I. BANNER STORIES
Arroyo’s SONA to focus on poor
Main thrust: Nat’l social welfare program
By Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:37:00 07/28/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Even as she faces the nation as the most unpopular Chief Executive since 1986, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will try to convey herself as a caring and confident leader when she delivers her penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.
MILF attacks village in North Cotabato
By James Mananghaya
Monday, July 28, 2008
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels went on a rampage in Cotabato following the breakdown of peace talks with the government, burning 10 houses, wounding three soldiers and causing scores of people to flee.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008072796
3. Manila Times
Govt, MILF sign agreement
Negotiators settle ancestral domain issue at KL meeting
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have signed an agreement on the ancestral domain issue, just days after the peace talks collapsed, a rebel leader said.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/28/yehey/top_stories/20080728top1.html
4. Malaya
The state of the SONA Palace: Just the facts
BY WENDELL VIGILIA
NO "fireworks" can be expected today from President Arroyo’s State of the Nation address, her eighth, before the joint session of Congress.
Arroyo, the most unpopular president since 1986 as shown by a survey, did not embellish her 40-minute speech with flowery words about her accomplishments, Malacañang officials said yesterday. She also did not plan for a dramatic presentation of her administration’s successes and ambitious endeavors.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul28/news1.htm
7. Abante
SONA: FASHION SHOW LANG!
Abante Reportorial Team
Maraming mga mambabatas mula sa dalawang kapulungan ng Kongreso ang hindi dadalo o ibo-boykot ang idaraos na ika-walong State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ngayong araw dahil sa kanilang paniniwala na lalabas lamang itong isang malaking fashion show at pawang litanya lamang ng mga kasinungalingan at mga pangakong napapako ang maririnig sa bawat bibigkasing salita ng Pangulo.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/july2808/default.htm
AYAW MAGPAUTANG DINOS POR DOS!
Ni Aries Cano
Walang awang inalagay sa balag ng alanganin ng isang 36-anyos na lalaki ang buhay sa sinapupunan ng kanyang bunsong kapatid na babae nang hayagan nitong bigwasan ng kaliwa’t kanang suntok, hambalusin ng kahoy at hiyain sa lansangan ang buntis na biktima matapos mabuwisit nang hindi umano makahirit ng inuutang na perang nagkakahalaga lamang ng P70.00 sa Maynila.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/july2808/news_story1.htm
Pagharap sa media ng mga suspek balak ipatigil ng PNP
Ni Danilo Garcia
Monday, July 28, 2008
Posibleng ipatigil na ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang nakaugalian na “papoging” pagpiprisinta sa media ng mga naarestong suspek sa mga krimen na pinaghihinalaan pa lamang.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008072774
10. Journal
IT'S SONA TIME
By: Tess Bedico
GMA to trumpet pro-poor programs amid foes’ rallies
PRESIDENT Macapagal-Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address will emphasize her administration’s pro-poor thrust, Malacañang said yesterday.
Press Secretary Jesus Dureza yesterday said the President’s speech which is expected to last for 40 minutes will only be an announcement of the government’s national social welfare program to help the people cope with the global problem of rising prices of oil and basic commodities.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-07-28&sec=1&aid=68132
11. Business World
12. Business Mirror
Subsidies: No impact on ratings
By Mia M. Gonzalez
Reporter
THE fuel and food subsidies for which the administration has been criticized—for using scarce resources for unsustainable remedies—did not boost the public’s perception of top government leaders, it turns out.
II. POLITICAL
How Arroyo fared in previous SONAs
By Inquirer Research
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:41:00 07/28/2008
MANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has made a number of promises in her State of the Nation Addresses (SONAs). How did some of the promises fare?
Analysis
Swan song of troubled Arroyo presidency
By Amando Doronila
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:50:00 07/28/2008
MANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers on Monday her eighth State of the Nation Address (SONA) to a dispirited people ravaged by double-digit inflation of food and fuel prices and with lowered expectations that her speech will provide ample relief from economic and social distress.
I-TEAM REPORT
5 years after Oakwood mutiny, AFP says things looking up
Wake-up call in the military
By Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:12:00 07/28/2008
(First of three parts)
MANILA, Philippines—On the morning of July 27, 2003, officials of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) greeted cadets in the mess hall a “Happy Sunday.”
