I. BANNER STORIES
I-TEAM REPORT
It’s back to school, error-filled books
Crusader says DepEd playing hocus-pocus
By Fernando del Mundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:30:00 06/10/2008
Read Part 1: Only in RP: 10-year basic school cycle (06/09/08)
(Second of a series)
MANILA, Philippines—Students returning to school Tuesday will find the same error-filled textbooks that a self-styled crusader against “sick books” has been trying to get rid of the past several years, but sadly failed.
4 RP sites in Top 10 in ‘Nature’s Wonders’ search
By Aurea Calica
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Four of the country’s top tourist spots have made it to the Top 10 list in the worldwide search for the “Seven Wonders of Nature.”
Senators Pia Cayetano and Richard Gordon attributed the latest development to the “online power” of Filipinos.
As of yesterday, Tubbataha Reef in Palawan was in second place, followed by Chocolate Hills in Bohol (fourth place), Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, also in Palawan (sixth) and Mayon Volcano in Bicol (10th).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609113
3. Manila Times
World food prices up 60% in last two years
By Ira Karen Apanay, Senior Reporter
The world prices of major food items, such as grain and vegetable oils, have increased more than 60 percent over the last two years, the US Department of Agriculture reported.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/10/yehey/top_stories/20080610top1.html
4. Malaya
'Shabby' treatment of investors scored
'Senate guestsdeserve courtesy'
BY DENNIS GADIL
TWO opposition senators yesterday criticized their colleagues for dressing down officials of the Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) during the Senate energy panel's hearing last week on the group's objection to amendments to the Electric and Power Industry Reform Act (Epira).
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun10/news1.htm
21.6 M return to school today
Long weekend also ends for 31.5 M workers
Students, workers return to school, work sites today
By SHIANEE MAMANGLU
Some 21.6 million public and private elementary and high school students return to their classrooms today, June 10, as the nation’s schools open their doors for the start of school year 2008-2009.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080610126928.html
ABS-CBN’s Drilon kidnapped by ASG; P10M demanded
By Ninez Cacho-Olivares Editor in-chief
06/10/2008
Broadcast journalist Ces Drilon, co-anchor in ABS-CBN late news program Bandila, along with her staff, known as Julie, and a TV crewman, is reportedly missing.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080610hed1.html
7. Abante
GOBYERNO LITUNG-LITO!
Nina Boyet Jadulco, Bernard Taguinod at Rey Marfil
Mahigpit na tinuligsa kahapon ng mga mambabatas mula sa dalawang kapulungan ng Kongreso ang panawagan ng Malacañang sa taumbayan na bawasan muna ang pagsa-shopping dahil sa napakataas na inflation rate sa bansa.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/june1008/default.htm
KAMBAL NATIGOK SA NAINOM NA ASIDO
Nina Dindo Matining at Nonnie Ferriol
Kambal na nabuhay, kambal din na namatay.
Naging malagim ang pagkamatay ng dalawang kambal na paslit sa Marikina City matapos na aksidenteng makainom ng asido na napagkamalan nilang tubig kamakalawa ng umaga.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/june1008/news_story1.htm
Ces Drilon dinukot ng Sayyaf
Ni Joy Cantos
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Dinukot ng mga pinaghihinalaang bandidong Abu Sayyaf ang sikat na television reporter na si Ces Drilon at dalawa pang crew ng ABS-CBN Channel 2 matapos na magtungo sa Sulu, ayon sa ulat kahapon.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=20080609154
10. Journal
MISSING
By: Alfred P. Dalizon
TV reporter Ces Drilon
Ces Drilon seized by Abu Sayyaf
VETERAN ABS-CBN reporter Ces Orena Drilon went missing in Sulu late last week and is believed to have been seized by the extremist Abu Sayyaf, the Journal Group learned yesterday.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-06-10&sec=1&aid=62621
11. Business World
BY ALEXIS DOUGLAS B. ROMERO, Reporter
Pessimism growing in RP
PERSONAL OUTLOOKS on the quality of life have fallen to a neutral level and expectations about the economy are now even more negative, a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
http://bworldonline.com/BW061008/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
’08 growth seen at only 5.8%
By Cai U. Ordinario
Reporter
WEAK export growth and the increase in commodity prices will cut economic growth in the Philippines as well as other developing countries and East Asian economies, according to the latest study of the World Bank.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/06102008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
SPECIAL REPORT
High oil prices put pressure on gov’t to ease people’s pain
By Inquirer Staff
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:22:00 06/10/2008
Read Part 1: Surge in RP gas price seen (06/09/08)
(Second of two parts)
MANILA, Philippines—At the opening of public schools Tuesday, students will pay higher transport fares despite enjoying a 20-percent discount.
