November 27-30, 2007

November 27, 2007 Mind Bullet Inc.
I.BANNER STORIES

1. Philippine Daily Inquirer
‘Lando’ weakens; Mina leaves 8 dead
By Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 09:04pm (Mla time) 11/26/2007
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) Tropical storm "Lando" (international codename: Hagibis) weakened as it moved closer to northwest Palawan and Mindoro Island on Monday afternoon, after reentering the country's area of responsibility, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view_article.php?article_id=103137

2. The Philippine Star
Senate probes suspended
By Aurea Calica
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Senate has suspended its investigations into various anomalies involving officials of the administration for two weeks to give way to marathon hearings on the proposed budget for 2008.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071126108

3. Manila Times
LP crowns Roxas its leader
Senator promises to lead Liberals to victory in 2010
By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
SEN. Manuel “Mar” Roxas 2nd, the newly elected president of the Liberal Party (LP), on Monday vowed to lead the Liberals to victory in the 2010 presidential elections.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/27/yehey/top_stories/20071127top1.html

4. Malaya
The knives are out to get De Venecia?
$120M compromise deal with PCGG reviewed
BY EVANGELINE DE VERA
GOVERNMENT lawyers have started a review of the 1988 compromise deal between the Presidential Commission on Good Government and Landoil Resources Corp., a firm owned by Speaker Jose de Venecia, to return the $120 million loan it acquired in the 1970s.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/nov27/news1.htm

5. Manila Bulletin

6. The Daily Tribune
Minority boycotts plenary debate; House junks impeach
By Charlie V. Manalo
11/27/2007
Voting 184 against one negative vote and one abstention, the House of Representatives yesterday delivered the final nail to the coffin of the impeachment complaint against President Arroyo, dismissing the charges amid the full boycott of the members of the minority bloc.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071127hed1.html

7. Abante
NASA’N ANG TULONG KAY MARILOU?
(TINA MENDOZA/ERALYN PRADO)
Abot ang pakiusap ng pamilya Ranario kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na gawin ang lahat upang mailigtas sa kamatayan at maging sa habambuhay na pagkabilanggo ang overseas Filipino worker (OFW) na si Marilou Ranario na hahatulan nang pinal ngayong araw sa kasong pagpatay sa kanyang amo sa Kuwait.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/nov2707/main.htm

8. Abante-Tonite
BANTAY-HATOL KAY RANARIO
(Bernard Taguinod/Vladi Eduarte)
Ipinahayag ng Migrante International na magkakaroon sila ng "Bantay-Hatol" sa harap ng tanggapan ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) kasabay ng promulgation ng kaso ngayong araw na ito ng overseas Filipino worker (OFW) na si Marilou Ranario na kasalukuyang nasa death row ng Kuwait.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/nov2707/main.htm


9. Pilipino Star Ngayon
Roxas, huwad na LP prexy
Nina Angie Dela Cruz, Edwin Balasa At Malou Escudero
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Ipinahiwatig kahapon ni Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza na hu­wad ang pagkakahalal kay Senador Mar Roxas bilang bagong pangulo ng Liberal Party, isa sa pinaka­matandang partido pulitikal sa bansa.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2007112678

10. Journal
MINA'S WRATH
By: Joel de la Torre Fernando Cariaso
Typhoon kills 8, plunges 3 provinces in darkness

TYPHOON ‘‘Mina’’ pounded Northern Luzon and several provinces yesterday, leaving eight people dead and displacing hundreds of thousands of people who were forced out of their homes.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-27&sec=1&aid=40408

11. Business World
BY MARIA KRISTINA C. CONTI
Gov’t rushes tariff cuts
To exhaust means vs oil prices
KEEN ON CURBING the rise in fuel prices, the government yesterday said it is rushing a scheme to cut import duties on crude oil and refined petroleum products before the year ends.
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW112707/content.php?id=001

12. Business Mirror
Audit on road mess sought
SENATE SEEKS C.O.A. REPORT ON W.B.-FUNDED PROJECTS; PALACE ISSUES ORDERS
By Butch Fernandez and Mia Gonzalez
Reporters
IN the face of presidential orders to clean up the extensive bidding mess in government after the World Bank (WB) practically blew the whistle on the practice, Executive officials continue to snub the Senate investigation on the WB suspension of its loan for road upgradings.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/11272007/headlines01.html



II. POLITICAL
LP picks Roxas as president
By Jose Rodel Clapano
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
The Liberal Party unanimously elected Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II as its new president yesterday, replacing Sen. Franklin Drilon.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071126108

Lawmakers to grill Teves, Ibazeta over power assets
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Inquirer
Last updated 03:20am (Mla time) 11/27/2007
MANILA, Philippines -- The Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC) will grill Jose Ibazeta, president of Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM), along with Finance Secretary Margarito Teves next month on the sale of the government’s energy assets.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103292

Ibazeta: No foul play in bidding proceedings
By Abigail L. Ho
Inquirer
Last updated 03:42am (Mla time) 11/27/2007
MANILA, Philippines -- Jose Ibazeta, president of Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM), Monday dismissed accusations of irregularities in the bidding for the assets of National Transmission Corp. (Transco).
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103293

Miriam wants PSALM to explain move to sell Transco
By Christina Mendez
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, co-chairperson of the Joint Congressional Power Committee, has directed Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) president Jose Ibazeta to explain the alleged government move to sell the National Transmission Corp. (Transco) to an ally of President Arroyo.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071126113




