I. BANNER STORIES
Thais to snub RP's rice bid
RP unwittingly driving up int'l rice prices
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:12:00 05/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines—In a move that could further drive up the price of rice, Thailand, the world's biggest exporter of the cereal, announced Thursday that it would not be joining the Philippine tender on May 5 because the Thai government does not endorse private exporters.
GMA gate-crashes wage board hearings
By Marvin Sy
Friday, May 2, 2008
Unable to announce a wage increase in time for Labor Day, President Arroyo made surprise visits to various regional wage boards yesterday in an apparent attempt to prod the tripartite boards to speed up their deliberations.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080501121
3. Manila Times
Federalism bid ‘will fail’
Joker says move will create 11 fiefdoms, kings
By Efren L. Danao Senior, Reporter
Sen. Joker Arroyo said Thursday a new attempt to amend the 1987 Constitution to switch to a federal system and create 11 federal states would create “11 little fiefdoms and 11 little kings.”
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/02/yehey/top_stories/20080502top1.html
4. Malaya
Workers press 'GMA, resign' call
Demand P125 pay hike, tax exemption
BY GERARD NAVAL
WHILE lacking the usual heated and sometimes physical confrontation between labor protesters and policemen, the traditional Labor Day rallies yesterday were marked with the same call - 'Gloria, resign!'
http://www.malaya.com.ph/may02/news1.htm
Wage boards nationwide meet
As workers march on Labor Day
Regional wage boards meet on Labor Day
By RAYMUND F. ANTONIO
Consultations on the wage issue were held by all regional wage boards nationwide yesterday, with President Arroyo closely monitoring their procedures on wage fixing in celebration of the Labor Day.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080502123359.html
‘Senate presidency, not federalism, real target’
By Charlie V. Manalo
05/02/2008
Behind all that Charter Change (Cha-cha) talk and the Senate resolution on amending the Constitution at this time to usher in federalism is the agenda of changing the Senate leadership, congressmen yesterday speculated.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080502hed1.html
7. Abante
FARMERS TINATABLA NG NFA!
Kawalan ng suporta sa mga magsasaka at lokal na ani, at hindi ang kakapusan ng supply, ang tunay na ugat ng dinaranas na krisis ng bansa sa tumataas na presyo ng bigas.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/may0208/default.htm
RP MAHO-HOSTAGE NG FOREIGN RICE CARTEL
Bernard Taguinod With Eralyn Prado
Kung sa kasalukuyan ay nahihirapan na ang gobyerno para siguraduhing sasapat ang supply ng bigas para sa mahigit walumpung milyong Pilipino, mas matindi pang senaryo ang kakaharapin ng bansa sa sandaling maitatag na ang Organization of Rice Exporting Countries (OREC).
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/may0208/news1.htm
Napocor kinasuhan
Ni Gemma Amargo-Garcia
Friday, May 2, 2008
Dahilan sa umano’y pagmamanipula sa halaga ng kuryente sa Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), sinampahan ng kasong kriminal ng grupong People Opposed to Warrantless Electricity Rates (POWER) ang National Power Corporation (Napocor).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008050155
10. Journal
LONG WAIT
By: Efren Montano & Alfred Dalizon with AFP
ANGRY AND HUNGRY. Militant workers wore rice sacks bearing slogans as they assembled at Liwasang Bonifacio for their Labor Day march to Chino Roces Bridge in Manila to demand higher wages. The government however said it will take a few more weeks before regional wage boards can finish deliberations on wage petitions. Photo by Roger Talan
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-05-02&sec=1&aid=58173
11. Business World
BY ALEXIS DOUGLAS B. ROMERO and IRA P. PEDRASA, Reporters
Palace pressures regional boards
PRESIDENT Gloria M. Arroyo yesterday deviated from her traditional Labor Day speeches, opting instead to personally observe the proceedings of regional wage boards, which she has ordered convened amid rising prices of basic goods.
http://bworldonline.com/BW050208/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
Half of PHBs eye acquisitions
By Louise M. Francisco
Research Staff
IN the next three years, 50 percent of local privately held businesses (PHBs) plan to grow operations through acquisitions despite the turmoil in financial markets worldwide, according to the recent International Business Report (IBR).
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/0502&032008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
12 transport groups to get NFA rice, too
By Riza T. Olchondra
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:25:00 05/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Members of registered transport groups will be given further relief from soaring food and fuel prices through access to government-subsidized rice, according to the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB).
Arroyo skips rites, engages media in 'amazing race'
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:29:00 05/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines—You'd think you were watching the "Amazing Race."
With no wage increase to announce, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo skipped Thursday's Labor Day ceremonies and did away with the traditional speech to mark the global celebration of the rights of workers.
Cries for food, justice, freedom mark Labor Day nationwide
By Inquirer Bureaus
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:37:00 05/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Cries for food, justice and freedom marked the protest actions held nationwide to mark Labor Day Thursday.
More than 1,500 members of the Manggagawa para sa Kalayaan ng Bayan (Makabayan) and the Pambansang Katipunan ng Makabayang Magbubukid picketed the regional offices of the National Labor Relations Commission and Department of Agrarian Reform in the City of San Fernando in Pampanga to decry the low wages of factory and farm workers.
