I. BANNER STORIES
Ces Drilon, 2 TV crew, prof seized
By Julie Alipala
Mindanao Bureau
First Posted 01:01:00 06/11/2008
ZAMBOANGA CITY—Gunmen believed to belong to the Abu Sayyaf are holding broadcast journalist Ces Drilon of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp., her two cameramen and a professor of Mindanao State University (MSU) after abducting them in Maimbung, Sulu, on Sunday afternoon.
Ces Drilon still captive
By John Unson
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police confirmed yesterday the kidnapping in Sulu of ABS-CBN broadcast journalist Ces Oreña-Drilon and two cameramen by the al-Qaeda-linked terror group Abu Sayyaf.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610121
3. Manila Times
GMA orders rescue of Ces
MILF offers information, help in kidnapping case
By Angelo S. Samonte Reporter
President Gloria Arroyo on Tuesday ordered the military and national police to exhaust all means to locate and secure the “missing” group of broadcaster Ces Oreña-Drilon in Sulu.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/11/yehey/top_stories/20080611top1.html
4. Malaya
'Bring Ces, crew home safely'
Abus holding news team?
BY RAYMOND AFRICA and JP LOPEZ
PRESIDENT Arroyo yesterday ordered the PNP to bring back to safety TV news anchor and host Ces Drilon and her crew who were reported missing by their network, ABS-CBN.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun11/news1.htm
Appeals made for broadcast journalist
National Union of Journalists, others urge release
Various sectors appeal for Ces Drilon, companions’ release
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) led other professional groups, lawmakers, government officials and non-government organizations in urging yesterday the release of broadcast journalist Ces Drilon and her companions who were reported seized in Sulu by armed men.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080611126979.html
Negotiations for Drilon, crew’s release ongoing
06/11/2008
Negotiations for the early release of ABS-CBN journalist Ces Orena Drilon and her TV crew, along with their guide, Mindanao University professor, Octavio Dimampo, are ongoing, Tribune sources from the military intelligence said yesterday, standing firm on reports that the ransom being demanded is P10 million for their release.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080611hed1.html
7. Abante
LABULABO SA P500 SUBSIDY!
Ni BERNARD TAGUINOD
Nagsimula nang dumagsa ang mga claimants ng P500 subsidy sa Landbank of the Philippines at unti-unti na ring lumulutang ang malaking problema sa usaping ito na hindi kalauna’y pinaniniwalaang pagmumulan ng kaguluhan.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/june1108/default.htm
MAG-LOLA, 3 MAID MINASAKER
Nina Lily Reyes at Jethro Sinocruz
Kagimbal-gimbal ang sinapit na kamatayan ng isang maglola at ng tatlong babaeng katulong na pinagsasaksak bago sinunog ang mga bangkay matapos pagnakawan ang kanilang tahanan ng tinatayang pito hanggang walo katao kahapon ng umaga sa Quezon City.
Dead on the spot ang tatlong taong gulang na biktimang si Nina Jiao at ang kanilang mga katulong na kinilala lamang sa mga pangalang Gloria, Lean at Marie.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/june1108/news_story1.htm
P10-M ransom kay Ces Drilon
Nina Joy Cantos At Rudy Andal
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Humihingi ng P10 milyong ransom ang mga bandidong Abu Sayyaf kapalit ng pagpapalaya sa reporter ng ABS-CBN na si Ces Drilon at dalawa nitong cameramen na dinukot sa Maimbung, Sulu noong Linggo ng isang grupo ng mga bandido na pinamumunuan umano nina Albader Parad at Gafur Jumdail.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008061095
10. Journal
NO WORD YET
Police checking report of ransom demand for Ces Drilon’s release
AUTHORITIES are ready to negotiate for the safe recovery of award-winning ABS-CBN reporter Ces Oreña-Drilon and her two cameramen who were seized by suspected Abu Sayyaf extremists in Indanan, Sulu last Sunday, security officials said yesterday.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-06-11&sec=1&aid=62778
11. Business World
BY ALEXIS DOUGLAS B. ROMERO, Reporter
Relief via cheaper power
A GOVERNMENT panel tasked with drawing up plans to mitigate the impact of rising energy costs yesterday proposed a package of measures it said would provide Filipinos relief within the year.