OSG reviewing PCGG, Landoil deal on $120-M behest loan
By Mike Frialde
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera yesterday said her office has started its review of the compromise agreement between Landoil Resources Corp. and the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) covering a $120-million behest loan made in the 1970s.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071126114

Roxas takes over LP helm, signals 2010 Palace run
By Dona Pazzibugan, TJ Burgonio
Inquirer
Last updated 03:48am (Mla time) 11/27/2007
MANILA, Philippines -- With a disguised campaign slogan for a backdrop, Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II Monday assumed the leadership of the Liberal Party, apparently signaling the launch of his presidential bid in 2010.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103295

It’s final: House junks impeachment case against GMA
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
The House of Representatives threw out the impeachment complaint against President Arroyo last night.
Voting 184-1 with one abstention, the House in plenary session affirmed the justice committee’s decision to dismiss the complaint.
Lawmakers approved Committee Report 096 of Quezon City Rep. Matias Defensor, panel chairman, declaring the complaint of lawyer Roel Pulido “sufficient in form” but extremely wanting in substance.
Opposition members Roilo Golez, Teofisto Guingona III, Liza Maza, Rufus Rodriguez and Crispin Beltran said they will not participate in the voting, but grabbed the microphones to make their protest known.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071126117

Arroyo orders review of all foreign-funded projects
By Christine Avendaño, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Inquirer
Last updated 05:08am (Mla time) 11/27/2007
MANILA, Philippines -- With the World Bank still not moving to lift its suspension of deliberations on the $232-million soft loan intended for Philippine road projects, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has issued a string of instructions to ensure that foreign-assisted and funded projects would be free of irregularities.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103297




GMA orders review of WB project; WB execs snub probe
By Paolo Romero
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
President Arroyo has ordered a multi-sectoral review of a $232 million rural road project whose implementation was earlier suspended by the World Bank (WB) following reports of possible irregularities in the first phase of the project.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071126124

Militants take fight vs JPEPA to world
Inquirer
Last updated 05:52am (Mla time) 11/27/2007
MANILA, Philippines -- Militant groups are taking their fight against the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) to international forums.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103300

Impeachment vs GMA nasa Supreme Court na
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Iniakyat na sa Korte Suprema nina Iloilo Vice Governor Rolex Suplico at iba pang oposisyon kahapon ang usapin sa ginawang pagbasura sa impeachment complaint na iniharap laban kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at dating Commission on Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2007112681

Senado inisnab dahil sa bagyo
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Ginamit na dahilan kahapon ng ilang mga miyembro ng Gabinete na hindi nakarating sa pagdinig kahapon ng Senado ang mga bagyong nasa loob ng bansa.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2007112682

PCGG hounds de Venecia on $120-M loan
By Francis Earl A. Cueto, Reporter
The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) is moving to collect from Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., $120 million in overdue payment for an alleged behest loan taken out nearly three decades ago.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/27/yehey/top_stories/20071127top3.html

House junks impeach complaint vs. Arroyo
By Maricel V. Cruz, Reporter
The House of Representatives on Monday finally junked the “weak” impeachment complaint filed against President Gloria Arroyo by lawyer Roel Pulido.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/27/yehey/metro/20071127met2.html

Sabio ‘ignored’ PCGG rules in reviving JdV raps — exec
11/27/2007
A ranking official of the Presidential Commission on Good Government yesterday admitted he was not aware of the action taken by PCGG Chairman Camilo Sabio against Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. in connection with the revival of the multibillion-peso behest loan charges involving the House leader’s former company Landoil Resources Corp.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071127hed2.html

GMA aides snub Senate WB projects probe
11/27/2007
Cabinet secretaries invited by a Senate panel probing the irregularities that led to the indefinite suspension by the World Bank of the Arroyo administration’s road projects’ funding, were expectedly a no-show, rejecting an opportunity to dispute allegations by the WB of the projects being riddled by corruption and bid-rigging, which caused the lender to defer indefinitely the grant of $232-million soft loans to the Philippines due to corruption charges, along with the missed opportunity for the Palace to defend its stand.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071127hed3.html

Roxas inherits divided LP; Villar not threatened
11/27/2007
The Liberal Party (LP) continues to be divided into two factions, even with Sen. Manuel Roxas II winning the presidency by acclamation.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071127hed4.html

House dismisses impeach complaint
BY WENDELL VIGILIA
THE House, by a vote of 184-1-1, formally dismissed in plenary Monday night the "sham" impeachment complaint filed by lawyer Roel Pulido against President Arroyo.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/nov27/news2.htm

Mar vows to lead LP to victory
BY DENNIS GADIL
SEN. Manuel Roxas II yesterday took over the presidency of the Liberal Party with the promise of leading the once dominant party to victory in 2010.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/nov27/news3.htm

House dismisses impeach complaint vs GMA
By: Raul S. Beltran
THE House of Representatives last night unanimously voted to dismiss what the opposition described as a “sham” impeachment complaint filed by lawyer Ruel Pulido against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo after the House minority boycotted the proceedings.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-27&sec=1&aid=40413


Anti-graft body to WB: Bare execs in road project mess
AN anti-graft watchdog yesterday petitioned the World Bank (WB) to publicly disclose the names of public officials and companies allegedly involved in bribery and rigging of bidding for the $33 million first phase road project under the National Road Improvement and Management Program.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-27&sec=4&aid=40329

