The search and retrieval operations on the wreckage of the ill-fated M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island, Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan, ended on Saturday, April 1. ManilaBulletin
The Bureau of Fire Protection and Basilan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said they concluded the search and retrieval operations since they have not found any more cadavers.
The Philippine Coast Guard said seven more people remained missing since the M/V Lady Mary Joy caught fire on Wednesday night, March 29, which led to the death of 29 people. Meanwhile, lawyer Hahs Ibrahim, spokesman of Aleson Shipping Lines which owns M/V Lady Mary Joy, assured that the Ibrahim said there were only 197 listed passengers while others may have secured their tickets while already on board.
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