A ferry collided with a fishing boat off the Philippines killing three people and leaving about two dozen missing.
Rescue boats picked up nearly 50 people from the ferry as it began to sink following the collision, coast guard spokesman Commander Armand Balilo said.
The weather was clear at the time of the accident and officials said they would investigate what caused the collision.
Ferries are an important mode of transport in the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,100 islands. But, accidents are common because if overcrowding, poor maintenance and tropical storms.