It was a usual greeting at the country’s premier military school at Fort del Pilar in Baguio City. But it was not a usual day.
Before dawn that Sunday, five years ago, more than 90 junior officers—PMA graduates as recent as 2002—occupied the posh Oakwood apartments in Makati City, along with 250 of their men, to protest corruption in the government and the military.
Police round up 120 in villages near Batasan
By Jeannette Andrade, Inquirer Bureaus
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:27:00 07/28/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Police rounded up some 120 people in barangays (villages) near the Batasan Complex in a crackdown on possible troublemakers on the eve of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.
On SONA’s eve, Arroyo checks on jatropha
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:48:00 07/28/2008
FORT MAGSAYSAY, NUEVA ECIJA—On the eve of her State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited the 5-hectare jatropha nursery at the sprawling military reservation here.
Gov’t-MILF peace talks on again
By Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:22:00 07/28/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The peace talks between the government and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front are back on track after the two panels signed in Malaysia Sunday night a joint communiqué on the contentious issue of ancestral domain.
Did wrong justices rule on Meralco case?
2 CA divisions heard TRO plea vs power utility
By Gerry Lirio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:01:00 07/28/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Will the Court of Appeals justices who really have charge of the GSIS-Meralco row please stand?
The decision issued by the 8th Division of the Court of Appeals last week is not likely to settle the controversy between the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) over the election recently of the utility’s directors.
RSBS mismanagement still burning mutiny issue
By Alcuin Papa
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:13:00 07/28/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The scandal that hit the Retirement and Separation Benefits System (RSBS) was one of the burning issues raised in the 2003 Oakwood mutiny. It still rankles today.
‘Modernized’ Maria Clara gown for Arroyo
By Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:14:00 07/28/2008
MANILA, Philippines—For her fashion statement to the nation, she’s wearing fuchsia pink, a subtle pitch for Filipino workmanship.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is donning a “modernized Maria Clara gown” for her 8th State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday, a Filipiniana outfit conveying the theme of this year’s speech, according to a Palace official.
‘GMA’s SONA to offer hope’
By Paolo Romero
Monday, July 28, 2008
President Arroyo will offer hope to Filipinos and galvanize them into action against rising food and fuel prices when she delivers her eighth State of the Nation Address (SONA) before a joint session of Congress today, Malacañang said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008072797
Heavy rains expected until today
Monday, July 28, 2008
The western sections of Luzon, including Metro Manila, and the Visayas will continue to experience intermittent moderate to heavy rains until today due to an enhanced southwest monsoon, the state weather bureau said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008072799
Subsidies fail to boost GMA ratings – Pulse Asia
By Helen Flores
Monday, July 28, 2008
Subsidies that the government has been giving to poor Filipinos in recent months made no dent on President Arroyo’s low performance and trust ratings, the latest survey of Pulse Asia showed.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080727100
GMA did well on this one
Monday, July 28, 2008
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey commissioned by a congressional oversight committee reportedly showed that the Arroyo administration has scored satisfaction ratings ranging from 43 percent to 70 percent in 15 out of 20 national issues, including infrastructure and natural calamities.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080727101
Probers focus on Qantas jet oxygen tank
Monday, July 28, 2008
Australian investigators are exploring the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded midflight on the Qantas jumbo jet that made a harrowing emergency landing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport with a giant hole in its fuselage, an official said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080727102
Green groups give GMA failing grade
By Katherine Adraneda
Monday, July 28, 2008
As President Arroyo is set to deliver her 8th State of the Nation Address (SONA) this afternoon, various environmental organizations have given her a failing grade on her “ecological performance.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080727103
Recto needs CA affirmation – Gullas
