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Scores dead as choppy seas claim ferry
The Citizen
|January 27, 2026
A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank early yesterday in choppy seas off the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 and leaving 24 still missing, the coast guard said.
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The MV Trisha Kerstin 3 issued a distress signal around 1.50am, a bit over four hours after it departed the Port of Zamboanga City on the southwestern tip of Mindanao, the coast guard said in a statement.
This story is from the January 27, 2026 edition of The Citizen.
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