Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (Philippines)

Cebu City cops rated 100 per cent in preparations for the annual inspection of police forces.(Sun.star photo/Arni Aclao) SEVENTY-SIX more bodies of sinking victims recovered from the islands of Masbate, Romblon and Sorsogon arrived in Cebu late Sunday night onboard mv Cebu Princess, raising the body count to 282. But were all the bodies already brought here and those arriving all passengers and crewmembers of the mv Princess of the Stars that sank off Sibuyan Island in Romblon last June 21? Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama yesterday expressed doubts, noting that smaller sea vessels also sank in the area where Princess of the Stars capsized as typhoon Frank hit the country. [full story]