I. BANNER STORIES
Search resumes for sunken ferry passengers
By Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 09:28:00 06/25/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Some 100 divers resumed their search Wednesday for more bodies, and hopefully, survivors, from the sunken inter-island ferry off Romblon province, an official of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.
Victims found trapped in ferry
By Jaime Laude
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Navy divers pulled out bodies yesterday from the capsized Princess of the Stars and found more inside the ill-fated ship, confirming the worst fears of distraught relatives of missing passengers.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624137]
3. Manila Times
Divers find ‘many’ bodies
Authorities to begin investigation of ‘Princess’ sinking
Rescue divers said they found many bodies on Tuesday inside a ferry that sank with more than 850 passengers and crew on board, confirming the worst fears of desperate relatives.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/25/yehey/top_stories/20080625top1.html
4. Malaya
Mass grave under the waves
Hopes dim for trapped 800
BY VICTOR REYES
COAST Guard frogmen yesterday were able to penetrate the hull of the MV Princess of the Stars and recovered two bodies, including that of an officer of the ship, as hopes faded for around 800 people believed trapped inside the upturned ship.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun25/news1.htm
Bodies found inside sunken ferry
Subpoenas issued to owners of MV Princess of the Stars
Bodies found inside capsized ferry in Romblon
By RIO ROSE RIBAYA
Three days after the capsizing of the MV Princess of the Stars due to typhoon "Frank," divers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Philippine Navy (PN) yesterday penetrated the capsized ferry in the seas off Romblon and recovered three bodies from the inside of the ship.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080625128145.html
7. Abante
SANGKATERBANG BANGKAY BUMULAGA!
(Aries Cano/Jun Tadios/Nilo Marasigan/JB Salarzon/Juliet de Loza)
Nakapangingilabot ang tanawing tumambad sa mga divers ng Philippine Navy (PN) at Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) na unang nakarating sa loob ng tumaob na MV Princess of the Stars: nagkalat na napakaraming bangkay.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/june2508/default.htm
2 SCHOLAR NI-RAPE NG KURA PAROKO
Ni Jun Tadios
Isang kura paroko ng Simbahang Katoliko ang nahaharap ngayon sa dalawang kaso ng panggagahasa sa dalawang dalagita na scholar nito sa isang Catholic school sa Bontoc, Mountain Province.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/june2508/news_story1.htm
Barko napasok na!
Ni Joy Cantos
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Napasok na kahapon ng search and rescue operations ang lumubog na M/V Princess of the Stars ng Sulpicio Lines kung saan sangkaterbang bangkay umano ang kanilang namataan na lulutang-lutang at nagsisimula ng maagnas.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008062488
10. Journal
SHIP YIELDS BODIES
TRAGIC FIND. A team of Philippine Coast Guard and Air Force rescue divers pulls a cadaver bag bearing the body of a victim recovered from the sunken ferry MV Princess of the Stars (background) which was buffeted by huge waves in waters churned up by typhoon “Frank” off Sibuyan island in Romblon. Divers have found ‘many’ bodies inside the passenger ferry which sank with 862 people on board, a navy spokesman said. AFP
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-06-25&sec=1&aid=64349
11. Business World
Gains to offset royalties loss
‘Partial’ lifting of natural gas royalties expected to improve businesses
THE GOVERNMENT can expect at least $100 million — or about P4.46 billion — in net additional income taxes due to improved business if it scraps royalties on natural gas passed on to big electricity users, Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines, Inc. (SEIPI) officials said in a briefing yesterday.
http://bworldonline.com/BW062508/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
‘RP still among most corrupt’
By Cai U. Ordinario
Reporter
THE Philippines is still among the world’s most corrupt and politically unstable countries in the world, according to the latest report released by the World Bank (WB).
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/06252008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
Church, experts blame mining, logging for flash floods
By Kristine L. Alave, Nestor P. Burgos Jr.
Visayas Bureau
First Posted 01:20:00 06/25/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Mountains stripped of forests to make way for mining and logging operations have left low-lying cities and towns at the mercy of rampaging floods during heavy rains, according to Church leaders and environment experts.
Young sailors use experience to save selves, others
By Margaux Ortiz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:21:00 06/25/2008
MANILA, Philippines—They boarded the ship as ordinary passengers, not knowing they would later need to use their experience as seafarers to save themselves and others.
Sulpicio told: ‘Don’t give us false hopes!’
By Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:39:00 06/25/2008
MANILA, Philippines—“Don’t speak as though you’re buying our relatives with your money.”
“Don’t give us false hopes!”
Wide-ranging probe of Sulpicio shaping up
By Juliet Labog-Javellana
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:41:00 06/25/2008
WASHINGTON (VIA PLDT)—A planned Philippine congressional inquiry into the sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars will be a wide-ranging probe that will look into the history of accidents that had plagued Sulpicio Lines, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said Tuesday.
