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A GIRL
holds a picture of her missing brother to her eye
outside the Sulpicio Lines terminal in Manila on Monday
as relatives wait for news on the ill-fated MV
Princess of the
Stars. --AP |
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THE
photograph of Sulpicio Lines’ MV
Princess of the Stars
that capsized off Sibuyan Island in Romblon on
Saturday is displayed at the headquarters of the Coast
Guard in Manila.
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Farm, schools damage: P7B |
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FLOODED areas of a farming
village in Zamboanga City are shown in a handout distributed
by the city government. -- AP
INITIAL
damage assessments from the fury of Typhoon Frank placed
total loss from crops at some P555 million, according to the
Department of Agriculture (DA), or more than double earlier
assessments of officials. The crops represent plantings in
246,441 hectares of palay and other crops in Western Visayas
and 12 provinces elsewhere. |
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Marching orders in disaster’s wake |
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ANTICIPATING
the problems spawned by the latest calamity affecting a
large part of the country after tropical storm Frank’s
weekend assault, President Arroyo has asked Congress to file
a bill making rice hoarding and profiteering in times of
disasters “economic sabotage,” and another that would impose
a price cap on rice in areas under a state of calamity. |
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Government grounds Sulpicio fleet |
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IN the
aftermath of the sinking of MV Princess of Stars over the
weekend, the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has
grounded all the remaining roll-on/roll-off passenger
vessels (Ropax) of Sulpicio Lines Inc.(SLI) to check their
seaworthiness. |
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SLI:
We didn’t abandon them |
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THE
management of Sulpicio Lines Inc. (SLI) said the confirmed
number of survivors from the capsized Princess of the Stars
has reached 59, with 25 reported to have landed on Burias
Island. |
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Marine probers still at a loss as senators want heads to
roll |
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AS senators
demanded the resignation of Maritime Industry Authority
(Marina) Administrator Vicente Suazo Jr. and the prosecution
of the owners of M/V Princess of the Stars ferry that sank
off Romblon on Saturday at the height of a killer typhoon,
maritime probers and the shipping lines held off on fixing
the blame on any factor or party on Monday. |
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Papi
picks ‘BM’ as Best Business Newspaper |
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BUSINESSMIRROR, the fast-expanding daily newspaper venture
of businessman Antonio Cabangon L. Chua, will be conferred
an award of distinction after it was named as the 2007 Best
Business Newspaper of the Year by the Publishers Association
of the Philippines Inc. (Papi). |
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EU
goods for RP workers urged |
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YOUR goods
for our workers. That in a nutshell is the challenge of
developing countries to industrialized nations in asking the
receiving countries to “liberalize” entry of migrant workers
to level the playing field and make up for the imbalance in
the flow of goods that heavily favors rich nations as a
consequence of globalization. |
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ADB
‘fails’ in carbon footprint test |
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THE Asian
Development Bank (ADB) headquarters in Manila is quite
“green,” having an environmental friendliness that is “most
impressive,” but which ironically has funded a lot of
projects in Asia that have proven to be considerable carbon
emitters. |
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AIR FORCE
personnel load relief goods onboard a C-130 “Hercules” cargo
plane bound for Iloilo. The goods, consisting of noodles,
canned goods and clothing, will be distributed to the
victims of Typhoon Frank.
--NONIE REYES |
