At least 15 passengers died after the M/V Trisha Kirsten 3 sank in the territorial waters of Basilan after midnight on Sunday. The passenger vessel was carrying 332 passengers and 26 crewmen when it departed from the seaport in Zamboanga City on Sunday evening, bound for Jolo. Officials of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Basilan, local executives and Army Lt. Gen. Donald M. Gumiran, commander of the Western Mindanao Command, separately told reporters on Monday afternoon that 316 passengers and the 26 crewmen had been rescued.

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