By Jess Diaz
Monday, July 28, 2008
Former senator Ralph Recto, the new director-general of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), needs confirmation by the Commission on Appointments (CA), Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080727104
Senators train sights on subsidies as Congress opens today
By Aurea Calica
Monday, July 28, 2008
Congress opens today with senators training their sights on the subsidies being distributed by the government and other necessary measures to help the people cope with the rising prices of fuel, food and other basic commodities.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080727105
Nograles vows passage of 87 bills by December
By Jomar Canlas, Reporter
Speaker Prospero Nograles said Sunday the House of Representatives is committed to pass 87 more measures touching on the economy, environment, political reforms, education and poverty alleviation starting this month to December this year.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/28/yehey/metro/20080728met1.html
P1-B fund source for House facelift a puzzle
By Tita Valderama Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Monday, July 28, 2008
Conclusion
Why the House launched a massive reconstruction program without firm and full appropriations support raises a lot of questions, according to University of the Philippines Prof. Leonor Briones.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080727106
Nograles: Facelift only P98 M
By Jess Diaz
Monday, July 28, 2008
Congressmen are hounded by a new controversy – this time about renovations they are making in the Batasan building – as they join senators today in hearing President Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080727107
Windfall profit tax on oil firms eyed
Monday, July 28, 2008
A Bicol congressman is seeking the imposition of a “windfall profit tax” on oil companies which he said continue to make “excessive” earnings “at the expense of consumers.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080727108
PNP on red alert for SONA protests
By Cecille Suerte Felipe and Non Alquitran
Monday, July 28, 2008
Metro Manila has been placed on full alert status since yesterday to ensure the peace when President Arroyo delivers her State of the Nation Address (SONA) at 4 p.m. today at the House of Representatives in Quezon City.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080727109
Enrile urged to inhibit self from Senate probe of car smuggling
By Aurea Calica
Monday, July 28, 2008
Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan urged Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile yesterday to avoid being present at the hearing on the alleged smuggling of secondhand cars at Port Irene in Cagayan in which the senior lawmaker’s son-in-law was said to be involved.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080727110
UNO bet too early to tell
By Edith Regalado
Monday, July 28, 2008
DAVAO CITY – Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said it is still too early to tell who would be the United Opposition’s presidential candidate in the 2010 elections.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080727111
UNO: Same old nonsense
BY ASHZEL HACHERO
"THE same old nonsense."
This is what the United Opposition yesterday said could be expected today from President Arroyo’s eighth State of the Nation address.
Several members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines asked Arroyo to stop giving a report that "everyone knows is far from reality."
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul28/news2.htm
Palasyo nagulantang sa anti-EVAT survey
(Rose Miranda)
Mistulang nagulantang ang Malacañang matapos aminin kahapon ng mga opisyal ng palasyo na kinakailangan ang mas malawak na information drive hinggil sa expanded value-added tax (EVAT) matapos mabatid sa huling survey ng IBON Foundation na 90 porsyento ng mga Filipino ang gustong alisin na lamang ito.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/july2808/news_story2.htm
Boykot ng mga estudyante: TV, radio, iPod at computer isasara sa SONA
Nina JB Salarzon, Rey Marfil at Rose Miranda
Mas lalong lumakas ang panawagang boycott isang araw bago ang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo matapos manawagan ang isang grupo ng mga kabataang mag-aaral mula sa tatlong malalaking unibersidad sa Metro Manila.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/july2808/news_story3.htm
Oil firms gustong patawan ng extra tax
(Eralyn Prado)
Seryosong ikinukunsidera ng isang kongresista ang pagpapataw ng extra tax o karagdagang buwis sa mga kumpanya ng langis kung patuloy ang limpak-limpak na kita o tinutubo ng mga ito na nagbibigay ng dagdag na pasanin at pasakit sa panig ng mga consumer.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/july2808/news_story4.htm
Erap may sariling SONA
(Juliet de Loza)
Ilalahad din sa publiko ni dating Pangulong Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada ang sarili niyang bersyon ng State of the Nation Address (SONA).
