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PBBM RICE DISTRIBUTION TAGUIG

LEADING THE WAY. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (3rd from left) oversees the distribution of sacks of premium quality rice to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Taguig City on Wednesday (Oct. 4, 2023), assisted by Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian (2nd from left). The distributed rice is still part of the 42,180 kilos of smuggled rice forfeited by the Bureau of Customs - Port of Zamboanga following a warehouse raid in September. (PNA photo by Joan Bondoc)

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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.

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6 die, 150 injured as bombs rock southern Philippines

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - A department store was damaged by bombs that ripped through two shopping centers in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga on Oct. 17. The incident killed at least six people and wounded up to 150 others.

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U.S. troops from Japan arrive in southern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Members of an advance team of U.S. troops taking part in counter-terrorism training exercises are seen Jan. 20 at the Philippine Air Force's Edwin Andrews Air Base in Zamboanga City. They have been flown from Okinawa, Japan.

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(1)Misuari's supporters clash with troops in southern Philippine

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - Two citizens are escorted by a government soldier Nov. 27, 2001 after they were rescued from armed rebels royal to renegade Muslim region Gov. Nur Misuari near the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga.

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(2)Misuari's supporters clash with troops in southern Philippine

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - Photo taken Nov. 27, 2001 shows the Kabatangan Complex, an office of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), where supporters of renegade Muslim region Gov. Nur Misuari have been in a standoff with government army troops.

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Fake U.S. bonds seized in southern Philippines

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - A police officer displays for the media Oct. 30 fake U.S. federal bonds with a combined face value of $100.9 billion which police have seized from two men arrested in Zamboanga in the southern Philippines.

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Estrada visits Zamboanga to stump for party

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - Ousted President Joseph Estrada arrives at Zamboanga on Feb. 27 in his first trip out of Manila since being unseated Jan. 20. He visited the southern port city to stump for his party's Senate hopefuls and plead his case that he is still the legal leader of the country.

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U.S. troops from Japan arrive in southern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Members of an advance team of U.S. troops taking part in counter-terrorism training exercises are seen Jan. 20 at the Philippine Air Force's Edwin Andrews Air Base in Zamboanga City. They have been flown from Okinawa, Japan.

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MANILA-Finish_Hostage

9Sept2000//Finnish hostages (from right) Marc Vahanen Risto and Johan Franti Sepo accounts their tragic endeavor at the Edwin Andrews Airbase in Zamboanga City, Philippines after having been released by their Abu Sayyaf captors in Sulu province, Philippines. Sepo and Risto were turned over to their envoy Raimo Anttola (left). Photo by Charlie Saceda

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(2)Misuari's supporters clash with troops in southern Philippine

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - Photo taken Nov. 27, 2001 shows the Kabatangan Complex, an office of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), where supporters of renegade Muslim region Gov. Nur Misuari have been in a standoff with government army troops.

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(1)Misuari's supporters clash with troops in southern Philippine

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - Two citizens are escorted by a government soldier Nov. 27, 2001 after they were rescued from armed rebels royal to renegade Muslim region Gov. Nur Misuari near the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga.

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6 die, 150 injured as bombs rock southern Philippines

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - A department store was damaged by bombs that ripped through two shopping centers in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga on Oct. 17. The incident killed at least six people and wounded up to 150 others. (Kyodo)

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Fake U.S. bonds seized in southern Philippines

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - A police officer displays for the media Oct. 30 fake U.S. federal bonds with a combined face value of $100.9 billion which police have seized from two men arrested in Zamboanga in the southern Philippines.

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Estrada visits Zamboanga to stump for party

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - Ousted President Joseph Estrada arrives at Zamboanga on Feb. 27 in his first trip out of Manila since being unseated Jan. 20. He visited the southern port city to stump for his party's Senate hopefuls and plead his case that he is still the legal leader of the country.