Suplico questions dismissal of impeach raps
By: Hector Lawas
A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court questioning the decision of the House of Representatives to drop the supplemental impeachment complaints against President Macapagal-Arroyo and retired Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos in connection with the anomalous broadband deal.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-27&sec=4&aid=40436




November 28, 2007 Mind Bullet Inc.
I.BANNER STORIES

1. Philippine Daily Inquirer
Kuwaiti supreme court confirms Filipina's death sentence
By Veronica Uy
Agence France-Presse, INQUIRER.net
Last updated 11:03pm (Mla time) 11/27/2007
KUWAIT CITY -- (UPDATE 3) Kuwait's supreme court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence handed down on a Filipina maid convicted of murdering her employer.
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view_article.php?article_id=103412

2. The Philippine Star
6.0 quake rattles Luzon
By Helen Flores
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
A 6.0-magnitude tectonic earthquake shook some parts of Luzon yesterday, leading to the suspension of classes in some areas though not causing any damage or casualties, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2007112799


3. Manila Times
Kuwait court: Death for Filipina domestic
By Jonathan M. Hicap, Reporter
Kuwait’s Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed a death sentence handed down to a Filipina maid convicted of murdering her employer.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/28/yehey/top_stories/20071128top1.html

4. Malaya

5. Manila Bulletin
Global meet on HIV-AIDS today
Senate leads int’l solons in fight against AIDS
Parliamentarians gather at Manila Hotel for AIDS meeting
The First Global Parliamentary Meeting on HIV-AIDS will be held today at the historic landmark Manila Hotel, with Senate President Manuel Villar opening the proceedings.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20071128109979.html

6. The Daily Tribune
Solon exposes kickbacks in power plant sale
By Angie M. Rosales
11/28/2007
It’s all in the presidential family, so it seems.
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago yesterday blew the kickback whistle on a Malacañang appointee, a former presidential brother-in-law, and the current presidential son, Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo, baring the ways and means they employed in attempting to get Santiago, who sits as chairman of the Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC), to approve the scheduled bidding of two geothermal plants, the sale of which is largely suspected to rake in kickbacks for certain Energy officials.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071128hed1.html

7. Abante
PINATIRA TALAGA SI JDV -- PCGG
(JB Salarzon/Eralyn Prado/Boyet Jadulco)
Inamin kahapon ni Philippine Commission on Good Government (PCGG) Chairman Camilo Sabio na may mga taong nagtulak sa kanya para buhayin ang ‘behest loan’ na usapin laban kay House Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/nov2807/main.htm

8. Abante-Tonite
KINITA SA EVAT NAWAWALA
Ni Rey Marfil
Hindi mapigil ang pag-iyak ng mga kapatid ni Marilou Ranario na sina Wilfreda, Allan at Marivic nang makarating sa kanilang kaalaman ang desisyon ng Kuwaiti court na pagpataw ng parusang kamatayan sa kanilang kapatid habang nagsasagawa ng rally kahapon sa harapan ng tanggapan ng Department of Foreign Affairs sa Pasay City. (AP)
Kasabay ang pagsisimula ng budget deliberation sa Senado, kinuwestyon nina Sens. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson at Francis "Chiz" Escudero III ang ipinagmamalaking balanced 2008 budget proposal ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lalo pa’t nawawala ang kinita ng gobyerno sa expanded value added tax (EVAT).
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/nov2807/main.htm

9. Pilipino Star Ngayon
Pinagtibay ng Kuwaiti court: Bitay kay Ranario
Ni Joy Cantos
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Nabigo ang pag-apela ng pamahalaan na maisalba ang buhay ng Pinay domestic helper na si Marilou Ranario matapos na pagtibayin ng Shariah court ang hatol na bitay dito kaugnay ng pagpatay nito sa kanyang amo sa bansang Kuwait noong Enero 10, 2005.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2007112761

10. Journal
RAGING NATURE
By: Fernando M. Cariaso
Mina leaves 12 dead as it exits; Lando back
TYPHOON Mina (international codename Mitag) left 12 people dead and four people missing as it headed to the southern islands of Japan, the National Disaster Coordinating Council yesterday said.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-28&sec=1&aid=40523

11. Business World
Court halts PEZA power rule
Ecozone authority wants to regulate electricity use; utilities object
A PASIG COURT HAS BARRED the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) from regulating electricity use in areas in its ambit, saying power supply might be disrupted if distributors fail to comply with new and disputed rules.
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW112807/content.php?id=001

12. Business Mirror
Audit on road mess sought
SENATE SEEKS C.O.A. REPORT ON W.B.-FUNDED PROJECTS; PALACE ISSUES ORDERS
By Butch Fernandez and Mia Gonzalez
Reporters
IN the face of presidential orders to clean up the extensive bidding mess in government after the World Bank (WB) practically blew the whistle on the practice, Executive officials continue to snub the Senate investigation on the WB suspension of its loan for road upgradings.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/11272007/headlines01.html




II. POLITICAL
No pressure, just hints, on De Venecia behest case--Sabio
Last updated 11:37pm (Mla time) 11/27/2007
MANILA, Philippines -- Presidential Commission on Good Government chairman Camilo Sabio said the behest loan case against Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. was a matter of interest to a number of people but stressed he was not being pressured into pursuing the case.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103475

