| While waiting for a mass wedding ceremony in Sogod, Cebu, two couples kill time by feeding their baby (right) and nibbling each other. The mass wedding yesterday in the town sports complex was one of the events lined up for a month-long celebration of the town festival called “Panagsogod.” (Sun.star photo/Alex Badayos) |
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SULPICIO Lines Inc. will pay the $315-million cost of retrieving the sunken mv Princess of the Stars, the company’s first vice president told the House of Representatives during its hearing yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI) has wrapped up its investigation on the sinking, reportedly upon the request of President Arroyo, and will no longer hold hearings in Cebu.
That decision came a day after the BMI appealed to survivors to attend hearings scheduled today and tomorrow.
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