I. BANNER STORIES
Poor warned: Rice can be political tool
Cabral: Protect access cards
By Jocelyn Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:08:00 04/21/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza Cabral urged the poor on Sunday to be vigilant once cheap rice becomes available in their communities, warning that the "access cards" that would allow the poorest families to buy government-subsidized rice might be used as a political tool.
Metro wage hike still possible in May – DOLE
By Mayen Jaymalin
Monday, April 21, 2008
Workers in Metro Manila are likely to get a pay increase next month.
Acting Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said yesterday that the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board is expected to grant another round of pay hike in May.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008042086
3. Manila Times
MNLF peace pact in limbo
Govt needs more time to finalize 1996 agreement
By Angelo S. Samonte, Reporter
More than a decade after signing the peace agreement with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), government said Sunday it will take more time to implement the pact.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/apr/21/yehey/top_stories/20080421top1.html
4. Malaya
Congress tackles rice, baseline bill
‘There should be no politics in ensuring food for people’
BY JP LOPEZ and WENDELL VIGILIA
CONGRESS resumes today with the Senate tackling the issue of rice and food sufficiency while the House of Representatives deliberates on Malacañang’s proposal to treat the Kalayaan Island Group and Scarborough Shoal as "regime of islands" instead of being part of the country’s archipelagic baseline.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/apr21/news1.htm
7. Abante
RICE CARTELS PROTEKTADO!
Nina Rose Miranda, Noel Abuel, Eralyn Prado, Tina Mendoza at Jethro Sinocruz
Lumitaw na ‘untouchable’ o protektado ng Malacañang ang mga negosyanteng nagmomonopolya sa supply ng bigas sa bansa.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/apr2108/default.htm
P20 WAGE HIKE NAMUMURO!
Bernard Taguinod
Nangangamba ang isang mambabatas sa Kamara na umabot lamang sa P20 ang ibibigay na umento sa sahod ng Regional Wage Board (RWB) na hindi pa makakabili kahit isang kilo ng bigas.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/apr2108/news_story1.htm
‘Kill Satur’ nasilat!
Ni Danilo Garcia
Monday, April 21, 2008
Kung hindi agad naitimbre kay Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo ang presensiya ng apat na killers na nakaabang na malapit sa kanyang tahanan habang papauwi siya mula sa Canada, malamang napatay na ang Party-list representative.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008042037
10. Journal
CHEAPER DRUGS
By: Bernadette E. Tamayo
Finally, affordable medicines bill to get nod
SENATORS Mar Roxas and Pia Cayetano see no major impediment to the approval of the Cheaper Medicines Bill this week unless some congressmen refuse to drop the generics-only provision.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-04-21&sec=1&aid=56799
11. Business World
Priority bills again in focus
Congress expects to approve two before June adjournment
CONGRESS RESUMES SESSION today after a month-long break, aiming to approve more of the priority measures set by the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC).
http://bworldonline.com/BW042108/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
DOF eyes moves vs smuggling
By VG Cabuag
Reporter
PRIVATE-sector and civil-society groups have asked the government to share copies of inward foreign manifests which, at the moment, are being handled by the Bureau of Customs (BOC), with other government agencies prior to the arrival of shipments.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/04212008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
Armed men reported staking out Satur's house
By Marlon Ramos, Anselmo Roque, Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:49:00 04/21/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Unidentified armed men believed to be police officers caused alarm among the neighbors and security aides of Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo after they were seen staking out his residence in Quezon City Sunday morning.
Analysis
Low credibility bodes ill for Arroyo riding out crisis
By Amando Doronila
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:27:00 04/21/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Ill winds of summer portentous of the government's capacity to ride out the gathering storm over the spiraling food prices are blowing from the opinion polls.
Price of fertilizer next to rise
Ban on export of commodity inputs urged
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:26:00 04/21/2008
MANILA, Philippines—A looming fertilizer crisis is compounding the country’s hope of stabilizing the supply and price of rice and other food products.
Huge wage hikes bigger problem than rice, says economist
By Doris Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:05:00 04/21/2008
MANILA, Philippines—More than the rice crisis, the clamor for hefty wage increases could spell trouble for the Philippine economy, a regional economist of Standard Chartered (Stanchart) bank has warned.
Malacañang honors heroes of the environment
By Paolo Romero
Monday, April 21, 2008
Malacañang led yesterday the awarding of six individuals and groups who have led the cause in protecting the environment in their respective communities and advocacies.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008042087
‘Biodiversity in region endangered’
By Katherine Adraneda
Monday, April 21, 2008
The ASEAN Center for Biodiversity (ACB) yesterday called for intensified environment conservation in Southeast Asia, as it declared a “red alert” for the region’s rich biodiversity.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008042088
New RP passport not tamper-proof?
By Rainier Allan Ronda
Monday, April 21, 2008
The government’s system in issuing the new “machine readable” passports (MRPs) is reportedly vulnerable to falsification and does not comply with international standards for the issuance of machine readable travel documents set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008042090
Senate resumes session, tackles rice, baselines bill
By Christina Mendez
Monday, April 21, 2008
Senators are expected to buckle down to work as Congress resumes session today to help address the country’s needs in the economic, social and environmental fronts, Senate President Manuel Villar said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008042092
DA to provide update on rice problem
By Marianne Go
Monday, April 21, 2008
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will provide today an update on current rice concerns during a roundtable discussion on food security hosted by the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, Laguna (UPLB).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008042095
GMA to tackle food-for-school program
Monday, April 21, 2008
It will be a busy week for President Arroyo who will lead the Cabinet and government agencies in refurbishing various programs to address high prices of basic commodities.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008042096
DOT launches ecological park
By Helen Flores
Monday, April 21, 2008
GUIMARAS – The Department of Tourism (DOT) launched here on Saturday a United Nations-funded ecological park, which aims to revive tourism two years after a major oil spill hit the island province.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008042097
P5-B farm-to-market roads, irrigation projects to be completed this year
By Paolo Romero
Monday, April 21, 2008
Malacañang announced yesterday that several infrastructure projects, including irrigation and farm-to-market roads worth over P5 billion, which are geared at improving the country’s food security would be completed this year.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008042098
Biofuels under attack amid soaring prices of food items
PARIS: Hailed only months ago as a silver bullet in the fight against global warming, biofuels are now accused of snatching food out of the mouths of the poor.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/apr/21/yehey/top_stories/20080421top2.html
Palace to Senate: Stop investigating, start helping
BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR
MALACAÑANG yesterday asked senators to set aside inquiries and focus instead on helping the administration address rising prices of rice and other commodities.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/apr21/news2.htm
Solons atrasan sa family planning
(Bernard Taguinod/Rose Miranda)
Lalong lumabo ang tsansang makontrol ang populasyon ng Pilipinas dahil nag-atrasan na ang mga mambabatas na unang sumuporta sa Reproductive Health Bill na magbibigay sana ng edukasyon sa mga Filipino kung papaano magkontrol ng pamilya.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/apr2108/news_story2.htm
Lozada idinepensa
(JB Salarzon)
Hindi pinalampas ng Black and White Movement (BWM) ang negatibong komento ng lider ng Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) hinggil umano sa “political gimmicks” na ginagawa ni ZTE broadband scandal star witness Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada Jr.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/apr2108/news_story4.htm
Senate moves to expand student jobs plan
THE Senate committees on labor, employment and human resources development and on finance have jointly endorsed a bill seeking to expand an educational financing program so that a greater number of underprivileged high school and college students may benefit from it.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-04-21&sec=4&aid=56840
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