6-month-old baby, elderly man among 40 dead in Basilan ferry sinking

2026-02-02 - 02:16

PAGADIAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR—A week after the tragic sinking of MV Trisha Kerstin 3 in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island of Basilan province, three more bodies were found, bringing to 40 the death toll of the January 26 tragedy. Among the three bodies recovered on Sunday was that of Alkaizar Hadjail, a 31-year-old member