Palace vs de Venecia: Moving in for the kill
GOTCHA By Jarius Bondoc
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
An affront from Johnny Enrile is something Joe de Venecia perhaps can comprehend; after all, they never were friends. Sniping by his own pals in the House may not upset him; he knows only too well the petty ambition that drives them. But de Venecia must have been deeply hurt when PCGG chair Camilo Sabio, joined in the Speaker-bashing. Sabio, as most politicos know, is his former minion, so he surely was tempted to ask, like Julius Caesar in fatal ambush, “You too?”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Opinion&p=49&type=2&sec=25&aid=20071127117

Revival of Landoil case vs. Speaker suspicious
Speaker’s allies suspect people pushing for his ouster are behind revival of case
By Maricel V. Cruz and James Konstantin Galvez, Reporters
The revival of the behest loan case against Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. looks suspicious, allies of the now-beleaguered leader of the Lower House said.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/28/yehey/metro/20071128met1.html

Senate ratifies RP-Spain treaty on convicts
By HANNAH L. TORREGOZA
The Senate has ratified a treaty between the Philippines and Spain that would allow the exchange of Filipinos and Spanish convicts to be repatriated to their countries to serve their sentences for crimes committed abroad.
Aside from Santiago, the 16 other senators who cast affirmative votes were Senate President Manuel Villar Jr., Senators Francis Pangilinan, Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Loren Legarda, Panfilo Lacson, Rodolfo Biazon, Manuel Roxas II, Ma. Ana Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal, Juan Miguel Zubiri, Edgardo Angara, Juan Ponce Enrile, Juliana Pilar "Pia" Cayetano, Alan Peter Cayetano, Benigno Aquino III, and Manuel Lapid.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20071128109982.html

Locsin says 2 senators linked to JdV ‘behest loan’
11/28/2007
Two incumbent senators may be implicated in the reinvestigation into the behest loan case being pursued by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) against Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., a congressman yesterday said.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071128hed3.html

Roxas, Villar buck each other in early 2010 poll jockeying
Premature it could be, but it seems that two of the so-called “presidentiables” in the chamber, Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. and Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, are already trying to out-trump each other.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071128hed4.html

EDITORYAL - Kung hindi pa nabuking ng World Bank…
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
SALAMAT at nabuking ng World Bank ang anomalya sa ipinauutang nilang pera sa Pilipinas para pampagawa ng mga kalsada. Agad nilang kinansela ang loan at ito ang naging dahilan para ipag-utos ni President Arroyo ang masusing pagre-review sa lahat ng foreign-funded projects. Siguruhin daw na walang iregularidad sa mga proyektong pinopondohan ng ibang bansa.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Opinyon&p=50&type=2&sec=56

PCGG: No Palace hand in revival of JDV case
By: Jerico Javier
“NOBODY ordered me.”
Thus Presiential Commission on Good Government chair Camilo Sabio stressed yesterday as he belied speculations that Malacañang had instructed him to revive the P120-million behest loan case against Speaker Jose de Venecia.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-28&sec=1&aid=40499

Pag-walkout ng oposisyon sinisi sa ibinasurang impeachment ni GMA
By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco
KUNG hindi nag-walk-out ang oposisyon, posibleng nabigyan ng pagkakataon ang addendum ni Atty. Adel Tamano para palaka-sin ang tinaguriang “am-paw” umanong impeach-ment complaint na isinam-pa ni Atty. Roel Pulido laban kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na ibi-nasura ng plenaryo kama-kalawa ng gabi sa pama-magitan ng botong 184 kontra isa at isang abs-tention.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-28&sec=4&aid=40490

2 senador posibleng sumabit sa $120-M utang ni JDV
By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco
POSIBLENG dalawang senador pa umano ang sumabit sa kontrobersiyal na behest loan dahil sa pagbuhay ng Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) sa $120 milyong utang ni Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr., na hindi pa rin umano nababayaran.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-28&sec=4&aid=40494

Villar at Roxas nagkaupakan na
(Rey Marfil)
Bagama’t napakalayo ng 2010 presidential election, maagang nagkaupakan ang dalawang presidentiables matapos magpalitan ng mainitang diskusyon sa 2-party system na nagbabawal sa mga tinaguriang ‘balimbing’, political butterfly at hunyango sa pulitika.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/nov2807/main.htm

Hinahabol na si JDV
Amado Macasaet
Kung kelan pa naman dalawang taon na lang ang natitira sa termino ni Pangulong Gloria Arroyo, saka pa naisipan ng mga tuta niya na puksain o durugin si Speaker Jose V. de Venecia.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/nov2807/main.htm



November 29, 2007 Mind Bullet Inc.
I.BANNER STORIES

1. Philippine Daily Inquirer
Arroyo brother in Transco bid
Jamby links Buboy Macapagal to Razon, Aboitiz
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
MANILA, Philippines -- Sen. Jamby Madrigal Wednesday said that a brother of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has joined a group of powerful businessmen seeking to acquire the multibillion-dollar assets of National Transmission Corp. (Transco) in a bidding process that has been denounced.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103711

2. The Philippine Star
Killer waves
By Arnell Ozaeta and Charlie Lagasca
Thursday, November 29, 2007

From Ilocos Norte to Jolo, huge waves swamped coastal areas across the country the other night, leaving at least four people dead and sending into panic about 5,000 residents.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071128120


