8 dead as RoRo vessel bound for Jolo sinks off Basilan

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur— A RoRo passenger vessel, M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, which came from Zamboanga City and was bound for Jolo in Sulu, sank off the waters of Barangay Baluk-baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad town, Basilan province, shortly after midnight on Monday. Eight have been confirmed dead as of press time. Hadji Muhtamad