Free flow of rice, cartel urged
Yap asks 5 Mekong nations to ease export bans
By Amy R. Remo, Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:59:00 05/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap on Thursday appealed to the five Mekong nations to resume greater trade flows of rice, as they form a cartel to help address record-high prices of the staple.
UN rights body raps RP for delay in Abadilla case
By Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:30:00 05/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The United Nations Human Rights Committee has accused President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's administration of violating the right to a speedy trial of five men convicted in the murder of Col. Rolando Abadilla 12 years ago.
Pimentel urges Nograles: Hop aboard Charter change train
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:31:00 05/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The House leadership may be boarding the newest Charter-change train soon after Speaker Prospero Nograles met with Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. Thursday and discussed the possibility of convening Congress into a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution.
Estrada says Arroyo ‘lack of foresight’ behind food crisis
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:32:00 05/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Former President Joseph Estrada Thursday blamed the Arroyo administration for its supposed “lack of foresight” in strengthening the country’s agriculture, saying that it has only itself to blame if Filipinos take their disgruntlement to the streets.
‘Bad governance is anti-labor,’ say Arroyo ‘ex-men’
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:33:00 05/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- A group of former government officials blamed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her economic policies of the past seven years for the woes of Filipino workers.
But why Tessie Oreta? DepEd workers ask Arroyo
By Jerry E. Esplanada
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:34:00 05/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Palace rumors made spicier by presidential banter about an upcoming Cabinet revamp are drawing sour reactions in the education sector.
Bayani on politicking: Wait till I start smiling
By Vincent Cabreza
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:35:00 05/02/2008
BAGUIO CITY – Bayani Fernando says the much-criticized "metro gwapo" posters plastered around Metro Manila do not mean that he has begun campaigning for president.
Asian Spirit flights to Bora delayed 8 hrs
Luli Arroyo takes chopper
By Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:36:00 05/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Holiday travelers lost their cool at the Manila domestic airport Thursday when they found out that they would not be able to make it to Boracay on schedule but would have to wait for hours.
PNP: Labor Day rallies generally peaceful nationwide
By Cecille Suerte Felipe
Friday, May 2, 2008
Protest actions by workers commemorating Labor Day were generally peaceful, police said yesterday.
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Avelino Razon Jr. said there were no significant reports of violence or confrontation involving workers’ groups that staged mass actions in key cities across the country.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080501122
‘RP faces numerous threats from terror’
By Jose Katigbak STAR Washington bureau
Friday, May 2, 2008
WASHINGTON – The Philippines continues to face numerous threats from terrorism, the US State Department said in a report.
In its Country Reports on Terrorism 2007 released on Wednesday, the State Department said Filipino security forces scored numerous successes against terrorists but were unable to eliminate their safe havens in Sulu and central Mindanao.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080501123
RP in media slay ‘shame list’
Friday, May 2, 2008
UNITED NATIONS – The Philippines is one of 13 countries that are the worst offenders in letting killers of journalists get away with murder, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080501125
Abu commander killed; Sulu residents evacuated
By Roel Pareño
Friday, May 2, 2008
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Top Abu Sayyaf commander Isnilon Hapilon was wounded and his son and a follower were killed when Marines and Army Special Forces attacked a terrorist training camp in Sulu on Wednesday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080501126
‘Cabinet revamp aimed at enhancing chances of 2010 bets’
By Christina Mendez
Friday, May 2, 2008
President Arroyo’s Cabinet revamp could be aimed at enhancing the image and public exposure of possible administration candidates in the next senatorial elections in 2010, Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080501127
Passport system causing visa applicants, travel agents headaches
By Rainier Allan Ronda
Friday, May 2, 2008
The new but allegedly deficient “machine readable” passports (MRPs) being issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) are reportedly causing more difficulties for the thousands of Filipinos seeking visa to the United States.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080501128
GMA ready to sign medicine bill once legislative process complete
By Paolo Romero
Friday, May 2, 2008
President Arroyo said she is ready to sign the Cheaper Medicines Bill into law but will have to wait first for the normal legislative process to take its course before giving the measure her imprimatur.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080501129
GMA adviser says rice cartel proposal ‘betrays Asean solidarity’
By Paolo Romero
Friday, May 2, 2008
President Arroyo’s economic adviser strongly opposed yesterday proposals to create a rice cartel among rice-producing nations in the region.
Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said from the standpoint of national interest, the proposal of Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to create a rice cartel to include Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos similar to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries that tries to sets crude oil prices is “clearly a betrayal of Asean solidarity.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080501133
Speaker, senators to discuss Cha-cha for federalism
By Delon Porcalla
Friday, May 2, 2008
Speaker Prospero Nograles will discuss with Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and other senators their proposal to amend the Constitution to transform the Philippines into a federation of 11 states.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080501134
Bidders in ARMM poll automation face Senate today
By Sheila Crisostomo
Friday, May 2, 2008
Three bidders will demonstrate their voting machines during a Senate hearing today, setting in motion the resumed efforts to automate the Aug. 11 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080501136
Govt workers to get pay hike in July
By Angelo S. Samonte, Reporter
President Gloria Arroyo signed Thursday an executive order granting a 10-percent salary increase for the government’s 1.4 million workers effective July.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/02/yehey/top_stories/20080502top5.html
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