I. BANNER STORIES
ERC: Napocor over-recovered P10B in costs
By Abigail L. Ho, Ronnel Domingo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:14:00 05/09/2008
MANILA, Philippines--The National Power Corp. overcharged its customers P10 billion, representing over-recoveries, after the state-owned power generator failed to pass on to its customers the recovery of generation and forex-related costs since July 2006, the Energy Regulatory Commission said Friday.
Lopez won’t meet with Garcia
By Marvin Sy
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The patriarch of the Lopez family, which controls the Manila Electric Co., said he is not interested in meeting the head of the government pension fund for a possible buyout negotiation, even as Malacañang said it is keeping its hands off the issue.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509108
3. Manila Times
Takeover a debt trap for govt
Economists: Leave Meralco in hands of private sector
By Darwin G. Amojelar Reporter
A government takeover of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) may lower power rates, but it might make the Philippines’ largest electric company debt-ridden like the state-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor), economists warned on Friday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/10/yehey/top_stories/20080510top1.html
4. Malaya
‘Stop Meralco from passing on cost of theft’
Solon says systems loss charge is anti-poor
BY WENDELL VIGILIA
REP. Amado Bagatsing (Kampi, Manila), an ally of Rep. Pablo Garcia (Kampi, Cebu) has filed a bill that would prohibit Manila Electric Co (Meralco) from passing its systems losses to consumers, saying the charge is "anti-poor."
http://www.malaya.com.ph/may10/news1.htm
DA buying more local rice
Asks farmers to plant high-yielding varieties
GMA: RP will weather world supply crisis
By MARVYN N. BENANING
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has vowed to buy more palay from local farmers for the remaining months of the year as it said the government will rely more on tougher, higher-yielding seeds developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080510124135.html
7. Abante
GULANG SA KURYENTE PUTULIN NA!
Nina ERALYN PRADO at JB SALARZONMADAN
Pinatatanggal ng isang kongresista at ng isang militanteng grupo ang mga ‘panggugulang’ kapwa ng gobyerno at ng Manila Electric Company (Meralco) sa taumbayan sa anyo ng napakataas na singil sa kuryente.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/may1008/default.htm
‘IBINAYAD SA UTANG ANG ANAK KO!’
Nina LILY REYES AT DEVERY MARK ALEGATA
Nagpupuyos sa galit ang ama ng 3-anyos na polio victim nang malaman kahapon na ipinambayad sa utang ng live-in partner ng dating asawa ang kanilang anak bago natagpuang palutang-lutang sa estero ang hubo’t hubad na bangkay ng paslit.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/may1008/news_headline.htm
6-buwan walang VAT
Ni Malou Escudero
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Isusulong ni Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. na suspindihin ng anim na buwan ang expanded value added tax lalo na sa mga produktong petrolyo dahil naghihirap na ang mga mamamayan.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008050958
10. Journal
IT'S GSIS' CALL
By: Tess Bedico with Cristy Lee-Pisco
Garcia, Lopezes meet next week
MALACAÑANG will support whatever action the Government Service Insurance System takes to address the problem of high electricity rates charged by the Manila Electric Company.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-05-10&sec=1&aid=59136
11. Business World
BY BENJAMIN V. BUCO, Jr., Researcher
Exports fall 7% in March as electronics demand softens
First quarter figure 2.7% up from last year
After posting positive results for two consecutive months despite US recession concerns, the country’s exports fell by almost 7% in March as global demand for electronic products softened and as the country started to feel the impact of the slowdown in the US economy.
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW051008/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
II. POLITICAL
I-TEAM REPORT
Rights workers' lament: We're treated like enemies of state
By Jocelyn Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:41:00 05/10/2008
(Second of three parts. Read part 1.)
MANILA, Philippines--They are not criminals. BUT their mug shots are on police and military files.
Some of them have been killed and their offices burned or raided and documents on political killings and disappearances stolen or destroyed.
Arroyo blames media, critics for rice crisis
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:48:00 05/10/2008
MANILA, Philippines--Burgeoning populations and the effects of climate change have been blamed for the rice crisis, but in President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's reckoning, the media and critics of governments worldwide should be added to the list of culprits.
