At least 10 killed in Philippine ferry fire, over 200 rescued

STORY: At least 10 killed in Philippine ferry fire, over 200 rescued DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ferry fire 2. pictures of the rescue effort STORYLINE: A ferry carrying more than 200 people caught fire in the southern Philippines late Wednesday night, killing at least 10 passengers, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Thursday. Commodore Marco Antonio Gines, the commander of the PCG District in Southwestern Mindanao, said the M/V Lady Mary Joy 3, a passenger and cargo vessel, was headed to Jolo from Zamboanga City when it caught fire in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad town of Basilan province past 10 p.m. local time on Wednesday. Nixon Alonzo, the chief of disaster reduction and management office in Basilan province, told a local radio that authorities are verifying reports that seven more passengers who jumped into the sea are missing. At least 195 passengers and 35 crew members have been rescued.

Half-Japanese Filipina meets Japanese kin

Half-Japanese Filipina meets Japanese kin

DAVAO CITY, Philippines - Tsuyoshi Miyazato from Okinawa, Japan, and his Filipino-Japanese aunt, Conchita Miyazato Basilan, shake hands after their first meeting at Davao airport on Mindanao Island, the Philippines, on May 16, 2014. Basilan is the daughter of a Japanese national who came to the Philippines in 1929 and engaged in abaca farming.

U.S. pays $1 million reward to Filipino informers

U.S. pays $1 million reward to Filipino informers

MANILA, Philippines - Three Filipinos receive reward money totaling $1 million at a ceremony in the grounds of a hospital in Basilan for helping authorities track down and kill a senior leader of the Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group. Two men and a woman wear black caps, long-sleeved white shirts, gloves, sunglasses and stockings over their faces to conceal their identities.

340 U.S. troops from Okinawa arrive in Philippines

340 U.S. troops from Okinawa arrive in Philippines

ISABELA, Philippines - A fresh batch of 340 U.S. troops arrives in Isabela on Basilan Island in the southern Philippines on April 20 to help the Philippine military fight the Muslim rebel group Abu Sayyaf. The troops, mostly naval engineers from a U.S. military base in Okinawa, Japan, will begin building roads and other vital infrastructure on the island on April 23.

U.S. special forces arrive in southern Philippines

U.S. special forces arrive in southern Philippines

BASILAN, Philippines - The first batch of U.S. Special Action Forces troops arrive in the southern Philippine island of Basilan on Feb. 17 to take part in joint counterterrorism exercises with Filipino troops. Basilan is the stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf rebels, a Muslim rebel group.

Mideast terrorists train Muslim rebels in S. Philippines

Mideast terrorists train Muslim rebels in S. Philippines

BASILAN, Philippines - Baser Hajan, a former member of the Abu Sayyaf rebel group, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Basilan on Feb. 1. Hajan said Middle East radicals are training Abu Sayyaf rebels in the forested mountains in Basilan, Philippines' southwestern island province.

340 U.S. troops from Okinawa arrive in Philippines

340 U.S. troops from Okinawa arrive in Philippines

ISABELA, Philippines - A fresh batch of 340 U.S. troops arrives in Isabela on Basilan Island in the southern Philippines on April 20 to help the Philippine military fight the Muslim rebel group Abu Sayyaf. The troops, mostly naval engineers from a U.S. military base in Okinawa, Japan, will begin building roads and other vital infrastructure on the island on April 23.

U.S. pays $1 million reward to Filipino informers

U.S. pays $1 million reward to Filipino informers

MANILA, Philippines - Three Filipinos receive reward money totaling $1 million at a ceremony in the grounds of a hospital in Basilan for helping authorities track down and kill a senior leader of the Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group. Two men and a woman wear black caps, long-sleeved white shirts, gloves, sunglasses and stockings over their faces to conceal their identities. (Kyodo)

U.S. special forces arrive in southern Philippines

U.S. special forces arrive in southern Philippines

BASILAN, Philippines - The first batch of U.S. Special Action Forces troops arrive in the southern Philippine island of Basilan on Feb. 17 to take part in joint counterterrorism exercises with Filipino troops. Basilan is the stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf rebels, a Muslim rebel group.

Mideast terrorists train Muslim rebels in S. Philippines

Mideast terrorists train Muslim rebels in S. Philippines

BASILAN, Philippines - Baser Hajan, a former member of the Abu Sayyaf rebel group, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Basilan on Feb. 1. Hajan said Middle East radicals are training Abu Sayyaf rebels in the forested mountains in Basilan, Philippines' southwestern island province.