Batangas: A ship officer is dead while 19 others were rescued, more than 12 hours after their cargo vessel, M/V Sea Merchant, sank      in the vicinity of Lobo, Batangas City  on Thursday.

Batangas Coastguard Commander Gregorio Adel identified the fatality as Chief Engineer Almarito Anciano, adding that the latter may have hit his head while jumping off the sinking vessel.

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