{"id":18461,"date":"2026-01-27T00:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18461"},"modified":"2026-01-27T00:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:34:07","slug":"ferry-sinks-off-basilan-18-dead-10-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/ferry-sinks-off-basilan-18-dead-10-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"FERRY SINKS OFF BASILAN; 18 DEAD, 10 MISSING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A FERRY with 332 passengers on Monday sank \u00a0in the waters off Basilan \u00a0leaving at least 18 people dead and 10 others missing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said search-and-rescue efforts continue for the missing passengers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An investigation showed the M\/V Trisha Kirstin 3 of Aleson Shipping Lines sank around 1 a.m. Monday near Baluk-Baluk Island, Hadji Muhtamad while en route from Zamboanga City to Jolo, Sulu. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to Basilan Gov. Mujiv Hataman, 223 passengers, including four fatalities, were brought to Isabela City port.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Philippine Coast Guard spokeswoman Noemie Cayabyab \u00a0said \u00a0that base on the account of some survivors, the waters in the area were rough at the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An off-duty crew member told Brigada News FM-Zamboanga that the crew distributed life vests as the boat listed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe rush to the upper decks and awakened the passengers giving them life vests,\u201d he said. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He attributed the sinking to a snapped harness for the vehicles on board.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moments before the RORO vessel sank, Kyle Punsalang, a recent graduate of a maritime academy, sent his brother a text message.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cOur boat is tipping over. Please help,\u201d Punsalang said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A video released by the PCG showed survivors being plucked from the water and receiving medical attention.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Some could be heard shouting for help in the dark in a live video on Facebook.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to extend aid to victims of the disaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It was the second incident involving an Aleson Shipping vessel in the area after the M\/V Lady Mary Joy 3 caught fire in March 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A FERRY with 332 passengers on Monday sank &nbsp;in the waters off Basilan &nbsp;leaving at least 18 people dead and 10 others missing. The Philippine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18463,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18461\/revisions\/18463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}