January 23-28, 2008

January 23, 2008 Mind Bullet Inc.
I.BANNER STORIES

1. Philippine Daily Inquirer

Arroyo moves to keep up economic growth

To cushion impact of weakening US economy

By Michael Lim Ubac, TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:48:00 01/23/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is pushing for the implementation of all the projects in the pipeline to cushion the impact of a weakening US economy on the Philippines, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Tuesday.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080123-114161/Arroyo-moves-to-keep-up-economic-growth


2. The Philippine Star

DOJ mulls rebellion raps versus mystery reporter

By Marvin Sy
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The woman reporter who helped Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon escape when troops stormed the Peninsula Manila hotel in Makati City last year could be charged with conspiracy to commit rebellion.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080122125


3. Manila Times

Govt dangles exile to Nur

Misuari can go free if he goes to Libya for good

By Al Jacinto, Correspondent

MAGUINDANAO: The Philippines may release a jailed former Muslim rebel leader and would send him to exile in Libya in exchange for his freedom.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/23/yehey/top_stories/20080123top1.html


4. Malaya

AFP: Destab threat over
Plotters in ‘low bat’: Esperon

BY VICTOR REYES

ARMED Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. yesterday said the country is already "over the hump" insofar as threats of destabilization are concerned.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan23/news1.htm


5. Manila Bulletin

GMA seeks more investments

President off to Switzerland for WEF
Foreign investors important for growing economy – Palace

By GENALYN D. KABILING

President Arroyo yesterday vowed to promote the Philippines as a sound investment haven as she left for a seven-day working visit to Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080123115102.html


6. The Daily Tribune

Gov’t foregoes P14B in SSS discount sale

By Chito Lozada Business Editor

01/23/2008

The government missed a potential P14 billion in income after state fund Social Security System (SSS) sold last Friday its entire 25 percent stake in Equitable PCI Bank Inc. (EPCIB), now Banco de Oro-EPCIB, at P51 per share compared to the P92 per share price at which another state fund, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), sold its shares in the bank in September 2006.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080123hed1.html


7. Abante

RAUL GIGIL TALAGA SA MEDIA!

Nina ROSE MIRANDA, BOYET JADULCO, NOEL ABUEL at TINA MENDOZA

Sa kabila ng pagpapa-saklolo ng ilang media personalities sa Korte Suprema upang humingi ng proteksyon, tuloy pa rin sa panggigigil si Justice Sec. Raul Gonzalez sa mga ma-mamahayag.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2308/default.htm


8. Abante-Tonite

GLORIA BOYS PAHIYA SA DESTAB

Nina Bernard Taguinod at Aries Cano

Sumabog sa mukha ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang tsismis na ipinakalat ng kanyang mga alipores na magkakaroon ng destabilisasyon at aagawin sa kanila ang kapangyarihan ngayong anibersaryo ng Mendiola massacre.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2308/news_story1.htm


9. Pilipino Star Ngayon

Media bigo sa writ of amparo

Ni Gemma Amargo-Garcia
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Nabigo ang mga mamamahayag na agad makakuha ng Writ of Amparo mula sa Korte Suprema kaugnay sa umano’y naganap na illegal na pag-aresto sa kanila habang nasa kasagsagan ng coverage sa Manila peninsula seige.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012254


10. Journal

DESTAB THREAT OVER

By: Fernando M. Cariaso
Coup plot no longer cause for concern -- AFP chief

THE Armed Forces yesterday said the latest destabilization threat against the government has passed, even as militant farmers were yet to conclude their protest rally which the government earlier said might be used as a launching pad for a coup attempt.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-23&sec=1&aid=46888


11. Business World
Steep fall for stock market
US Fed announces emergency rate cut as bourses slump worldwide

IT WAS YET ANOTHER DAY OF LOSSES at the Philippine stock market as share prices succumbed anew to a slump sweeping bourses across the globe.
http://bworldonline.com/BW012308/content.php?id=001


12. Business Mirror

A bear market all around
LOCAL INDEX FALLS BELOW 3,000 FOR FIRST TIME SINCE AUGUST

By Honey Madrilejos-Reyes
Reporter

LOCAL stocks plunged on Tuesday and sent the index to bear-market level amid fears that a US recession may spark a global slump.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/01232008/headlines01.html



II. POLITICAL

Lass with curly hair being tagged Faeldon’s angel

By Alcuin Papa
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:56:00 01/23/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- She’s neither Ellen, nor Ces, but her hair is curly.

Comes now Dana -- the female reporter who allegedly sprang Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon from the standoff at the Peninsula Manila hotel on Nov. 29.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080123-114175/Lass-with-curly-hair-being-tagged-Faeldons-angel


Lakas party to field home-grown bet in 2010 polls

By Norman Bordadora, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:44:00 01/23/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- Speaker Jose de Venecia on Tuesday said the ruling Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats’ first option for the 2010 presidential elections is to come up with a standard bearer from its ranks.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080123-114180/Lakas-party-to-field-home-grown-bet-in-2010-polls


CSC chief David chides Arroyo on appointments

By Ronnel Domingo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:45:00 01/23/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- Outgoing Civil Service Commission chair Karina C. David on Tuesday attacked President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for abusing her prerogative on government appointments, saying this was to blame for the “worsening politicization” and unprofessional behavior of the bureaucracy.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080123-114181/CSC-chief-David-chides-Arroyo-on-appointments


Ermita: All’s well in Lakas party

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:03:00 01/23/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- The fact that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and House Speaker Jose de Venecia were mapping out plans to strengthen the ruling party, the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats, was enough proof that all was well between them, said Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita.

The President and De Venecia are perceived to be feuding since the latter’s son and namesake implicated top administration officials and the President’s husband in the allegedly irregular national broadband network deal with China’s ZTE Corp.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080123-114186/Ermita-Alls-well-in-Lakas-party



Bishops, Cabinet hold secret meeting

By Paolo Romero
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Malacañang officials and Catholic bishops secretly met last Monday to thresh out various issues raised against the Arroyo administration by the Church, including agrarian reform.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080122126


‘Politics in the way of good governance’

By Ma. Elisa Osorio
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The government fails to function as a professional institution because of political favors the present administration gives out to supporters, observes outgoing Civil Service Commission (CSC) chairman Karina Constantino David.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080122127


GMA flies to Davos to advance RP interest

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

President Arroyo’s trip to Switzerland and Dubai, her first abroad this year, aims to advance the strategic interests of the country and “press the need for closer economic, political and social relations between the Philippines and the world,” Malacañang said.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080122128



Lakas drafts Senate slate for 2010 but no presidential, VP bets yet

By Jess Diaz
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The pro-administration Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats is already drawing up a list of senatorial candidates for the 2010 elections.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080122134


‘Biofuels not a question between food vs fuel’

By Helen Flores
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

LEGAZPI CITY – Science Undersecretary for research and development Graciano Yumul said the debate on biofuels development in the country should not be about “competition” between food and energy security.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080122138


GMA orders release of P110 M for ATO upgrade

By Paolo Romero
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

President Arroyo ordered yesterday Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. to immediately release P110 million to fund the upgrading of the Air Transportation Office (ATO) in the aftermath of the downgrading of the country’s safety rating by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080122140



GMA to look for investors, supporters at Davos forum

By Angelo S. Samonte, Reporter

President Gloria Arroyo left Tuesday for the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, where she will look for global support for the Mindanao peace process, poverty alleviation, and the antiterror campaign.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/23/yehey/top_stories/20080123top2.html


PNP not ready to name reporter in Pen ‘escape’

BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR

PNP CHIEF Avelino Razon yesterday said the reporter who allegedly helped Marines Capt. Nicanor Faeldon escape at the height of the Manila Peninsula standoff last November will be identified only after the capture of the fugitive officer or his cohorts.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan23/news3.htm



Bicam report on 2008 budget almost complete

By Maricel V. Cruz, Reporter

House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. on Tuesday announced that the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P1.227-trillion national budget for 2008 will be out during the resumption of Congress sessions on January 28.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/23/yehey/metro/20080123met2.html


Lakas wants ‘powerful united front’ in 2010

The ruling Lakas Christian-Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) is putting up “a powerful united front” for the 2010 elections, House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., also Lakas-CMD chairman, said on Tuesday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/23/yehey/metro/20080123met3.html



ATO gets P110M to reorganize

President Gloria Arroyo has instructed the Budget department to immediately release P110 million to fund the reorganization of the Air Transportation Office (ATO), and help upgrade the country’s airports.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/23/yehey/metro/20080123met6.html


Chinese loan eyed for LRT extension project

By Darwin G Amojelar, Reporter

STATE-RUN Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) has proposed tapping a Chinese loan to finance the multimillion dollar Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 south extension project, a high ranking official of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/23/yehey/business/20080123bus6.html


House installs computerized voting system

By EDMER F. PANESA

House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. said yesterday that the electronic biometric voting system being installed in the plenary hall of the House of Representatives would be part of his leadership’s "legacy to the nation."
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080123115103.html


GMA OKs P110 M for ATO upgrade

By GENALYN D. KABILING

President Arroyo yesterday ordered the release of P110 million to improve the facilities and services of the Air Transportation Office (ATO) in the next six months.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080123115116.html


2008 nat’l budget 'already complete'

By EDMER F. PANESA

House Speaker Jose C. de Venecia Jr. yesterday said that 95 percent of the proposed R1.227-trillion 2008 national budget is "already complete," raising hopes that the government will not operate under a reenacted budget for the rest of the year.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN20080123115118.html


