I. BANNER STORIES
NDCC: 57 ship survivors so far
‘Captain’s call to jump ship came too late’
By Delfin Mallari Jr., Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:17:00 06/24/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The order to abandon ship came too late, turning a storm-tossed sea into a graveyard for hundreds of people aboard the ill-starred MV Princess of the Stars.
‘No sign of life’
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
It lay in the water with its belly up, and when a Navy team approached the capsized ferry Princess of the Stars and pounded on its hull to check for signs of life, there was nothing but silence.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623134
3. Manila Times
Govt grounds Sulpicio
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.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/24/yehey/top_stories/20080624top1.html
4. Malaya
62 survivors found
No signs of life inside upturned hull
BY VICTOR REYES
RESCUERS have found 62 survivors and 15 bodies from last Saturday's sea tragedy involving the "MV Princess of the Stars" that capsized off Sibuyan strait, in Romblon province and which carried around 800 passengers and crew, the Coast Guard said yesterday.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun24/news1.htm
No signs of life; search continues
Navy rescuers hopeful of finding ferry survivors
No response to knocking on ship’s hull
By RIO ROSE RIBAYA
"There are no signs of life" around the ferry that capsized off Sibuyan Island in Romblon on Saturday, the Philippine Navy said yesterday.
Navy spokesperson Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo said that there was no response from the inside of the capsized ferry when the rescuers knocked on the exposed portion of the MV Princess of the Stars’ hull to check if people are trapped.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080624128078.html
P20 million ransom paid for ABS-CBN crew’s release
06/24/2008
Despite denials that ransom, running in the millions, was paid to the kidnappers of ABS-CBN broadcaster Ces Oreña-Drilon and her crew of two cameramen, Angelo Valderama and Jimmy Encarnacion, along with their guide, Mindanao State University professor Octavio Dinampo, some P20 million in total was paid for their release, with ABS-CBN also paying part of the ransom, an affidavit submitted by the undercover police agent revealed.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080624hed1.html
7. Abante
Daan-daang survivors na-trap
BARKO BUBUTASIN!
Ulat ng ABANTE REPORTORIAL TEAM
Bubutasin ng mga rescuers ang barkong M/V Princess of the Stars upang tiyakin kung may nakulong o makakita pa ng mga survivors sa may 800 nawawalang mga pasahero at crew, matapos itong tumaob sa karagatan ng Sibuyan Island, Romblon sa kasagsagan ng bagyong Frank nitong Sabado.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/june2408/default.htm
AYAW MAKIPAG-SEX PUMATAY!
Ni Armida Rico
“Minahal ko naman siya kaya lang masyadong seloso at kapag hindi mo siya napagbigyan ay sinasaktan ako. Kaya hindi ko pinagsisisihan ang ginawa kong pagpatay sa kanya.”
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/june2408/news_story1.htm
P.2 milyon bawat patay
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Nakahanda ang pamunuan ng Sulpicio Lines na magbigay ng P200,000 sa bawat biktima ng paglubog ng barkong M /V Princess of the Star sa karagatan ng Sibuyan Island, Romblon sa kasagsagan ng pananalasa ng bagyong Frank kamakalawa ng umaga.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008062373
10. Journal
SEND MORE BODY BAGS
By: Alfred P. Dalizon
Rescuers scouring shark-infested waters for missing ship passengers
MORE body bags and formalin are needed as rescuers expect to recover more bodies from the ill-fated MV Princess of the Stars, Police Regional Office 4-A director Chief Supt. Luisito T. Palmera yesterday said.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-06-24&sec=1&aid=64235
11. Business World
RP envoy downbeat on Doha
Bilateral deals pushed given ‘no substantial movement’ in WTO talks
A YEAREND GOAL of reaching a global trade deal appears out of reach given the lack of consensus and the Philippines may be better off pursuing bilateral agreements, a trade envoy yesterday said.
http://bworldonline.com/BW062408/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
Farm, schools damage: P7B
DAMAGE TO CROPS BREACHES HALF A BILLION AS ASSESSMENT CONTINUES
By Jennifer A. Ng
Reporter
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.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/06242008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
Gov’t, courts accused of going soft on ship firm
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:32:00 06/24/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Two lawyers Monday lashed out at the government and the courts for allowing Sulpicio Lines to get away with one of the worst maritime disasters without the shipping company having to pay hefty damages to the families of most of the victims, or its owners and officers having to serve time in prison.
Ill-starred ship pride of Sulpicio
By Margaux Ortiz, Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:50:00 06/24/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The doomed Princess of the Stars was the gem in the Sulpicio Lines galaxy.
The 23,800-ton vessel acquired from Japan at a cost of $5 million was the largest in the shipping company’s fleet. It had no record of any malfunction or mechanical trouble, Sulpicio officials said.
Gov’t grounds Sulpicio ships; inquiries set
By Leila Salaverria, Riza T. Olchondra
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:40:00 06/24/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Maritime authorities Monday suspended the operations of all vessels of Sulpicio Lines Inc., one of the Philippines’ biggest inter-island shipping firms, whose 35-year history of ferrying passengers between islands has been marred by four sea tragedies.
