MANILA, Jan 29 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Eleven more bodies have been recovered as local residents joined the search for missing passengers of a sunken ferry off Basilan province in the southern Philippines, Xinhua reported, citing local media on Thursday.
The death toll from the M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 rose to 29 following the discovery of the 11 bodies on Thursday morning, local media said.
The ferry was en route to Jolo Island in Sulu province from Zamboanga City when it sank before 2 am local time on Monday off Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad, a municipality in the Sulu Sea.
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