Binay warns Palace vs GMA term extension plot

01/23/2008

Laughing off Malacañang’s plea for former President Joseph Estrada, the acknowledged opposition leader, to order the gagging of Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay who is proving to be a painful thorn on President Arroyo’s side, Binay who is also the president of the United Opposition, shot back at the Palace, daring Malacañang to “stop plotting to prolong Mrs. Arroyo’s term of office” instead of telling him to shut up.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080123hed3.html


GMA purging JdV allies in government

By Gerry Baldo

01/23/2008

All is not well between Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and President Arroyo, despite public claims that they have kissed and made up and with the Speakership still in De Venecia’s bag.
The same source said while Mrs. Arroyo and De Venecia had allegedly made up in connection with the controversial ZTE broadband deal where son Jose “Joey” de Venecia III implicated presidential spouse Jose Miguel Arroyo, things were just not right between them.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080123hed5.html
Kamara hi-tech na

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Lagot na ang mga kongresista na mahilig umabsent o tumakas sa gitna ng sesyon dahil sa P15-M computer system na nakatakdang ikabit sa Kamara.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012259


FAA downgrade earns ATO additional funds

01/23/2008

Days after the United States-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) downgraded the country’s aviation ranking to Category 2 from Category 1, President Arroyo ordered the release of P110 million to upgrade and improve of the Air Transportation Office (ATO).
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080123nat2.html


Ping tuloy kahit walang basbas

ni: Rey Marfil

Kahit walang suportang makuha sa Estados Unidos, tuloy ang pakikipaglaban ni opposition Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson sa graft and corruption, maging ang pagtutulak sa anti-terrorism drive nang hindi isinasakripisyo ang karapatang-pantao.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2308/news_story3.htm



JDV tutol sa pag-alis ng pork barrel

(Eralyn Prado)

Maging si House Speaker Jose de Venecia ay ayaw ring pakawalan ang Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) o kilala sa tawag na pork barrel ng mga mambabatas.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2308/news06.htm


Paglusaw sa Senado bistado sa Cha-Cha

ni: Rey Marfil

Kasabay ang pagkondena sa ikalawang pagtatangka ng Malacañang na lusawin ang Mataas na Kapulungan ng Kongreso at pagtutulak ng Charter Change, kaagad binaterya ng oposisyon ang mga kampon ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Ayon kay senate minority floor leader Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr., chairman ng PDP-Laban, hanggang “pangarap” lamang ng mga kampon ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang paglusaw sa Upper House, katulad sa naunang pagtangka, sa pamamagitan ng peoples initiative (PI).
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2308/news_story4.htm


Binay to Palace: Stop plots to extend GMA term

MAKATI Mayor and United Opposition (UNO) president Jejomar C. Binay yesterday dared Malacañang to “stop plotting to prolong Mrs, Arroyo’s term of office.”
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-23&sec=1&aid=46903


Noli lawyer dared: Put your license where your mouth is

ATTY. Sixto Brillantes issued yesterday this challenge to fellow election lawyer Romulo Macalintal to determine who between them is telling the truth on the election protest of Senator Loren Legarda.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-23&sec=1&aid=46906


Kaalyado ni JdV sisibakin ng kampo ni GMA

By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco
PLANO ng kampo ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na sibakin umano ang mga malalapit na kaalyado ni Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. na nasa iba't ibang posisyon sa pamahalaan dahil sa lumalalang iringan ng dalawang mataas na lider na pilit pa rin nilang itinatago sa publiko.

Magugunitang nag-ugat ang away ng mga Arroyo at De Venecia sa nabasu-rang maanomalya umanong $329 milyong Natio-nal Broadband Network (NBN) deal sa Zhong Xing Telecommunications (ZTE) Corp. ng China.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-23&sec=4&aid=46843]



January 24, 2008 Mind Bullet Inc.
I.BANNER STORIES

1. Philippine Daily Inquirer

PNP hit for witch-hunt

Faeldon-reporter tape does not show much

By Alcuin Papa, Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:56:00 01/24/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine National Police came under fire Wednesday for allegedly engaging in a witch-hunt in an attempt to justify a tough stand against journalists reporting on coups and other crisis situations and deflect criticism that its move infringed on press freedom.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080124-114394/PNP-hit-for-witch-hunt


2. The Philippine Star




3. Manila Times

Sen. Villar woos Estrada

Erap open to backing Manny for president

By Efren L. Danao Senior Reporter

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan: Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. said he regretted that the term of former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada was cut short by more than three years.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/24/yehey/top_stories/20080124top1.html


4. Malaya

Axe 15 excess aides, Ermita asks Gloria
CSC chief chided for criticizing Gloria appointments

BY REGINA BENGCO

EXECUTIVE Secretary Eduardo Ermita yesterday said he has asked President Arroyo to either terminate the services of 15 idle presidential advisers and assistants or assign to them to other positions.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan24/news1.htm


5. Manila Bulletin

GMA invites Swiss businessmen

Cites productive Filipino labor, best services
President heaps praises on RP economic performance

By FIL C. SIONIL

ZURICH, Switzerland (via PLDT) — President Arroyo addressed yesterday the Swiss Chamber of Commerce and invited Swiss businessmen to invest in the Philippines.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080124115200.html


6. The Daily Tribune

Oil smuggling bared: 4 billion liters untaxed in ’07

By Angie M. Rosales

01/24/2008

Finance and Energy officials yesterday virtually confessed to the existence of oil smuggling in the country as opposition Sen. Francis Escudero noted that four billion liters of oil have been unaccounted for last year as far as the imposition of value-added tax (VAT) on this product goes.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080124hed1.html


7. Abante

P16B KINULIMBAT NG OIL SMUGGLERS

Ni BOYET JADULCO

Nagpiyesta ang oil smugglers no-ong nakalipas na taon matapos na makapagpuslit ng hanggang apat na bilyong litro ng langis ang mga ito na nagresulta ng P16 bilyong lugi ng pamahalaan dahil sa hindi nasingil na buwis.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2408/default.htm


8. Abante-Tonite

LAKAS PUPULUTIN SA KANGKUNGAN -- ERAP

Ni Rey Marfil

Sa harap ng kaguluhang nagaganap sa loob ng Lakas-CMD, maging ang kawalan ng standard bearer sa 2010 national election, maagang nagbigay ng prediksyon si dating Pangulong Joseph “Erap” Estrada na sa kangkungan mauuwi ang partido ni House Speaker Jose de Venecia pagdating ng 2010 elections.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2408/news_story1.htm


9. Pilipino Star Ngayon



10. Journal

HITMEN NABBED

By: Alfred P. Dalizon
Plot to kill DILG chief, AFP and Iglesia officials foiled -- police

POLICE officials yesterday presented eight suspected members of a breakaway faction of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade who are allegedly guns-for-hire on a mission to assassinate Interior Secretary Ronaldo V. Puno and some officials of the Philippine National Police, the Armed Forces and the Iglesia ni Cristo.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-24&sec=1&aid=47019


11. Business World



12. Business Mirror

Government holds off on economic targets

By Cai U. Ordinario and Jun Vallecera
Reporters

AFTER stock markets all over the world plunged on Tuesday and the local bourse slightly recovered the day after, the government has decided to maintain a “wait-and-see” attitude before it considers the revision of its economic targets for 2008 onward.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/01242008/headlines01.html



II. POLITICAL

Palace defends appointments

Ermita says Arroyo execs are qualified

By Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:12:00 01/24/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- Malacañang on Wednesday defended President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s choice of political appointees following criticisms by outgoing Civil Service Commission chair Karina David that the Chief Executive had abused her prerogative on government appointees and was to blame for the politicization and unprofessionalism of the bureaucracy.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080124-114425/Palace-defends-appointments


Worried Arroyo calls Palace to ask how RP stocks faring

By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:17:00 01/24/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- With global financial markets roiled by fears of the US economy slipping into a recession, a worried President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Wednesday phoned Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita from Switzerland to ask about how the local bourse was faring.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080124-114427/Worried-Arroyo-calls-Palace-to-ask-how-RP-stocks-faring


De Venecia to Comelec: Automate

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:51:00 01/24/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- Speaker Jose de Venecia on Wednesday challenged the Commission on Elections to follow the lead of the House of Representatives in implementing an automated system of voting for the national and local elections in 2010.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080124-114430/De-Venecia-to-Comelec-Automate


RPN makes public footage of Faeldon, reporter

Batnag, media group dare PNP to file charges
By Thea Alberto
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 19:16:00 01/23/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- The government-sequestered television station RPN-9 has made public footage showing Marine Captain Nicanor Faeldon talking to a female reporter, which police claim proves the journalists helped the renegade officer escape government forces sent to quell an attempted uprising on November 29.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080123-114330/RPN-makes-public-footage-of-Faeldon-reporter


Oil smuggling costs govt P16B yearly

Government loses some P16 billion in foregone tax revenues a year because of rampant oil smuggling, Sen. Francis Escudero said, citing data presented at a Senate hearing Wednesday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/24/yehey/top_stories/20080124top3.html


Jatico should answer FAA downgrade issue

By Jonathan M. Hicap Reporter

If there is anybody who should be held accountable for the downgrade of the country’s aviation safety rating, it should be Nilo Jatico, former chief of the Air Transportation Office (ATO), and not Daniel Dimagiba, the agency’s officer-in-charge (OIC) who was recently axed by President Gloria Arroyo.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/24/yehey/metro/20080124met2.html


Erap says Villar is his likely anointed

BY DENNIS GADIL

ORANI, Bataan – Former President Joseph Estrada Wednesday dropped hints that his "anointed" one for 2010 could be Senate President Manuel Villar.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan24/news4.htm


Oil firms say VAT freeze will not immediately lower prices

BY JP LOPEZ

OIL companies yesterday said the suspension of the value added tax on oil would not automatically lead to lower pump prices.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan24/news7.htm