3. Manila Times
Sen. Villar gears up for 2010
‘Tis the season to begin getting ready for presidential elections
By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
Never mind that the next election is three years away. The political season is here, as the Nacionalista Party (NP) geared up for a match with its old rival ahead of the 2010 polls.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/29/yehey/top_stories/20071129top1.html
4. Malaya
Gov’t loses bid to get
Danding shares in SMC
No evidence P18B shares were ill gotten: Sandigan
BY PETER J.G. TABINGO
Businessman Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco Jr. is the rightful owner of a 20 percent block of shares in San Miguel Corp., the Sandiganbayan First Division ruled yesterday.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/nov29/news1.htm

5. Manila Bulletin
Huge waves displace 5,000
Zamboanga, Jolo hit by tsunami-like waves
Giant waves hit coastal areas as weather improves
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and MADEL SABATER
Big waves set off by a storm battered provinces along the Philippines’ western coast overnight, sending more than 5,000 people fleeing, some falsely thinking there was a tsunami, officials said yesterday.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20071129110086.html

6. The Daily Tribune
De Venecia out by January 2008
GMA, Lakas, Kampi plot to unseat JdV serious
By Charlie Manalo
Malacañang is dead serious in removing from the congressional leadership scene incumbent Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr as President Arroyo and her spouse Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo have reportedly given their allies in the House of Representatives, both from De Venecia’s own political party, Lakas-NUCD and from the President’s party, Kampi (Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino), the green light to unseat the Speaker by January.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071129hed1.html


7. Abante
67 PINOY SA ITALY ARESTADO
Nina ROSE MIRANDA, BOYET JADULCO, ERALYN PRADO, JULIET DE LOZA at IRISH ANN CRUZ
Napag-alamang inaresto ang mga kababayang ito, karamihan ay tubong Batangas City at Tanauan (Batangas) at ang ilan ay taga-Laguna, nang walang kaukulang arrest warrant.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/nov2907/main.htm


8. Abante-Tonite
SABWATANG PALASYO - AFP IPINAMUKHA NG UN REPORT
(Rey Marfil)
Dahil sa alegasyong hawak sa leeg ng Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP), inilarawan ni opposition senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson na epekto ng Hello Garci scandal ang nilalaman ng extra-judicial killings report ng United Nations (UN) laban sa gobyerno ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/nov2907/main.htm


9. Pilipino Star Ngayon
Bitay kay Ranario inapela na ni GMA
Nina Rudy Andal, Joy Cantos at Mer Layson
Thursday, November 29, 2007

CEBU CITY – Inatasan na kahapon ni Pangulong Arroyo si Vice President Noli de Castro na makiusap kay Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah na ikunsidera ang naging hatol na kamatayan kay Marilou Ranario.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2007112875


10. Journal
BLAST ‘BRAINS’ CHARGED
By: Alfred P. Dalizon
PNP cites ‘damning evidence’ vs Salapuddin, Hataman in Batasan bombing
FORMER Basilan Representative and Deputy Speaker for Mindanao Gerry Salapuddin and Anak-Mindanao party-list Rep. Mujiv Hataman will be officially charged by government prosecutors today in connection with the Batasan Pambansa bombing that killed four people including Basilan Rep. Wahab Akbar and wounded 12 others, the Journal Group learned yesterday.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-29&sec=1&aid=40635


11. Business World
Danding awarded San Miguel stake
THE SANDIGANBAYAN YESTERDAY DISMISSED a government claim over a 17.37% stake in San Miguel Corp., awarding the $600 million worth of stocks to the group’s chairman, Eduardo "Danding" M. Cojuangco, Jr.
The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) which has spearheaded attempts to recover wealth squirrelled away during the Marcos dictatorship, said it would ask the Supreme Court to reverse the anti-graft tribunal’s decision.
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW112907/content.php?id=001


12. Business Mirror
Court favors Danding in SMC case
By Rene Acosta
THE First Division of the Sandiganbayan dismissed Wednesday the government’s suit seeking to recover the 20-percent shares of businessman Eduardo Cojuangco with San Miguel Corp. (SMC) owing to lack of evidence.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/11292007/headlines01.html

II. POLITICAL
Power bidder raps rivals for ‘demonizing’ Razon
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
MANILA, Philippines -- The La Costa Group of nickel miner Salvador Zamora II and former Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo has no one but itself to blame for failing to qualify for the Dec. 12 bidding of the National Transmission Co. (Transco).
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103523


De Venecia cries ‘political vendetta’
MANILA, Philippines -- House Speaker Jose de Venecia on Wednesday said the revival of the 20-year-old behest loan case against him was “clearly a political vendetta” related to other pending charges against him.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103738


Arroyo forms another task force on political killings
By Michael Lim Ubac, Alcuin Papa
MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has created a high-level “task force against political violence” to address extrajudicial executions and other political killings.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103732


Senators dare gov’t to punish guilty in extrajudicial slays
By Veronica Uy
MANILA, Philippines -- Senators on Wednesday agreed with the conclusions of a United Nations report blaming the military for most of the extrajudicial killings of activists, trade unionists, and land reform advocates and urged the prosecution of punishment of those responsible.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103611



RP telcos waiting for gov’t cue regarding NBN
By Erwin Oliva
MANILA, Philippines -- Telecommunications companies have adopted a “wait-and-see” stance with regard to the proposed national broadband network (NBN) which is now called the “government broadband network.”
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=103637


