PCG member, 6-month old baby among fatalities in Basilan ferry sinking

2026-02-01 - 14:07

PAGADIAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, Philippines — Seven days 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 tragedy that struck after 12 a.m. on January 26. Among the three bodies recovered on