Northwestern
Luzon will experience cloudy skies with rains.
The rest of Luzon and Western Visayas will have
mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers
and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will
be partly cloudy to at times cloudy with
isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.
Families of missing
relatives wait for news in the Manila with mixed
emotions. Some were in tears (top). Others, like
Heidee Laurel (bottom), were panicky. Her parents and
five siblings were among the more than 800 who sailed on
the fatal vessel on Friday from the port of Manila. Photos by Jessie C. Laureta and
Sarah Encabo
Shipping line vows to continue selling tickets
A ferry operator whose ship sank on Saturday with more than 800
passengers and crew on board said it will continue to sell tickets
starting Monday, despite an indefinite government ban on continued
operations of its entire fleet.
Biazon files resolution to probe sinking of ill-fated
Princess of the Stars; maritime agencies to be called
Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero
on Monday called for a political ceasefire and a stop to
finger-pointing while all sectors concentrate on search-and-rescue
operations for victims of the sinking of the “Princess of the
Stars.”
The Pampanga governor maintains that this move has
nothing to do with politics in the province
PLUNDER charge was filed on Monday by Gov. Eddie
Panlilio of Pampanga before the Office of the Ombudsman against
suspected jueteng lord Rodolfo “Bong” Pineda after the latter
has been linked with the jueteng conviction of former President
Joseph Estrada.
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has
submitted a list of collection officers qualified for attrition
after they failed to meet promised goals, the Department of Finance
said.
PUERTO PRINCESA: Taiwanese big shot Wu Chia Ching used his precise
pocketing to engineer yet another remarkable comeback against young
Filipino star Jericho Bañares, 11-9, to rule the Puerto Princesa
Mayor’s Cup, second leg of the Philippine Pool Tour at the Puerto
Princesa Coliseum late Sunday night.
Agence France-Presse announced the launch of a new service providing mobile phone users with access to its global news coverage and incorporating multimedia and messaging options.
MORE than 850 passengers and crew of the M/V Princess of the Stars
were declared missing on Saturday off the waters of Sibuyan Island
at the height of the powerful typhoon Frank. As surely as accusing
fingers will fly over the tragedy, Filipinos and the world can
expect that the Princess mishap would be forgotten in time by the
authorities, the victims and their families are not likely to get
justice, leaving the public to write the tragedy off as a lost
cause.
BANGKOK: Thailand’s prime minister Monday distanced himself from
ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, hoping to ease pressure on his
four-month-old government as parliament gears up for a no-confidence
vote.
They gave the country the fame it
deserved after they won at the Asean Ikon regional competition in
Putrajaya, Malaysia. With numerous awards and nominations both from
our country and across Asia, now Kjwan is back once again to give
their fans a dose of their medicine of music with their new album
“13 Seconds to Love.”
