I. BANNER STORIES
‘A stolen, not a strong republic’
Ex-officials indict Arroyo for ‘7 curses’
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:32:00 07/26/2008
MANILA, Philippines—A group of former Cabinet members and other past ranking officials Friday “indicted” President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for her failed promises, and said that for seven years she had wrought “seven curses” on the nation that left it “enfeebled” and impoverished.
Senators to GMA: Guide us in crisis
By Aurea Calica
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Senators are calling on President Arroyo to provide the necessary direction for Congress to address the food and fuel crises in the country.
The lawmakers, led by Senate President Manuel Villar Jr., said they would be ready to cooperate with the executive and help out through legislation.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725172
3. Manila Times
Car insurers stop GSIS move
Court issues 20-day restraining order
By Chino S. Leyco, Reporter
A regional trial court stopped state-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) from taking over the compulsory third-party liability (CTPL) insurance for motor vehicles in the country.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/26/yehey/top_stories/20080726top1.html
4. Malaya
Car insurers stop GSIS move
Court issues 20-day restraining order
By Chino S. Leyco, Reporter
A regional trial court stopped state-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) from taking over the compulsory third-party liability (CTPL) insurance for motor vehicles in the country.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul26/news1.htm
Shell hikes diesel price by P1.50
New rate takes effect 6 a.m. today; LPG dealers announce roll back
By ELLSON A. QUISMORIO
Shell will increase the price of diesel and kerosene by P1.50 per liter effective 6 a.m. today, GMA 7 reported, citing Bobby Kanapi of Shell.
Earlier yesterday, the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers Association (LPGMA) made official a 50-centavo per kilogram rollback on LPG products by some of its members.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080726130780.html
7. Abante
Game fixing, babae sinisilip FEU STAR PLAYER BINARIL
Nina NONNIE FERRIOL, JULIET DE LOZA at VIRGI ROMANO
Namiligro ang buhay ng star player ng Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws na lumalaro sa Universities Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) matapos itong barilin nang patraydor ng hindi nakikilalang suspek gamit ang isang baril na may silencer kamakalawa ng gabi.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/july2608/default.htm
HIRAP KUMITA DRIVER NAGBIGTI
Ni LILY REYES
Pinaniniwalaang dahil sa hirap kumita ng pera sa pamamasada dulot ng walang humpay na pagtaas ng krudo sa minamaneho niyang sasakyan ang nagtulak sa isang jeepney driver na magpakamatay sa pamamagitan ng pagbigti kamakalawa ng hapon sa Quezon City.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/july2608/news_headline.htm
Qantas Air sumabog sa ere, 361 sakay ligtas!
Nina Butch Quejada At Ellen Fernando
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Nakaligtas sa tiyak na kapahamakan ang may 350 pasahero at 11 crew ng Qantas Airline nang sumabog sa ere ang sinasakyang eroplano dahilan para magsagawa ng emergency landing sa NAIA runway ang piloto nito kahapon ng tanghali.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008072599
10. Journal
NO TERM EXTENSION
By: Tess Bedico
SONA won’t push for GMA’s stay beyond 2010, Palace assures
NO term extension, no Charter change.
Presidential Management Staff chief Cerge Remonde yesterday assured the people that President Macapagal-Arroyo will not tackle the two controversial issues when she delivers her State of the Nation Address on Monday.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-07-26&sec=1&aid=67898
11. Business World
12. Business Mirror
II. POLITICAL
Prove charges, Cagayan car dealers dare Amcham
By Melvin Gascon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:33:00 07/26/2008
SANTA ANA, Cagayan, Philippines — The car dealers at the center of a brewing smuggling controversy have challenged the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, commonly called Amcham, to produce solid evidence to prove its allegations that the used car business at the Cagayan Economic Zone at Port Irene was being used as front for smuggling activities.
15 bishops lead 12,000 in rally vs House bill
By Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:35:00 07/26/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Some 12,000 faithful joined leaders of the Catholic Church on Friday for a prayer rally in Manila to reaffirm their commitment to a Vatican decree against artificial birth control.
