The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has completed 75 percent of its underwater search inside the sunken ferry MV Trisha Kerstin 3, a ranking official said on Saturday, Feb. 21. PCG spokesperson Capt. Noemie Cayabyab said two bodies were recovered during underwater operations on Feb. 18, pushing the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Heroic soldier Staff Sgt. Windel Sabuyas was posthumously honored with a Bronze Cross Medal and rendered departure honors at the Edwin Andrews Airbase here on Tuesday, Feb. 17. The award was presented to his widow, Jenelyn Sabuyas, to honor his bravery and valor during the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The death toll from the MV Trisha Kerstin 3 sinking climbed to 62 on Tuesday, Feb. 17, after the body of Shariah Court Judge Alberto Romoros and three more bodies were found in the vessel wreckage by Philippine Coast Guard divers. This was confirmed by Atty. Aquino Sajili, a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A crew of MV Trisha Kerstin 3 was hailed as hero for helping passengers when the ship sank in Basilan last month. The body of Dave Kyle Punsalang, 22, was recovered by Philippine Coast Guard divers on Sunday, Feb. 15. Punsalang’s body was one of three recovered from the...
The death toll in the sinking of ferry MV Trisha Kerstin 3 climbed to 57 after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recovered three more bodies on Sunday, Feb. 15. Captain Noemie Cayabyab, PCG spokesperson, said coast guard technical divers found the cadavers during underwater operations in the...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the death toll in the sinking of MV Trisha Kerstin 3 has climbed to 54 after technical divers recovered one body from the wreck site off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan on Saturday, Feb. 14. PCG technical divers commenced underwater operations in connection with...
Technical divers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) underwent hyperbaric oxygen therapy following 16 days of extended underwater search and rescue operations at the site of the sunken MV Trisha Kerstin 3 off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan, a ranking officer said on Saturday, Feb. 14. The procedure,...
Sulu Vice Gov. Abdusakur Tan wants vessels of Aleson Shipping Lines banned in Sulu province and the license of the shipping firm revoked following the tragic sinking of the MV Trisha Kerstin 3 in the sea of Baluk Baluk Island in Basilan province last Jan. 26. Tan, during a hearing at the House of...
The death toll in the sinking of MV Trisha Kerstin 3 has climbed to 53 after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) accounted for a severed head recovered during dive operations off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan, a ranking official reported on Friday, Feb. 13. PCG spokesperson Capt. Noemie Cayabyab said...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Survivors and families of MV Trisha Kerstin 3 victims have expressed relief and vindication over the filing of charges against operator Aleson Shipping Lines. They said that they were right over their claims that the ship was overloaded when it left for Sulu from Zamboanga City...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte visited Sulu province and Zamboanga City on Monday, Feb. 9, to offer support, sympathies, and assistance to victims of the MV Trisha Kerstin 3 that sank in the sea of Baluk Baluk Island in Basilan province last Jan. 26. Duterte arrived in Sulu at 7...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday confirmed the location of the sunken MV Trisha Kerstin 3 during the dive operations in the sea of Baluk-Baluk Island, Basilan. In a Facebook post, PCG Technical Diving Group supervisor Commander Cheska Jamorol said the vessel is lying in an east-to-west...
