I. BANNER STORIES
Arroyo to meet Meralco chair
First posted 00:34:53 (Mla time) May 18, 2008
Michael Lim Ubac Ronnel Domingo Nancy C. Carvajal
Philippine Daily Inquirer
PRESIDENT MACAPAGAL-ARROYO IS WILLING TO MEET with Manuel Lopez, the Manila Electric Co.’s chair and CEO, amid an increasingly acrimonious media war between the power distribution utility and administration allies in and out of Congress.
http://archive.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&story_id=137232
3. Manila Times
Major oil players hike fuel and LPG prices
Latest round of price increases from major players may not be the last
By Euan Paulo C. Añonuevo, Reporter
Already hobbled with rising food and electricity prices, there is no end in sight for consumers’ woes as oil companies once again hiked fuel and cooking gas prices at the start of the weekend.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/18/yehey/metro/20080518met1.html
4. Malaya
GO readies charges vs 12-0 operators
‘Maguindanao results stink to high heavens’
BY DENNIS GADIL
SENATE minority leader Aquilino "Nene" Pimentel yesterday said the Genuine Opposition (GO) will sue election operators who gave Team Unity a 12-0 victory in Maguindanao province.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/may18/news1.htm
7. Abante
P2M vs RCBC killers
Ni Bell Desolo
Umakyat na sa P2 milyon ang halaga ng pabuyang nakalaan para sa makakapagbigay ng impormasyon o makapagtuturo para sa ikadarakip ng mga suspek sa RCBC massacre sa Cabuyao, Laguna kamakalawa ng umaga.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/may1808/news_headline.htm
10. Journal
Palace not scared of JdV
By: Efren Montano
Malacañang is unfazed by reports that former Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. will be a key witness in the Senate inquiry into the botched ZTE national broadband deal.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-05-18&sec=1&aid=59973
11. Business World
12. Business Mirror
II. POLITICAL
Palace not worried about De Venecia testimony
First posted 01:00:15 (Mla time) May 18, 2008
Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MALACAÑANG SAID Saturday it was not worried about the possible appearance of former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. at the Senate blue ribbon committee’s inquiry into the bribery-tainted National Broadband Network (NBN) deal.
http://archive.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&story_id=137239
Gasoline price up P1; diesel, kerosene by 50¢
First posted 00:50:08 (Mla time) May 18, 2008
Ronnel Domingo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
OIL FIRMS RAISED ANEW THE PUMP prices of gasoline by P1 a liter and those of diesel and kerosene by 50 centavos a liter over the weekend to reflect their underrecoveries as a result of the surging prices of petroleum products in the world market.
http://archive.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&story_id=137236
P20 pay hike an insult, say labor groups
First posted 00:50:21 (Mla time) May 18, 2008
Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
LEFTIST LABOR GROUPS continued to denounce the P20-minimum wage increase given by the regional wage board for Metro Manila workers, with the Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) describing it as “an insult to the working class.”
http://archive.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&story_id=137235
‘Personal touch’ ni Gloria sa NBN deal maglilitawan pa
(Bernard Taguinod)
Nagpahiwatig si Iloilo Vice Governor Rolex Suplico na marami pang mabibigat na ebidensya ang lalabas na magpapatunay na mayroong “personal touch” ang mag-asawang Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at First Gentleman Mike Arroyo sa maanomalyang National Broadband Network (NBN) project.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/may1808/news_story5.htm
Abalos, ipakulong -- Ping
(Boyet Jadulco)
Dapat umanong ipakulong si dating Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos dahil sa pagsisinungaling umano nito sa Senado na hindi umano nakipag-usap si Pangulong Arroyo sa mga opisyal ng ZTE Corp. sa Shenzhen, China noong Nobyembre 2, 2006.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/may1808/news_story6.htm
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