House electronic voting ready by early February

The House of Representatives will hold an all-party caucus during the resumption of its session on Monday, January 28, to acquaint its members with the procedures and the new rules on the electronic voting system that was installed in the plenary hall of the Batasan Complex in Quezon City.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/24/yehey/metro/20080124met11.html


Palace gives SSS job of unifying ID systems

PRESIDENT Arroyo ordered the Social Security System (SSS) to oversee the harmonizing, unification and streamlining of the identification system in all government agencies including government owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs).
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan24/metro2.htm


Palace unperturbed by Estrada’s provincial trips

By GENALYN D. KABILING

Malacañang is unperturbed by the apparent early campaign posturing of former President Estrada during his round of provincial visits.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080124115202.html


Thousands welcome Erap and Villar in Bataan towns

By MAR T. SUPNAD

ORANI, Bataan — Tens of thousands of people from all walks of life welcomed yesterday former President Joseph Estrada who was joined by Senate President Manny Villar in his "Lakbay Pasasalamat" caravan in this province.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080124115203.html


Senators urge gov’t to prepare for global recession

By HANNAH L. TORREGOZA

Senators called on the government yesterday to undertake measures that would help ward off the effects of a feared global economic recession and urged the public not to panic but prepare instead for greater challenges in the future.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080124115205.html


Erap-Villar Bataan visit draws GMA allies, crowds

01/24/2008

Even Arroyo allies appear to already smell an opposition victory in 2010, as they joined former President Joseph Estrada and Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. as Estrada came to Orani, Bataan, for the former leader’s Thankgiving Caravan which travels through four towns.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080124hed2.html


DoJ vows to throw book at reporter in Peninsula case

01/24/2008

Department of Justice (DoJ) Secretary Raul Gonzalez yesterday vowed to throw the book at a female journalist who was caught by a security camera supposedly in the act of helping Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon escape from the police at the height of the Manila Peninsula hotel siege last Nov. 29, 2007.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080124nat1.html


Nograles proposes election of Con-con delegates in 2010

By BEN R. ROSARIO

An administration lawmaker yesterday urged the nation’s leaders to agree on amending the 1987 Constitution only through a Constitutional Convention whose delegates will be elected simultaneously with other officials in 2010.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080124115207.html


Return of erstwhile ATO chief pressed

In the midst of the Air Transportation Office (ATO) crisis which resulted into the relief of ATO officer-in-charge Danilo Dimagiba, career employees of the ATO called on President Arroyo yesterday to reinstate former Assistant Secretary Nilo Jatico as chief of the agency.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080124115211.html


Solon presses hearings on bill increasing sin taxes

By BEN R. ROSARIO

A senior administration congressman who filed a bill that would impose a 500 percent hike on tobacco and alcohol taxes chided yesterday a House of Representatives committee for failing to take his proposal seriously.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN20080124115232.html


SSS ordered to lead agencies in developing national ID system

By DAVID CAGAHASTIAN

President Arroyo has ordered the Social Security System (SSS) to take over from the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) the task of establishing a unified identification system for government workers.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN20080124115234.html


Erap-Villar o Villar-Erap?

(JB Salarzon/Nerlie Ledesma)

Sa gitna ng ugong ng tambalan sa 2010 bagama’t mariing itinatanggi, umarangkada na ang tambalang Joseph Estrada-Manny Villar nang ang dating pangulo at ang kasalukuyang pangulo ng Senado ay magkasamang sumuyod kahapon sa apat na munisipyo sa probinsiya ng Bataan.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2408/news02.htm


‘DI KUWALIPIKADO SA GOBYERNO GINAGAMIT NI GLORIA

(Boyet Jadulco/JB Salarzon/Rose Miranda)

Tahasang sinabi kahapon ni Senate President Manny Villar na kinailangan ni Pangulong Gloria Arroyo na magtalaga ng karagdagang opisyal sa gobyerno, kahit na hindi kuwalipikado, upang makapagbayad ng utang sa mga opisyal na tumutukod sa pagbagsak ng kanyang puwesto.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2408/news03.htm


Sa pagtakas ni Faeldon, reporter napiling sisihin

(Boyet Jadulco)

Naghahanap lamang ng pagbubuntunan ng sisi ang gobyerno sa pagtakas ni Capt. Nicanor Faeldon kung kaya’t pinag-iinitan nila ang lady reporter na tumulong umano sa pagpapatakas sa lider ng Magdalo.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2408/news04.htm


Villar, bentahe sa basbas ni Erap

ni: Rey Marfil/Bernard Taguinod

Inamin ng mga kaal-yado ni Senate President Manny Villar na interesado ang kanilang kampo sa basbas ni dating Pangulong Joseph “Erap” Estrada sa 2010 presidential election.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2408/news_story2.htm


Gloria napapaligiran ng bopols

ni: Rey Marfil/Bernard Taguinod

Sa harap ng pag-atake ni Civil Service Commission (CSC) chairperson Karina David sa mala-kabuteng pagdami ng presidential appointees, sinegundahan ni Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson ang paglalarawan ng gabinete, kasabay ang alegasyong napapaligiran ng mga ‘bopols’ si Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2408/news_story4.htm


Villar napipisil ni Erap sa 2010 presidential elections?

By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco Marlon Purificacion

MISTULANG isang sirang plaka na si dating Pangu-long Joseph Estrada sa pag-lilinaw na wala siyang pla-nong tumakbo sa 2010 pre-sidential elections at sa halip ay nagpahiwatig na maaaring si Senate Presi-dent Manny Villar ang su-portahan ng partido.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-24&sec=4&aid=46966


Opisyal ni GMA mga bobo -- Ping

By: Marlon Purificacion

NUKNUKAN ng mga ‘bobo’ ang opisyales ng pamahalaan kaya patuloy ang pagbagsak ng ekonomya ng bansa.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-24&sec=4&aid=46979


4-B litro ng langis naipupuslit, nalilibre sa tax taun-taon

By: Marlon Purificacion

UMABOT sa mahigit apat na bilyong litro ng langis kada taon ang ipinupuslit ng tatlong dambuhalang kompanya ng langis ang hindi napapatawan ng buwis ng pamahalaan na hinihinalang kinasasangkutan ng matataas na opisyal sa Palasyo.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-24&sec=4&aid=46981


GMA can appoint anyone -- Palace

By: Tess Bedico

All appointments are legal.

Malacañang thus defended President Macapagal-Arroyo from criticisms of keeping a politicized bureaucracy, adding that the qualifications and integrity of the appointees could not be questioned.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-24&sec=4&aid=46999


Solon favors Con-Con

By: Raul S. Beltran

TO propose amendments now to the 1987 Constitution, a move which critics say is designed to prolong the term of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, will be “very divisive” especially that the forthcoming elections are only more than two years away, according to a ranking House leader.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-24&sec=4&aid=47045


Palace moves closer to nat’l ID

By: Tess Bedico

IN what was seen as a prelude to the implementation of the national identification system, President Macapagal-Arroyo issued Executive Order 700 making the Social Security System ID system the core of the unified multi-purpose ID system.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-24&sec=4&aid=47053



January 25, 2008 Mind Bullet Inc.

I.BANNER STORIES

1. Philippine Daily Inquirer

Chief Justice Puno: Fine will do for libel

Prison for convicted journalists discouraged

By Daxim Lucas, Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:34:00 01/25/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- Journalists constantly testing the limits in the exercise of their profession may no longer be clapped behind bars in the event of a libel conviction.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080125-114640/Chief-Justice-Puno-Fine-will-do-for-libel


2. The Philippine Star

Esperon’s term extended

Friday, January 25, 2008

He is reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56 years on Feb. 9, but Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. is not about to hang up his uniform, as President Arroyo has decided to extend his tour of duty “until further notice.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080124174


3. Manila Times

Pinoy investors optimistic

Filipinos think the local economy will improve despite recession fears

By Darwin G. Amojelar, Reporter

The majority of Filipino investors are optimistic the economy will improve despite a US recession, but they suggest turning away from investing in stocks, bonds and other fixed-interest securities, a survey reported.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/25/yehey/top_stories/20080125top1.html


4. Malaya

‘Why stop with aides?
Axe all unqualified’
Gloria OKs dismissal of redundant assistants

BY DENNIS GADIL

SENATE minority leader Aquilino yesterday said President Arroyo cannot be held liable for appointing unqualified people to government posts, but nevertheless advised her to take back her appointments.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan25/news1.htm


5. Manila Bulletin

Over 100 bishops meet today

CBCP plenary to tackle various nat’l issues
St. Paul, National Rural Congress on bishops’ agenda

By LESLIE ANN G. AQUINO The 96th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) meets today at the Pope Pius XII Catholic Center on United Nations Ave. in Paco, Manila, where the bishops are expected to discuss various is

The 96th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) meets today at the Pope Pius XII Catholic Center on United Nations Ave. in Paco, Manila, where the bishops are expected to discuss various issues.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080125115297.html


6. The Daily Tribune

Senators to bare bigger smuggling exposés

By Angie M. Rosales

01/25/2008

With the can of smuggling worms opened in the Senate, more cans are vowed to be opened by senators, with the promise of more worms crawling out through a “big exposé” that may even rip open a claimed scam job at the Subic Bay office where import licenses are said to be sold for P1 million each, and where cases of smuggling are claimed to be quickly dropped and dismissed by the Department of Justice.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080125hed1.html


7. Abante

DOJ ‘PADRINO’ NG OIL SMUGGLERS

Nina BOYET JADULCO, TINA MENDOZA, ROSE MIRANDA at JB SALARZON

Nagpahayag ng suspetsa si Sen. Mar Roxas na ang kalihim ng Department of Justice (DOJ) ang siyang sumasabotahe sa anti-smuggling campaign ng pamahalaan, partikular na ang talamak na oil smuggling sa bansa.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2508/default.htm


8. Abante-Tonite

OPOSISYON DEHADO SA PONDO NG ADMIN SA 2010

Ni Bernard Taguinod

Wala umanong silbi ang malakas at mabangong pangalan ng oposisyon sa 2010 national elections kapag tinapatan ito ng malaking pondo ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2508/news_story1.htm


9. Pilipino Star Ngayon

Black & White Movement kumampi kay Loren

Nina Malou Escudero At Butch Quejada
Friday, January 25, 2008

Naniniwala ang grupong Black and White Movement na nadaya si Sen. Loren Legarda noong 2004 Vice Presidential election batay na rin sa ebidensya ng election returns (Ers) na isinumite sa Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012471


10. Journal

WHERE'S PROOF?

