
| Victim Veronica Belicantor scours the site of the ruins after the landslide that destroyed four houses on a hillside in Sitio Escaltam in Poblacion, Samboan, Cebu. The landslide was caused by erosion of the riprap and part of the national road on the hill above the houses. (Sun.Star Cebu/Alex Badayos) |
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MANILA -- The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pag-asa) found itself in the middle of a legal storm following an alleged wrongful forecast that led to the sinking of the ill-fated mv Princess of the Stars last June 21.
Sulpicio Lines Inc., through its senior first vice president Edgar Go, filed a civil suit for damages against Pag-asa before the Manila Regional Trial Court Monday.
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