http://bworldonline.com/BW061108/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
Teves team bares relief options
By Mia M. Gonzalez
Reporter
THE government is moving to give relief from the high cost of power, the second-highest in Asia, with a Cabinet study group presenting its recommended relief measures Tuesday—a slew of subsidies, inducements, renegotiations and options that, in the long term, is seen to redound to the tax take of the government and invite more investments if it forgoes these tax revenues for the time being.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/06112008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
I-TEAM REPORT: EDUCATION
Lots of money for computers, none for rulers, microscopes
By Fernando del Mundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:08:00 06/11/2008
Read Part 1: Only in RP: 10-year basic school cycle (06/09/08)
Read Part 2: It’s back to school, error-filled books (06/10/08)
(Third of a series)
MANILA, Philippines—For three days last month, about 50 public school teachers in Science and Math attended a workshop that introduced them to microscopes and showed them how to illustrate space using graphing paper because they had no rulers in their classrooms.
Power firms may absorb 12% VAT on systems loss
By Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:31:00 06/11/2008
MANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gave energy officials the go-signal to pursue measures that could cut the cost of electricity in the country by 64 centavos per kilowatt-hour within the year.
Anti-Meralco VACC calls for boycott of Juday
By Tina Santos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:49:00 06/11/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Juday has a new name, “Miss System Loss.”
The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) gave Judy Ann “Juday” Santos the moniker as it denounced the actress for allowing herself to be used to justify Manila Electric Co.’s “unjust and oppressive practice” of passing on purportedly illegal charges to the consumers.
Why Inquirer didn’t run big story
By Alcuin Papa
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:50:00 06/11/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The biggest story on Monday did not come out the next day in the Philippine Daily Inquirer (parent company of INQUIRER.net) or in any of its competitors.
How Inquirer correspondent eluded abduction
By Julie Alipala
Mindanao Bureau
First Posted 05:05:00 06/11/2008
ZAMBOANGA CITY—I would have become the fifth person in the group abducted in Sulu had not my son John Kenneth and Inquirer Mindanao bureau chief Nico Alconaba objected to my joining the coverage.
They kept asking about ransom, TV journalist recalls
By Arlyn dela Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:14:00 06/11/2008
MANILA, Philippines—They say no story is worth dying for—yet journalists can sometimes be lured to real dangers that can cost us our lives. We can be very trusting, perhaps because we expect to be trusted in return.
Filipinos relearn English from Peace Corps volunteers
By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:23:00 06/11/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Using songs she herself had written, a 25-year-old American Peace Corps volunteer is teaching high school students how to speak good English.
Magdalo rebels change plea to guilty
No concessions, says AFP
By Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:45:00 06/11/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- After meeting briefly with Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Alexander Yano Tuesday morning, 11 core leaders of the Magdalo group of rebellious military officers changed their not guilty pleas to guilty at their court-martial.
More Filipinos pessimistic on economy, says survey
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:46:00 06/11/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Amid soaring prices of food and oil, more Filipinos feel pessimistic about how the economy will fare over the rest of the year and into the next, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
Journalists favorite Abu targets
By Roel Pareño
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have yet to determine the real circumstances behind the disappearance in strife-torn Sulu of noted TV broadcaster Ces Oreña-Drilon and her companions, but the incident calls to mind the deception played years back by Abu Sayyaf bandits on some journalists eager for exclusive interviews.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610122
Congress gives up on CARP extension
By Aurea Calica and Jess Diaz
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Congress gave up last night on passing a bill seeking to extend the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) for another five years.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610123
SWS: Pinoys glum on economy
By Helen Flores
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
More Filipinos are pessimistic about the Philippine economy despite government efforts to curb soaring prices of oil products and other basic commodities such as rice, a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610125
Mercy helicopter fired upon?
