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...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will roll out three priority transportation Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects, in accordance with the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028. DOTR announced Wednesday, Dec. 14, that the Committee on Public-Private Partnership Center Project Development...
TACLOBAN CITY – Maasin City, Southern Leyte Mayor Nacional Mercado on Friday, Nov. 18, cited Kho Shipping Lines Inc. for launching trips from Maasin City to Cebu City. MV Masbate City (Photo from Mayor Nacional Mercado FB) Mercado said the roll-on, roll-off (RORO) vessel MV Masbate City is a...