Gov’t estimates damage from ‘Frank’ at P4.3B
Death toll from typhoon: 361
By Michael Lim Ubac, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., Nikko Dizon, Amy R. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:42:00 06/25/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Government agencies Tuesday initially pegged at P4.272 billion the damage to crops and infrastructure caused by Typhoon “Frank” (international codename: Fengshen) even as an opposition senator warned that the rice price crisis could worsen because of the destruction of expected harvests this year.
Arroyo ‘junket’: Like fiddling as Rome burns
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:32:00 06/25/2008
MANILA, Philippines—In effect it’s like fiddling while Rome burns.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is drawing heavy flak for continuing her “junket” in the United States instead of heading home to help her people cope with tragedy.
Iloilo solon cancels trip due to typhoon
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:35:00 06/25/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Unlike many of his colleagues who joined President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the United States, House Majority Leader Arthur Defensor canceled his attendance at a conference in Europe as Typhoon “Frank” (international codename: Fengshen) battered Iloilo and flooded many parts of his home province.
WB: Corruption in RP worst in East Asia
By Doris Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:03:00 06/25/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Corruption in the Philippines is perceived to be the worst among East Asia’s leading economies and the country has sunk even lower among those seen to be lagging in governance reforms, a World Bank study suggested.
No P15-M ransom for Ces Drilon, says Sulu cop chief
By Alcuin Papa
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:28:00 06/25/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The Sulu police commander on Tuesday denied any knowledge of a second ransom of P15 million having been paid for the release of the ABS-CBN news team headed by Ces Drilon that was abducted in the province earlier this month.
‘NOT IN OUR NAME’
Book shows folly of death penalty
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:29:00 06/25/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The widespread incidence of violent crimes like the bank robbery-massacre in Laguna has sparked calls to revive the death penalty. Now comes a book that shows its folly.
Ka Dan, original rebel soldier, dies at 79
By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:32:00 06/25/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- “He was the original rebel soldier.”
The words were said in tribute to Danilo “Ka Dan” Vizmanos, retired military officer turned political activist, one month before he died Monday night at the age of 79.
‘Uncoupled’ CFC battle over name
By Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:34:00 06/25/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Two Catholic lay groups that sprang from a split in Couples for Christ last year are battling each other for the use of the CFC name.
US vows to supply RP food needs
By Jose Katigbak STAR Washington bureau
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
WASHINGTON – The United States has assured the Philippines of a continued supply of food to help stave off a shortage.
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap told The STAR the US Department of Agriculture was prepared to extend millions of dollars in new credit guarantees under its GSM-102 program to the National Food Authority to purchase farm products.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624138
Seafarers on ship: We knew what to do
By Evelyn Macairan
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
For 23-year-old Jose Mari Garbo and company, their training and experience as seafarers equipped them with the necessary skills that helped them survive the ordeal which they went through after their ferry Princess of the Stars capsized off Sibuyan Island in Romblon last Saturday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624140
Crop damage reaches P3.3 B
By Marianne Go
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Crop damage caused by typhoon “Frank” in Western Visayas and eight other regions has trebled from P1.04 billion to P3.3 billion, based on additional field reports gathered yesterday by the Department of Agriculture (DA).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624141
‘Good weather in next 3 days’
By Helen Flores
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Typhoon “Frank” (international name Fengshen) finally left the country late Monday night after wreaking massive destruction in the Visayas and Central Luzon and leaving about a thousand peole dead.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624142
US, China commit aid for typhoon victims
By Paolo Romero
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
WASHINGTON (via PLDT) – The US government sent $100,000 in emergency aid as President George W. Bush expressed condolences to the Philippine government over the devastation left by typhoon “Frank.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624143
US lawmakers sympathetic to Pinoy war vets to push full benefits
By Paolo Romero
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
WASHINGTON (via PLDT) – US lawmakers sympathetic to the plight of Filipino World War II veterans will push for the passage of an amended bill in the House of Representatives that would finally grant full benefits for the veterans before the November presidential and congressional elections here.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624144
Only 24 of 59 congressmen in US have travel authority to join GMA
By Jess Diaz
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Only 24 of the 59 members of the House of Representatives traveling or meeting up with President Arroyo in Washington or New York have the appropriate “travel authority” (TA).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624145
Millennium Challenge Corp. set to increase aid to RP
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
WASHINGTON (via PLDT) – A US government corporation is ready to grant the Philippines higher aid to fight poverty and corruption, depending on the soundness of the government’s proposal for additional grants.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624146
Sulpicio, MARINA officials, PCG chief summoned to BMI inquiry
By Evelyn Macairan
