Renato Cestino

 

 

Age: 43

 

Summary: Filipino chief cook of the M/V Dona Ramona ferry who has been hospitalized in very serious condition at the burn center's intensive care unit for a month from severe third-degree burns suffered in the terrorist bombing of the ill-fated M/V Dona Ramona ferry when an incendiary bomb exploded inside the kitchen of the ferryboat on Aug. 28, 2005 while docked at the Lamitan wharf of Basilan island in southern Philippines over the weekend as it was about to leave port for Zamboanga City, in which authorities blamed the Jemaah Islamiyah-linked Abu Sayyaf bandit group for the bombing that injured at least 30 persons, three of whom have died since the explosion.

 

 

Cause of Death: Third-degree burns sustained in a ferry bombing

 

Born: circa 1962

 

Died: September 14, 2005

 

Location: Davao City, Philippines