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[ArticleID] => 157049
[Title] => EDITORIAL - Another maritime tragedy
[Summary] => For whatever it’s worth, maritime officials grounded yesterday the fleet of the Montenegro Shipping Lines and inspected the vessels for seaworthiness.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-13 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 103444
[Title] => Create a new transport safety agency
[Summary] =>
In plane crashes, the usual causes are mechanical failure, pilot error or bad
weather. Overlooked is the role played by air traffic controllers, who guide
pilots as their aircraft take off or land. National attention is now focused on
air traffic controllers after one congressman claimed yesterday that an air
traffic control trainee at the Davao International Airport had guided the
ill-fated Air Philippines Flight 541 as it prepared to land. The landing had to
be aborted because another plane was still on the runway.
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-26 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1193631
[AuthorName] => by Editorial
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 87655
[Title] => Ferry sinks off Batangas but all 137 aboard rescued
[Summary] =>
Reckless ship owners in the Philippines were threatened with the death penalty
yesterday, as the second ferry to sink in five days went down, government
officials said.
But all the 137 people on board the Peñafrancia were rescued
after it hit an uncharted underwater hazard as it sailed into the port of
Batangas at 2 a.m., the Coast Guard said.
Government investigators said hitting an uncharted water hazard only meant that
the vessel had veered off its original course.
Last week, the overloaded Annahada sank off Sulu, claiming at least 139
lives.
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-18 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1204061
[AuthorName] => by SheilaCrisostomo, AFP
[SectionName] => Headlines
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[ArticleID] => 87648
[Title] => Sulu ferry death toll soars to 139
[Summary] =>
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- At least 35 more bodies from the overloaded Annahada ferry
tragedy in Sulu were recovered yesterday, raising the known death toll to 139,
officials said.
Sulu police chief Candido Casimiro said 10 bodies were found at sea off the
province of Tawi-Tawi, and 25 were found along Sulu coastal areas.
"We are waiting for the corpses so we can identify them and turn over the
bodies to their families for burial," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-17 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[ArticleID] => 87629
[Title] => Jolo ferry disaster death toll now 91
[Summary] =>
Rescuers have found seven more bodies, including that of a boy and a pregnant
woman, in the waters off Jolo yesterday, bringing the number of dead to 91 in
the country's latest maritime disaster.
Coast Guard officials said at least 70 survivors have been accounted for so
far.
As the search for bodies and survivors continued, authorities ordered an
investigation into conflicting reports of how the motor launch Annahada was
allowed to leave port.
The Navy brought the seven bodies to Jolo for identification by relatives.
Coast Guard officials said rescuers were still combin
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-16 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804671
[AuthorName] => Roel Pareño
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
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[ArticleID] => 103394
[Title] => Will the maritime industry ever shape up?
[Summary] =>
You have to hand it to shipping operators in this country. Rain or shine, day
or night, fair weather or foul, their vessels manage to sink -- often because
of overloading, sometimes due to engine malfunction, occasionally out of sheer
negligence and stupidity. How many administrations have tried to streamline the
maritime industry? How many presidential orders have been issued to maritime
authorities, the Coast Guard, the Department of Transportation and
Communications, shipping operators?
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-14 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1193631
[AuthorName] => by Editorial
[SectionName] => Opinion
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