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Two officials of the firm that owned the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars, the Coast Guard commander and an official of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) were ordered to appear before the Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI) today to explain why the ship sank off Sibuyan Island in Romblon at the height of typhoon “Frank” on Saturday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624149
PNP official in Sulu denies knowledge of ransom paid to Ces kidnappers
By Cecille Suerte Felipe
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
An official of the Philippine National Police in Sulu said yesterday that he had no knowledge of the ransom paid to kidnappers for the release of ABS-CBN news anchor Ces Drilon, her two cameramen, and a university professor.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624150
Traders warned vs jacking up prices
By Ma. Elisa Osorio
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) yesterday warned traders who take advantage of the recent typhoon by jacking up prices of basic commodities that they would be dealt with accordingly.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624152
House OKs bill expanding list of chemicals for bomb
By Delon Porcalla
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
To avert more bombings in the country, the House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill that expands the list of banned chemicals used in bomb making and imposes longer jail terms and fines for violators.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624154
SEIPI asks GMA for measures on Malampaya subsidy
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The Semiconductors and Electronics Industry of the Philippines Inc. (SEIPI) urged President Arroyo to implement measures that would allow a portion of the $600-million Malampaya proceeds to subsidize power rates of big industries.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080624181
EXCLUSIVE
Opposition needs to unite ahead of 2010 polls
By Rommel C. Lontayao, Reporter
Concerned about the impending merger between the ruling political parties, lawyer Adel Tamano said the opposition forces should unite to boost their chances of winning in the 2010 elections.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/25/yehey/top_stories/20080625top4.html
Lack of funding hobbles implementation of nearly 50 enacted laws
By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
First of two parts
Even as the administration distributes billions of pesos worth of dole- outs, there are nearly 50 laws that have been passed by Congress but cannot be implemented for lack of funding.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/25/yehey/top_stories/20080625top8.html
Board for transport safety being considered–DOTC
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has drafted an executive order creating the National Transport Safety Board in the wake of the sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars off Sibuyan Island in Romblon.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/25/yehey/metro/20080625met4.html
Electric jeepneys ready to conquer the streets of Makati City
The electric-powered jeepneys (e-jeepneys) begin its operations in Makati City starting on July 1.
Makati City’s Department of Public Safety director Hermenegildo San Miguel said the battery-powered vehicles with a 34-passenger capacity would ply the villages of Salcedo and Legaspi in the city’s financial district.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/25/yehey/metro/20080625met6.html
House approves bill against importation of chemicals for explosives
THE House of Representatives passed on third and final reading a bill, which aims to criminalize the illegal possession, importation and sale of chemicals being used in the manufacture of explosives.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/25/yehey/metro/20080625met7.html
No whitewash, Mendoza assures
BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR
TRANSPORTATION Secretary Leandro Mendoza yesterday said the Board of Marine Inquiry will be impartial in its investigation on the condition of the vessels of Sulpicio Lines which accounts for 40 percent of the shipping operations in the country.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun25/news2.htm
Palace: Gloria is on top of situation
BY WENDELL VIGILIA
MALACAÑANG yesterday defended President Arroyo’s decision to push through with her 10-day official visit to the United States, saying she remains in control of the situation "through the advent of modern technology."
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun25/news3.htm
Arroyo says RP is staunchest supporter of United States
A day before meeting US President George W. Bush, President Arroyo boasted that the Philippines is the staunchest supporter of the United States.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun25/news7.htm
Nograles orders solons to attend to needs of victims
House Speaker Prospero C. Nograles yesterday said representatives of congressional districts affected by typhoon "Frank" should attend to the needs of their constituents.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080625128151.html
Villar cites Senate initiative
Senate President Manny Villar yesterday acknowledged all the employees and staff of the Senate and outside donors who contributed to the Senate initiative to gather donations for the victims of typhoon Frank.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080625128153.html
NoEl sa 2010 malabo
(Rose Miranda/Boyet Jadulco/Rey Marfil)
Malabo ang senaryong no-election (NoEl) sa 2010 na inilutang ni dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada kamakalawa.
Tiniyak kahapon ni Deputy Presidential Spokesman Anthony Golez na magkakaroon ng bagong Pangulo ang bansa sa 2010 at isang eleksyon para rito ang itatakda tulad ng itinatadhana ng Konstitusyon.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/june2508/news_story6.htm
Nograles to colleagues: Come home
By: Jester P. Manalastas
CONGRESSMEN whose districts were battered by typhoon “Frank” should now come home and attend to the needs of their constituents.
Speaker Prospero Nograles made this call to his colleagues who joined President Macapagal-Arroyo on her trip to the United States.
In a text message, Nograles said that it is just proper for some congressmen to return to the country to personally supervise the relief operations and delivery of other services in the disaster areas.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-06-25&sec=1&aid=64355
Ex-Senate chief warns of democracy’s death
FORMER Senate President and Liberal Party (LP) National Chairman Franklin Drilon warned that the threats to democracy in the international arena would continue to thrive in a world of economic inequity where the rich gets richer while the poor gets poorer.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-06-25&sec=4&aid=0
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