The minimum jeepney and bus fares were raised by 7 percent to 15 percent on May 21 because of soaring fuel prices.
Classrooms, chairs didn’t reach poor schools -- COA
By Jocelyn Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:42:00 06/10/2008
MANILA, Philippines—It’s not just a case of mistaken priorities, but also of miscommunication.
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reported that because of the inept allocation of resources, funds that were meant for public schools in the country’s most depressed areas instead went to those that had the least need for classrooms, tables and chairs.
Nuggets of wisdom lost in translation
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:16:00 06/10/2008
MANILA, Philippines—A life-size image of the Virgin Mary stands on the small campus of Marian School of Quezon City run by Antonio Calipjo Go, its academic supervisor.
Gov’t warned on reopening nuclear plant
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:14:00 06/10/2008
MANILA, Philippines—A lawmaker Monday cautioned Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes against rushing to reopen the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), saying that the country lacks a “culture of safety.”
Nograles: DAR can pay for CARP
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:13:00 06/10/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Speaker Prospero Nograles is open to authorizing the Department of Agrarian Reform to use its budget to acquire and distribute land to farmers if Congress fails to extend the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
‘Buffer fund’ to ease Asian food crisis, group says
By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:11:00 06/10/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Leaders from Southeast Asian nations must work together to put up a “buffer fund” to minimize the impact of the current food crisis and prevent food riots in the region, an international organization of civil society groups said Monday.
US keeping eye on shabu smuggle probe
By Tonette Orejas
Central Luzon Desk
First Posted 05:17:00 06/10/2008
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Philippines -- The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (USDEA) is monitoring the local investigation of the foiled attempt to smuggle P4-billion worth of shabu at the Subic Bay Freeport in Zambales, Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group chief Antonio Villar Jr. said Monday.
Biotechnology pushed to ease food shortage
By Marianne Go
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap told delegates at an international agriculture conference in Italy that biotechnology is key to the world’s quest for food security amid the current shortage in the global food supply and escalating food prices.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609114
Favila hits De Venecia on ZTE ad
By Paolo Romero
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The Philippines is becoming a laughingstock of foreign investors over the opposition’s continued attempt to revive the national broadband network (NBN) controversy, officials claimed yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609115
Senators slam investors’ grilling
By Christina Mendez
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Opposition senators took to task their colleagues from the administration bloc yesterday for ganging up on members of the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce during a recent hearing on the JFC’s letter to President Arroyo regarding amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609116
GMA to OK P316-B ‘Noah’s Ark’ food, fuel subsidies
By Paolo Romero
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
President Arroyo is considering seeking congressional approval for a proposed three-year P316-billion subsidy program that would help cushion the impact of food and fuel price surges on consumers, Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609118
GSIS: Meralco should first account for use of meter deposits before refund
By Ma. Elisa Osorio
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) yesterday said the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) should first make a clear accounting of the money it collected from meter deposits before handing out refunds.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609120
Farmers push for ‘real’ agrarian reform bill instead of CARP
By Sandy Araneta
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Farmers called on the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) yesterday to support the passage of the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB) authored by the late Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran during the 14th Congress.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609121
CA to confirm Teves, 4 others
By Jess Diaz and Delon Porcalla
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) may finally confirm tomorrow the appointment of five Cabinet members of President Arroyo led by Finance Secretary Margarito Teves, the head of the House contingent in the bicameral body said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609122
RP may fail to meet target in child mortality – WHO
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
HANOI, Vietnam – The Philippines might fail to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing child mortality by 2015 unless actions are taken now, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609123
Classrooms, schools put up in non-priority areas – COA
By Reinir Padua
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
A multi-million peso government program intended to address the lack of classrooms in public elementary and high schools in the country went to waste because the money did not go to the intended beneficiary schools, state auditors said.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609124
‘Snap polls can help prevent coups’
By Jess Diaz
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Nueva Ecija Rep. Edno Joson’s bill seeking a snap presidential election will prevent the military from launching a coup and mobs from marching to Malacañang to overthrow the government, the bill’s chief endorser said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609126
EPIRA amendment may have adverse impact on Napocor privatization
By Donnabelle Gatdula
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The Philippine Independent Power Producers Association (PIPPA), a group of private power generating firms, warned the government that the proposed amendment of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) would undermine the government’s privatization of the National Power Corp. (Napocor).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609128
Angara, Gordon push for setting up of nuke plant
By Christina Mendez
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Two senators see the need for the country to set up a nuclear power plant to reduce the cost of electricity.
