Ferry with more than 350 people sinks in the southern Philippines leaving at least 15 dead

An inter-island ferry with more than 350 on board has sunk in the southern Philippines after midnight and rescuers have saved at least 316 passengers and retrieved 15 bodies. Officials say the M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, a cargo and passenger ferry, was sailing to southern Jolo island in Sulu province from the port city of Zamboanga with 332 passengers and 27 crew members when it apparently encountered technical problems and sank. Mujiv Hataman, governor of the island province of Basilan near where the ferry capsized, told The Associated Press that several passengers and two bodies were brought to Isabela, the provincial capital.