Comelec rules vs Santiago: It’s not premature campaigning
By Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:05:00 07/26/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ruled that politicians who appear in advertisements, including billboards, and have expressed their intention to run for the 2010 elections are not committing an election offence.
Qantas 747 with gaping hole lands at NAIA
By Rudy Santos
Saturday, July 26, 2008
A Qantas Boeing 747 was forced to make an emergency landing in Manila yesterday after a large part of its fuselage tore off in mid-air.
Terrified passengers reported how the giant aircraft, which was flying to Melbourne from London, plunged 20,000 feet after a shuddering noise.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725173
10 prosecutors to Villa-Ignacio: Boss, resign
By Jocelyn Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:05:00 07/26/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The entire high-ranking staff of the Office of the Special Prosecutor has given their boss two options—save their “burning” house, or leave.
1,000 elders get P500 from VAT fund
By Christine Avendaño, Nancy C. Carvajal
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:06:00 07/26/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Some 1,000 elderly poor were the first recipients of the P500 cash gift from “Katas ng VAT” [Juice of Value-Added Tax], a program of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo launched Friday in Pasig City.
-TEAM REPORT
Sulpicio Lines: Case study in poor governance
The Wreck of the Princess
By Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:38:00 07/26/2008
Read Part 1: 30-minute pre-departure inspection of ship a ‘joke’
Read Part 2: Most life jackets used in RP vessels a ‘hangman’s noose’
Third and last of a series
MANILA, Philippines—The enormity of the disaster hasn’t yet sunk in, but already plans are underway to get grounded passenger ships of Sulpicio Lines Inc. to sail, initially with cargoes piling in up in piers, just over a month after its crown jewel, the MV Princess of the Stars, capsized with poisonous pesticide in its hull and hundreds of bodies entombed inside.
PRINCESS OF THE STARS
‘You’re better off texting coordinates’
By Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:39:00 07/26/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The ill-fated MV Princess of the Stars had all the fancy communications systems in the world, but for some weird reasons they all failed when they were needed, except for an antiquated single side band radio and the ubiquitous cell phones.
Arroyo to deliver ‘no-frills’ address, says Palace
Speech to focus on pro-poor program, VAT, CARP
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 02:48:00 07/26/2008
MANILA, Philippines — When she delivers her State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, critics and supporters alike will hear from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo a no-frills, straight-to-the-point speech that will spell out her administration's programs to address the country's problems, a senior Palace official said Friday.
Small oil firms eyeing rollback
By Donnabelle Gatdula
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Small petroleum players raised yesterday the possibility of a rollback in gasoline prices in the coming weeks even as they said that President Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address on Monday has nothing to do with any decision to freeze pump prices this weekend.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725176
P.5-B subsidy for lolo, lola
By Paolo Romero
Saturday, July 26, 2008
President Arroyo launched yesterday the “Katas ng VAT Tulong para kay Lolo at Lola (Fruits of the VAT for Grandfather and Grandmother),” a P500-million cash subsidy program sourced from value-added tax collections to support the special needs of the elderly amid the food and fuel crunch.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725177
Comelec junks complaints vs politicians appearing in commercial ads
By Mayen Jaymalin
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Senators, congressmen and other politicians can now appear in commercial advertisements without fear of sanctions.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday virtually gave the go signal for politicians to serve as models in commercial and other advocacy advertisements.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725178
‘Next PNP chief no longer a mystery’
By Cecille Suerte Felipe
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno declared yesterday that the official who will replace retiring Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Avelino Razon Jr. “is no longer a mystery.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725179
Pump prices to hold steady for
2 weeks, as oil edges higher
By Euan Paulo C. Añonuevo, Reporter
Fuel prices are projected to hold steady in the next two weeks because of recently declining world oil prices, petroleum company officials said Friday.
In a press conference, Fernando Martinez, chairman of the Independent Philippine Petroleum Companies Association, said his group may maintain current pump prices in the next week or so.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/26/yehey/top_stories/20080726top5.html
UN food agency to help monitor distribution of rice in RP
Saturday, July 26, 2008
The United Nations yesterday said it would help monitor the distribution of government-subsidized rice in the country to make sure that it reaches the people who need it most.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725180
Charter change not part of no-frills SONA – Remonde
President Gloria Arroyo will not include Charter change in her State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, Presidential Management Staff chief Cerge Remonde said Friday.
