Philippine News (The following links will take you to INQUIRER.net)

• Shipowners buck new sailing guidelines during storms
  The Philippine Coast Guard's new, more stringent guidelines for ships sailing during storms could be tested soon if the prevailing tropical depression turns into a typhoon.
• Court orders Sulpicio Lines to pay P6.2M to victim's kin
  CEBU CITY'Sulpicio Lines Inc. has been ordered by the Regional Trial Court here to pay P6.2 million in damages to the family of a missing passenger of one of its ships that sank 10 years ago.
• Corporate fight turns into coup plot
  MANILA, Philippines -- Intracorporate wrangling between Japanese and Filipino investors involved in the construction of a beach resort in Marinduque province spawned the fresh attempt to topple the Arroyo administration, documents obtained by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Thursday showed.
• AFP chief on new coup plot: Are they serious'
  MANILA, Philippines -- The country's top security officials on Thursday belittled the capability of lawyer Homobono Adaza and retired military and police officials to lead an alleged attempt to oust President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from power.
• Apayao girl takes first steps in first pair of shoes
  NEW YORK'A Filipino teenager who came to New York so doctors could perform surgery to untwist her severely clubbed feet took her first unaided steps Wednesday in pink-and-white sneakers'the first pair of shoes she's ever worn.
• Probers told: 2 of ship's ballast tanks empty
  MANILA, Philippines'The MV Princess of the Stars may have been unstable when it sailed, thus dooming it to sink and capsize after being battered by big waves, a member of the Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI) theorized Thursday.