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.

Unconfirmed remains the only honest toll word on this Wednesday world desk.
A night fire is still not a Coast Guard PDF.
Wednesday is not a certified 5-and-87.
-- DAVID CHEN, Beijing