I. BANNER STORIES
Cory makes 1st public appearance since cancer diagnosis
By Beverly T. Natividad
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:28:00 05/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—She didn’t wear the signature color the whole democratic world has come to identify with her. She wore pink after her favorite prayer warriors. And she said so herself.
Joker warns vs Napocor rate cut
By Aurea Calica
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Sen. Joker Arroyo warned the government yesterday against cutting the rates charged by the National Power Corp. (Napocor) to the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), saying it might again leave the state-owned power firm in deep financial trouble.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080503131
3. Manila Times
Southeast Asian rice cartel ‘anti-poor’
MANILA : Senior Philippine officials on Saturday expressed concern about the plan for a Southeast Asian rice cartel, saying it would cause greater problems than it would solve amid a global food crisis.
http://manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/04/yehey/metro/20080504met1.html
4. Malaya
NFA has imported enough rice: GMA
RP can make do with P1.6M tons instead of 2.2M tons
BY REGINA BENGCO
MALACAÑANG yesterday said the Philippines has already enough to cover its 10 percent supply gap and that it is buying more rice only for "buffer stocks."
http://www.malaya.com.ph/may03/news1.htm
ASEAN to cooperate on rice
Trade ministers meet in Bali, Indonesia
ASEAN members agree on rice cooperation
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) — Southeast Asia nations meeting in Bali have agreed to cooperate over the rice market, Malaysia’s trade minister said Saturday, as rocketing prices shock a region where the grain is a core part of most meals.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080504123616.html
7. Abante
| MAGKANONG ALOK SA PALASYO? |
| Nina BOYET JADULCO at JULIET DE LOZA |
Nagduda kahapon ang isang senador kung nasuhulan ang palasyo ng Malacañang ng isang South Korean company na nagpaplanong magtayo ng US$2-bilyong shipyard project sa bansa na sinasabing lilikha ng 40,000 trabaho para sa mga Filipino.
http://abante.com.ph/issue/may0408/default.html
| P1 OIL HIKE LINGGU-LINGGO UMPISA NA |
| TONITE Reportorial Team/JB Salarzon/Tina Mendoza/Juliet de Loza/Noel Abuel/Rose Miranda |
Nagsimula na ang kinatatakutang P1 oil price increase kada linggo sa gitna ng patuloy na pagsirit din ng presyo ng mga pangunahing bilihin.
Unang nagpatupad ng oil price hike kahapon ng umaga ang tatlong pinakamalaking kumpanya ng langis sa bansa na kinabibilangan ng Petron, Chevron (dating Caltex) at Pilipinas Shell. Sinundan ito ng Total Philippines at Eastern Petroleum at inaasahang magsusunuran na rin ang iba pang small oil players sa pagtataas ng kanilang mga produktong petrolyo.
Suhulan sa Hanjin ala-ZTE
Ni Malou Escudero
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Kinuwestiyon kaha pon ni Sen. Panfilo Lacson ang hindi kaagad pag-aksiyon ni Pangulong Gloria Arroyo sa sinasabing tangkang panunuhol ng Korean industrial firm na Hanjin ng P400M kay Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental Mayor Paulino Emano kapalit ang pagpayag ng alkalde sa patuloy na shipbuilding facility ng kompanya sa lugar.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008050379
| TAKEOVER |
| By: Efren Montano |
Palace keen on wresting Meralco from Lopezes
MALACAÑANG yesterday said it will press the takeover by government of the Lopez-led Manila Electric Company to grant popular demand for lower electricity rates amid soaring prices of oil and a looming rice crisis.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-05-04&sec=1&aid=58360
II. POLITICAL
Explain price hikes, oil executives told
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:56:00 05/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The government has summoned the top officials of local oil companies to explain the latest round of fuel price increases.
Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said Saturday Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes was scheduled to meet Sunday with oil company executives ask them “to explain the basis for the computation” for the P1 a liter increase in pump prices and P1 per kilogram of liquefied petroleum gas.
‘Scrambling’ oil firms raise prices by P1 a liter
By Abigail L. Ho
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:09:00 05/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The prices of gasoline, diesel and kerosene went up by P1 a liter and of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by P1 a kilogram over the weekend, as oil firms scrambled to recover as much as P7 a liter in unrecovered costs for gasoline and diesel.
Solon: Gov’t must not drag traders into fight with Meralco
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:13:00 05/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—What was that all about?
President Macapagal-Arroyo’s call on big business to join forces with the government to get power rates lowered was “unnecessary” and puzzling, said Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teodoro Casiño.