OPINION
Old ‘trapo’ practice
We should be grateful that Gov. Eddie Panlilio of Pampanga province exposed the P500,000 “cash gift” he received in Malacañang last Oct. 11. With his exposé, there is now an opportunity to study and change some old-fashioned and corrupt political practices.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view_article.php?article_id=103696


40 congressmen joining GMA in Europe
By Jess Diaz
Thursday, November 29, 2007
As the charms of Spain and England beckon, serious legislative work can definitely wait for some lawmakers.
A group of more than 40 lawmakers is joining President Arroyo in her trip to London and Spain this weekend.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071128122


‘RP taking steps vs leftist slays’
By Marvin Sy
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Malacañang reiterated yesterday that the administration has been addressing the issue of unexplained killings and the government has no policy of tolerating human rights violations committed by the military.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071128124


Gov’t loses Danding shares in San Miguel
By Sandy Araneta
Thursday, November 29, 2007
The Sandiganbayan First Division dismissed yesterday the government’s claim to 17-percent stake in San Miguel Corp. making its chairman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco the undisputed owner of the stocks.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071128125
DOLE wages war vs contractualization
By Mayen Jaymalin
Thursday, November 29, 2007
The Department of Labor and Employment said it would start year 2008 with an all-out campaign against commercial establishments that hire more contractual than regular workers.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071128130


Nacionalista grooming Villar for 2010
By Christina Mendez
Thursday, November 29, 2007
The Nacionalista Party celebrated its 100th anniversary in a grand show of force last night at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) to gear up for the candidacy of Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. in the 2010 presidential elections.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071128131


Ombudsman starts WB probe
Thursday, November 29, 2007
An investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman is underway into the World Bank reports of possible irregularities in the first phase of the government’s $232-million rural road project.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071128135


Palace not surprised by UN report on killings
Executive Secretary Ermita said Alston echoed the same thing on extrajudicial killings 10 months ago
By Angelo S. Samonte Reporter
Malacañang said there’s nothing new in the United Nations report implicating the Armed Forces of the Philippines as the perpetrator of political killings in the country, because this is the same report that UN rapporteur Philip Alston presented ten months ago.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/29/yehey/metro/20071129met1.html


Nacionalista Party marks centennial anniversary
Senate President and Nacionalista Party (NP) Chairman Manuel Villar yesterday formally unveiled the book, "Building the Nation: First 100 Years, Nacionalista Party (NP) 1907-2007," to mark NP’s centennial anniversary celebration at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City.
The book, which explores the early days of the political party to the present, details how NP flourished and struggled through the days of glory and trials of the Filipino people in building the nation in the last century.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20071129110092.html
Villar exhorts int’l lawmakers to fight HIV/AIDS
Senate President Manuel Villar yesterday underscored the need to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic even as he lauded the participation of more than 200 delegates from 55 countries in the first global parliamentary meeting on HIV/AIDS which opened yesterday at the historic landmark Manila Hotel.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20071129110087.html


GMA creates another task force on political violence
By DAVID CAGAHASTIAN
President Arroyo renewed the government’s commitment to address the issue of political killings and human rights violations with the creation of another task force against political violence, amid a United Nations report linking the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to dozens of political killings under the Arroyo administration.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20071129110089.html


Mass action vs GMA’s ‘morally bankrupt gov’t’ set; bishops renew resign call
11/29/2007
Religious leaders, lawmakers, opposition personalities and leaders of civil society have called on the Filipino people to restore integrity in governance by doing away with the “morally bankrupt” administration as three bishops reiterated their call for President Arroyo’s resignation.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071129hed2.html

EDITORIAL
Salvaging a disaster
No matter how much Malacañang tries to sug-arcoat last week’s decision by the World Bank (WB) not to fund US$33 million of vital road projects, it was a disaster. Not only was it a slap in the face of the "Strong Republic" and all its anti-corruption claims, the decision also betrayed how weak our economy is.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/nov29/edromeo.htm


Budget muna bago imbestigasyon
Amado Macasaet
Sinuspende ng Senado ang imbestigasyon ng malawakang kurakutan at suhulan. Unahin daw muna ang budget sa susunod na taon, ayon kay Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, chairman ng Finance Committee.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/nov2907/main.htm




Mga senador ng kagubatan
Horacio Paredes
Ano na ba naman ang ating mga senador? Binigay sa kanila ng mga abogado ng ZTE na mga taga-ACCRA (isa sa pinakasikat na bupete sa bansa) ang kontrata na binuo ng ZTE at ng pamahalaan. Ito’y nakakandado at gusto sana ng mga abogado na hindi na ito bubuksan dahil sa mayroon daw mga maaaring malaman ang mga kalabang kumpanya ng ZTE tungkol sa kumpanya kung malalaman ng buong mundo ang lahat na nilalaman ng kontrata na mga proprietary secret ng ZTE.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/nov2907/main.htm


SABWATANG PALASYO - AFP IPINAMUKHA NG UN REPORT
(Rey Marfil)
Dahil sa alegasyong hawak sa leeg ng Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP), inilarawan ni opposition senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson na epekto ng Hello Garci scandal ang nilalaman ng extra-judicial killings report ng United Nations (UN) laban sa gobyerno ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/nov2907/main.htm


Makamit nawa ang pag-asa
Nakatakdang tumulak patungong Kuwait ang ilang kinatawan ng pamahalaang Arroyo upang personal na umapela at hilinging pababain ang iginawad na parusang bitay ng Mataas na Hukuman ng Kuwait.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/nov2907/main.htm


