap, notoriously overcrowded ferries. Compounding the risk, operators and passengers sometimes ignore severe weather warnings and blatantly exceed safety capacity limits. When sudden storms hit, these unstable vessels are prone to catastrophic capsizing, leading to rapid mass drownings in open water. These recurring disasters, often underreported internationally, highlight a deadly gap between the necessity of sea travel and the critical enforcement of safety protocols in the archipelago.
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