TRAGIC TRIP The wreckage of the motorized boat Aya Express is seen in this photo taken on July 28, a day after it capsized in Laguna Lake, near the port of Binangonan, Rizal. Twenty-seven passengers died in the accident. —RICHARD A. REYES MANILA, Philippines — Corruption, negligence, and safety protocol violations had combined in a deadly mix that resulted in the boat accident that claimed the lives of 27 people in Laguna de Bay two weeks ago. That was the picture that emerged on Tuesday after a three-hour Senate hearing on the July 27 capsizing of a motorized passenger boat off Binangonan town in Rizal province.

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