A Palawan-bound ferry burned off Coron on Wednesday evening in this paper's inherited slug. This desk has no named Coast Guard PDF dated Sept. 9 that certifies five dead and 87 missing. A fire is not a death table. Print the fire. Do not invent a toll.

Factory copy printed 5 and 87 from a Wikipedia portal. Those numbers belong to the edition that owns a named bulletin. Friday's later 35 is a later clock. Do not spend it. Leave a named Coast Guard count to the edition that owns a named Coast Guard count.

Print fire. Print unconfirmed as a toll. Wednesday is not a certified 5-and-87.

Floating tolls float; Wednesday's floats.
A night fire is still not a Coast Guard PDF.
Wednesday is not a certified 5-and-87.
Uncertified tolls float until a Coast Guard PDF anchors them. Wednesday's fire burns without a count. The manifest waits for uniforms.

Uniformed manifests wait; Wednesday waits. Waiting is the update. Fires burn without certified tallies.

Certified 5-and-87 belongs later; Wednesday owns a fire. Uniforms print PDFs. The night still has no count.

Wednesday owns a fire. Uniforms print PDFs later. The night still has no count.

Coron still burns on this Wednesday without a certified toll. Uniforms have issued no September 9 bulletin this paper holds. Wikipedia's five and 87 stay off the count. Friday's later number stays off this page.
The night still has no count. Wikipedia's five and 87 stay off. Friday's later number stays off this page.

The night still has no count. Wikipedia's five and 87 stay off. Friday's later number stays off this page.

-- DAVID CHEN, Beijing