‘Frank’ spoils Arroyo trip to US
By Juliet Labog-Javellana
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:58:00 06/24/2008
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA (VIA PLDT)—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Monday issued seven directives, including the giving of assistance to victims of the MV Princess of the Stars sinking by the government and the ship’s owner, and the opening of donation accounts by Philippine embassies in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
US sends rescue craft to help look for survivors
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:01:00 06/24/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The United States Monday dispatched a navy ship and surveillance aircraft from its military command in Hawaii to assist Philippine authorities in scouring the waters off Romblon province for possible survivors from the sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars in the worst sea tragedy yet this year.
No sign of life: Divers ordered to bore hole in hull
By Nikko Dizon, Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:33:00 06/24/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Divers have been ordered to cut a hole with blow torches through the hull of the upturned MV Princess of the Stars to confirm if there are still survivors inside after rescuers pounding on its walls earlier heard no signs of life.
Palace: Drilon kidnapping on agenda of Arroyo-Bush talks
By Michael Lim Ubac, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:36:00 06/24/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The abduction of TV broadcaster Ces Drilon, her crew and a university professor will be part of the agenda during the one-on-one talk between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and US President George W. Bush scheduled Tuesday.
GMA seeks international aid for victims
By Paolo Romero
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
FRESNO (via PLDT) — President Arroyo sought international aid yesterday to help victims of typhoon “Frank” even as she chided Coast Guard officials for ignorance of maritime safety rules that allowed the ill-fated ferry Princess of the Stars to sail despite the incoming storm.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623136
State of calamity in many provinces
By Jaime Laude
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Several provinces have been declared under a state of calamity as towns remain flooded in the aftermath of typhoon “Frank” (international codename Fengshen), which left over 98 people dead and hundreds still missing over the weekend.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623137
Ransom for Ces, others totaled P20 M – Isnaji lawyer
By Cecille Suerte Felipe
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The kidnappers of ABS-CBN news anchor Ces Drilon, her two cameramen and a university professor raked in a total of P20 million in ransom, a lawyer for two of the accused said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623138
RTC, not SEC, has jurisdiction over board election, Meralco tells CA
By Mike Frialde
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The Lopez-controlled Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) yesterday told the Special Ninth Division of the Court of Appeals that issues relating to the company’s controversial election of board directors last May 27 are within the jurisdiction of a regional trial court designated as a special commercial trial court and not with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623139
DOTC not keen on P2 fuel subsidy for transport groups
By Rainier Allan Ronda
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is not keen on pursuing its proposed program to extend a P2 fuel subsidy to the transport sector to help them cope with the weekly oil price hikes that have sent the price of diesel over the P50 per liter mark and unleaded gasoline near P60 per liter.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623140
GMA scheduled for high-level meetings in Washington
By Paolo Romero
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
FRESNO (via PLDT) – President Arroyo is scheduled to arrive in Washington late Sunday (Monday Manila time) for a series of high-level meetings with business leaders and US officials.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623141
CBCP head slams ‘exaggerated, expensive’ GMA trip
By Evelyn Macairan
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president and Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo criticized the “exaggerated and expensive trip” of President Arroyo and her entourage to the United States.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623142
‘Frank’ leaves P555 million in damage to crops – DA
By Marianne Go
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Damage to farm crops in areas ravaged by tropical storm “Frank” has reached nearly P555 million, covering an estimated 246,441 hectares of land planted with palay and other crops in western Visayas and 12 other provinces, the Department of Agriculture reported yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623143
Pagasa says it issued early warning on wayward typhoon pattern
By Perseus Echeminada
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
As early as June 1, 2008 during the weekly Kapihan ng Bayan sa Sulo Hotel in Quezon City, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) already warned the public that they have monitored a rare wayward typhoon pattern, which occurred only in 1948 and brought at least 28 typhoons in the Pacific region.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623146
GMA asks Congress to penalize rice hoarding as economic sabotage
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
FRESNO, California (via PLDT) – President Arroyo asked Congress yesterday to pass a bill that would penalize rice hoarding as economic sabotage.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623147
Social activists oppose offshore mining in RP
By Katherine Adraneda
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Social activists around the world have expressed support for initiatives against the conduct of offshore mining in the Philippines, as an organization of Moros expressed dismay and apprehension over the planned $110-million ExxonMobil oil and gas exploration in the Sulu Sea slated for the middle of next year.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623150
Miriam wants officials’ product endorsements considered election offense
By Christina Mendez
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago has filed a 19-page petition with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to declare as an illegal election offense any political advertising in the form of commercial and other endorsements, until the official campaign period starts in 2010.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623152
JDV III affirms testimony on NBN-ZTE before Ombudsman
By Edu Punay
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Businessman Jose de Venecia III affirmed during preliminary investigation at the Office of the Ombudsman yesterday his testimony before the Senate that First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo was involved in supposed anomalies in granting to Chinese firm ZTE Corp. the $329-million national broadband network (NBN) project.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080623153
Chiz calls for political ceasefire after sea tragedy
Biazon files resolution to probe sinking of ill-fated Princess of the Stars; maritime agencies to be called
By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
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.”
