I. BANNER STORIES
BLOODBATH IN BANK
9 shot dead in the head
By Tarra Quismundo, Niña Catherine Calleja
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:36:00 05/17/2008
CABUYAO, Laguna--as though they were compelled to queue for their doom, three of the bodies were found side by side in a common pool of blood.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080517-137089/9-shot-dead-in-the-head
Bank robbers massacre 10
By Ed Amoroso
Saturday, May 17, 2008
CABUYAO, Laguna – Nine bank employees and a security guard were lined up and shot dead yesterday in what police described as one of the bloodiest bank robberies in history.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080516129
3. Manila Times
RP rice prices softening
Japan to sell up to 60,000 tons to Manila
The Philippines, one of the world’s largest rice importers, said Friday prices are softening after Japan offered to sell rice to Manila amid news of bumper world harvests for 2008.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/17/yehey/top_stories/20080517top1.html
4. Malaya
9 ‘executed’ in Laguna bank rob
Victims shot in heads; 2 security guards missing
BY RAYMOND AFRICA
EIGHT employees and a security guard of the Cabuyao, Laguna branch of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. were killed yesterday in a robbery which police suspected to be an inside job.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/may17/news1.htm
Only minor changes in Cabinet
Bunye clarifies report on revamp in official family
Says it's not as extensive as believed
By GENALYN D. KABILING
President Arroyo said yesterday she will make only minor changes in the Cabinet, particularly affecting only two key positions in the official family.
Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said the President asked him to clarify the scope of the Cabinet reorganization after she was flooded with "so much lobbying" for various posts in the Cabinet.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080517124812.html
NBN witnesses set to undergo screening
05/16/2008
A tight screening process for witnesses to the scandal-tainted and corruption-laced ZTE National Broadband Network whistleblowers is now de rigeur in the Senate prior to its presentation of witnesses at hearings yet to be scheduled.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080516hed1.html
7. Abante
LAGUNA BANK MASSACRE
SA ULO LAHAT TINIRA!
Nina BELL DESOLO, NONNIE FERRIOL at NILO MARASIGAN
Huling araw ng bangko kahapon kaya maaga pa lang ay nagdatingan na ang mga kliyente ng Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) sa Bgy. Pulo, Cabuyao, Laguna.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/may1708/default.htm
SURVIVOR SUSI SA RCBC MASSACRE
Nina Nonnie Ferriol at Bell Desolo
Todo-bantay ang mga awtoridad sa pagamutan na pinagdalhan sa kaisa-isang nakaligtas sa RCBC massacre sa Cabuyao, Laguna kasabay ang panawagan sa publiko na ipagdasal upang makaligtas sa kamatayan upang makatulong sa ikalulutas ng malagim na pagpatay sa siyam katao na pinagbabaril sa kanilang ulo habang padapang nakahilera sa sahig ng bangko kahapon ng umaga.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/may1708/news_headline.htm
Bank massacre: 9 empleyado patay
Nina Joy Cantos At Ed Amoroso
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Siyam na empleyado ng Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) ang minasaker kabilang ang bank manager habang isa ang nasa kritikal na kalagayan matapos pasukin ng hinihinalang mga miyembro ng notoryus na bank robbery/holdup gang ang sangay nito sa Cabuyao, Laguna kahapon ng umaga.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008051677
10. Journal
MASSACRE
By: Alfred P. Dalizon
9 dead in Laguna bank robbery
THE manager, six other employees, a client and a security guard of a Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. branch in Cabuyao, Laguna, were killed by suspected robbers yesterday morning.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-05-17&sec=1&aid=59896
11. Business World
It’s official: Metro Manila minimum wages to rise by P20 per day
Daily minimum wages in Metro Manila will increase by P20, officials yesterday announced, formally confirming adjustments bared earlier this week.
The increase consists of a P15 adjustment in base pay and a P5 cost of living allowance (COLA), which will be integrated into base pay on August 28, the anniversary of the last minimum wage hike.
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW051708/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
II. POLITICAL
Senate woos De Venecia to be next NBN-ZTE star witness
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:33:00 05/17/2008
MANILA, Philippines--The Senate blue ribbon committee is wooing former Speaker Jose de Venecia to be the next star witness in its inquiry into the scandal-ridden National Broadband Network (NBN) deal with China's ZTE Corp.
This Lopez is never selling his Meralco stake
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:38:00 05/17/2008
MANILA, Philippines--Manuel Lopez, the chairman and CEO of the Manila Electric Co., said Friday he personally had no intention of selling out of the distribution utility which the Lopez family controls.
Razon: Bigger story behind Lozada story
By Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:39:00 05/17/2008
MANILA, Philippines--Something big was brewing when the then potential whistle-blower Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada was seized from the airport and taken on a long ride by state agents in February, according to the country's top policeman.
