Ferry sinks off Basilan; 12 dead, 200 rescued

The Manila Times

Ferry sinks off Basilan; 12 dead, 200 rescued  At least 15 people died after a passenger boat carrying more than 300 people capsized off the southern Philippine province of Basilan, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Monday (January 26). The accident occurred after midnight on Monday as the passenger vessel, MV Trisha Kerstin 3, was en route to Jolo in Sulu province, after departing Zamboanga. The PCG said the vessel had 332 passengers on record and 27 crew. Philippine Coast Guard chief Ronnie Gavan told reporters in Manila that search and rescue operations are ongoing. Coast Guard Commander Romel Dua of Southern Mindanao District told DZBB radio that 215 people had been rescued and seven bodies recovered. Scores of people die each year from ferry accidents in the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands with a patchy record for maritime safety.  REUTERS VIDEO  Check out our Streaming Channel: https://streaming.manilatimes.net/  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at [https://www.manilatimes.net](https://www.manilatimes.net/)  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #TMTNews #Basilan #Philippines

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00:00The search and rescue operation is ongoing but what I can say is the ship is not overloaded.

00:05It has a maximum passenger capacity of 350 and the actual passengers on board as declared by the master is 332.

00:19The Coast Guard has immediately acted on it as soon as it received or we received the distress call from the sea marshal on board.

00:26Lahat po ng search and rescue assets sa area ng Sambuanga and Basilan are involved from the AFP, the Navy, the Maritime Police, the Local Government Units, yung Provincial Disaster Risk Management Office ng Basilan at Sambuanga are also involved.

00:44The commercial shipping have also sent their ships. So lahat po doon ngayon ay tulong-tulong. It has become a whole of nation search and rescue operation.

00:54Nakafocus tayo ngayon again sa search and rescue dahil mas mahalaga higit sa lahat ang buhay ng tao.

01:24Nakafocus tayo ngayon again sa search and rescue dahil mas mahalaga higit sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat ang buhay ngayon sa lahat

01:54Thank you very much.

02:24THE END

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