Asia's Titanic

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

Joonee Gamboa

Narrator

Salvador Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor)

Salvador - self

Aludía Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor)

Aludía - self

Luthgardo Niedo (Dona Paz survivor)

Luthgardo - self

Pedro Sorema (Dona Paz survivor)

Sorema - self

Morris Apura (Doña Paz survivor)

Apura - self

Almario Balanay (Dona Paz survivor)

Balanay - self

Generoso Batola (Doña Paz survivor)

Batola - self

Arthur Lim (Counsel of Sulpicio Lines)

Lim - self - archived footage

Jose Sison (Counsel for Caltex on MT Vector)

Sison - self - archived footage