He added that the President and her entire Cabinet are working to come up with a good SONA, which will be delivered without frills and straight to the point.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/26/yehey/top_stories/20080726top7.html
BIR files 11 tax evasion cases vs couple in tax credit scam
By Iris Gonzales
Saturday, July 26, 2008
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed with the Department of Justice (DOJ) 11 tax evasion cases, including 10 cases against businessman Faustino Chingkoe and his wife Gloria.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725181
Rally held vs reproductive health bill
By Katherine Adraneda
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Thousands of church and lay people gathered at the Parade Grounds of the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) yesterday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Humanae Vitae (Human Life). It carried the theme “Humanae Vitae@40: Biyaya ng Buhay, Biyaya ng Pamilya.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725182
LTO to look into imported vehicles at Port Irene
By Perseus Echeminada
Saturday, July 26, 2008
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) vowed yesterday to review the records of at least 7,000 vehicles that were imported by the Automotive Rebuilding Industry Cagayan (ARIC) and entered the country through Port Irene in Santa Ana, Cagayan in the last three years to determine if the necessary taxes on the vehicles have been paid.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725183
Senate passes teachers’ pay hike
By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
The Senate Committee on Education headed by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano has endorsed a consolidated bill seeking to increase the monthly salary of public school teachers by P9,000.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/26/yehey/top_stories/20080726top8.html
‘Recto not subject to CA confirmation’
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Lawmakers will not have the chance to pass judgment on the fitness of former senator Ralph Recto to join the Cabinet as head of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725184
Comelec tags 278 of 2,740 ARMM barangays as ‘hot spots’
By John Unson
Saturday, July 26, 2008
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has placed 278 areas of “immediate concern” under the tight watch of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police and the military, less than half of the “hotspots” listed during the ARMM’s 2001 and 2005 regional polls.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725185
I will not quit – Villa-Ignacio
By Edu Punay and Non Alquitran
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio maintained yesterday that there is no way he would quit his post amid what he said “pressures and tactics being employed on him” by the camp of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725186
Fuel costs blamed for ‘short cuts’ by ships that result in mishap
By Evelyn Macairan
Saturday, July 26, 2008
The Philippine Coast Guard warned ship owners against changing the designated course of their vessels to save fuel, but consequently endangering the lives of passengers and the marine environment, saying they could face penalties or have their license revoked.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725189
‘Local disputes triggered clashes with MILF rebels’
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Hostilities between militia-men and some guerrillas of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) triggered the recent armed clashes in central Mindanao, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080725190
Erap: I have no time to listen to fairy tales
BY ASHZEL HACHERO
FORMER President Joseph "Erap" Estrada yesterday said he will not attend the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Arroyo today, saying he does not want to waste his time listening to a fairy tale about the economy.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul26/news3.htm
Pinoy ginigisa sa oil crisis
Nina Rey Marfil at Eralyn Prado
Kasabay ang alegasyong ginagamit ng Malacañang ang kapangyarihan sa pansariling interes, inakusahan ng isang opposition senator si Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na ginigisa sa sariling mantika ang publiko sa gitna ng oil crisis.
Ayon kay Senate minority floor leader Aquilino ‘Nene’ Pimentel Jr., na-perfect na ni Mrs. Arroyo kung paano gamitin ang kanyang kapangyarihan sa pansariling interes at kapakanan, pinakahuli sa oil crisis o pagtaas ng gasolina.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/july2608/news_story2.htm
Palpak na gabinete, kilalanin sa survey
(Bernard Taguinod)
Nais ni House Speaker Prospero Nograles Jr., na malaman kung sinu-sino sa mga miyembro ng gabinete ang mahihina at siyang nagiging dahilan ng pagbagsak ng satisfaction rating ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/july2608/news_story3.htm
Ping duda sa pangako ni Recto
(Boyet Jadulco/Rose Miranda)
Nagpahayag ng pagdududa kahapon si Sen. Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson kung hindi na makakalusot ang mga maanomalyang proyekto sa administrasyong Arroyo.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/july2608/news_story6.htm
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