3 business groups back lower rates, buck Meralco takeover
By Ronnel Domingo, Doris Dumlao, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 18:33:00 05/09/2008
MANILA, Philippines--(UPDATE) Three business groups on Friday expressed support for efforts to bring down power rates, but distanced themselves from talk of the government's possible takeover of Manila Electric Co.
DA embarks on massive rice seeds production
By Amy R. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:24:00 05/10/2008
MANILA, Philippines--In an apparent bid for rice self sufficiency, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has embarked on the massive production of new seeds developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and on a more aggressive buying of palay from local farmers.
Inquirer 'Read-Along' a good read at 1 yr old
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:32:00 05/10/2008
MANILA, Philippines--A two-day bookfair of well-loved titles for children and young adults and a photo exhibit of celebrity readers and their audience kicked off the first year anniversary celebration of the Inquirer Read-Along program Friday.
A letter from Luli Arroyo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:47:00 05/10/2008
MANILA, Philippines--This statement concerns the Philippine Daily Inquirer article regarding the Asian Spirit fiasco on their delayed flights last May 1, which quotes an Asian Spirit employee stating that I took a helicopter after my flight on their airline was delayed for hours, and further purporting in a photo caption that I took a presidential chopper.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080510-135709/A-letter-from-Luli-Arroyo
ERC orders Napocor to explain P10-B overcharge
By Donnabelle Gatdula
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered the state-run National Power Corp. (Napocor) to explain why it should not be penalized for reportedly withholding information regarding possible overcharging.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509109
‘RP good in reproduction, poor in production’
By Rudy Fernandez
Saturday, May 10, 2008
An economic adviser of President Arroyo has pointed to the country’s growing population as the main cause of the rice shortage.
Speaking at the 18th National Convention of the Philippine Association of Research Managers Inc. (PHILARM) at the Casablanca Hotel in Legazpi City, Albay Gov. Jose Salceda said the country’s demand for food has risen because there are more mouths to feed, but agricultural lands to cultivate are dwindling.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509110
Buses to run on LPG soon
By Katherine Adraneda
Saturday, May 10, 2008
After stoves and taxicabs, buses in Metro Manila will soon be fueled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced yesterday that LPG-fueled passenger buses would soon ply major routes in the nation’s premier region as part of the government’s campaign against air pollution.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509111
CBCP: Pope not visiting RP
By Evelyn Macairan
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Despite appeals from several civic groups for Pope Benedict XVI to visit the country, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said yesterday the Pope’s hectic schedule might prevent him from granting their request any time soon.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509112
116 private elementary, high schools raise tuition
By Rainier Allan Ronda
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Up to 166 of the 3,751 private preparatory, elementary and high schools in Metro Manila have informed the Department of Education (DepEd) of their respective tuition increases for school year 2008-09.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509113
Esperon approves court-martial of general linked to corruption
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Outgoing Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. has approved the court-martial of a Philippine Military Academy classmate linked to the anomalous enlistment of soldiers in Mindanao.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509114
Enrile files own archipelagic baselines bill
By Aurea Calica
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile joined other proponents in the baselines bill seeking to formally include the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the Philippine archipelago under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509117
Palace has yet to submit Roque’s appointment paper; CA to confirm 3 envoys, 59 FSOs
By Christina Mendez
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The Commission on Appointments is waiting for the appointment papers of Labor Secretary Marianito Roque from Malacañang before it can set hearings on his confirmation, CA secretary Gemma Aspiras said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509118
GMA blames media, opposition on food crisis
Saturday, May 10, 2008
President Arroyo accused the media and the political opposition yesterday of exacerbating the global food crisis.
Speaking to members of Soroptimist International of the Philippines Region (SIPR) at a luncheon in Malacanang, Mrs. Arroyo said “a combination of factors in the whole world” was contributing to the rising prices and the tightening of food supply.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509119
DOT steps up drive for RP’s inclusion in 7 wonders of the world
By Mayen Jaymalin
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The Department of Tourism is now hitting the campaign trail to put the Philippines on the list of the world’s great natural wonders.
Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano called on the public and local government officials to cast their votes online and place Tubbataha Reef and two other top tourist destinations in the country in the new seven wonders of the world.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509121
Piston to stage nationwide strike on Monday
By Rainier Allan Ronda
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON) declared yesterday that their members will stage a nationwide transport strike on Monday to demand the scrapping of the 12-percent expanded value added tax (EVAT) on oil products, junking of the oil deregulation law and a stop to further oil price hikes.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509122
House okays bill amending Medical Act of 1959
By Delon Porcalla
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The lawmaker-daughter of Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay is urging her colleagues at the House of Representatives to pass her pet bill that aims to strengthen the medical industry and prevent humiliating incidents like the “rectal scandal” in Cebu City.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509155
DOLE goes online to give career guide for HS graduates
By Mayen Jaymalin
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now offering a free online career guide for high school graduates and other young jobseekers nationwide.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509156
Comelec to announce winning bidder of P525-M voting machine contract for ARMM polls
By Sheila Crisostomo
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Results of the Aug. 11 elections in Maguindanao will be known within an hour after voting has ended, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday after it inked a P525-million contract with a European company that will supply voting machines for the province.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509157
Stomach first before Cha-cha – Nograles
By Edith Regalado
Saturday, May 10, 2008
DAVAO CITY – Speaker Prospero Nograles vowed to support food security measures in Congress instead of another debate to amend the Constitution.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080509158
Wrong response aggravates Asia food crisis–ADB report
Asia’s response to tightening global grain supplies has worsened food
price inflation and uncertainty, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on Friday in Manila.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/10/yehey/top_stories/20080510top7.html
AFP: General to be tried for corruption
A PHILIPPINE army general is to be tried in military court for corruption after being indicted for allegedly extorting money from would-be recruits said to be ineligible as soldiers, a military spokesman said Friday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/10/yehey/metro/20080510met7.html
Senate to tackle Napocor’s coal purchases as well
By HANNAH L. TORREGOZA
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago said the Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC) will not only look into the causes of high electricity rates but also into the alleged irregularities in the purchase of coal by the National Power Corp. (Napocor).
http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN20080510124173.html
Isip-bata ang mga kongresista
(Rey Marfil/Rose Miranda)
Isang isip-batang solusyon ang planong pagkandado sa session hall ng Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso para lamang mabawasan ang mga “iskul-bukol” na kongresista.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/may1008/news_story5.htm
Speakership seat pinag-iinteresan na
(Bernard Taguinod)
Hindi pa man nag-iinit sa kanyang upuan, pinag-iinteresan na umano ng mga miyembro ng Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI) ang posisyon ni House Speaker Prospero Nograles Jr.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/may1008/news_story6.htm
Automation ng ARMM polls sigurado na
Lumagda kahapon ang Commission on Elections (Comelec) sa isang kontrata sa SMARTMATIC-SAHI Technologies Inc. upang ma-computerize ang eleksyon sa Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) sa Agosto 11, 2008.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/may1008/news_story7.htm
GSIS sinuportahan ni Rep. Abante
Kinatigan kahapon ni Manila Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante ang panawagan ng Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) sa Manila Electric Company (Meralco) na buksan ang corporate records nito para sa interes ng transparency at accountability.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/may1008/news_story8.htm
Villar: Include Napocor in probe
By: Paul M. Gutierrez
SENATE President Manuel Villar yesterday said the scheduled investigation by the Joint Congressional Power Commission on the alleged questionable price hikes by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) should include other stakeholders in the energy sector, particularly the National Power Corporation.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-05-10&sec=1&aid=59055
Pag-padlock sa session hall ng Kamara ayaw patulan sa Senado
TUTOL ang mga senador sa panukala ni Nueva Ecija Rep. Edno Joson na i-padlock ang session hall sa Kongreso upang makalikom lamang ng sapat na bilang o ‘quorum’ na kalimitang problema ngayon ng mga mambabatas kaya walang naaaprubahang supisyenteng panukalang batas.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-05-10&sec=4&aid=59087
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