Manila, Feb. 3 -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday confirmed the location of the sunken M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 during the dive operations in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island, Basilan.

In a Facebook post, PCG Technical Diving Group supervisor Commander Cheska Jamorol said the vessel is lying in an east-to-west orientation relative to Baluk-Baluk Island.

The joint search and rescue team, composed of government agencies, local government units and fisherfolk volunteers, also recovered one cadaver for identification and proper disposition.

"With this development, the fatality count has increased to 43, while the number of survivors remains at 316," the PCG said.

The passenger ferry sank off the coast of Basilan at around 1 a.m. ...