ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel have rescued 85 commercial ferry boat passengers, including five babies, off Maigo, Lanao del Norte, the local PCG station said on Friday, April 21. In a statement, PCG-Maigo Station said passengers aboard MV Filipinas Cebu were rescued...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Search operations continue off an island in Basilan and nearby areas as 23 passengers of the ill-fated M/V Mary Joy 3 remain missing, officials said Tuesday, April 4. Nixon Alonzo, Basilan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief, said they managed to...
Citing the many unanswered questions about the tragedy, Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman says he will call for a House inquiry on the deadly fire that struck MV Lady Mary Joy 3. Hataman, a deputy minority leader, said on Tuesday, April 4 that he intends to file a resolution to this effect...
Search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) operations were ongoing to find the 24 persons who remained unaccounted for when a fire struck passenger-cargo vessel MV Lady Mary Joy 3 while sailing off Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan last March 30. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Sunday,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – The search and retrieval operations on the wreckage of the ill-fated M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island, Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan, ended on Saturday, April 1. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Basilan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and...
The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) on Friday, March 31, ordered an investigation on all the vessels operated by Aleson Shipping Lines, Inc., the owner of MV Lady Mary Joy 3 which caught fire while transiting Basilan recently. The incident killed 29 people. Marina Administrator Hernani Fabia...
At least 31 people died and 230 were rescued after a fire engulfed a ferry in Basilan, authorities said Thursday, March 30. The Lady Mary Joy 3 was travelling from Zamboanga City on Mindanao Island to Jolo, Sulu when the fire broke out late Wednesday, March 29, prompting passengers to jump...
At least 31 people died and 230 were rescued after a fire engulfed a ferry in Basilan, authorities said Thursday, March 30. The Lady Mary Joy 3 was travelling from Zamboanga City to Jolo, Sulu when the fire broke out late Wednesday, March 29, prompting passengers to jump overboard, disaster officer...
At least 12 people died and 230 were rescued after a fire engulfed a ferry in Basilan, authorities said Thursday, March 30. The Lady Mary Joy 3 was travelling from Zamboanga City to Jolo, Sulu when the fire broke out late Wednesday, March 29, prompting passengers to jump overboard, disaster officer...
The world's largest catamaran ferry built by Filipinos is now sailing towards Denmark as it makes its maiden voyage from Cebu. Made by Austal Philippines, Express 5 already embarked on its first trip to Rønne, Denmark after being commissioned by prominent Danish shipping company Molslinjen....
The Mandaluyong City local government met with officials from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Wednesday, Jan. 25, to discuss the upcoming Manila Bay-Pasig River-Laguna Lake (MAPALLA) Ferry System proposed in 2012. Mandaluyong City Mayor Ben Abalos conducted a meeting with DOTr officials...
CEBU CITY -- A passenger ferry ran aground while it was about to arrive at the port of Tubigon, Bohol on Friday morning, Dec. 23. Motorized bancas are used to rescue passengers from a passenger ferry which ran aground early morning Friday, Dec. 23, off the waters of Tubigon, Bohol. (Photo from...
