Three more passengers of the fire-hit MV Lady Mary Joy 3, including a Philippine Army (PA) personnel, were finally found by search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) teams a week after the deadly sea blaze off Basilan that has now killed 31 people, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Holy...
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...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla has sent aid to some of those who were affected by the tragic fire that hit the MV Lady Mary Joy 3 off Basilan last Wednesday night. Padilla's brother, Rommel, went to Zamboanga where some of the injured were brought. Rommel, with help from Zamboanga-based...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Friday, March 31 called on the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) to conduct a thorough probe into the fire that engulfed the ferry M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan province late Wednesday night. At least 31 persons were killed and 230 were...
A fuming Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. is taking maritime authorities to task for the deaths of 29 passengers of MV Lady Mary Joy 3, which caught fire a few days ago off the waters of Basilan. Barzaga said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina)...
The number of people who perished due to a fire at passenger-cargo vessel MV Lady Mary Joy 3 reached 29 while search and rescue operations and coastal patrol continued in the vicinity waters off Basilan to find seven others who were still missing, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Friday, March...
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...
The office of House Deputy Minority Leader Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman was quick to give financial assistance to 68 survivors of MV Mary Joy 3, which had caught fire off the waters of Basilan. "Nakapagpaabot na tayo mula sa ating tanggapan ng tulong pinansyal na P3,000 sa 68 na survivor...
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...
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