I. BANNER STORIES
Sunken ferry will be refloated
Operation may take 3 months
By Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:53:00 07/03/2008
SAN FERNANDO, SIBUYAN ISLAND—The MV Princess of the Stars will be refloated to pave the way for the safe retrieval of its cargo of toxic pesticide.
Romblon execs mull class suit vs Sulpicio
By Delon Porcalla
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Local officials in Romblon, where many of the victims of the sinking of the ferry Princess of the Stars have washed ashore, are planning to file a class suit against Sulpicio Lines Inc., the ill-fated vessel’s owner.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080702121
3. Manila Times
Brace for high inflation
June rate could reach high of 11.2 percent
By Chino S. Leyco Reporter
The worst is yet to come, as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) predicted that consumer price increases will peak in the coming two months before returning to the single-digit level next year.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/03/yehey/top_stories/20080703top1.html
4. Malaya
‘Who they?’ greets GMA Comelec picks
CA justice,Malabon judge face ‘baptism of fire’
BY WENDELL VIGILIA
PRESIDENT Arroyo has named Lucenito Tagle and Leonardo Leonida as two new commissioners of the Commission on Elections. Both have served in the judiciary but are relatively unknowns.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul03/news1.htm
Sunken vessel to be refloated
To retrieve bodies and shipment of toxic pesticide
Refloating considered ‘safest option’
JC Bello Ruiz, Yul Malicse
Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) Undersecretary for Maritime Transport Ma. Elena Bautista, head of the task force for the MV Princess of the Stars, said yesterday that the government and the vessel’s owners Sulpicio Lines, Inc., have agreed to refloat the ship instead of cutting through it to retrieve the bodies of passengers still inside the capsized vessel as well as a shipment of toxic pesticide.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080703128851.html
Bono Adaza, 4 ex-AFP rebels arrested on extort, coup raps
07/03/2008
Former assemblyman, former Bureau of Immigration chief under the Ramos government and a former court-martial lawyer for some accused rebel Magdalo soldiers who later changed their plea to guilty, released and pardoned Homobono Adaza, was, along with four other former rebel officers, yesterday arrested and detained by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on initial charges of “proposing to stage a coup d’ etat” against the Arroyo government.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080703hed1.html
7. Abante
MV PRINCESS IAAHON!
(AFP)
Inabandona na ng pamahalaan at ng Sulpicio Lines ang planong butasan ang lumubog na MV Princess of the Stars sa pagdukot sa lasong kemikal na karga nito at maging ng mga na-trap na bangkay sa loob nito.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/july0308/default.htm
LOLA GINILITANG PARANG MANOK
Nina Aries Cano at Nonnie Ferriol
Sinakmal ng lagim ang umaga ng isang pamilya matapos bumungad ang kahindik-hindik na kalagayan ng isang 70-anyos na ina na dati ring kagawad ng isang barangay sa Tondo, Maynila nang masilayan itong laslas ang leeg na mistulang nilapa ng mabangis na hayop bukod pa sa tadtad din ng pasa ang katawan at nakalilis ang pang-ibabang saplot.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/july0308/news_story1.htm
Isda phobia!
Ni Ricky Tulipat
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Umaangal na ang mga fish vendor sa Navotas Fishport Complex dahil nalugi na umano sila ng P20 milyon kada araw simula nang pumutok ang balitang nakakain ang mga isda ng mga bangkay ng mga pasahero nang lumubog na MV Princess of the Stars ng Sulpicio Lines at may kargang nakalalasong kemikal na endosulfan ang barko.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008070241
10. Journal
REFLOAT
Gov’t opts to raise sunken ferry to retrieve more bodies, toxic chemical
SAN FERNANDO, Sibuyan – The MV Princess of the Stars will be refloated in the latest effort to recover hundreds of bodies trapped inside and endosulfan cargo, an official said yesterday.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-07-03&sec=1&aid=65263
11. Business World
BY AVA KASHIMA K. AUSTRIA, Reporter
Fuel price spike possible
Transport groups willing to take hit but want substantial fare hike
CONSUMERS NEED to brace themselves for at least a P7 per liter increase in pump prices as oil firms yesterday said the amount was what they needed to recover based on June oil prices alone.
http://bworldonline.com/BW070308/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
SC affirms TRO on Petron sale
BATAAN PROVINCIAL GOVT DUNS TOP REFINER FOR NONPAYMENT OF P1.7-B REALTY TAXES
By Joel R. San Juan
Reporter
THE Supreme Court (SC) affirmed on Wednesday the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Bataan to issue a writ of preliminary injunction enjoining the Bataan provincial government from proceeding with the public auction of the properties of top oil refiner Petron Corp., for its failure to pay P1.73 billion in real property tax due from 1994 up to 2007.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/07032008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
Diesel price may go up P7 more a liter
By Abigail L. Ho
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:34:00 07/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Consumers should brace themselves for further increases in fuel prices, as oil firms in the country claim that they have yet to recover at least P7 a liter in losses for diesel alone.
Adaza, former military officers nabbed for ‘coup’
By Joel Guinto, Alcuin Papa
INQUIRER.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:24:00 07/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Police arrested on Wednesday former assemblyman and opposition lawyer Homobono Adaza and three former ranking military officials allegedly involved in fresh moves to overthrow the Arroyo administration.
Woman refuses aid: My husband is alive
By Irene Sino Cruz
Visayas Bureau
First Posted 03:16:00 07/03/2008
CEBU CITY—A woman whose husband is among the missing passengers of the MV Princess of the Stars Wednesday refused financial aid from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and said the search operations should continue.