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/24/yehey/metro/20080624met1.html
Pampanga gov files plunder case vs Bong Pineda
By Ding Cervantes and Edu Punay
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Gov. Eddie Panlilio filed before the Office of the Ombudsman yesterday plunder charges against suspected illegal gambling lord Rodolfo “Bong” Pineda whom he claimed to still be behind the illegal numbers game jueteng in this province.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Nation&p=49&type=2&sec=28
Agriculture starts to distribute subsidies
THE Department of Agriculture has started distributing fertilizer discount coupons to farmers with palay (unhusked rice) growers in Nueva Ecija and Pangasinan being the early beneficiaries in Luzon of the joint fertilizer subsidy program between the department and local government units (LGUs).
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/24/yehey/metro/20080624met3.html
Price ceiling on rice eyed
BY WENDELL VIGILIA
PRESIDENT Arroyo wants Congress to approve a bill imposing a price ceiling on rice in times of calamities and another measure that defines rice hoarding and profiteering as acts of economic sabotage "with disaster as aggravating circumstance."
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun24/news6.htm
Gov't, Meralco lawyers square off before CA
GOVERNMENT lawyers and the counsels of the Lopez-owned Manila Electric Co (Meralco) faced off yesterday at the Court of Appeals amid the shifting focus of the suit from the validation of proxy votes to the process of securing these proxies.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun24/news7.htm
Noli vows action on Mimaropa projects
Vice President Noli de Castro vowed to complete the priority projects of Region 4-B in 2010, saying he will use all his powers to bring development in Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080624128088.html
President’s large entourage deplored
A trip to the United States while ordinary Filipinos grapple with the unabated rise in the prices of oil and rice and the recent devastation inflicted by typhoon "Frank" leaves a bad taste in the mouth, more so if the President is leaving with a large entourage that includes political allies and family members, Makati Mayor and United Opposition (UNO) President Jejomar C. Binay said yesterday.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080624128091.html
Meralco, GSIS, SEC asked to air side on proxy votes
By REY G. PANALIGAN
The Court of Appeals (CA) ordered yesterday the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to submit in five days their respective memorandum on the case involving the validation of 1.9 billion proxy votes during the power firm’s May 27 stockholders’ meeting.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN20080624128115.html
Pimentel finds no basis to postpone ARMM polls
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. (PDP-Laban) yesterday opposed a reported plan of the Commission on Elections to postpone the August 11 elections for officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) because of security problems particularly in Sulu.
http://www.mb.com.ph/PROV20080624128129.html
Senate, House set probe of ferry tragedy
By Angie M. Rosales, Gerry Baldo and Charlie V. Manalo
06/24/2008
Maritime officials, as well as the owner of the passenger ferry which sank Saturday during a typhoon, are being subjected to a separate inquiry in the Senate and the House of Representatives in view of the latest sea tragedy involving more than 800 passengers and crew.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080624hed2.html
59 House allies, family join GMA US trip
06/24/2008
President Arroyo was yesterday scored by the opposition, after learning that her entourage consists of at least 59 members of the House of Representatives, along with at least two senators, apart from their relatives who joined them, as well as also having the Arroyo family members with her on a US working visit.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080624hed4.html
French firm airs SoS on rural power project for peace and order
06/24/2008
Maintain peace and order conditions in Masbate province, or the P1.1-billion rural electrification project funded by the French Government for electrification projects for poor rural villages in the country pulls out.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080624hed6.html
Solon sees no reason to postpone ARMM polls
06/24/2008
A senator yesterday rejected a reported plan by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to postpone the elections for officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Aug. 11 over apparent security issues, particularly in the troubled island province of Sulu where a TV news crew was recently abducted by the bandit group Abu Sayyaf.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080624nat2.html
Senate extends help to victims of Typhoon Frank
06/24/2008
After initiating the OFW Helpline that caters to the needs of overseas Filipino workers in distress, Senate President Manny Villar today started “Tulong Kapwa,” a project, which aims to generate resources to help victims of Typhoon Frank.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/metro/20080624met2.html
Meralco, GSIS nagsalpukan
(Grace Velasco)
Nagsalpukan kahapon sa Court of Appeals (CA) ang mga kinatawan ng Manila Electric Company (Meralco) at Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) kung saan kapwa nakitaan ng butas ng mga mahistrado ang dalawang kampo.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/june2408/news04.htm
Meralco vs GSIS nag-upakan na sa CA
(Grace Velasco)
Nagsalpukan kahapon sa Court of Appeals (CA) ang mga kinatawan ng Manila Electric Company (Meralco) at Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) kung saan kapwa nakitaan ng butas ng mga mahistrado ang dalawang kampo.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/june2408/news_story5.htm
House panel to expand power inquiry
THE House committee on energy will expand its inquiry by conducting public hearings in the provinces to determine the extent of the high rates of the Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) power supply.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-06-24&sec=4&aid=64262
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