By: Hector Lawas Alvin Murcia

Justice chief says video footage can’t pin down journalist

THE Philippine National Police can’t pin down journalist Dana Batnag solely on the basis of a TV footage showing her in deep conversation with Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said yesterday.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-25&sec=1&aid=47140


11. Business World

‘Decoupling’ still valid for RP

RISING VOLATILITY in the financial markets could harm the country’s growth prospects but the overall Philippine economy would remain largely shielded from the adverse impact of a US slowdown, economists yesterday said.
http://bworldonline.com/BW012508/content.php?id=001


12. Business Mirror

P16-B oil-imports tax leak probed

By Butch Fernandez
Reporter

SEVERAL senators, suspecting rampant oil smuggling, pressed the Department of Finance (DOF) for a full explanation on an estimated P16-billion tax leak from oil import duties last year, citing discrepancies in reports submitted to the Senate ways and means committee by the DOF and the Department of Energy (DOE).
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/0125&262008/headlines01.html



II. POLITICAL

Arroyo okays sacking of 20 political appointees

By Michael Lim Ubac, Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:50:00 01/25/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- Malacañang Thursday served notice it was firing or transferring to other offices about 20 presidential appointees, even as state workers slammed a planned overhaul of the bureaucracy, warning that tens of thousands of civil servants would lose their jobs.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080125-114642/Arroyo-okays-sacking-of-20-political-appointees


Prosecutors want judge to stay in Trillanes trial

By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:55:00 01/25/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- State prosecutors in the rebellion case against Sen. Antonio Trillanes on IV on Thursday asked the court to junk a motion by defense lawyers to have a Makati City judge inhibit himself from the case.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080125-114654/Prosecutors-want-judge-to-stay-in-Trillanes-trial


Arroyo orders plugging oil smuggling, revenue leaks

By Michelle Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:01:00 01/24/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- A technical working group tasked to curb oil smuggling will be formed soon following a directive from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to plug revenue leakages estimated to run into billions of pesos due to unscrupulous oil importers.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080124-114570/Arroyo-orders-plugging-oil-smuggling-revenue-leaks


Arroyo spokesman potential Lakas senatorial bet--official

By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 15:11:00 01/24/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s spokesman Ignacio Bunye is seriously being considered by the ruling Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats in its senatorial lineup in 2010, the party’s lawyer and spokesman has said.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20080124-114521/Arroyo-spokesman-potential-Lakas-senatorial-bet--official


Tax cut seen undermining economic surge

BY REGINA BENGCO

CABINET Secretary Ricardo Saludo yesterday said government should avoid measures which could undermine the country’s economic surge.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan25/news4.htm


Villar favors scrapping VAT on power

By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter

Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. expressed his qualified support for the exemption of power service from the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT).
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/25/yehey/top_stories/20080125top3.html


IMF: Protracted global woes may slow down RP growth

By Paolo Romero
Friday, January 25, 2008

Despite the “important progress” the Philippines has achieved in dealing with external shocks, it remains vulnerable – along with other emerging markets – to the impact of an economic tailspin in developed countries, particularly the United States.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080124180


Higher unemployment threatens RP due to US slowdown – ILO

Friday, January 25, 2008

The worst is yet to come for Filipino workers.

The International Labor Organization (ILO) yesterday warned of higher unemployment in the Philippines and other countries due to the prevailing economic slowdown in the United States.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080124182


JDV, CBCP agree on CARP extension

By Jess Diaz
Friday, January 25, 2008

Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and Catholic bishops agreed yesterday on the extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which will expire on June 30 this year.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080124181


GMA allies planning two-step Cha-cha

By Jess Diaz
Friday, January 25, 2008

President Arroyo’s allies among local government officials are planning a two-step Cha-cha (Charter change) initiative to overhaul the Constitution.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080124185


Palace: Performance, not credentials, is final qualification for appointees

By Paolo Romero
Friday, January 25, 2008

Malacañang continued yesterday its defense of President Arroyo’s prerogative to appoint members of her official family.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080124186


Reyes announces creation of TWG to plug loopholes in tax collection

By Christina Mendez
Friday, January 25, 2008

Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes announced yesterday the creation of a technical working group (TWG) to plug loopholes in tax collection that allowed the smuggling of four billion liters of crude oil last year, resulting in revenue losses worth an estimated P14 billion.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080124189


Govt says politics for 2010 wannabes

The Arroyo administration will stay away from politics and instead focus on addressing the needs of the people, not on gearing up for the 2010 presidential elections.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/25/yehey/top_stories/20080125top6.html


Mendoza hopes aviation bill approved in February

Creation of the Civil Aviation Authority can speed up reforms in the aviation industry

By Angelo S. Samonte Reporter

Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza, who is also the concurrent Air Transportation Office (ATO) chief, said he is hoping Congress could pass the bill creating the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines by February this year, so the government can immediately institute reforms in the country’s aviation industry.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/25/yehey/metro/20080125met1.html


Pagbubukas ng libro ng oil firms kinatigan

Friday, January 25, 2008

Kinatigan ng Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) ang posisyon ng Senado na pwersahin ang mga oil firms na buksan ang kanilang mga libro upang mabusisi kung legal ang pagpapasok ng langis sa bansa matapos matuklasan na mayroong oil smuggling sa Subic noong nakaraang taon.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012476


Black & White Movement kumampi kay Loren

Nina Malou Escudero At Butch Quejada
Friday, January 25, 2008

Naniniwala ang grupong Black and White Movement na nadaya si Sen. Loren Legarda noong 2004 Vice Presidential election batay na rin sa ebidensya ng election returns (Ers) na isinumite sa Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012471


Malacañang insists VAT on oil, power stays

By GENALYN D. KABILING

Malacañang yesterday rejected proposals to scrap the value-added tax (VAT) on oil products and electricity, saying these proposed tax cuts could only spoil the country’s economic success formula.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080125115299.html]


Appointees should comply with CSC rules – Pimentel

The appointments of government officials occupying career positions should be withdrawn or revoked if they fail to comply with civil service eligibility requirements under the law and if there are qualified people who can replace them.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080125115300.html


Noli liable for 80 counts of poll fraud — Loren

By Charlie V. Manalo

01/25/2008

Vowing to prove that contrary to the ruling by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), which is the Supreme Court sitting as an electoral judge that protester then vice presidential candidate now Sen. Loren Legarda failed to submit evidence of the poll fraud, the woman senator yesterday told the Tribune that definitely, Vice President Noli de Castro is liable for at least 80 counts of poll fraud.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080125hed3.html


EBIDENSYA VS REPORTER ‘DI SAPAT

(GV/NM/RM/JBS)

Aminado si Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez na hindi sapat ang isang video na nagpapakita na nag-uusap ang isang lady reporter at si Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon at maging ang lumutang na anggulo na pagkakaroon umano ng relasyon ng dalawa upang makasuhan na ang nasabing mamamahayag.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2508/news02.htm


Erap-Villar tandem itinanggi

(Boyet Jadulco)

Nilinaw kahapon ni Senate President Manny Villar na walang halong pulitika ang ginawang pagbisita nila ni dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada sa Bataan kamakalawa.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2508/news03.htm


Zonrox, alcohol owners iimbestigahan sa paglabag sa tax laws

Nahaharap ngayon sa kasong estafa at paglabag sa batas ng pagbubuwis ang mga may-ari ng Zonrox at Green Cross rubbing alcohol matapos irekomenda ng Department of Justice (DOJ) na nag-imbestiga sa reklamo laban sa mga ito.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2508/news06.htm


DOF sinupalpal sa EVAT sa langis

ni: Bernard Taguinod

Sinupalpal ng mga militanteng grupo ang Department of Finance (DOF) matapos ikatuwiran ng departamento na tanging mayayaman ang makikinabang kapag inalis ang Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) sa mga produktong petrolyo.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2508/news_story4.htm


Smugglers nasa paligid lang ni Gloria

ni:Bernard Taguinod/Boyet Jadulco

Nasa paligid lamang ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang mga smugglers na pumapatay sa ekonomiya ng bansa at nagpapahirap sa mga taxpayers.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2508/news_story5.htm


DoJ sues alcohol, detergent firm

THE Department of Justice has ordered the filing of estafa charges against the owners of Green Cross and Zonrox, a popular alcohol and detergent company.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-25&sec=4&aid=47118


Bishop tags agencies bloated with GMA appointees

By: Lee Ann P. Ducusin

A former president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines said the “palakasan” system is behind the bloated bureaucracy as he tagged four government agencies employing many unqualified presidential appointees.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-25&sec=4&aid=47143


Palace ally doubts Cha-cha okay

By: Jester P. Manalastas

A MALACAÑANG ally in the House of Representatives yesterday admitted that Charter Change through People’s Initiative has a slim chance of survival.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-25&sec=4&aid=47151


