I. BANNER STORIES
Arroyo orders 42% hike in palay price
Move meant to raise NFA farmgate subsidy
By Michael Lim Ubac, Anselmo Roque, Amy R. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Central Luzon Desk
First Posted 01:10:00 04/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines—In a move that elated rice farmers, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has raised the farmgate price of palay (unhusked rice) from P12 to at least P17 a kilo.
Asian stocks soar amid end to US credit woes
Thursday, April 3, 2008
BANGKOK – Asian stocks surged yesterday as investors took heart from an overnight rally on Wall Street amid a growing belief that the worst of the credit crisis may be over.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080402112
3. Manila Times
RP no longer last in Asia
ADB warns about Filipinos slipping back into poverty
By Darwin G. Amojelar And Chino S. Leyco , Reporters
The Asian Development Bank reported that the Philippines is no longer the economic laggard in Southeast Asia but warned that Filipinos who are out of poverty may slip back into poverty.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/apr/03/yehey/top_stories/20080403top1.html
4. Malaya
'Where will billions for rice go?'
Malacañang asked to itemize spending
SEN. Francis Escudero yesterday called for an "itemized spending" of the billions of pesos Malacañang has ordered released to stave off a rice crisis.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/apr03/news1.htm
RP, Palau sign 4 agreements
2 nations amend bilateral air services accord
GMA, Remengesau witness signing of accords
By DAVID CAGAHASTIAN
The Philippines and Palau yesterday signed four agreements, including an amendment to their bilateral air services agreement, as part of activities during the visit of Palau President Tommy Remengesau in the country.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080403120880.html
7. Abante
PONDO SA BABOY BINABOY!
Nina JB SALARZON at NOEL ABUEL
Hindi lamang ang P728 mil-yong fertilizer fund ang ni-raid ng pamahalaang Arroyo bago mag-eleksyon noong 2004 kundi pati na ang pondo ng swine program o suportang pinansyal sa mga magsasakang nag-aalaga ng baboy.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/apr0308/default.htm
P5B SA RICE CRISIS DELIKADO SA KORAP
Rey Marfil/Bernard Taguinod
Kaagad inilutang ng ilang mambabatas sa hanay ng oposisyon ang senaryong nanganganib sa kamay ng mga korap na opisyales ng gobyerno ang P5 bilyong pondong ilalaan ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo para tugunan ang krisis sa bigas.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/apr0308/news1.htm
Tag-gutom nakaamba
Ni Rose Tamayo-Tesoro
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Sa gitna ng nararanasang krisis sa bigas ay tumaas naman ng halos P40 hanggang P50 ang presyo ng karneng baboy at manok kada-kilo sa ilang mga pamilihan sa Metro Manila, gayundin bahagyang gumalaw ang presyo ng ilang pagkaing de-lata.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008040248
10. Journal
GUILTY
By: Alvin Murcia
Magdalo men struck deal with Palace?
NINE junior military officers including two core leaders belonging to the Magdalo group surprised both the prosecution and defense panels when they suddenly pleaded guilty to coup d’etat charges stemming from their participation in the 2003 Oakwood mutiny.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-04-03&sec=1&aid=54707
11. Business World
‘Nimble’ policies necessary
ADB adds to forecasts of slower Philippine growth
THE PHILIPPINES will have to grapple with slower economic growth and higher inflation this year and "nimble" fiscal and monetary policies are necessary if the country is to adapt, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.
http://bworldonline.com/BW040308/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
4 players join RP’s $10-B ‘Vegas’
By Max V. de Leon and Honey Reyes
Reporters
THE envisioned Las Vegas-like Bagong Nayong Pilipino-Manila Bay Integrated City has moved another step closer to reality after Japan’s Aruze Corp., Genting Berhad of Malaysia, SM Investments Corp. and Australia’s Bloombery Investments Ltd. were given the go-ahead to put up their respective multibillion-dollar projects at the 90-hectare resort complex.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/04032008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
Solons want strict monitoring of P5-B farm subsidy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:17:00 04/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Legislators Wednesday backed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's decision to provide P5 billion in support funds for rice production but they wanted the expenses tightly monitored.
Arroyo ally bags contract to run N. Mindanao port
By Ma. Cecilia Rodriguez
Mindanao Bureau
First Posted 02:18:00 04/03/2008
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Unlike the hue and cry that attended his business deal last year, Enrique Razon's latest acquisition was welcome news here.
