I. BANNER STORIES
AFP rebels in war vs drugs
20 freed Magdalo prove there’s life after Oakwood
By Arlyn dela Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:37:00 04/13/2008
MANILA, Philippines—A number of former rebel soldiers, their prospects and possibilities now wider and more challenging, are proving that there is life after the “Oakwood mutiny.”
Eight of 53 ex-officers pardoned and released last December from the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Custodial Center in Fort Bonifacio have moved on and are reinventing themselves as “revolutionary anti-illegal drugs agents.” They are now undergoing training at the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Academy in Tagaytay City.
RP seeks cheap US rice
By Jose Katigbak The STAR Washington Bureau
Sunday, April 13, 2008
WASHINGTON – Officials of the Philippine government’s National Food Authority (NFA) and suppliers are here haggling over the importation of 100,000 metric tons of rice to Manila.
The NFA is using $75 million in credit guarantees from a US Department of Agriculture program, which promotes sales of US farm goods to developing countries by assuring lenders they will get paid even if a borrower defaults.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008041292
3. Manila Times
4. Malaya
Convicted Magdalo officers seek pardon
'Scripted clemency' playing out?
BY VICTOR REYES
NINE junior officers who have been meted prison terms by a Makati court for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny yesterday asked for forgiveness for their misdeeds as they said they are seeking "mercy" from President Arroyo.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/apr12/news1.htm
7. Abante
P12M 'HOT RICE' NAHARANG
(Christine Agus)
Habang nagtitiis sa matinding init ng araw sa pagpila sa kilu-kilong NFA rice ang maraming kababayan, patuloy namang dumidiskarte ang mga rice criminals na nagsasamantala sa sitwasyon.
Kahapon ay naharang ng mga tauhan ng Intelligence and Investigation Service ng Bureau of Customs (BOC) ang isang malaking kargamento ng puslit na bigas na nagkakahalaga ng P12 milyon.
http://abante.com.ph/issue/apr1308/default.htm
KASUNDUAN SA MAGDALO LUMILINAW NA
Bernard Taguinod at Grace Velasco
Ipinahayag ng isang kongresista na lumilinaw na ang espekulasyon ng marami na mayroong “deal” sa pagitan ng siyam na Magdalo soldiers at ng Malacañang matapos simulan ng administrasyon na pag-aralan ang pagbibigay ng pardon sa mga rebeldeng sundalo na hinatulan sa kasong kudeta.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/apr1308/news1.htm
‘Wag mag-panic buying!
Ni Doris Franche
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Umapela si Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio Ledesma sa taumbayan na huwag mag-panic buying sa bigas dahil makakadagdag lamang ito ng takot sa publiko.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008041272
10. Journal
UP!
Oil prices hiked again; NFA raising per kilo cost of rice
OIL prices went up again yesterday as seven firms raised once more pump prices of gasoline, diesel and kerosene by 50 centavos per liter.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-04-13&sec=1&aid=55896
11. Business World
12. Business Mirror
II. POLITICAL
Cheers greet RP report to human rights council but …
By Michael Lim Ubac, TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:40:00 04/13/2008
MANILA, Philippines—“We felt that we were on Cloud 9,” Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said in reporting the applause accorded the Philippine human rights presentation at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday in Geneva.
P25B needed for Arroyo cash for poor
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:46:00 04/12/2008
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—After promising 10,000 poor families in Abra and Apayao monthly stipends to tide them over, President Macapagal-Arroyo’s next job is to raise P25.2 billion to subsidize poor families nationwide.
Palace refuses to talk pardon for 9 mutineers
By Michael Lim Ubac, Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:42:00 04/13/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang on Saturday distanced itself from the position taken by President Macapagal-Arroyo’s political adviser, Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno, who had said he favored granting a pardon to the nine Magdalo officers who pled guilty last week to coup d’etat charges.
Reform, political will to ease food crisis, say militants
By Jerome Aning, TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:43:00 04/13/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Leftist groups on Saturday opposed giving President Macapagal-Arroyo emergency powers to address the rising prices of rice and other commodities, saying policy reform and the political will to implement them were the best solution to the nascent food crisis.
Oil firms change mind, raise fuel prices anew
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:47:00 04/13/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Despite earlier indications of a respite from oil price increases this weekend, oil companies yesterday raised the pump prices of gasoline, diesel and kerosene by 50 centavos a liter.
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Eastern Petroleum Corp., Flying V and Unioil Petroleum Philippines Inc. increased prices at 12:01 a.m., followed by Petron Corp. and Chevron Philippines Inc. at 6 a.m.
RP pushes debt-for-equity plan to meet UN dev’t goals
By Cynthia Balana
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:48:00 04/13/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines has asked the United Nations anew to seriously consider its proposal for debt-for-equity arrangements to fund development programs and help developing countries meet the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) without increasing their debts.
N. Samar, Sulu, Masbate poorest provinces–report
By Tina Arceo-Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:49:00 04/13/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Northern Samar, Sulu and Masbate are the “poorest” provinces in the Philippines based on the National Poverty Map 2007 prepared by the Peace and Equity Foundation.
The PEF identified the three provinces as having the “most pronounced conditions of poverty” among all the provinces in the country in a presentation last week during the World Bank-sponsored Panibagong Paraan ’08.
