Eastern Mindanao
will experience 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 mostly in the afternoon or
evening.
Alexander de la
Cruz of San Fernando shows a photo of his daughter
with other relatives who were all on board MV Princess
of the Stars when it capsized. Photo by AFP
World oil prices reach new record highs near $140
Local fuel pump rates are poised to increase again
today, as world oil prices soared to new highs near $142 a barrel on
Friday.
After claiming that the sinking
of their ship MV Princess of the Stars was an “act of God,” an
official of Sulpicio Lines Inc. blamed the weather bureau for
causing the incident in central Philippines last week.
Inadequate investments to modernize domestic shipping
fleet one of the reasons for poor safety record
THE never-ending cycle of sea tragedies that had
claimed more than 5,000 innocent lives during the last 21 years
should be stopped at once, and both houses of Congress must
undertake an immediate comprehensive review of the country’s
maritime policies and laws.
Collaboration aims to preserve natural resources
geographically being shared
BACOLOD CITY: The concept of one-island,
one-region, has never materialized but this has not stopped the two
provinces in Negros Island to continue collaborating on various
programs that aims to protect and preserve the island’s natural
resources.
Compubox, the computerized punch scoring system
that counts each punch thrown by each of the boxers, breaks down the
punches and provides boxing fans with a final punchstat count, has
picked Filipino Manny Pacquiao to prevail over David Diaz Sunday in
their battle for the World boxing Federation (WBC) lightweight
title.
Web regulators Thursday voted to allow the creation of thousands of new domain names, from
.paris to .Pepsi, in one of the biggest shake-ups in Internet history, a French web official said.
The Arroyo administration is
perceived worldwide to be astonishingly corrupt and unable or
unwilling to apprehend wrongdoers. It is seen also to be insensitive
to the human rights abuses committed by rogue law enforcers and
military authorities whose favorite victims are leftists and
journalists who expose abuses and corruption.
BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej survived a
no-confidence vote on Friday, mustering enough votes in parliament
despite harsh criticism of his four months in power and public
protests against him.
