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'Overloading' may have led to deadly Philippine ferry sinking

Rescuers assisting survivors of the sunken MV Trisha Kerstin 3 at a port in Isabela, Basilan province on January 26, 2026. [AFP]

Philippine authorities said Wednesday that a ferry may have been overloaded when it sank in the country's south last month, killing dozens of people who received no warning from the ship's crew.

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