While overloading used to be an easy culprit in most sea mishaps in the Philippines involving passenger liners, the case of the recently capsized Princess of the Stars shows that traveling by sea is not the primary choice to reach any of the archipelago's over 7,100 islands anymore.The ill-fated Sulpicio Line ship plying the primary Manila-Cebu route had a capacity of 1,992 passengers, excluding crew members. But when it encountered rough waters during a typhoon and capsized in June 21, it was only carrying over 700 passengers and more than a hundred crew members.
It means the massive 23,824-ton ship was going ahead with an expected business-as-usual day with just about 40 percent load.
THE Philippine Call Center Alliance (PhilCall), an association of small and medium-sized call centers in the Philippines, joined the 19th International Information and Communications Technology Conference and Exhibition in Singapore.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the authority is holding Sulpicio Lines Inc., owner of the capsized MV Princess of the Stars, "accountable" for the accident in which 744 people are still missing while 70 have been confirmed dead, local media reported Wednesday.
The rise in the prices of petroleum products—the 15th time this year—was made worse by the simultaneous increase in food costs, threatening to slow down the Philippine economy.
The local unit of software solutions firm Misys Plc. is planning to tap the treasury departments of large corporations to expand its business in the country.