CARP life in Congress’ hands -- PCGG

By: Jeffrey C. Tiangco

THE Presidential Commission on Good Government said yesterday Congress holds the key in extending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, which expires this year.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-25&sec=4&aid=47154


PASG backs move for oil firms to open books

THE Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group yesterday supports some senators who have urged oil firms to open their books for scrutiny to find out if they conducted their business legally.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-25&sec=4&aid=47156


Rats endanger House computerization project

By: Raul S. Beltran

RATS could destroy the much-ballyhooed computerization project of the House of Representatives, an undertaking that is estimated to cost some P30 million in taxpayers’ money.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-25&sec=4&aid=47159



January 26, 2008 Mind Bullet Inc.
I.BANNER STORIES

1. Philippine Daily Inquirer

Arroyo extends Esperon’s term

By Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 06:38:00 01/26/2008

DAVOS, Switzerland (via PLDT) -- (UPDATE) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has extended for three months Military Chief General Hermogenes Esperon Jr.’s term of service, saying she wanted to sustain the military's momentum against communist rebels.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080126-114934/Arroyo-extends-Esperons-term


2. The Philippine Star

Melo named new Comelec chairman

By Marichu Villanueva
Saturday, January 26, 2008

Retired Supreme Court associate justice Jose Melo is President Arroyo’s choice as the next chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080125126


3. Manila Times

Manero walks out of jail

Priest killer says he didn’t eat the brains of Fr. Favali

By Jonathan M. Hicap, Reporter

Convicted priest killer Norberto Manero Jr., 63, was released from prison on Friday after Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez issued a ruling affirming the commutation of Manero’s sentence. The convict had spent 23 years in jail.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/26/yehey/top_stories/20080126top1.html


4. Malaya

Irregular P1.2B
AFP deal scrapped
Specs for 6 night attack helicopters tampered with

BY VICTOR REYES

DEFENSE Secretary Gilberto Teodoro has ordered the scrapping of a P1.2 billion deal with a US firm for the acquisition of six night-capable attack helicopters on the ground of bidding irregularities.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan26/news1.htm


5. Manila Bulletin



6. The Daily Tribune

Legitimacy question still hounds GMA

01/26/2008

Despite a ruling by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal that electoral fraud was not proved in Mindanao, in the matter of the protest lodged by losing vice presidential candidate Sen. Loren Legarda, and despite claims by President Arroyo’s election lawyer, Romulo Macalintal, that the same PET ruling is proof of Mrs. Arroyo’s legitimacy as it had ruled that fraud was not established by the protester, the majority of Mindanaoans, all 58 percent of them, believe that Mrs. Arroyo cheated in Mindanao areas that saw her winning the presidential count undertaken by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as well as the congressional National Canvassing Board, over then opposition standard-bearer Fernando Poe Jr.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080126hed1.html


7. Abante

HOSTAGE NI ESPERON!

Nina BOYET JADULCO, ERALYN PRADO, TINA MENDOZA at ROSE MIRANDA

Tahasang sinabi kahapon ni dating Senate President Franklin Drilon na “virtual hostage” si Pangulong Gloria Arroyo ng mga heneral kung kaya’t napilitan itong palawigin ang termino ni Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon na sasapit ang retirement age ngayong Pebrero.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2608/default.htm


8. Abante-Tonite

PRESIDENTIAL FRIEND UTAK NG OIL SMUGGLING

Ni Rey Marfil

Ito ang naging pagbubunyag ni opposition Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, kasabay ang pag-init ng usapin sa P16 bilyong buwis na nawawala sa gobyerno bunga ng oil smuggling sa Pilipinas kung saan pinakamalala sa Subic Bay Freeport.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2608/news_story1.htm


9. Pilipino Star Ngayon

Protesta ni Loren dinismis dahil sa ‘abandonment’

Ni Butch Quejada
Saturday, January 26, 2008

“Pag-abandona” at hindi ang kawalan ng ebidensya ang dapat na dahilan ng pagdismis ng Presidential Electoral Tribunal sa protesta ni Sen. Loren Legarda kaugnay ng sinasabing pandaraya noong nakaraang vice presidential polls ni VP Noli de Castro.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012568


10. Journal

PRIEST KILLER FREED

By: Hector Lawas
Gonzalez signs Manero release order

CONVICTED priest killer Norberto D. Manero, Jr. walked free yesterday after Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez finally approved his release from prison.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-26&sec=1&aid=47246



11. Business World

Moody’s upgrades RP credit rating outlook

Moody’s Investor Service yesterday upgraded its credit rating outlook on to Philippines to positive from stable, citing improvements in public sector finances and a reduced dependence on funding from abroad.
http://bworldonline.com/BW012608/content.php?id=001


12. Business Mirror




II. POLITICAL

Palace split on new SC stand on libel

By Jerome Aning, Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:33:00 01/26/2008

MANILA, Philippines--MALACAÑANG is of two minds about the Supreme Court's circular advising courts nationwide to impose fines rather than jail terms on persons convicted of libel.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080126-114872/Palace-split-on-new-SC-stand-on-libel


Lakas-Kampi in 2010: From coalition to merger

By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:37:00 01/26/2008

MANILA, Philippines--MERGER in the works: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi) with the ruling Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080126-114876/Lakas-Kampi-in-2010-From-coalition-to--merger


Bishop denies meeting Arroyo yet letter says thanks

By Beverly T. Natividad
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:38:00 01/26/2008

MANILA, Philippines--MAYBE it was a case of memory loss due to age, or the evening was simply forgettable.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080126-114878/Bishop-denies-meeting-Arroyo-yet-letter-says-thanks


Sulu legislator says ID system enforcement illegal

By Ed General
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:23:00 01/26/2008

JOLO, SULU–A legislator Friday questioned the ID system that was being implemented in the province, saying it was illegal since it didn’t pass through the local legislative body.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20080126-114866/Sulu-legislator-says-ID-system-enforcement-illegal


Arroyo extends Esperon’s term

By Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 06:38:00 01/26/2008

DAVOS, Switzerland (via PLDT) -- (UPDATE) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has extended for three months Military Chief General Hermogenes Esperon Jr.’s term of service, saying she wanted to sustain the military's momentum against communist rebels.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080126-114934/Arroyo-extends-Esperons-term


Police insist reporter helped Faeldon escape

By Alcuin Papa
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:05:00 01/26/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- Police on Friday insisted that a foreign correspondent helped renegade Marine Captain Nicanor Faeldon escape from the Peninsula Manila during the November 29 siege, citing the statements of other members of the media who claimed they witnessed the incident.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080126-114859/Police-insist-reporter-helped-Faeldon-escape


Call for opening of oil firms’ books backed

By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:35:00 01/25/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- The Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) has echoed the call of Senator Joker Arroyo that the government have oil companies open their books for public scrutiny amid accusations that some of them were involved in large-scale oil smuggling.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080125-114851/Call-for-opening-of-oil-firms-books-backed

Palace defends Esperon term extension

By Paolo Romero
Saturday, January 26, 2008

Malacañang said yesterday the extension of the term of outgoing Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. was justified in the face of the ongoing military campaign against communist rebels and extremists.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080125128


‘No room for Noli in opposition’

By Ding Cervantes
Saturday, January 26, 2008

CLARK FIELD, Pampanga – There’s no room for Vice President Noli de Castro in the opposition’s stable of presidentiables, according to Sen. Loren Legarda.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080125133


SC justices get flak over libel law

By Paolo Romero
Saturday, January 26, 2008

Malacañang warned yesterday that Supreme Court (SC) justices could be overstepping their authority and inviting impeachment when the High Court called on judges to opt to impose fines instead of jail terms for those found guilty of libel.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080125134


Protesta ni Loren dinismis dahil sa ‘abandonment’

Ni Butch Quejada
Saturday, January 26, 2008

“Pag-abandona” at hindi ang kawalan ng ebidensya ang dapat na dahilan ng pagdismis ng Presidential Electoral Tribunal sa protesta ni Sen. Loren Legarda kaugnay ng sinasabing pandaraya noong nakaraang vice presidential polls ni VP Noli de Castro.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012568


20% discount sa LPG ng seniors isinulong

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Matutuwa ang mga senior citizen sa inihaing panukala ni Camarines Sur Rep. Dato Macapagal Arroyo dahil magagamit ng mga ito ang 20 porsientong discount sa pagbili nila ng LPG at ibang pang petroleum products.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012570


Edad ng magpapakasal taasan!

