29 September 2005

Robot claims 'treasure island' booty

A robotic treasure hunter has laid claim to the find of the century, on the very archipelago that inspired the novel Robinson Crusoe....
By some estimates the haul would include 800 barrels of gold ingots, silver pieces, gems and other riches worth up to $10 billion. Naturally, the promise of such fabulous wealth has attracted scores or treasure hunters to the island in the past..."
Just overnight, that island would be teeming with scanvengers, I tell you. Wouldn't this also spark renewed interest on that fabled Yamashita treasure said to be buried here in the Philippines.

Maybe GMA would pass an executive order proclaiming that any treasure found in the Philippines should be given to her first for "safekeeping" or something like that. You know, for national interest...