CEBU CITY — They may not have a grand Father's Day celebration, but seeing all members of his family unscathed amid a fire that struck a passenger ship off Bohol town was all that matters. 'I'm very happy that we were all safe, including our children,' said Louie Jay Tolo in an interview. The 22-year-old father could not contain his happiness after arriving safely with his family in Cebu City on Sunday, less than 12 hours since MV Esperanza Star caught fire off Panglao Island in Bohol. Tolo, his 19-year-old live-in partner Russell Rose Baliquig, and their children Zion Asher, 1, and Gavin Asher, a week old, traveled from Lazi in Siquijor to Cebu via Tagbilaran for his work in a mini hotel in Liloan town, Cebu.

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