The entire passenger fleet of Zamboanga City-based Aleson Shipping Lines has been grounded. This, as investigators probe the sinking of one of its vessels, M/V Trisha Kirstin 3, off Baluk-Baluk Island, Basilan, a day earlier.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/mindanao/dotr-grounds-aleson-passenger-fleet-ferry-probe-begins-january-2026/
