I. BANNER STORIES
Rice hoarders face life in jail
NBI-NFA warehouse raids ongoing
By Michael Lim Ubac, Jhunnex Napallacan, Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:04:00 04/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Justice is preparing economic sabotage or plunder charges that carry a life sentence against traders found to be hoarding rice, the price of which has risen sharply amid a tight global supply.
Government mulls rice tariff cut
By Des Ferriols
Friday, April 4, 2008
As rice prices continue to soar, the government is considering slashing tariff on imported rice to as low as 12 percent, enough to rein in runaway prices without hurting the country’s revenue program.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008040394
3. Manila Times
Rice hoarders facelife sentence–DOJ
Warehouse owners and traders in the Philippines found to be hoarding rice will be charged with “economic sabotage, which carries a life sentence, or plunder,” Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said Thursday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/apr/04/yehey/top_stories/20080404top1.html
4. Malaya
Brownouts threaten
Malampaya gas shutdown perils half of power supply
BY MYLA IGLESIAS
THE government is girding for rotating brownouts and voluntary partial idling of industries because of the shutdown starting today of the receiving terminal in Batangas for the natural gas output of the Malampaya field in Palawan, it was learned yesterday.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/apr04/news1.htm
Nat’l Food Summit at Clark today
To harmonize initiatives, draw up 3-year plan ,br> President to keynote Food Summit
By MARVYN N. BENANING
The National Food Summit will be held today, Friday, at the Clark Special Economic Zone to harmonize food security initiatives and craft a comprehensive three-year blueprint for rural development until the end of the Arroyo administration, Secretary Arthur Yap of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said yesterday.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080404120967.html
6. The Daily Tribune
7. Abante
ISANG ARAW NA WALANG BIGAS!
(Nonnie Ferriol/Rose Miranda/Juliet de Loza/Mark Manabat)
Isang araw na hindi magtitinda ng bigas sa buong bansa ang isang grupo ng rice re-tailers at pinangangambahang maraming mahihirap na pamilyang arawan kung bumili ng bigas ang magugutom kung mangyayari ito.
Tinawag itong ‘rice holiday’ ng grupong Binhi bilang protesta sa umano’y pansamantalang pagbawi ng Department of Agriculture (DA) at National Food Authority (NFA) sa kanilang lisensya para makapagbenta ng NFA rice.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/apr0408/default.htm
RICE SHORTAGE AABOT NG 3-TAON
Rey Marfil W/ Bernard Taguinod
Posibleng tumagal pa ng tatlong taon ang kakulangan sa supply ng bigas at isa ito sa malaking problemang maiiwan ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa kanyang pagbaba sa kapangyarihan sa taong 2010.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/apr0408/news1.htm
Palau president ‘nagwala’ sa NAIA
Ni Ellen Fernando
Friday, April 4, 2008
Nadismaya ang bumibisitang Pangulo ng bansang Palau matapos na harangin siya, kapkapan at pigilang makasakay ng eroplano sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) kamakalawa ng gabi.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=20080403129
10. Journal
GOLDEN DEAL
By: Hector Lawas
ZTE mining contract questioned before SC
EVEN as the Senate has yet to finish its investigation into the botched national broadband deal with ZTE Corp., the Chinese firm was again dragged into another controversy after a local mining company questioned the mining contract it signed with the government in 2006.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-04-04&sec=1&aid=54827
11. Business World
Intel rethinking RP options
MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INVESTOR INTEL, concerned with the growing requirements of its domestic business unit, is weighing "options" for a final decision to either stay in or leave the Philippines.
http://bworldonline.com/BW040408/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
Record food prices stir unrest
SINGAPORE—Rice climbed to a record and corn traded near its highest ever on speculation food demand will outstrip supply as governments curb exports to prevent unrest.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/0404&052008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
$15-B Pagcor casino complex gets off the ground
By Daxim Lucas
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:48:00 04/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) has resurrected a plan hatched in the 1990s to put up a Las Vegas-style casino and tourism complex by Manila Bay.
Ex-agri chief lauds Arroyo for raising palay buying price
By Norman Bordadora, Dona Pazzibugan, Amy R. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:04:00 04/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—A former agriculture secretary welcomed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s order raising the National Food Authority’s buying price for palay (unhusked rice) from P12 to P17 a kilo but called for a higher subsidy to maintain the present cost of milled rice.
Atong Ang denies owning small-town lottery firm in Cavite
‘I’m just a consultant’
By Jocelyn Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:05:00 04/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- He is not one of the owners of a gaming company, merely its consultant.
Charlie “Atong” Ang, a gambling buddy of deposed president Joseph Estrada, insisted he was only doing feasibility studies for Lucky Titanium Corp. (LTC), which has been given a permit to operate the state-approved small-town lottery (STL) in Cavite by the provincial government and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.
Arroyo to preside over food summit at Clark
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:06:00 04/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will preside over a food summit at Clark Freeport in Pampanga on Friday as part of efforts to come up with a clearer road map for rice sufficiency in the country.