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
A US helicopter on a humanitarian mission appears to have been shot at in Cotabato City, prompting officials of the USNS Mercy hospital ship to suspend the helicopter’s mission.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610126
Foreign direct investments down 60% in first quarter – BSP
By Des Ferriols
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Foreign direct investments (FDIs) were badly hit by the general slowdown in major economies, dropping by 60 percent to $551 million in the first quarter of the year from $1.388 billion last year.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610127
Globe, Apple to bring iPhone 3G to RP
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Globe Telecom and Apple announced yesterday they will bring the highly anticipated iPhone 3G to the Philippines later this year. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software, which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications already built in with the recently released iPhone SDK.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610128
New scheme to reduce text, call costs proposed
By Mary Ann Reyes
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The mobile telecommunications industry is coming up with a new scheme that will effectively reduce the cost of both off-net and on-net text messaging and voice calls, without necessarily reducing the access or interconnection charges as proposed by government.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610129
DepEd: Smooth school opening
By Rainier Allan Ronda
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said yesterday’s opening of classes for more than 20 million public elementary and high school students nationwide was smooth and orderly.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610131
Puno, Melo hurdle CA committee level
By Christina Mendez
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
After two years, Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno got the nod of the local government committee of the Commission on Appointments (CA) yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610132
GMA: RP to become self-sufficient in rice supply by 2013
By Paolo Romero
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
President Arroyo vowed the Philippines will “control its destiny” with regards to its food supply, free and independent from the mercy of rice exporters.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610133
House resolution seeking gov’t subsidy on diesel, LPG, power ok’d
By Jess Diaz
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The House ways and means committee endorsed yesterday a resolution asking President Arroyo to subsidize diesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and electricity.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610134
ADB grants $30-million conservation loan to RP
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted the Philippines an initial $30 million in loans to fund a nationwide energy conservation program that would replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent lamps, Malacañang announced yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610135
JDV urged to apply for immunity on NBN-ZTE
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
A complainant in four criminal cases against First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo has asked former Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr. to apply for immunity from prosecution if he decides to testify against President Arroyo.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080610136
Galoc oil field to start production in Palawan — DoE
Genalyn D. Kabiling
In a bid to lessen the Philippines’ dependence on expensive imported oil products, Department of Energy (DoE) Secretary Angelo Reyes yesterday announced the Galoc oil field located in Palawan, the country’s newest oil field development, will start production next week with output intended at local refineries.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080611126982.html
Gov’t considering 6 measures to help lower power rates
Genalyn D. Kabiling
The government is considering six measures that will help lower the cost of electricity by at least 64 centavos per kilowatt hour in the country.
The economic team presented to President Arroyo energy saving plans "that would have an immediate impact on the cost of electricity within the year" during a two-hour cabinet meeting in Malacañang Park yesterday.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080611126983.html
Palace defends oil, electricity subsidies
David Cagahastian
Malacañang defended yesterday the granting of subsidies on oil and electricity for public utility vehicles and low consumers of electricity.