JPE to JDV: Drop moral revolution
By: Paul M. Gutierrez
SENATOR Juan Ponce Enrile yesterday urged House Speaker Jose de Venecia to stop pushing his call for a moral revolution in government, saying it has no place in public service.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-29&sec=1&aid=40650


There’s hope for Ranario
By: Tess Bedico
THE government is exhausting all efforts to save Marilou Ranario whose death sentence was upheld by the Kuwaiti Supreme Court Tuesday for the murder of her employer.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-29&sec=1&aid=0




IT executives pushing for Web-based poll system in 2010
By Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines -- A group of technology industry veterans led by Augusto "Gus" Lagman is proposing an Internet-based system that promises to make transparent the counting of votes by allowing public access to real-time results.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=103618


No politics in revival of JdV loan case
By Efren L Danao, Senior Reporter
Solicitor General Agnes Devandera on Wednesday said she had not been pressured on the revival of the alleged $120-million “behest loan” contracted by Landoil Resources formerly headed by Speaker Jose de Venecia and his brother Oscar.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/29/yehey/top_stories/20071129top5.html



November 30, 2007 Mind Bullet Inc.
I.BANNER STORIES

1. Philippine Daily Inquirer
Trillanes revolt crushed
PNP says 101 arrested inside Manila Peninsula
By Volt Contreras, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., DJ Yap, Julie M. Aurelio
MANILA, Philippines -- For the second time in the presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the country’s financial district came close to becoming a battle zone.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103920

2. The Philippine Star
HOTEL SIEGE
By Michael Punongbayan
Friday, November 30, 2007
A cloud of tear gas and armored vehicles used as battering rams forced a group of rebellious former military officers out of an upscale Makati City hotel where they had staked out for almost seven hours in the hope of launching another “people power” revolt.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071129135


3. Manila Times
Curfew falls on MM
Sen. Trillanes, Gen. Lim call on President to resign
By Angelo S. Samonte and Anthony A. Vargas, Reporters
The government declared a curfew and arrested scores of journalists who were covering the brief standoff at a five-star hotel, where Sen. Antonio Triallanes 4th and Army Brig. Gen. Danny Lim called for the President’s resignation.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/30/yehey/top_stories/20071130top1.html

4. Malaya
Trillanes, Lim, Guingona taken after Pen standoff
PNP uses tear gas, armored vehicle
BY ASHZEL HACHERO AND ELLEN TORDESILLAS
SEN. Antonio Trillanes IV and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim were arrested yesterday at the Manila Peninsula hotel in Makati City after a six-hour standoff following a hearing at the Makati regional trial court.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/nov30/news1.htm


5. Manila Bulletin
Trillanes, others seize hotel
Peninsula incident ends as dissidents give up
Another coup attempt fails in Makati
By BULLETIN REPORTERS and WIRE SERVICES
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim ended their day the way they started it – behind bars – after holing up at the Peninsula Hotel Manila in Makati City yesterday with about 30 supporters to demand anew the resignation of President Arroyo.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20071130110193.html


6. The Daily Tribune
Gov’t forces arrest media men covering Manila Pen takeover
Rebels surrender; curfew on
11/30/2007
The government imposed yesterday a curfew from 12 midnight to 5 a.m., after troops stormed a Makati hotel, forcing the surrender of a group of renegade soldiers led by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071130hed1.html

7. Abante
WE DID OUR DUTY'
Matapos tiyaking obligasyon sa taumbayan ang kanilang hakbang, sumuko sa government forces sina Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim at kasamahan ng mga ito sa grupong Magdalo makaraan ang halos anim na oras mula nang mag-walkout ang mga ito sa Makati court hearing, magmartsa at magkampo sa Manila Peninsula Hotel sa Makati City.
"We’re going out for the safety of everybody. We won’t be able to live with our consciences if some of you get hit or get killed in the crossfire," ani Trillanes.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/nov3007/main.htm

8. Abante-Tonite
GARAPALAN NA SA CURFEW!
Tonite Reportorial Team
Nagkakaisang kinondena ng mga mambabatas sa Senado at Kamara ang ipinatupad na curfew pati na rin ang pag-aresto sa media na nag-cover sa pagkilos na isinagawa nina Sen. Antonio Trillanes, Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim at Magdalo Group sa Manila Peninsula sa Makati kahapon.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/nov3007/main.htm

9. Pilipino Star Ngayon
Mutiny ni Trillanes vs GMA bigo uli: Hotel siege!
Nina Joy Cantos, Rose Tamayo-Tesoro, Rudy Andal At Butch Quejada
Friday, November 30, 2007
Muling naglunsad ng panibagong kudeta ang Magdalo group sa pangunguna nina Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV at dating Army 1st Scout Ranger Regiment Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim at i-takeover ang Manila Peninsula Hotel sa Makati City kahapon ng umaga.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=20071129115


10. Journal
SIEGE Trillanes, Lim stand up again vs GMA
By: Alfred P. Dalizon Tess Bedico
MUTINEERS led by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and former Army Scout Ranger chief Brigadier General Danilo Lim surrendered past 5 p.m. yesterday to government troops who stormed the Manila Peninsula hotel in Makati where the coup suspects and their sympathizers held out for more than six hours.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-30&sec=1&aid=40794