Senators Richard Gordon and Edgardo Angara said nuclear power is being used in rich countries in Europe and neighboring countries like Taiwan and South Korea.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080609130
Senate scrambles to pass bills in last session days
Bill extending CARP not among the measures being rushed by upper chamber, citing lack of time
By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
The Senate is scrambling to pass priority measures in its last two session days before the first regular session adjourns this Wednesday.
Sen. Edgardo Angara said the Senate could show its sense of urgency by passing the bills amending the Electric Power Industry Act (Epira) and the enhancement of the Renewable Energy Bill.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/10/yehey/metro/20080610met1.html
Palace considers revival of Bataan nuclear plant
The government is once again considering putting the Bataan nuclear power plant into operation in the light of soaring fuel and energy prices, Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/10/yehey/metro/20080610met2.html
More funds for IRRI sought
The Philippines has called on international donors and financial institutions to increase funding support for agricultural productivity research to address the global food crisis, Philippine News Agency reported Sunday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/10/yehey/metro/20080610met3.html
Meralco should pay P2.7-B refund to consumers now – Palace
Genalyn D. Kabiling
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) should release without delay the P2.7-billion refund to consumers as ordered by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), Malacañang said yesterday.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080610126935.html
Gina de V: JdV will testify on all GMA corrupt deals
06/10/2008
He will definitely spill the whole beans, and not just focus on the ZTE-NBN kickbacks.
Even as he is undergoing a full medical check-up in a Singapore hospital, ousted Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. won’t back off from testifying before the Senate to tell all he knows about the corruption-ridden deals allegedly entered into by the presidential spouses, Gloria Arroyo and her husband, Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080610hed2.html
Singil sa kuryente gagawing prepaid
(Tina Mendoza/Rose Miranda/Jun Tadios)
Kung may prepaid sa cellphone at sa landline phones posible rin ang prepaid system na singil sa kuryente.
Ayon sa Manila Electric Company (Meralco) lahat ng pamamaraan kung paano makatutulong sa publiko para makatipid sa kanilang gastusin ay kanilang kinokonsidera at kung malaki umano ang matitipid kung prepaid ang paggamit ng kuryente ay kanila ring pinag-aaralan.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/june1008/news03.htm
Meralco refund aabutin pa ng Pasko! – ERC
Nina Jun M. Tadios, Bernard Taguinod at Eralyn C. Prado
“Maagang Pamasko na lang.”
Ito ang kalalabasan ng pinananabikang refund ng mga consumer ng Manila Electric Company (Meralco) sa meter deposit matapos ianunsyo ng Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) na kailangan pang dumaan sa proseso at publikasyon bago magkabisa ang direktiba.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/june1008/news_story2.htm
JDV hindi na importante sa mga Arroyo?
(Bernard Taguinod)
Kinalimutan na ng mag-asawang sina Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at First Gentleman Mike Arroyo si Pangasinan Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr.
Ito ang pahayag ni House Speaker Prospero Nograles Jr., na hindi naniniwalang ang mag-asawang Arroyo ang nasa likod ng mga smear campaign laban kay De Venecia na idinadaan sa mga paid advertisement.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/june1008/news_story5.htm
Pamumudmod ng pera ng Malacañang kakalkalin
By: Marlon Purificacion
KAKALKALIN na rin ng Mataas na Kapulungan ang kabi-kabilang pamumudmod ng pera ng Pangulong Arroyo, partikular na ang pagsasauli sa P500 ‘one-time pay off’ sa electric bill at P1,500 cash incentives sa mga magsasaka.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-06-10&sec=4&aid=62603
Tamano thanks Erap for inclusion in list of 2010 bets
06/10/2008
Genuine Opposition (GO) spokesman Adel Tamano yesterday thanked deposed President Joseph Estrada for including him in a shortlist of personalities United Opposition (UNO) has come up for its choices to filed in the 2010 senatorial elections, saying such a practical endorsement by the ousted leader would definitely boost one’s candidacy.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080610nat2.html
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