Sea tragedies have become become common occurrences during the holiday season when city folks go home to the province to spend Christmas with families and relatives.
We never learn our lesson.Every tragedy, we bewail the overloading, the poor vessel maintenance and the questionable capabilities of the crew. But after the stories have ceased to be headline news, we go back to our usual slipshod “bahala na” attitude until the next tragedy.
The past week has seen two sea tragedies that claimed hundred of lives caused miseries to families in this supposedly season of joy.