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Upang masolusyunan ang problema ng mga broken marriage sa bansa iminungkahi ng isang mataas na lider ng Simbahang Katoliko na taasan ang “age requirement.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012571


GMA nakapili na ng bagong Comelec chairman

Saturday, January 26, 2008

May napili nang susunod na chairman ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) si Pangulong Arroyo kapalit ng nagbitiw na si Chairman Benjamin Abalos.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012572


Extension ni Esperon itinanggi ng Palasyo

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Itinanggi kahapon ng Malacañang na mayroon nang kautusan si Pangulong Arroyo upang bigyan ng extension ang termino ni outgoing AFP Chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr. na nakatakdang magretiro sa darating na Pebrero 9.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012573


Convicted na sa libel, ‘di sakop ng bagong SC ruling

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Naging katanggap-tanggap ang bagong guidelines ng Supreme Court (SC) sa mga hukom na bigyan ng konsiderasyon ang pagpapataw ng multa sa mga mamamahayag, sa halip na pagkakulong sakaling ma-convict ang mga ito sa kasong libel, ngunit hindi makikinabang dito ang mga nauna nang napatunayang nagkasala sa kasong libelo.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012575


Berroya napromote na DOTC Usec.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Promoted bilang Undersecretary ng Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) si Land Transportation Office (LTO) Chief Reynaldo Berroya.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012576


President to announce Comelec appointees

President Gloria Arroyo has already chosen the chairman and the two new commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), and is set to announce her appointments next month, a Palace official said.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/26/yehey/metro/20080126met4.html


Berroya to be promoted as DOTC Usec

The persons who have been aspiring to head the Land Transportation Office (LTO) can now have a shot at the post after reports came out that the agency’s chief, Reynaldo Berroya, is on his way out.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/26/yehey/metro/20080126met8.html


Senate vows to pursue oil smuggling probe

01/26/2008

The planned full-blown investigation into oil smuggling allegations involving billions of liters of imported crude oil received the backing from the Senate leadership, it was gathered yesterday.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080126hed3.html


Unqualified Palace appointees crowd GOCC boards, says Villar

01/26/2008

Unqualified presidential appointees who crowd high offices are just the “tip of the icerberg” as more of their kind land cushy jobs in the boards of government corporations or in private firms where government has shares in, Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. yesterday revealed.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080126hed4.html


Palace discloses GMA has picked new Comelec chief, two commissioners

01/26/2008

President Arroyo has already chosen a new chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as well as the two new commissioners of the poll body.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080126nat3.html


Ulap scored for fresh Cha-cha push

01/26/2008

A lawmaker yesterday opposed the new initiative by the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (Ulap) to amend the 1987 Constitution.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080126nat4.html


Esperon ‘senses’ extension

ARMED Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. yesterday said there was yet no official word on whether his tour of duty would be extended by President Arroyo but said he was "sensing that my extension is being considered."
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan26/news2.htm


Moody’s ups ratings outlook to positive

BY MAX ESTAYO

MOODY’S Investors Service yesterday raised its ratings outlook on the Philippines to positive from stable, placing the country on the path to a ratings upgrade.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan26/news3.htm



Publiko malilito sa pag-iikot ni Erap

ni:Rey Marfil

Bagama’t laging sinasabi ni dating Pangulong Joseph “Erap” Estrada na handa itong basbasan ang karapat-dapat na presidentiable, hindi inalis ni Senate minority floor leader Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr., ang posibleng pagkatuliro ng publiko sa ginagawang pag-iikot nito.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2608/news_story2.htm


GMA, FVR kinuyog sa Esperon extension

ni: Rey Marfil/Bernard Taguinod

Kinuyog ng mga senador sina Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at dating Pangulong Fidel Ramos matapos palawigin ng isang taon ang termino ni Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon gayong maraming heneral ang nakaantabay sa promosyon.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2608/news_story3.htm


NP-Lakas merger doable, says Villar

SENATE President Manuel Villar yesterday said there is a possibility that his Nacionalista Party and the administration Lakas-CMD party will merge for the 2010 presidential elections.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan26/metro2.htm


Villar allergic sa endorsement ni GMA

ni: Rey Marfil

Bagama’t suportado ang proyekto ng kasalukuyang administrasyon, mistulang pinandidirihan ni Senate President Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr., ang posibleng endorsement ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa kanyang pagtakbo sa 2010 presidential election.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2608/news_story4.htm


Gloria nakapili na ng iuupo sa Comelec

ni: Rose Miranda

Nakapili na si Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ng bagong chairman ng Commission on Elections (Comelec), maging ng dalawang mga bagong commissioners.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2608/news_story5.htm


‘Abandonment,’ sole reason for dismissal of Legarda’s case -- Carpio

SUPREME Court Justice Antonio T. Carpio had said that “abandonment “ should have been the sole reason cited by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) in dismissing the election protest filed by Senator Loren Legarda on the result of the 2004 vice presidential election.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-26&sec=1&aid=47249


Berroya getting much bigger job?

By: Joel de la Torre

AGAIN, it is being bruited about that Land Transportation Office chief Reynaldo Berroya is being groomed for a bigger job assignment –and that retired PNP chief Arturo Lomibao may finally get the juicy post to which he was appointed last year by no less than President Macapagal-Arroyo.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-26&sec=4&aid=47252



ONLINE NEWS MONITORING
January 27, 2008 Mind Bullet Inc.
I.BANNER STORIES
1. Philippine Daily Inquirer
CEOs in Davos cheering RP on

By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:22:00 01/27/2008
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND -- PRESIDENT Macapagal-Arroyo left Switzerland for Dubai Saturday heartened by business leaders’ positive sentiments about the strong Philippine economy and news of the country’s improved credit rating outlook.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080127-115036/CEOs-in-Davos-cheering-RP-on

2. The Philippine Star
Melo on hard job ahead: Just do it
By Marichu Villanueva
Sunday, January 27, 2008
With barely two years to the May 2010 presidential elections, newly appointed Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Jose Melo vowed yesterday to work vigorously for clean, honest – and automated – elections.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080126168

3. Manila Times
Former High Court Justice is Comelec chair

By Conrad M. Cariño, Senior Desk Editor
President Gloria Arroyo on Saturday announced the appointment of former Supreme Court magistrate Jose Melo to head the embattled Commission on Elections (Comelec) starting February 2, when two of the poll body’s commissioners are to retire. President Arroyo announced Melo’s appointment from Switzerland.
http://manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/27/yehey/metro/20080127met1.html

4. Malaya

5. Manila Bulletin
Gates donates $ 19.9 M to IRRI

To help develop improved rice varieties
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced it would give the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) a $ 19.9-million grant over three years to initially help place improved rice varieties and related technology in the hands of 400,000 small farmers in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080127115475.html

6. The Daily Tribune

7. Abante
Doubts cast on Melo Comelec posting
By Sherwin C. Olaes
01/27/2008
Criticisms outweighed approval yesterday on the appointment of retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Melo as the next chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) which President Arroyo had confirmed.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080127hed1.html

8. Abante-Tonite
MISYON NI ESPERON KINATATAKUTAN
Ni Bernard Taguinod

Hindi maiwasang mabahala ang mga kasapi ng oposisyon sa Kamara sa tatlong buwang pagpapalawig sa termino ni Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon dahil mistulang may tatapusin umano itong misyon.
Sa mobile phone interview kay Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo kahapon, labis umanong nakakabahala ang misyon ni Esperon dahil kung ang New People’s Army (NPA) ang kanyang tatapusin, hindi ito magagawa sa loob lamang ng tatlong buwan.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2708/news_story1.htm

9. Pilipino Star Ngayon
Term ni Esperon inextend pa ng 3 buwan
Nina Rudy Andal, Malou Escudero At Doris Franche
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Pinalawig pa ni Pa¬ngulong Arroyo ng tat¬long buwan ang pana¬natili sa puwesto ni AFP chief Hermogenes Es¬peron Jr.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012670

10. Journal
DOBLENG DAGOK SA PINOY!
NINA Boyet Jadulco, Grace Velasco at Irish Ann Cruz
Dobleng dagok ang ipinatitikim sa sambayanang Filipino sa ibinigay na pabor sa umano’y dalawang tuta ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na malinaw na bayad utang lamang sa ginawang pandaraya noong 2004 presidential elections upang manalo ito.
http://abante.com.ph/issue/jan2708/default.htm


11. Business World


12. Business Mirror


II. POLITICAL
Gov’t employees confirm Arroyo appointees unqualified
By Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:42:00 01/27/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- An umbrella organization of unions and associations of government rank-and-file employees yesterday came to the defense of embattled Civil Service Commission Chair Karina David, who had drawn the ire of Malacañang for questioning the qualifications of presidential appointees to government posts.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080127-115041/Govt-employees-confirm-Arroyo-appointees-unqualified

Melo brings credibility, gives new face to Comelec
By Beverly T. Natividad
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:44:00 01/27/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- His name is synonymous with credibility, as one election lawyer put it. But can a 75-year-old retired Supreme Court justice restore the tattered reputation of the Commission on Elections?
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080127-115042/Melo-brings-credibility-gives-new-face-to-Comelec

Selection of Palace appointees starts
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:57:00 01/27/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Malacañang has started the selection process to fill the vacant posts in the executive and judiciary branches, according to Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080127-115046/Selection-of-Palace-appointees-starts

Arroyo orders stop to move to oust De Venecia
By Michael Lim Ubac, Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:15:00 01/27/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- A plot to unseat speaker Jose De Venecia when Congress resumes its session on Monday was reportedly aborted by a long distance call from President Macapagal-Arroyo, who instructed her political lieutenants to desist.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080127-115052/Arroyo-orders-stop-to-move-to-oust-De-Venecia

Arroyo selling ‘cheap RP labor’
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:19:00 01/27/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- A militant overseas Filipino group based in the United Arab Emirates yesterday criticized President Macapagal-Arroyo’s visit to Dubai, saying her administration was taking “another opportunity to sell cheap Filipino labor to foreigners.”
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080127-115056/Arroyo-selling-cheap-RP-labor

GMA tells House allies to back off on oust-JDV move
By Jess Diaz
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Back off.
This is the message that President Arroyo reportedly wants to relay to pro-administration congressmen plotting to unseat Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr..
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080126174

Loren undecided on presidential bid, but says she’s ready to face Noli
By Ding Cervantes
Sunday, January 27, 2008
CLARK FIELD, Pampanga – On a day when nobody expected fireworks, Sen. Loren Legarda declared here yesterday that she is prepared to face “anything, anyone,” including her former media colleague Vice President Noli de Castro, in the 2010 presidential race.
http://philstar..com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080126175

Congress resumes session tomorrow
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Congress will resume session tomorrow with Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. remaining at the helm despite reported attempts to unseat him.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080126193

