MANILA - Eleven more bodies have been recovered as local residents joined the search for missing passengers of a sunken ferry off Basilan province in the southern Philippines, local media reported Thursday.

The death toll from the M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 rose to 29 following the discovery of the 11 bodies on Thursday morning, local media said.

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The ferry was en route to Jolo Island in Sulu province from Zamboanga City when it sank before 2 am local time on Monday off Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad, a municipality in the Sulu Sea.