Friday, February 03, 2006 (Philippines)

Police release the sketches of the suspects in the P1.2 million pawnshop robbery. (Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro/Joey Nacalaban) A SEA vessel carrying some 400 passengers, including children, from Cagayan de Oro City to Iloilo City and then to Manila was forced to a dead stop in the middle of the dark waters of Bayawan, Negros Oriental at 3:30 a.m. Thursday after smoke came out of its cargo bay area. Among the passengers of Negros Navigation m/v St. Joseph the Worker were Department of Tourism (DOT) 10 Regional Director Catalino Chan, his staff Desius Esmeralda, Rubelyn Yap, Bols Manalo, Nancy Dequito, and a balikbayan from San Antonio, Texas, USA. "My Labster Chit-Chat". Post your Valentine greetings and stories here. [full story]