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Clearing of Sulpicio exec in 2008 sea tragedy PH ready for ‘water war’ in West Philippine Sea —
opposed
SIBUYAN TRAGEDY In this 2008 photo, teams from the US Navy and
Philippine Coast Guard start search and rescue operations for passengers and
crew of the sunken MV Princess of the Stars in Sibuyan Sea. —INQUIRER
MANILA, Philippines — The
Department of Justice (DOJ) has
asked a Manila court to overturn its
decision absolving an executive of
Sulpicio Lines from criminal liabilities
in connection with the 2008 sinking of
MV Princess of the Stars that left
more than 800 people dead.
In appealing the Nov. 18, 2021, ruling
of the Manila Regional Trial Court
Branch 54, the DOJ prosecutors said
they were not given the chance to
respond to the demurrer to evidence
that Edgar Go, then Sulpicio Lines
vice president for administration, filed.
The demurrer to evidence that saved
Go from standing trial for one of the
country’s worst sea tragedies, is, in
effect, a motion to dismiss on the
ground that the evidence presented is
insufficient.
The passenger ship capsized off
Sibuyan Island, Romblon province, on
June 21, 2008, as Typhoon Frank
(international name: Fengshen)
battered southern Luzon. Only 32
passengers survived.
The state prosecutors said they
received an electronic copy of Go’s
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PCG
petition only two days before the court
granted it.
“Strangely, no electronic copy of this
demurrer to evidence was received by
the prosecution despite the fact that
(the) accused and his counsel are
aware of the email addresses of the
prosecution panel,” read the DOJ
prosecutors’ 17-page motion for
reconsideration dated Dec. 1.
Under the Rules on Criminal
Procedure, they said that they should
have been given 10 days after
receiving a copy of the petition to file
their comment.
“Fair play dictates that these rules
must not be set aside and reduced to a
mere ceremony to the prejudice of
people, who, in this case, are still
yearning for justice for the loss of
their loved ones for more than 13 long
years now,” the state prosecutors said.
The DOJ prosecutors also refuted the
court’s conclusion that there was not
enough evidence to proceed with Go’s
trial for reckless imprudence resulting
in multiple homicide, damage to
property and serious physical injury.
The PCG official made the remarks
when Senator Richard Gordon asked
how the Philippines will react should
China send amphibian vessel and
occupy a part of Palawan.
Duque: Keeping NCR at
DepEd creates new
Alert Level 2Coast
The Philippine is Guard
best(PCG)
for
announced on April 25, that it has bureau for out-of-school
nowbeen conducting drills in the West Filipinos
MANILA, Philippines — Despite the
Philippine Sea as part of efforts to
securedownward
observed “our maritie jurisdiction.”
trend of COVID-
PCG handout photo
19 cases, it is better that Metro
Manila, the nation’s capital region,
will remain under Alert Level 2 for
now considering the threat of the
Omicron variant, Health Secretary
Francisco Duque III said Tuesday.
“Para sa akin, siguro tama lang na
manatili muna tayo sa Alert Level 2,”
Duque said in a Laging Handa public
briefing. (For me, I think it is only
right that we remain under Alert Level
2 for now.) Mobility is expected to
increase during the Christmas season,
we all know that, and the Omicron is
looming over us, so it’s better that
we’re more conservative.
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MANILA, Philippines — The
Philippines is now prepared for a
“water war” in the West Philippine 
Sea as the country’s coast  guard
plans to use a “white to white
diplomacy” in the disputed
territory.
“To avert po sir the water canon
incident, the Coast Guard vessels
will be re-provisioning the marines
assigned in Ayungin [Shoal] po sir
in Sierra Madre,” Philippine Coast
Guard (PCG) Vice Admiral Oscar
Endona Jr. said during a Senate
hearing on Tuesday.
“So hindi na po civilian vessel
yung gagamitin  (we are not going
to use civilian vessel) for re-
provisioning our marine troops in
Ayungin so we’ll be using the
white ships already,” Endona
added.
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for-water-war-in-west-philippine-sea-pcg
According to DepEd’s Department
Order No. 47, the Bureau of
Alternative Education (BAE) will
serve as a focal office for
implementing the agency’s ALS
program. It will also strengthen and
expand the program to help increase
opportunities for out-of-school
children in special cases, youth, and
adult learners, including indigenous
peoples, persons deprived of liberty,
and learners with disabilities.
The establishment of the
bureau is also in compliance with
Republic Act No. 11510 or the
Alternative Learning System Act,
said DepEd.
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