3 more bodies recovered in Basilan; death toll in ferry sinking now at 40

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — Three bodies were recovered in the waters of Basilan on Sunday morning, bringing to 40 the number of fatalities in the sinking of MV Trisha Kerstin in the early morning of Jan. 26. Hadji Muhtamad Municipal Mayor Arsina Kahing-Nanoh said the bodies floated off Baluk-Baluk island and were found