No fireworks at DoJ probe of Lozada 'kidnap'
By Leila Salaverria, Tetch Torres
Philippine Daily Inquirer, INQUIRER.net
First Posted 04:33:00 04/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Not fireworks, but denials and counteraccusations were the fare as Senate witness Rodolfo Lozada Jr. squared off with the men he had accused of kidnapping and attempting to kill him at a Department of Justice hearing on Thursday.
Rice hoarders face life in jail
NBI-NFA warehouse raids ongoing
By Michael Lim Ubac, Jhunnex Napallacan, Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:04:00 04/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Justice is preparing economic sabotage or plunder charges that carry a life sentence against traders found to be hoarding rice, the price of which has risen sharply amid a tight global supply.
Birthday girl gets pat on the back, hit on chin
By Michael Lim Ubac, Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:47:00 04/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Once bosom buddies under the banner of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, they have parted ways.
One of them—Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez—says Ms Arroyo deserves the Filipinos’ gratitude for what she has done for the country.
‘Frisky’ US airline dumps Palau leader
By Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:48:00 04/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Palau President Tommy Remengesau Jr. had just completed a two-day state visit to the Philippines and was not about to subject himself to the indignity of being frisked before boarding his US plane back to his island nation.
Troops to secure NFA distribution
By James Mananghaya
Friday, April 4, 2008
Troops were deployed yesterday to guard the distribution of rice in Metro Manila.
Capt. Carlo Ferrer, Armed Forces National Capital Region Command (NCRCOM) spokesman, said soldiers in 21 military trucks will help National Food Authority (NFA) personnel hand out packs of rice in Gagalangin, Capulong and Smokey Mountain in Tondo, Manila; and Barangays Commonwealth and Vasra in Quezon City.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008040395
Quedancor president surfaces, denies raps
By Perseus Echeminada
Friday, April 4, 2008
The president of the state-run Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor) surfaced yesterday and denied allegations that funds for the swine dispersal program were used in the 2004 elections.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008040396
Quedancor president surfaces, denies raps
By Perseus Echeminada
Friday, April 4, 2008
The president of the state-run Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor) surfaced yesterday and denied allegations that funds for the swine dispersal program were used in the 2004 elections.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008040397
Palau president stranded in RP
Friday, April 4, 2008
The president of Palau was briefly stranded last Wednesday night in Manila when a US airline refused to allow him to board a flight without being frisked at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), officials said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008040397
Vegas-style casino, tourism complex project underway
Friday, April 4, 2008
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is reinventing itself.
The groundbreaking of the Bagong Nayong Pilipino-Manila Bay Integrated City or Tourism City shows that Pagcor is no longer into just gambling but is now offering full-scale entertainment.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008040398
Tax exemption bill pushed
By Aurea Calica
Friday, April 4, 2008
Sen. Manuel Roxas II reiterated his call for the immediate passage of the bill seeking to exempt minimum wage earners from paying income taxes.
Roxas said he would push for the enactment of the proposal upon the resumption of session late this month in the face of mounting socioeconomic pressures.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080403104
Lozada faces ‘kidnappers’ for first time at DOJ
Friday, April 4, 2008
The Senate’s key witness in the scrapped national broadband network-ZTE deal, Rodolfo Lozada Jr., yesterday faced his supposed “kidnappers” for the first time since his alleged snatching at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport last Feb. 5.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080403106
Mimicking may soon be a crime in RP
Friday, April 4, 2008
Impersonators beware. Mimicking may soon become a crime in the Philippines.
The House committee on national cultural communities has approved for floor debate a measure that seeks to penalize mimicking or imitating a person’s way of speaking, particularly in his “peculiar accent or diction.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080403109
JDV bewails ‘continuing vendetta’
Friday, April 4, 2008
Pangasinan Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. decried yesterday what he described as the “continuing vendetta” he is receiving from President Arroyo and her husband.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080403111
Erap to GMA; Have courage to tell truth
BY ASHZEL HACHERO
FORMER President Joseph Estrada has an early wish for President Arroyo on her 61st birthday on Saturday: "Have the courage to tell the truth and face the consequences."
http://www.malaya.com.ph/apr04/news6.htm
Senate: Hearing rules long published
THE publication of its rules on investigation will be the major argument of Senate when it files a motion for reconsideration on the Supreme Court ruling before the deadline on April 10.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/apr04/news7.htm
Mt. Diwalwal gold mine inihain sa ZTE
(Juliet De Loza)
Isa na namang kuwestiyonableng deal sa pagitan ng Malacañang at ZTE Corporation ng China ang sumingaw, kung saan kinopo ng kontrobersiyal na tambalan maging ang pagmimina sa 8,100 ektaryang gold rush area sa Mt. Diwalwal sa Mindanao, sa tulong na rin ng ruling ng Supreme Court (SC).
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/apr0408/news02.htm
Due process ipapamukha sa SC
Rey Marfil
Ang kawalan ng due process ang pangunahing depensang gagamitin ng Upper House para mabaliktad ang 9-6 votes ng Korte Suprema, pabor sa pag-invoke ng executive privilege ni Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Romulo Neri.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/apr0408/news4.htm
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