20 rescued from troubled boat off Basilan

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – Some 20 passengers were rescued from ferry boat that encountered mechanical trouble off Basilan on Friday. According to authorities, the wooden-hulled M/L Julifer left Zamboanga City early Friday for Laminusa Island in Siasi town, Sulu province when its engine conked out around 3 a.m. as its was in the