Muslims join healing prayers for 'great soul'
By Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:14:00 04/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Bridging the religion gap for the sake of a Christian woman with a "great soul," the Muslim community Wednesday joined the outpouring of prayers and support for ex-President Corazon Aquino, who is undergoing treatment for colon cancer.
Red carpet rolled out for Palau president
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:15:00 04/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Malacañang on Wednesday rolled out the red carpet for visiting Palau President Tommy E. Remengesau Jr. who arrived Tuesday for a two-day state visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between with the two Pacific nations.
Arroyo turns 61, to get 'no remittance' gift from OFWs
By Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:16:00 04/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will take a day off on Saturday to celebrate her 61st birthday, which leftwing migrant workers have declared a "zero remittance day" as a protest for her alleged neglect of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
Holiday moved to April 7; three-day weekend up
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:17:00 04/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Weekend warriors are in for another treat, thanks to the Arroyo administration's "holiday economics."
STRANGE TWIST IN MAGDALO TRIAL
9 Oakwood mutineers change plea to guilty
By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer, INQUIRER.net
First Posted 08:14:00 04/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The long and winding saga of the “Oakwood mutiny” trial took a strange turn Wednesday, with nine of the 31 accused junior officers changing their plea to “guilty” on charges of coup d’etat.
AGRARIAN REFORM
29 bishops urge Congress to extend CARP
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:42:00 04/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Twenty-nine Catholic prelates, including Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales and Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, have asked the House of Representatives to immediately extend through legislation the 20-year-old Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
No new ‘surprises’: Senate probe flounders
By Dona Pazzibugan, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:16:00 04/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The future of the Senate investigation into the allegedly overpriced $329-million National Broadband Network (NBN) contract with China’s ZTE Corp. has become uncertain for lack of witnesses.
Sen. Alan Cayetano, who chairs the Senate blue ribbon committee leading the probe, could not explain what happened to his own so-called “surprise witness” that he claimed knew more about the NBN-ZTE deal than the Senate’s star witness, Rodolfo Lozada Jr.
Ombudsman accused of sitting on swine scam
By Sandy Araneta
Thursday, April 3, 2008
A law professor from the University of the Philippines has accused the Office of the Ombudsman of sitting on another agricultural fund scam involving the government’s swine program, and claimed billions worth of funds from the program had been used for the administration’s campaign kitty in the 2004 elections.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080402113
29 bishops want 1.3 M hectares distributed
By Edu Punay
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Twenty-nine Catholic bishops, including six archbishops, have collectively asked Congress to extend the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) while introducing reforms in the agrarian reform program directed at alleviating poverty and the looming food crisis in the country.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080402114
Oakwood mutineers plead guilty
By Michael Punongbayan
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Nine of the 31 military officers accused of taking part in the failed 2003 Oakwood mutiny pleaded guilty to the crime of coup d’etat yesterday.
As the hearing was about to end, lawyer Roberto San Jose manifested to the Makati Regional Trial Court branch 148 that his clients have decided to change their plea to guilty.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080402115
GMA signs 4 agreements with Palau president
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Palau President Tommy Remengesau concluded his two-day state visit to the Philippines yesterday with the signing of four agreements between the two countries on various fields of common interest.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080402119
April 7 non-working holiday
By Marvin Sy
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Monday (April 7) is a non-working holiday as the nation commemorates Araw ng Kagitingan.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080402120
Ermita to defend RP human rights record before UN next week
By Paolo Romero
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita will address next week the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, and report on the human rights situation in the Philippines.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080402122
1 M signatures to urge Erap to run in 2010 launched
By Jose Rodel Clapano
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Supporters of ousted President Joseph Estrada will present him with one million signatures on his birthday on April 19 to convince him to run for president in 2010.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080402124
Make farming a noble profession, says Cayetano
By MARIO B. CASAYURAN
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee, urged yesterday the Executive branch to make farming a noble and profitable profession as agricultural productivity is being affected by the high cost of farm inputs.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080403120882.html
SC nabutasan sa Senate rules
Rey Marfil
Kung natalo sa teknikalidad ang Senado sa Korte Suprema, ito rin ang magsisilbing susi para mabaliktad ang 9-6 votes na pumabor sa executive privilege ni Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Romulo Neri sa broadband scandal.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/apr0308/news4.htm
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