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Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
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Sulpicio official blames
govt for sinking of ferry
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Executives of Sulpicio Lines Inc., which owns the MV Princess of the
Stars, on Wednesday blamed government for the sinking of its ferry
over the weekend.
In turn, Coast Guard officials, already under
pressure for allowing the ferry to sail at the onset of a typhoon,
blamed the shipping line.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Patience wearing thin,
as relatives get emotional
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“Goodbye, Manila!” These were the last words that Jennefer
Nuqui,
21, said to her mother, Editha, before she boarded Princess of the
Stars bound for Cebu on June 20.
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GMA seeks American help
with steady food supply
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President Gloria Arroyo asked the United States
to help ensure food supply in the Philippines amid soaring oil and
food prices.
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Army of Asian workers
races to finish oil oasis
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KHURAIS, Saudi Arabia: Deep in the Saudi desert, 28,000 Asian
workers are racing to get a giant oil processing complex ready to
help King Abdullah keep a vow to meet world demand for crude.
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EXCLUSIVE
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PLM ‘big brother’ reaches
out to poor students
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Noting that many “poor” students do not pass
its entrance examinations in recent years, the administration of the
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) has devised a way so as not
to defeat the university’s purpose of serving the less-privileged
but deserving students of Manila.
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Biazon scores US carrier in rescue operations
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The nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan is not the
appropriate ship to help in the recovery effort of the sunken
vessel, MV Princess of the Stars, Sen. Rodolfo Biazon said
Wednesday.
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Filipinos face deportation from Borneo
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said Wednesday it will launch a massive
operation to deport tens of thousands of Filipino and Indonesian
illegal migrants from Borneo Island where they are blamed for drugs
and crime.
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SPECIAL REPORT: UNFUNDED LAWS
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Why good laws remain unfunded
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Senator Pia Cayetano was ecstatic with the
enactment of Republic Act 9337 or the Reformed Value-Added Tax Law.
It contained her pet amendments earmarking 50 percent of the share
of local government units from the incremental revenue from the
Reformed-VAT to education, health insurance premiums, environmental
conservation and agricultural modernization.
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