A handout photo taken on June 14, 2013 and released by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) shows survivors, of the sunken Our Lady of Mount Carmel ferry, being taken aboard a boat by their rescuers Off Burias Island.  AFP PHOTO / HO / NDRRMC
A handout photo taken on June 14, 2013 and released by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) shows survivors, of the sunken Our Lady of Mount Carmel ferry, being taken aboard a boat by their rescuers Off Burias Island. AFP PHOTO / HO / NDRRMC

LEGAZPI CITY: Six more people were hauled out of the sea after a ferry sank off  Burias island in Masbate province with dozens aboard, officials said Saturday, as navy divers were called in to hunt for survivors.

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