Agri chief confident Viets, Thais will sell rice to RP
By Amy R. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:19:00 05/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines —Despite a report that Vietnam may not take part in the rice tender scheduled Monday, Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap is confident that the country will fulfill its commitment to supply the Philippines with as much as 1.5 million metric tons of rice.
Beauty, loneliness locked in battle on Spratly islet
By Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:40:00 05/04/2008
PAG-ASA ISLAND —Far more than the threat of invasion, loneliness is the No. 1 enemy of the soldiers deployed to this Philippine-claimed territory in the disputed Spratly Islands .
Thus, Airman 1st Class Wilson Dajao could not stop beaming throughout the four hours that his wife was within arms’ reach. And enlisted man Zion Sarmiento, 22, was just too content to let his mother shower him with kisses.
IRRI proposes 9-point rice plan
By Amy R. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:41:00 05/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The International Rice Research Institute has proposed to governments and international agencies a nine-point program of short- and long-term interventions to increase rice yields and make the staple more affordable to the poorest of the world’s poor.
Help, don’t blame us, peace official tells Malaysia
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:42:00 05/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) on Saturday viewed “with deep concern” the statement issued by a Malaysian peace facilitator blaming the Arroyo administration for derailing the peace talks with the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Name names, Palace tells US on report of AFP corruption
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:48:00 05/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang on Saturday disputed the unfavorable US State Department Country Report on terrorism released Wednesday, denying that its fight against terrorists was saddled by problems such as corruption, limited resources and low salaries of security forces.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Golez called on the United States state department to name names and seriously help in prosecuting corrupt Filipino generals and other military officials alluded to in the report.
Gov’t behind GSIS vs Meralco, says Bunye
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:51:00 05/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang on Saturday backed Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) president Winston Garcia’s demand for full transparency and accountability in the operations of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco).
Pump prices up P1 per liter
By Donnabelle Gatdula
Sunday, May 4, 2008
ILOCOS NORTE – Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes urged the country’s petroleum players to explain their move to raise pump prices by P1 per liter yesterday.
“We will summon the presidents of Shell, Petron, Chevron and other independent oil players to explain to the Department of Energy and to the public why they need to increase their prices by P1 per liter,” Reyes told reporters attending a wind power project briefing here.
Reyes said he would summon representatives from the oil firms for a meeting tomorrow to explain their side.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080503132
Spratly men get ‘loneliness pay’
Sunday, May 4, 2008
PAG-ASA ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) – This sun-splashed island is so remote that soldiers are paid a “loneliness fee” for deployment here, and the few residents are encouraged with free meals to live in a nascent village without a single car, store or Internet access.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080503133
Durano named PTA manager
By Marvin Sy
Sunday, May 4, 2008
President Arroyo has designated Tourism Secretary Joseph Durano as general manager of the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) following the end of the six-year term of Robert Dean Barbers.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080503134
Senate, House open for debate on Charter change
By Delon Porcalla
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Senators and congressmen are now open to debates on the Senate-sponsored proposal to amend the 1987 Constitution that would pave the way for the creation of a federal government with 11 states.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080503137
Palace supports GSIS move vs Meralco board, says Bunye
By Marvin Sy
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Malacañang supports the Government Service Insurance System in its demand for a “management change” in the Manila Electric Co. and for GSIS to be given access to the corporate records of the country’s largest power distributor.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080503138
Pullout of Malaysian peace team final, says defense chief
By John Unson
Sunday, May 4, 2008
COTABATO CITY – The pullout of Malaysian troops from the International Monitoring Team (IMT) is certain, according to Malaysian defense chief Gen. Tan Sri Abdul Aziz.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080503139
Wage board working overtime
Sunday, May 4, 2008
The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) is working overtime to speed up deliberation on wage hike petitions across the country.
Ciriaco Lagunzad III, NWPC executive director said during the weekly Kapihan Sa Sulo Hotel that they are working day and night on wage hike petitions contrary to allegations of some sectors that the wage boards are moving slowly in coming up with a decision on the matter.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080503141
Lacson seeks Hanjin probe
By Aurea Calica
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Sen. Panfilo Lacson is seeking an investigation into a South Korean investor’s alleged P400 million bribe to Tagaloan, Misamis Oriental Mayor Paulino Emano, which has caught the ire of President Arroyo.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080503143
EDITORIAL - Rice cartel
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Thai rice exporters themselves think it isn’t going to happen, but forming a cartel of rice-exporting countries is a good idea, as far as the Thai government is concerned. If oil-producing countries can form their own organization that controls the global supply and prices of petroleum products, why not countries that produce an even more basic need?
http://philstar.com/index.php?Opinion&p=49&type=2&sec=25
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