APRIL 14, 2008
I.BANNER STORIES
IMF chief warns of war over food
High prices may lead to trade imbalances
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse
First Posted 01:01:00 04/14/2008
WASHINGTON—The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that if food prices remain high, there will be war and other dire consequences for people in many developing countries.
GMA inclined to pardon 9 Oakwood mutineers
By Paolo Romero
Monday, April 14, 2008
President Arroyo is inclined to grant pardon to the nine military officers convicted for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny in Makati even as Cabinet members are divided over granting clemency to coup plotters, Malacañang officials said yesterday.
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3. Manila Times
4. Malaya
7. Abante
10. Journal
11. Business World
12. Business Mirror
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II.POLITICAL
Zambo cathedral bombed
By Roel Pareño
Monday, April 14, 2008
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Suspected Abu Sayyaf militants bombed the compound of a Roman Catholic cathedral and a building housing a government office in downtown Zamboanga yesterday, police said.
No one was injured in the blasts.
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Church opens 80 NFA outlets in Metro Manila
By Edu Punay
Monday, April 14, 2008
Distribution of rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) in Metro Manila and neighboring provinces went full blast yesterday with the formal opening of 80 food outlets in churches and parishes under the Archdiocese of Manila and its seven dioceses.
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Is hybrid rice the answer?
By Marianne Go
Monday, April 14, 2008
As the country faces a growing global food crisis, groups are debating whether hybrid rice is the answer to the rice supply problem.
Non-government organizations are urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) to promote the use of traditional rice varieties to rebuild the country's rice stocks for long-term production rather than resort to high-yielding hybrid seeds.
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RP to ratify optional protocol on UN convention against torture
By Paolo Romero
Monday, April 14, 2008
The Philippine government will soon accede to the United Nations' Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Cruel and Unusual Punishment (OPCAT) that would allow close international monitoring of the country's detention centers and prisons, Malacañang announced yesterday.
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China to accept baselines bill – lawmaker
Monday, April 14, 2008
Palawan Rep. Antonio Alvarez expressed confidence yesterday that China would accept the baselines bill that the House of Representatives is set to approve once Congress resumes session on April 21.
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CA orders Esperon to prove Luz not under surveillance
By Mike Frialde
Monday, April 14, 2008
The Court of Appeals (CA) has ordered Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon to clarify if business executive Guillermo Luz is the subject of a military surveillance operation.
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GMA appoints ex-Makati judge as Sandigan justice
Monday, April 14, 2008
President Arroyo has appointed former Makati City Regional Trial Court judge Napoleon Inoturan as Sandiganbayan associate justice, replacing Godofredo Legaspi who retired in November last year.
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Palace warned of looming fertilizer shortage
Monday, April 14, 2008
The chairman of the House agriculture committee warned Malacañang yesterday of an impending fertilizer shortage that would aggravate the scarcity in rice and corn this April-to-August planting season.
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Tightening rice, food supply becoming security issue
By Paolo Romero
Monday, April 14, 2008
In the wake of food riots erupting worldwide, Malacañang is gauging the security implications of the critical rice and food situation in the country, security officials disclosed yesterday.
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Group warns of unrest if NFA rice price goes up
By Katherine Adraneda
Monday, April 14, 2008
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) yesterday warned the government against increasing the price of National Food Authority (NFA) rice, saying such a move could trigger massive protests from "hungry and angry" Filipinos.
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Teodoro, Esperon ask Arroyo to pardon 9 junior officers
By Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 14:16:00 04/13/2008
MANILA, Philippines--Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Military Chief General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. have recommended to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo the granting of pardon to nine junior officers who were convicted of coup d'etat over the short-lived Oakwood muitny in 2003.
Hanjin condo projects began without ECC
By Arlyn dela Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:27:00 04/14/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The South Korean builders of the two controversial high-rise condominiums in the Subic Bay rainforest began constructing the buildings well before free port authorities gave them official environmental clearance, a technical expert at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has revealed.
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