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Philippines grounds company's fleet of passenger ships after at least 18 die in ferry sinking
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Philippine coast guard personnel carry a body bag in Zamboanga city, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, after M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry sank. - photo by AP photo
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials on Tuesday grounded the entire fleet of passenger ships belonging to a company that owned a ferry that sank in the south and left at least 18 people dead, with more than 300 others rescued. Ten people, mostly crew members and the captain of the M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, which sank early Monday off an island in Basilan province, are still missing. A search led by the coast guard and the navy continued in waters where an oil sheen was spotted, coast guard Admiral Ronnie Gavan said.