11. Business World
Curfew ordered as plot fails
Courtroom walkout leads to hotel storming, journalists’ arrests
THE GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY MOVED TO CRUSH yet another attempt to overthrow the Arroyo administration as what first seemed a farcical plot led to the storming of a Makati hotel, the arrests of journalists covering the event, and a declaration of a curfew in Metro Manila and neighboring regions.
http://www.bworld.com.ph/BW113007/content.php?id=001





12. Business Mirror
Standoff spurs curfew, arrests
BUSINESS DEPLORES HOTEL SIEGE WITH LIM, TRILLANES; BUT MARKET SHRUGS IT OFF
By Paul Atienza
IN scenes reminiscent of the 1989 takeover by putschists of Makati’s central business district and the 2003 Oakwood Mutiny, a soldier-senator and a general held court Thursday with rebel soldiers for six hours at the Manila Peninsula Hotel, demanding the resignation of President Arroyo and reforms in the government.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/1130&012007/headlines01.html

II. POLITICAL
Senators slam curfew
By Veronica Uy
MANILA, Philippines -- Senators criticized President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for declaring a curfew and for the arrest of journalists who covered the six-hour takeover of the Manila Peninsula Hotel by rebel soldiers, calling the moves “illegal,” “reckless,” and “bad for the economy.”
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103872


Human rights lawyers call curfew ‘unconstitutional’
Offer services to arrested journalists, civilians
MANILA, Philippines -- An organization of human rights lawyers blasted the curfew declared by government in the wake of the Makati standoff as “unconstitutional” and said any arrests for violating the curfew would be “illegal.”
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=103873


Gov’t sees P43-to-$1 exchange rate in 2008
MANLA, Philippines -- The peso will remain strong next year and hover in the 43-per-dollar territory, which will continue to temper the increase in consumer prices despite rising oil prices in the world market, according to projections by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=103911


Liberal Party, Nacionalista gearing to raid Lakas-NUCD ranks – Apostol
By Perseus Echeminada
Friday, November 30, 2007
Presidential Legal Counsel Sergio Apostol disclosed yesterday that the newly revitalized Liberal Party and the Nacionalista Party are preparing to recruit elected local officials that belong to other major political groups to join their ranks in preparation for the 2010 national elections.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071129150
Experts say party-list system flawed
By Sheila Crisostomo
Friday, November 30, 2007
Election officials and other experts bared yesterday that the local party-list system (PLS) is defective and should be amended to effectively serve the marginalized sectors that the law intends to protect.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071129144


GMA orders full force of law vs destabilizers
Friday, November 30, 2007
President Arroyo ordered the military and police yesterday to “mop up all residual threats” to her administration and to “fully restore” law and order.
In a taped message on nationwide television after authorities broke up a short-lived uprising, Mrs. Arroyo said the mutineers led by Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim and Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV will face charges in court in accordance with law.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071129136


Estrada denies part; media group to charge gov’t
11/30/2007
Former President Joseph Estrada denied any involvement with the group of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, who took over a hotel in Makati City and demanded for the immediate resignation of President Arroyo.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071130hed2.html


RP will still tap Chinese
ODA despite NBN fiasco
By Cai U. Ordinario
The Philippines will continue to seek official development assistance (ODA) loans from China despite the recent shakeup created by bribery allegations in the national broadband network (NBN) project.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/1130&012007/headlines08.html

NERI, PINASISIBAK SA CHED
(Rey Marfil)
Dobleng sakit ng ulo ang maaaring kinakaharap ngayon ni Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Secretary Romulo Neri matapos irekomenda ang pagsibak dito sa puwesto dahil sa kawalan umano ng kuwalipikasyon upang itimon ang komisyon.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/nov3007/main.htm

Economy grows 6.6% in Q3
By Ted P. Torres
Friday, November 30, 2007
The Philippine economy expanded by a robust 6.6 percent in the third quarter of the year — well on track to beating government’s 6.1-to-6.7- percent growth target for 2007 — on the back of higher consumer spending and increased farm output.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Business&p=49&type=2&sec=27&aid=200711292


Arrest of media gets widespread condemnation
Friday, November 30, 2007
The arrest of media covering the standoff at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City yesterday has sparked the strongest condemnation from government officials and various media organizations, saying that the arrest was “a serious threat to press freedom.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20071129149


GM lauds loyalists, imposes curfew
BY REGINA BENGCO and JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR
PRESIDENT Arroyo, in a nationwide television address, last night lauded the police and the military for its quick resolution of the standoff at the Manila Peninsula and ordered authorities to get rid of any remaining threat to peace and order.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/nov30/news5.htm


Chemoil to make new
investments in Laguna
PRESIDENT Arroyo said marine fuel trader Chemoil has assured the local government of Laguna that it would set up a new investment in San Pablo City to replace the coconut products plant of Franklin Baker company that will be transferred to Mindanao.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/nov30/metro4.htm

Senate wary of hike in ‘cash gift’ to governors
By: Paul M. Gutierrez
SENATE Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada warned he would oppose efforts by local officials to increase further the amount allocated under a controversial budget item of the Office of the President purportedly aimed at “helping” local government units implement development projects in their respective areas.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-30&sec=4&aid=40730



Gov’t bloated budget exchange rate -- Trillanes
THE national government has “bloated” its assumed exchange rate in the proposed P1.227 trillion 2008 national budget, Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV claimed yesterday.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-11-30&sec=4&aid=40812