Sulpicio cargo ships to sail anew with ‘safety marshals’
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:55:00 07/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The government will field “safety marshals” onboard the cargo vessels of Sulpicio Lines that will start operating as early as Thursday to and from Manila, Cebu and other cities, Malacañang Wednesday said.
Rough sailing for PAGASA chief at marine inquiry
By Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:23:00 07/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The chief of the weather bureau Wednesday parried questions from Sulpicio Lines Inc. at the Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI) hearing, and repeatedly claimed that he was there only as a resource person.
Sister denies ship captain is hiding, believes brod dead
By Kit Bagaipo
Visayas Bureau
First Posted 05:47:00 07/03/2008
LOON, BOHOL—A sister of Florencio Marimon Sr., captain of the sunken MV Princess of the Stars, believes that her brother is dead.
Teresita Marimon-Cabacang said that if her brother were alive “he would have called up his wife, who has been sick and confined in a hospital in Cebu City.”
Court junks ‘act of nature’ line of defense
By Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:48:00 07/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Not an act of nature, but negligence.
Affirming this finding of the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC), the Court of Appeals recently directed a resort operator to pay P240,000 in damages to six clients who survived the capsizing of its ferry during bad weather eight years ago.
Palace: Up to Guingona to name man in slay plot
By Christine Avendaño, Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:57:00 07/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Malacañang is “concerned,” but is leaving it to former Vice President Teofisto Guingona the choice to reveal the identity of the man he had claimed was involved in a plot to kill President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during the early years of her administration.
61ST ANNIVERSARY
PAF dreams of going supersonic once more
By Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:58:00 07/03/2008
MACTAN BENITO EBUEN AIR BASE, Cebu, Philippines—On its 61st founding anniversary, the dream of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) to re-enter the supersonic age lives on.
Meralco seeks dismissal of P13-B refund class suit
By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:01:00 07/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The Manila Electric Co. on Wednesday sought the dismissal of a class suit filed by a consumer group against the power distributor, the National Power Corp., and the Energy Regulatory Commission, which demanded a refund of up to P13 billion in “illegal” electricity charges.
Palace serious in taking over firm
By Marvin Sy
Thursday, July 3, 2008
The government is serious about taking over the operations of Sulpicio Lines Inc. (SLI), owners of the M/V Princess of the Stars that capsized off Romblon last month, killing hundreds of passengers and crewmen, many of whom remain missing.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080702122
2 Comelec commissioners named
Thursday, July 3, 2008
President Arroyo has finally appointed two new Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioners, just in time for the elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao next month.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080702123
Sotto gets DDB post
By Marichu Villanueva
Thursday, July 3, 2008
It’s official: former senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III is the new chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board. Sotto will take over from outgoing DDB chairman Anselmo Avenido whose term expires tomorrow.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080702126
IMF warns vs reducing taxes on imported fuel, food
By Des Ferriols
Thursday, July 3, 2008
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned against reducing taxes on imported food and fuel as a way of cushioning the impact of soaring prices, saying that the strategy was both badly targeted and inefficient.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080702127
Transport group wants one-time lump sum oil price increase
By Donnabelle Gatdula
Thursday, July 3, 2008
A transport group urged the government and oil companies to implement a one-time lump sum oil price increase, instead of the staggered increases, to end the weekly “agony” of drivers and operators of commuter vehicles.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080702128
GMA says EVAT savings to bankroll AFP modernization
By Jaime Laude
Thursday, July 3, 2008
BENITO EBUEN AIR FORCE BASE, Mactan – The billions needed to bankroll the military’s modernization program will come from the proceeds of the highly criticized Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT), President Arroyo declared here yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080702132
‘Frank’ victims to get P23 M from Dutch gov’t
By Pia Lee-Brago
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Victims of typhoon “Frank” will receive 350,000 euros (P23 million) from the Dutch government.
“The Dutch contribution will be used for emergency assistance in the affected areas of typhoon Fengshen (Frank) and the activities will be implemented by the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC),” the embassy of the Netherlands said in a statement.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080702142
DOJ tells families not to sign Sulpicio document without PAO lawyer
By Mike Frialde
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez warned yesterday relatives of victims of the M/V Princess of the Stars tragedy against signing documents without assistance from the Public Attorneys Office.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080702148
Malacañang asked to account for rehab funds
BY JP LOPEZ
THE Senate minority yesterday asked Malacañang for a full accounting of rehabilitation funds released for the victims of typhoon "Frank."
Minority leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said government agencies have already issued estimates on the damage wrought by the typhoon on agriculture, fisheries, and infrastructure and these agencies have also released funds.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul03/news5.htm
50% hike in oil prices in one year bared; return to regulation urged
The 50-percent increase in oil prices in the past year highlights the urgency of reinstating oil regulation in the country, research organization Ibon Foundation said yesterday.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080703128857.html
‘Maskara’ ng oposisyon mabenta sa 2010
(Boyet Jadulco)
Nagbabala si Sen. Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero na may ilang kapanalig ni Pangulong Arroyo ang magsusuot ng “maskara ng oposisyon” sa 2010 elections dahil sa takot ng kiss of death ng chief executive.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/july0308/news04.htm
Senate calls for full accounting of Palace rehab funds
By Angie M. Rosales
07/03/2008
Senators yesterday called for Malacañang to make a full accounting of all the rehabilitation funds disbursed so far for the relief operations in provinces hit by Typhoon “Frank.”
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080703hed5.html
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