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 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...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – At least ten people were confirmed dead while more than 100 were rescued when a passenger vessel caught fire in the sea off Basilan province before midnight Thursday, March 30. THE MV Mary Joy as it burned in the sea of Baluk Baluk Island in Basilan before midnight on March...
ILIGAN CITY – Mayor Nursiya Ismael of Lantawan, Basilan has turned over 34 loose firearms surrendered by constituents to the military in a ceremony at the 19th Special Forces Company headquarters in Barangay Tabuk, Isabela City, Basilan. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force Basilan...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Scout Ranger was killed while his colleague was wounded in an ambush in Sumisip, Basilan on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The fatality was identified as a certain Staff Sgt. de Jesus while Staff Sgt. Roby Gallo Balbuena, 32, was wounded in the incident. Both are assigned to the...
Did you know that there are white sand beaches in Basilan in Mindanao? Boracay in Aklan, arguably the crown jewel of Philippine tourism. Congressman Mujiv Hataman says there are similar white sand beaches in his province of Basilan down south. (Unsplash) One of these are in Lampinigan Island, and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A passenger cargo vessel rescued five persons from a motor banca that capsized in the sea of Basilan on Valentine’s Day. PASSENGERS of a capsized motor banca disembark from a passenger cargo vessel that rescued them at the Basilan Strait on Tuesday, Feb. 14. (PCG photo) The...
