Southern Luzon,
Visayas and Mindanao will experience cloudy
skies with scattered rainshowers and
thunderstorms becoming widespread over Eastern
Visayas which may trigger flashfloods and
landslides. The rest of the country will be
partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated
rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the
afternoon or evening.
Relatives of the
passengers of the sunken ferry MV Princess of the Stars
wait for news outside the offices of Sulpicio Lines at
the North Harbor in Manila. Traveling from Manila to
Cebu, the ferry with about 750 passengers and crew sank
off the coast of Sibuyan Island Sunday after being
battered by huge waves caused by Typhoon Frank.
AFP Photo
Princess of the Stars’ goes down in
15 mins.
A ferry with about 750 people onboard listed and sank
in just 15 terrifying minutes in the typhoon-battered seas of the
central Philippines, one of only four survivors
said Sunday.
At least 155 people are confirmed dead and 27 are
missing after Typhoon Frank ravaged the central and southern
Philippines, a Red Cross official said Sunday.
Case filed before Supreme Court was last obstacle in
the awarding of TransCo to winning bidder
THE last remaining legal obstacle
to the state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management
Corp.’s (PSALM) recent bidding and awarding for the 25-year
concession of electric grid operator National Transmission Corp. (TransCo)
is finally over.
Gov. Tan says they will try to convince Indanan mayor
to withdraw his candidacy for regional governor
JOLO, Sulu: Gov Abdusakur Tan of
Sulu expressed doubt on Sunday of Indanan town Mayor Alvarez
Isnaji’s chances in the election for regional governor of the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the light of the
controversy hounding him. Initially having played the role of
emissary to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) during the negotiations for
the release of ABS-CBN news team headed by veteran news reporter Ces
Oreña-Drilon, he has been charged for the abduction.
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF)
cuts its economic growth forecast for the Philippines this year on
the back of slowing external demand and softening consumption.
David Diaz has been the World Boxing Council (WBC)
lightweight champion since 2006, but he readily admits that he has
not been on the receiving end of a royal treatment until he secured
a deal to defend the crown against Filipino fistic icon Manny
Pacquiao.
SINGAPORE: Microsoft may be out
of the picture; however, Yahoo! is still not free from its
predicament, including intrigues plaguing the Sunnyvale,
California-based company—continuing hostile boardroom takeovers,
BANGKOK: Thai premier Samak Sundaravej said Sunday he
will not yield to protesters demanding he quit and will answer his
critics in parliament, in a bid to quell the crisis threatening his
government.
Alumni of the University of
the Philippines (UPAA) pay tribute to the iconic oblation to
mark UP’s Centennial Anniversary with an art exhibit entitled
“100 Nudes, 100 Years” at the Mandarin Suites, fourth floor of
Gateway Mall in Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City until June 25.
