SUDAN – At least 15 people died after a passenger ferry capsized in Nile River, Sudan on Wednesday. Over 27 people, including women, children and elderly individuals, were traveling on the ferry between the Taiba Al-Khawad and Deim Al-Qarray areas in the Shendi locality, the Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement. It said that […]
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M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 Ferry Sinks in Southern Philippines Killing 15
PHILIPPINES – A ferry identified as M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 carrying 350 passengers sunk off Basilan province in the southern Philippines early Monday, killing at least 15 and leaving 28 others missing. According to local reports, the ferry was en route to Jolo Island in Sulu province. Philippines Coast Guard (PCG) officials said that 316 […]