Deputy Presidential Spokeswoman Lorelei Fajardo said the granting of subsidies to the poor is not illegal, and that the people need immediate relief from record high prices of oil and food.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN20080611126986.html
6 measures eyed to cut power rates by 64 centavos
BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR
THE Cabinet study group on the power rate reduction has proposed six measures that could reduce the cost of electricity by about 64 centavos per kilowatt hour.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun11/news3.htm
Gloria sees enough rice, blows top over P36 price
WENDELL VIGILIA
PRESIDENT Arroyo yesterday said there is enough rice supply for the rest of the year and government is now working toward self-sufficiency by 2013.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun11/news5.htm
Meralco may shoulder VAT on systems loss
By Sherwin C. Olaes
06/11/2008
The value-added tax (VAT) on systems loss charges of electricity distributors including Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will stay but this will be charged as expense among power firms and not charged to consumers, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said yesterday of measures that the government had initially mapped out to lower electricity bills.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080611hed2.html
Senate likely to torpedo P316-B ‘Noah’s Ark’ proposal
06/11/2008
A P316 billion government subsidy program until 2011 was broached yesterday by President Arroyo’s economic adviser Albay Gov. Joey Salceda but Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II cast doubt that it would be used to uplift the welfare of the poorest Filipino families.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080611hed5.html
Senate approves PERA bill for workers
06/11/2008
Senators last night ratified the bill providing a supplementary retirement plan to all government and private sector employees as well as overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and at the same time give income tax credit equivalent to five percent of the total contribution.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20080611nat1.html
Bagong Impeach Gloria patibong sa oposisyon
Nina Bernard Taguinod at Rose Miranda
Walang plano ang oposisyon na sampahan ng panibagong impeachment case si Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo dahil posibleng patibong lamang umano ito ng mga “lieutenant” ng Punong Ehekutibo para masiguro na sila pa rin ang mamumuno sa gobyerno sa 2010.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/june1108/news_story2.htm
P16.7-B koleksiyon sa VAT gagamiting subsidy sa kuryente
By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco
INAPRUBAHAN kahapon ng House committee on ways and means ang isang resolusyon na mag-oobliga sa pamahalaan na magkaloob ng subsidiya sa kuryente at langis gamit ang tinatayang sobrang P16.7 bilyong koleksiyon mula sa 12 porsiyentong value-added tax (VAT) sa inaangkat na mga produktong petrolyo ngayong taon.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-06-11&sec=4&aid=0
Juday tutuluyan sa Kamara
(Eralyn Prado)
Tutuluyan ng Kamara ang pagsalang sa imbestigasyon kay Judy Ann Santos dahil sa umano’y iresponsable at mapanlinlang nitong infomercial na dumedepensa sa systems loss na ipinapasa ng Manila Electric Company (Meralco) sa mga consumers.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/june1108/news_story3.htm
Meralco pinagpapaliwanag sa ‘meter deposits’
By: Marlon Purificacion
SINUPORTAHAN kahapon ng apat na kongresista mula sa iba’t ibang partido ang panukalang ipaliwa-nag muna ng Manila Elec-tric Company (Meralco) kung papaano hinawakan ang meter deposits at mag-sagawa ng “transparent accounting” ng pondong ki-nolekta sapul noong 1980s bago magsagwa ng partial refunds.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-06-11&sec=4&aid=62711
Presyo ng kuryente tuloy sa pagtaas
(Rey Marfil)
Walang epekto bagkus magpapatuloy ang pagtaas sa presyo ng kuryente sa ilalim ng isinusulong na pag-amyenda sa Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) na isinusulong ni administration Sen. Juan Ponce-Enrile.
Ito ang nagkakaisang posisyon ni Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano at iba pang eksperto na dumalo sa huling pagpupulong ng Senate Energy Committee na pinamumunuan ni Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago na nauwi sa pambabastos ni Enrile sa mga dayuhang investors na inimbitahang resource person.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/june1108/news_story5.htm
Power subsidy illegal?
By: Jester P. Manalastas
HOUSE Minority Leader Ronaldo Zamora wants to know who authorized President Macapagal-Arroyo to give power subsidies.
Zamora said there is no provision in the Constitution that allows the President to give such subsidies. He noted that Congress did not even give Mrs. Arroyo such authority under the 2008 General Appropriations Act.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-06-11&sec=4&aid=62794
Dagdag subsidiya nagkalinaw
(Eralyn Prado)
Magandang balita para sa mga komokonsumo ng 500 kilowatt hour na kuryente gayundin sa gumagamit ng diesel at liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Ito’y makaraaang aprubahan na kahapon “in principle” ng House committee on ways and means, ang inihaing resolusyon ni Speaker Prospero Nograles na magkakaloob ng subsidiya sa mga households na komokonsumo ng 500KWH pababa ng kuryente gayundin ang mga gumagamit ng produktong langis.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/june1108/news_story6.htm
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