GMA warns RP Senate won’t ratify Asean Charter if Suu Kyi isn’t freed
By Marvin Sy
Sunday, January 27, 2008
President Arroyo reiterated her call for Myanmar’s military junta to free detained political leader Aung San Suu Kyi as part of its commitment to institute democratic reforms.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080126194

Financial mess, massive housecleaning await Melo at Comelec
By Aries Rufo
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Memo to incoming Commission on Elections chairman Jose Melo: the poll body is in financial ruin.
In an unprecedented move last year, the Comelec under resigned chair Benjamin Abalos paid the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) a whopping P645 million for their services as election deputies in the 2007 senatorial polls – more than double the amount that the poll body normally pays the police and security forces during major electoral exercises.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080126196

Melo bagong Comelec chairman
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Kinumpirma ni Presidential Deputy Spokesman Anthony Golez na si dating Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Melo na ang uupo bilang bagong Chairman ng Commission on Elections (Comelec).
http://philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012672

Melo appointed new Comelec Chairman

By DAVID CAGAHASTIAN
President Arroyo yesterday announced that she had chosen former Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Melo to be the new Chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080127115476.html

JdV assured support when Congress reopens

Senior Deputy Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II of Lakas CMD said yesterday that Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita had informed him and other party and majority coalition congressmen of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s specific instructions to put a stop to the efforts by misguided party elements to unseat Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080127115477.html

492 out of 949 pass pharmacist licensure exam

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) yesterday announced that 492 out of 949 passed the Pharmacist Licensure Examination given by the Board of Pharmacy in the cities of Manila, Baguio, and Cebu this January, 2008.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080127115479.html

Back off, Gloria tells House allies on move to oust JdV
By Gerry Baldo and Charlie V. Manalo
01/27/2008
Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. seems to have received a new lease on his political future after President Arroyo apparently ordered her allies in the House of Representatives to back off from efforts to unseat De Venecia when Congress resumes session on Monday.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080127hed2.html

GMA extends Esperon’s term for 3 months
01/27/2008
Despite calls for President Arroyo not to extend her top general’s tour of duty, which they claimed may even aggravate destabilization threat, rather than contain it, the Chief Executive has confirmed the term extension of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. for another three months to sustain the government’s ongoing campaign to finally end rebel insurgency in the country.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080127hed6.html

Roxas to gov’t: Suspend oil VAT, ease people’s financial burdens
01/27/2008
Sen. Mar Roxas II yesterday called on the Arroyo government to ease people’s financial burdens rather than project a doomsday scenario once a law is enacted to suspend the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) on petroleum products.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080127nat1.html

Sulu ID’s design sparks controversy
01/27/2008
The issuance of the identification cards to the people of Sulu is again heating up again as more and more people are starting to question the real motives behind the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) controversial move.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080127nat4.html

Palace welcomes Moody’s upgrade
01/27/2008
Malacañang yesterday expressed satisfaction over Moody’s upgrade of the Phiippines’ economic outlook.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080127nat5.html

JDV isinalba ni GMA

(BJadulco/GVelasco)

Muntik nang masibak bilang House Speaker si Jose de Venecia Jr. kung hindi lamang nagpasaklolo kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
http://abante.com.ph/issue/jan2708/news03.htm

Moody's sinangkalan ng Palasyo

(Grace Velasco/Boyet Jadulco)

Ginamit na depensa ng Malacañang ang pinakahuling positibong outlook na ibinigay ng International credit rating group na Moody’s Investors Service kontra sa mga panukala na suspendihin muna ang pagpapataw ng buwis sa mga produktong petrolyo at sa kuryente.
http://abante.com.ph/issue/jan2708/news04.htm

GAME OF THE GENERALS
By: Paul M. Gutierrez
GMA held hostage by military top brass --Pimentel
THE reported extension of the term of Armed Forces chief Hermogenes Esperon continues to draw flak with Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. describing it as proof that President Macapagal-Arroyo is being held hostage by the military top brass.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-27&sec=1&aid=47329

Melo bagong Comelec chair
KINUMPIRMA kahapon ni presidential deputy spokesperson Anthony Golez ang pag-upo ni retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Melo bilang susunod na Commission on Election chair.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-27&sec=1&aid=47316

House won’t reduce ‘pork’
By: Jester P. Manalastas
CONGRESSMEN will continue to enjoy their pork barrel as the House of Representatives agreed not to cut the Priority Development Assistance Fund of the lawmakers.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index..php?issue=2008-01-27&sec=1&aid=47346
Pagdismis sa kaso ni Loren sa PET tanggap kung…
MALUWAG na tatanggapin ni Sen. Loren Legarda ang pagkadismis ng kanyang kaso sa Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) kung ang ginawang dahilan ay “abandonement” batay na rin sa isang bahagi ng desisyon ni Supreme Court Justcie Antonio Carpio.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-27&sec=4&aid=0

Pag-upo ng delegado ng Con-Con hiniling isabay sa 2010 elections
IPINANUKALA kahapon ng isang Mindanao solon na malapit na kaalyado ng Malacañang na isabay na lamang sa 2010 presidential elections ang pagluklok ng mga delegado sa isang Constitutional Convention (Con-Con) upang hindi makulayan na pagpapalawig sa termino ng mga kasalukuyang opis-yal sa pangunguna ni Pangulong Gloria Maca-pagal-Arroyo ang motibo ng Charter change.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-27&sec=4&aid=47296

Pagbigyan n’yo na!

ni: Grace Velasco

Ito ang inihirit kahapon ng Malacañang sa gitna ng kaliwa’t kanang negatibong reaksyon sa pagpapalawig ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa termino ni Armed Forces chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon Jr.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2708/news_story2.htm

Comelec hamon kay Melo
ni: Bernard Taguinod

Malaking responsibili¬dad ang nakaatang sa balikat ni dating Supreme Court Justice Jose Melo sa kanyang pag-upo bilang bagong chairman ng Commission on Elections (Comelec).
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2708/news_story3..htm

Pagbasura sa oil dereg uunahin
ni: BTaguinod

Ilalaban ng mga militanteng kongresista ang pagbasura sa Oil Deregulation Law sa pagbabalik trabaho ng mga mambabatas simula bukas, araw ng Lunes.
Ito ang napag-alaman kay Anakpawis party-list Rep. Crispin Beltran dahil ito na lamang aniya ang paraan upang maibsan ang epekto ng mataas na presyo ng langis sa halaga ng mga pangunahing bilihin.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2708/news_story4.htm



January 28, 2008 Mind Bullet Inc.
I.BANNER STORIES

1. Philippine Daily Inquirer

Esperon: 4 months ahead may be bloody

General expects stiff NPA resistance

By Nikko Dizon, Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:06:00 01/28/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- Declaring his final mission is to defeat the communist insurgency, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. Sunday said his last months in office “could be bloody” because the rebels would certainly fight back.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080128-115200/Esperon:4_months_ahead_may_be_bloody


2. The Philippine Star

Esperon says nothing wrong with extension

By James Mananghaya
Monday, January 28, 2008

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. defended yesterday the extension of his term, saying that no doctrine was violated when he was ordered to stay for another three months.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080127107


3. Manila Times

Hunt on for oil smugglers

PASG wants oil firms to open their books

By William B. Depasupil, Reporter

The Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) wants petroleum companies to open their books to authorities to check if the firms are involved in oil smuggling, which costs government billions of pesos annually.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/28/yehey/top_stories/20080128top1.html


4. Malaya

More AFP unrest seen with extension
Palace: Esperon needed to maintain anti-Red momentum

BY GERARD NAVAL

TWO senior bishops yesterday said President Arroyo’s decision to extend the tour of duty of AFP chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon could cause more unrest within the military ranks.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan28/news1.htm


5. Manila Bulletin


6. The Daily Tribune

Not yet, Erap says of UNO 2010 choice

By Angie M. Rosales

01/28/2008

Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. is not the United Opposition’s anointed, at least not yet, former President Joseph Estrada yesterday said on his arrival from Hong Kong, his first trip abroad after being pardoned by President Arroyo from a Sandiganbayan plunder conviction.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080128hed1.html


7. Abante

PNP TUTULUYAN NG MEDIA!

Nina Tina Paguirigan at Eralyn Prado

Tuloy na ang sagupaan sa pagitan ng mga mamamahayag at ilang opisyal ng gobyerno at pulis kaugnay sa ginawang pag-aresto sa may 50 mediamen sa kasagsagan ng Manila Peninsula stand-off noong Nobyembre 29, 2007.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2808/default.htm


8. Abante-Tonite

ESPERON ILIPAT SA CIVILIAN POST

ni: Rey Marfil

Sa gitna ng kaliwa’t kanang mga batikos kaugnay ng usapin sa term extension ni Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon, inirekomenda ni Senate minority leader Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr. na ilipat o hanapan ng civilian post o puwestong nasa labas ng militar ang magreretirong heneral upang mabawasan ang demoralisasyon sa hukbong sandatahan.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2808/news1.htm


9. Pilipino Star Ngayon

Hamon ni Brillantes kay Macalintal: ‘Lisensiya itaya kung walang daya!’