RCBC statement on Laguna shooting
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:41:00 05/17/2008
MANILA, Philippines--The following is a statement from Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. president and CEO Lorenzo V. Tan:
We, the members of the Yuchengco Group of Companies, mourn the death of the officers, staff and a single client of the RCBC Science Park Branch, who were victims in a robbery/homicide incident [Friday] morning.
NBI files malversation charges vs Lozada
By Tina Santos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:42:00 05/17/2008
MANILA, Philippines--Charges of malversation of public funds were filed Friday by the National Bureau of Investigation against Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada in connection with a P19.6-million fund supposedly intended for the jatropha project of Philippine Forest Corp. (PhilForest).
GMA set to make final announcement on revamp
By Paolo Romero
Saturday, May 17, 2008
President Arroyo will make a final announcement tomorrow regarding the changes in her official family to end speculation and jitters about the Cabinet revamp, her spokesman said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080516130
Gov’t-NDF talks revived
By Pia Lee-Brago
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Philippine government officials and communist rebels held three days of secret peace talks in Oslo, Norway this week in a bid to revive efforts to end a nearly four-decade conflict, a Norwegian official said Thursday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080516132
Senate: Abalos lied about meet
By Aurea Calica
Saturday, May 17, 2008
The Senate Blue Ribbon committee will again summon resigned elections chief Benjamin Abalos to explain a possible falsehood in the testimony he made in September last year denying an alleged secret meeting in China between the First Couple and top executives of ZTE Corp.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080516133
Kiko allays fears JELACC will undermine judiciary
By Aurea Calica
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan defended yesterday the creation of the Judiciary, Executive, Legislative Advisory and Consultative Council (JELACC), saying enough safeguards were in place to ensure that the independence of the Supreme Court would not be compromised.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080516135
NCR wage board okays P20 wage increase
By Mayen Jaymalin
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Over half a million minimum wage earners in Metro Manila are finally getting their much deserved salary increase starting June, the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) reported yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080516139
Lawmakers asked to give up their pork barrel
By Katherine Adraneda
Saturday, May 17, 2008
A worldwide coalition of anti-poverty advocates yesterday urged congressmen to give up part of their pork barrel allocations for projects that would enhance rice production in the country.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080516142
Another P1 increase in pump prices set this weekend
By Donnabelle Gatdula And Rainier Allan Ronda
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Oil companies are expected to implement another increase in fuel prices this coming weekend.
“We are expecting another P1 this weekend,” Flying V chairman and president Ramon Villavicencio said.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080516147
House to call ERC chief; Palace slams Meralco for passing the buck
By Jess Diaz
Saturday, May 17, 2008
The House energy committee will summon Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chairman Rodolfo Albano Sr. to its second hearing on the high cost of electricity next week.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080516148
Meeting with ZTE officials in 2006 was not a secret – Bunye
By DAVID CAGAHASTIAN
Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said yesterday the meeting in November, 2006, between President Arroyo and executives of ZTE Corp. was not a secret one and allegations of impropriety make promoting the Philippines more difficult.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080517124816.html
Hugas-kamay sa kidnap try sa anak ni Lozada
(Rose Miranda/Grace Velasco)
Naghugas-kamay ang Malacañang sa insinuwasyong may kinalaman ang pamahalaan sa tangkang pagdukot sa anak na babae ni NBN-ZTE deal star witness Rodolfo Noel ‘Jun’ Lozada Jr.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/may1708/news03.htm
Buko na, kumakambiyo pa
(Bernard Taguinod/Boyet Jadulco)
“Nabuko na, caught in the act na, ayaw pang umamin. Ano bang salita ang tutugma sa ganyang tao?”
Ito ang naging pahayag ni Gabriela party-list Rep. Liza Maza patungkol kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo dahil nabuko na ito sa naging papel sa ZTE-National Broadband Network (NBN) deal subalit ayaw pa ring umamin.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/may1708/news_story2.htm
Abalos mapipiga sa muling pagbubukas ng ZTE deal hearing
By: Marlon Purificacion
SI dating Commission on Elections chair Benjamin Abalos ang madidiin nang husto sa muling pagbubukas ng Senate investigation sa ZTE-NBN deal dahil tiyak na malalantad kung paano ito sa nagsinungaling sa nakalipas na testimonya ng dating opisyal sa sa Senate Blue Ribbon Committee noong Setyembre 26, 2007 nang itanggi nito na nakipagkita siya sa mga opisyal ng ZTE Corp. sa Shenzhen, China noong Nobyembre 2006.
Ayon kay Senador Alan Peter Cayetano, chair ng ko-mite, muli niyang ipatatawag si Abalos upang magpali-wanag kung bakit hindi siya maaaring patawan ng perjury dahil sa kanyang pag-sisinungaling sa komite.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-05-17&sec=4&aid=59898
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