+ Follow MARIA CARMELA Tag
MARIA CARMELA
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[Title] => EDITORIAL – Slow reforms
[Summary] => This is supposed to be the peak season for travel, but people don’t want to board a plane for fear of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Those who need to move from island to island in this archipelago may take their chances on maritime transportation.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-12 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 202284
[Title] => Still no justice for ‘Maria Carmela’ fire victims
[Summary] => The fire was swift, the death toll high, and the incident a shock. But justice will be less definitive even a year after.
The MV Maria Carmela tragedy that killed 44 people and left 29 others missing to this day marks its first anniversary today with no criminal, civil or administrative cases being filed against those responsible for the midsea fire off the Batangas port.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-11 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1413632
[AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla
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[ArticleID] => 191300
[Title] => Marina blacklists erring insurance firm
[Summary] => The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has blacklisted the insurance company of the ill-fated MV Maria Carmela for its failure to compensate the victims some nine months after a fire gutted the vessel off the Batangas port.
Marina is also seeking the outright revocation of the license of Capital Insurance and Surety Inc. "without prejudice to any criminal and/or civil action that may be taken by the appropriate parties."
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-13 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 160077
[Title] => ‘Spontaneous combustion’ eyed in ferry blaze
[Summary] => Unable to determine whether engine fire, arson, exhaust sparks or lighted cigarette butts ignited the fire that engulfed the MV Maria Carmela off Quezon last April 10, investigators are eyeing "spontaneous combustion" as the likely explanation for the blaze that killed 72 people.
The seven-man investigating panel of the Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI) has grilled dozens of witnesses and crewmembers to provide clues on how the fire started.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-08 00:00:00
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[Title] => Carmela fire cause may never be known
[Summary] => The head of an investigating panel said yesterday that the cause of a fire that destroyed a ferry and killed at least 44 people off Quezon province on April 11 may never be known.
Rear Adm. Domingo Estera, chairman of the Board of Marine Inquiry investigating the MV Maria Carmela disaster, told reporters during a break in the hearing that they were having difficulty gathering evidence that could indicate what went wrong.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-24 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1413632
[AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla
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[ArticleID] => 158112
[Title] => Let reason prevail
[Summary] => Right now, the Energy Regulatory Commission is processing some 136 separate petitions for power price increases from 136 firms engaged in power distribution. All told, the country has 140 registered and operational power distribution firms. That just leaves four players unaccounted for in the mass petitions. Actually, they have also applied their applications, but their petitions are not yet considered official because of incomplete paperwork.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-22 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1189692
[AuthorName] => Art Borjal
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[ArticleID] => 157414
[Title] => Carmela sunk to hide evidence?
[Summary] => The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) debunked yesterday claims that MV Maria Carmela was deliberately sunk to mislead investigators and conceal evidence against the ship owners.
Meanwhile, salvage divers found the remains of seven people in the wreckage of the vessel that caught fire on April 11 and sank at dusk on Sunday.
It was the first excursion to the Maria Carmela, which was still smoldering three days after the fire, preventing salvage workers from doing their task.
The PCG said search efforts were suspended due to darkness but would resume at dawn today.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-16 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1546326
[AuthorName] => Nestor Etolle
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[ArticleID] => 157183
[Title] => Carmela probe set tomorrow
[Summary] => A special marine board of inquiry will begin tomorrow its investigation into the deadly fire that swept across a ferry off Quezon and killed at least 28 people last Thursday.
Transportation Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez formed the seven-member panel, headed by Coast Guard deputy commandant Rear Adm. Domingo Estera, and gave it 30 days to complete its probe.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-14 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1804896
[AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo
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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
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[ArticleID] => 156954
[Title] => At least 23 killed as ferry catches fire off Quezon
[Summary] => Panicked passengers jumped to their deaths in the sea after a fast-moving fire swept across a ferry carrying more than 240 passengers off Quezon province yesterday, killing at least 23 people, the Coast Guard said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-12 00:00:00
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January 13, 2003 - 12:00am