Ni Butch Quejada
Monday, January 28, 2008

Hinamon kamakailan ni Atty. Sixto Brillantes ang kapwa election lawyer na si Atty. Romulo Macalintal na isoli ang lisensya sa pagka-abogado kung mapapatunayan na nagsisinungaling kaugnay sa electoral protest ni Senator Loren Legarda laban kay Vice Pres. Noli de Castro.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012735


10. Journal

SUHARTO DIES

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s former president Suharto died from multiple organ failure on Sunday, a local police official told reporters at the hospital where he was admitted on January 4. He was 86.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-01-28&sec=1&aid=47422


11. Business World

Four bills top Congress agenda
Priority measures pending at bicameral conference level

CONGRESS RESUMES SESSION today after a month-long Christmas break, with four bills primed for bicameral conference debates forming the immediate agenda for both chambers.
http://bworldonline.com/BW012808/content.php?id=001


12. Business Mirror

Infra spending to slow
OWING TO SEVERAL GOVERNMENT HITCHES

By Jun Vallecera
Reporter

THE Department of Finance (DOF) anticipates a slowdown in public-infrastructure spending as percentage of local output or the gross domestic product (GDP) this year, elevating fears of growth losing steam so soon after the GDP accelerated to its fastest pace in decades.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/01282008/headlines01.html



II. POLITICAL

Presidential aspirants join Iloilo’s Dinagyang Festival

By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.
Visayas Bureau
First Posted 03:13:00 01/28/2008

ILOILO CITY -- Amid the drum-beating and revelry in this city’s Dinagyang Festival, two officials, touted as among the front-runners in the 2010 presidential election, jostled for Ilonggos’ support by distributing yellow caps and orange fans at the Ati-Ati tribe contest Sunday.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080128-115203/Presidential-aspirants-join-Iloilos-Dinagyang-Festival


Melo vows to restore credibility of Comelec

By Margaux Ortiz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:05:00 01/28/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- Newly appointed Commission on Elections Chair Jose A. R. Melo declared himself physically fit for the job, saying his main objectives were to pursue automation in the 2010 presidential election and to restore credibility to the scandal-wracked Comelec.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080128-115212/Melo-vows-to-restore-credibility-of-Comelec


Estrada earns ‘pogi’ points among Filipinos in HK

By Blanche Rivera
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:49:00 01/28/2008

HONG KONG -- Six years of incarceration have not diminished Joseph Estrada in the eyes of overseas Filipino workers here.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080128-115219/Estrada-earns-pogi-points-among-Filipinos-in-HK


International team to evaluate nuke plant
By Donnabelle Gatdula
Monday, January 28, 2008

A group of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will review and evaluate the possibility of reactivating the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), a source disclosed.

The source said experts from Austria, Argentina and Romania are going to visit the BNPP in Morong, Bataan today.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080127108


Ouster threat vs Speaker is real and here to stay--solon

By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:36:00 01/27/2008

MANILA -- Congress resumes its session with new and specific threats to the leadership of Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., despite an alleged message of support from President Macapagal-Arroyo relayed by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita to administration lawmakers in the House of Representatives.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080127-115171/Ouster-threat-vs-Speaker-is-real-and-here-to-stay--solon

House eyes ratification of P1.227-T budget on Monday

By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 21:34:00 01/27/2008

MANILA -- The P1.227-trillion national budget for 2008 will be up for ratification by the Senate and the House when Congress resumes sessions Monday afternoon, the chair of the House committee on appropriations has announced.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080127-115159/House-eyes-ratification-of-P1227-T-budget-on-Monday


Journalists to file P20-M class suit vs gov’t execs

By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 21:01:00 01/27/2008

MANILA -- Dozens of journalists are expected to flock to the Makati City regional trial court on Monday to file a P20-million class suit against government officials behind the arrest of their colleagues who covered the Manila Peninsula Hotel standoff last November 29.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080127-115155/Journalists-to-file-P20-M-class-suit-vs-govt-execs


PAF keeping helicopters in the air despite crash

By Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:06:00 01/27/2008

MANILA -- The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has decided not to ground its fleet of UH-1H helicopters and allowed the chopper's missions to continue despite a Huey crash in Balamban, Cebu, late Saturday afternoon.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080127-115146/PAF-keeping-helicopters-in-the-air-despite-crash


Lakas revamp under way

By Paolo Romero
Monday, January 28, 2008

The ruling Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) is undertaking a revamp of its leadership and improving links with various sectors to strengthen the party and make it more relevant.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080127110


Senators pin hope on Melo for new Comelec

By Christina Mendez
Monday, January 28, 2008

Senators have expressed hope that newly appointed Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Jose Melo will bring back “lost glory” to the electoral body and ensure that the next presidential elections in 2010 are not marred with fraud.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080127114


New oust-JDV ploy fizzles out amid GMA appeal

By Jess Diaz
Monday, January 28, 2008

The new coup plot against Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. appeared to have fizzled out over the weekend in the wake of President Arroyo’s expression of support for her chief congressional ally’s leadership.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080127118


Bishops won’t call for GMA resignation

By Edu Punay
Monday, January 28, 2008

Catholic bishops have refused to heed calls for them to appeal for the resignation of President Arroyo over unresolved issues hounding her administration that resulted in what they earlier described as a “moral bankruptcy” in Philippine politics.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080127122


NEDA eyes P2 trillion for infra projects

By Darwin G. Amojelar, Reporter

Government will spend about P2.03 trillion on infrastructure projects up to the end of President Gloria Arroyo’s term to pump prime the economy, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/28/yehey/top_stories/20080128top2.html

GMA tells Melo: ‘Clean Comelec’

By Angelo S. Samonte, Reporter

Malacañang hopes the appointment of retired Supreme Court Justice Jose Melo will unify the people and clean the image of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and of the Arroyo administration.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/28/yehey/top_stories/20080128top3.html


Journalists, media advocates to file class suit

By James Konstantin Galvez, Reporter

Nearly two months after the November 29 standoff at the Manila Peninsula Hotel, arrested media practitioners are set to file today a multimillion-peso class suit against government officials before the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC).
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/28/yehey/metro/20080128met6.html


Energy Summit simula na

Monday, January 28, 2008

Sisimulan na bukas ang energy summit upang makahanap ng solusyon kaugnay sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng produktong petrolyo sa pandaigdigang pamilihan.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012736


Manila Pen standoff: Class suit ng media isasampa ngayon

Monday, January 28, 2008

Isang multi-million class suit laban sa DILG, DOJ at PNP ang isasampa ngayong araw ng mga mamamahayag na dinakip at pinosasan sa Manila Peninsula standoff.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008012737


Melo won’t take seat before confirmation

NEWLY named Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Jose Melo yesterday said he will not assume his new post until his appointment is confirmed by the Commission on Appointments.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan28/news3.htm


Oust-Joe bid resurfaces on Congress’ return

BY WENDELL VIGILIA

CONGRESS resumes session today with speculation on the ouster of Speaker Jose de Venecia refusing to die down.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan28/news5.htm


Bishops unlikely to call for ouster

A SENIOR prelate yesterday expressed belief the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines would not call for President Arroyo’s resignation at the conclusion of their 96th biannual plenary assembly.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan28/news6.htm


PNP urged to stop witch-hunt vs media

SEN. Loren Legarda yesterday urged Camp Crame to abandon its alleged harassment of media in connection with the November 29 Peninsula Manila hotel standoff.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan28/news7.htm


Rid Comelec of crooks, senators dare Melo

By Angie M. Rosales

01/28/2008

Incoming Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Jose Melo is under close scrutiny of senators who yesterday already issued their first challenge for him to weed out alleged scoundrels in the electoral body and bring back dignity to the institution. http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080128hed2.html


Habeas data can’t be used to bare media sources — SC

01/28/2008

Faced with a real prospect of abuse, the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday said the writ of habeas data cannot be used against journalists to expose their sources.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080128hed5.html


CA head in House denies plotting JdV’s ouster

By Charlie V. Manalo

01/28/2008

The head of the House of Representatives contingent to the powerful Commission on Appointment (CA) yesterday categorically denied he is behind the reported plot to oust House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. from the lower chamber’s top post.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080128nat1.html


Palace: Whole of AFP backs Esperon’s extension

01/28/2008

Malacañang yesterday said it was certain that all the men and women of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are not feeling demoralization over the extension AFP Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon Jr.’s term by President Arroyo as he has led the military institution effectively and with integrity.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080128nat3.html


Comelec pinalilinis kay Melo

(Eralyn Prado/Juliet de Loza/Rose Miranda)

Hinamon kahapon ng mga mambabatas at militanteng grupo si bagong talagang Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Jose Melo na linisin ang komisyon upang maibangon at maibalik ang nasirang integridad nito.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2808/news02.htm


Walang resignation call -- CBCP

(Irish Ann Cruz)

Deretsahang inihayag ng ilang obispo ng Simbahang Katoliko na malabong direktang ipanawagan ng Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) ang pagbaba sa puwesto ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa ilalim ng inaasahan nitong ipapalabas na pastoral statement kasabay ng pagtatapos ng kanilang tatlong araw na Plenary Assembly sa Pope Pius Catholic Center sa Paco, Maynila, kahapon.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/jan2808/news03.htm


JDV-Villar kampante sa balik-sesyon

(Eralyn Corvera Prado)

Taliwas sa inaabangang “showdown” ngayon sa liderato ng dalawang kapulungan ng Kongreso kaugnay sa muling pagbubukas ng sesyon, pawang kampante sina Senate President Manuel Villar at House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. na hawak pa rin nila ang trono at walang sinumang makakaagaw nito.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2808/news2.htm


Utak ng oil smuggling, tinukoy

(Rey Marfil)

Sa harap ng malawakang oil smuggling sa Subic Freeport na nagpapahirap sa mga oil companies at sambayanang Filipino na tinatamaan ng expanded value added tax (EVAT), tinanggalan ng maskara ni opposition Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson ang negosyanteng malapit sa mag-asawang Arroyo bilang mastermind ng sindikato.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2808/news3.htm


ID system sa Sulu pinababaklas ni Nene

(Rey Marfil)

Kasabay ang alegasyong ilegal ang implementasyon ng ID system sa lalawigan ng Sulu, pinababaklas ni Senate minority leader Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr. ang naturang programa dahil walang batas hinggil dito.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/jan2808/news4.htm