Makati judge new Sandigan justice
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:50:00 04/13/2008
MANILA, Philippines—President Macapagal-Arroyo has appointed Makati City Judge Napoleon Inoturan the newest associate justice of the Sandiganbayan.
“The appointment was already signed by the President,” said Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita in a long-distance call from Geneva late Saturday.
It’s inevitable–NFA rice to cost more
Under-P1 rise needed to mitigate ‘bad economics’
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:39:00 04/13/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The National Food Authority will increase the price of the rice it sells by less than P1 in the next few months, NFA Assistant Administrator Conrado Ibañez said on Saturday.
It would be “bad economics” not to adjust the price of NFA rice, currently at P18.25 per kilogram, after the palay-buying price was increased from P12 to P17 per kilogram, said Ibañez.
Palay price hits record P20 per kilo
By Perseus Echeminada
Sunday, April 13, 2008
The National Food Authority (NFA) announced yesterday that for the first time, the price of palay has reached P18-P20 per kilo, the highest in the history of the Philippine rice industry, despite the fact that it is already harvest season.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008041295
AFP not closing doors on mutineers
By Jaime Laude
Sunday, April 13, 2008
The leadership of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is not closing its doors on the nine convicted Magdalo junior officers, saying that if granted pardon by President Arroyo, they could always apply as reserve officers.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008041297
Lawmakers open to scrapping generics-only provision in drugs bill
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Lawmakers said yesterday they are open to the exclusion of the “generics-only provision” in the proposed Cheaper Medicine Act to hasten the passage of the vital bill.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008041298
Pump prices hiked again by 50 centavos
By Donnabelle Gatdula
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Oil firms have again raised pump prices by 50 centavos per liter, notwithstanding an earlier pronouncement that they had already recouped their under-recoveries for March.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008041299
RP presents human rights report before UNHRC
By Marvin Sy
Sunday, April 13, 2008
The Philippine delegation to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) being conducted by the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland was able to make a successful account of the human rights situation in the country.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080412100
2 Central Luzon lawmakers defend Hanjin project in Subic
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Two lawmakers from Central Luzon have defended the construction of two multi-level apartment buildings at the Subic Freeport by Korean construction firm Hanjin, saying those opposing the project should have checked their facts first before raising a howl.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080412101
400,000 hectares of irrigated land vanished due to neglect
By Perseus Echeminada
Sunday, April 13, 2008
At least 400,000 hectares of palay-producing farmlands all over the country have vanished because of mismanagement and neglect, a congressman from the Bicol region said yesterday.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080412102
Arroyo scraps 'generics' provision
BY REGINA BENGCO
PRESIDENT Arroyo wants the "generics only" provision withdrawn in the proposed Cheaper Medicines Bill so it can be approved before the 14th Congress adjourns in June.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/apr12/news2.htm
UN: Problem is price, not supply
BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR
THE Arroyo government is properly addressing the situation of rising food prices and low food supply in the world market, limiting chances of food riots, an official of the United Nation's International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) said yesterday.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/apr12/news3.htm
SC denies bank move to sell assets of firm
THE Supreme Court yesterday denied the petition of China Banking Corp. to take custody and sell properties of a construction firm after it failed to comply with what was stipulated in its P90-million credit line.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/apr12/news6.htm
Umento ng private workers itutulak din
(Boyet Jadulco)
Itinulak ni House Speaker Prospero Nograles ang calibrated wage increase upang maging akma ito sa kalagayan ng mga manggagawa at employer sa kasalukuyang kondisyon ng ekonomiya sa bansa.
http://abante.com.ph/issue/apr1308/news04.htm
Gov't strategy won't solve rice crisis
By: Paul M. Gutierrez
THE National Democratic Front yesterday criticized the government regarding its approach to the rice crisis, predicting it would only worsen the situation.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-04-13&sec=1&aid=55917
Senate, House accord on Cheaper Medicines Bill seen
MEMBERS of the bicameral conference committee deliberating the Cheaper Medicines Bill will convene and discuss on how to resolve the impasse on the bill, particularly the “generics-only provisions.”
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-04-13&sec=4&aid=55884
Pagkain sa mesa ‘di kilos-protesta hamon ni Nograles sa mga senador
By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco
NANAWAGAN kahapon ang mga kongresista sa mga senador na unahin ang paghahanap ng solusyon sa pagkakaloob ng pagkain sa lamesa ng pamilyang Filipino sa halip na atupagin ang “propaganda” katulad ng kanilang “walk for truth” noong nakalipas na Martes na mistulang pinanlamigan ng publiko base sa kaunting bilang ng mga lumahok.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-04-13&sec=4&aid=55887
Palace critics scored
By: Efren Montano
MALACAÑANG slammed yesterday claims by the political opposition that the rice crisis is only artificial and is being “floated” by the Arroyo regime as a decoy to cover up corruption issues against it.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-04-13&sec=4&aid=55897
P13B allotted for gov’t workers’ pay hike
BUDGET chief Rolando Andaya yesterday assured that about P13 billion has been allocated for the 10 percent “across-the-board” basic pay increase in the salaries of about 1.3 million state workers.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-04-13&sec=4&aid=55918
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