00:00More than a dozen people were confirmed dead after a ferry overturned in the southern Philippines on Monday.
00:07The Philippine Coast Guard says passenger vessel MB Tricia Kirsten III was on its way to Hulo in Sulu province from Zamboanga
00:14when it encountered an issue at 1.50 a.m. local time.
00:18Admiral Ronny Gavan is a Philippine Coast Guard commandant.
00:22The search and rescue operation is ongoing, but what I can say is the ship is not overloaded.
00:27It has a maximum passenger capacity of 350 and the actual passengers on board as declared by the master is 332.
00:41The Coast Guard has immediately acted on it as soon as it received or we received the distress call from the sea marshal on board.
00:48An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the accident with military aircraft and vessels deployed to support the effort.
00:55Hundreds of people are reported to have been rescued.
00:59Videos released by Basilan Governor Mujiv Hataman show survivors being brought to safety,
01:05with some wrapped in emergency blankets while others were carried on stretchers.
01:10In an interview, Hataman said survivors were doing well,
01:13but added that several elderly passengers needed emergency medical care.
01:18He says authorities are still cross-checking the passenger manifest.
01:21Ferry accidents are not uncommon in the Philippines,
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