Ito ang nabatid kay Lito Anzures, political adviser ng United Opposition, sa isang pulong-balitaan subalit hindi sinabi kung ngayon din ihahayag ni Estrada ang kanyang SONA pagkatapos o bago ang SONA ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/july2808/news_story5.htm
Teodoro kinampihan ng Palasyo sa no ceasefire policy
(Eralyn Prado/JB Salarzon)
Si Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. at hindi si Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Gen. Alexander Yano ang kinampihan kahapon ng Malacañang sa magkaibang posisyon ng mga ito kung dapat o hindi na magpatupad ng indefinite ceasefire sa Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/july2808/news_story6.htm
I. BANNER STORIES
3. Manila Times
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
President: VAT helps poor
GMA rejects calls to scrap consumption tax
President Gloria Arroyo on Monday turned down appeals to scrap an unpopular sales tax because of surging inflation, warning that food and fuel prices would likely remain high.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/29/yehey/top_stories/20080729top1.html
4. Malaya
‘VAT is RP’s salvation’
GMA: Tax scrapping will benefit only the rich
SONA highlights
• VAT is solution to complex global crisis.
• More pro-poor ‘Katas’ in pipeline
• SSS, GSIS to step up housing loans
• Preference for natural family planning methods stays
• Extension of CARP a priority
BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR
PRESIDENT Arroyo yesterday said it is too late to scrap the value added tax (VAT) on oil and power because it would only compromise present and future progress.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul29/news1.htm
8 priority measures pushed
CARL extension, typhoon budget, reforms for Mindanao peace lead SoNA list
GMA SoNA lists 8 priority measures
By GENALYN D. KABILING
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday listed eight priority measures she would like Congress to approve by December along with a supplemental budget for the rehabilitation of typhoon-hit provinces in Western Visayas.
http://www.mb.com.ph/archive.php?date=2008-07-29
6. The Daily Tribune
7. Abante
8. Abante-Tonite
9. Pilipino Star Ngayon
10. Journal
11. Business World
12. Business Mirror
II. POLITICAL
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Bugkalot in ‘bahag’ steals show from fashionistas
The red carpet that is the stuff of Oscar nights has rolled over to the Batasang Pambansa, home to the Philippines’ House of Representatives in Quezon City.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/29/yehey/top_stories/20080729top2.html
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
1 in 2 Pinoys dissatisfied with President’s performance
By Rommel C. Lontayao, Reporter
About one in every two Filipinos is not satisfied with the overall performance of the Arroyo administration, Social Weather Stations (SWS) said. It based this finding on survey results it released on Monday, when President Gloria Arroyo was to deliver her State of the Nation Address.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/29/yehey/top_stories/20080729top3.html
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Price hikes by Shell, Total the last for now – Reyes
After the weekend price hike of P1.50 a liter by Shell and Total, Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said other oil companies will not follow suit as they have not issued any advisory as required by law.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/29/yehey/top_stories/20080729top4.html
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
SONA proves that you can’t please them all
All lies were what President Gloria Arroyo said in her State of the Nation Address, former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada said.
Estrada justified his decision not to attend the joint session of Congress for President Arroyo’s eighth SONA despite having received a formal invitation from his former colleagues in the Senate.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/29/yehey/top_stories/20080729top5.html
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Govt, MILF return to negotiating table
By Al Jacinto, Correspondent
Philippine peace negotiators and Muslim rebels agreed to resume formal talks after both sides reached a deal on ancestral domain.
The government panel late Sunday rushed to make a deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and promised the separatist insurgents a plebiscite for a Muslim homeland in southern Mindanao ahead of President Gloria Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/29/yehey/top_stories/20080729top6.html
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Church stand on natural contraception archaic – Miriam
By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
The Catholic Church’s insistence on natural contraception is “outdated and archaic,” Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago said on Monday as she expressed support for bills on reproductive health.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/29/yehey/top_stories/20080729top7.html
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Complicity in poll fraud cover-up taints police commandos’ record
By Ellen Tordesillas, Vera Files
(Editor’s note: The first part detailed how commandos of the police Special Action Force switched election returns during the 2004 national elections.)
Last of two parts
It was no accident that it was the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police that penetrated the Batasang Pambansa and stuffed the ballot boxes with fake election returns to make it look like Mrs. Gloria Arroyo won the 2004 elections.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/29/yehey/top_stories/20080729top8.html
G-string one-ups (almost) GMA’s gown, Pacquiao
BY WENDELL VIGILIA
LESS is more.
Mayor Rosario Camma of Nagtipunan, Quirino nearly stole the show yesterday from President Arroyo when he showed up literally underdressed for the 8th state of the nation address – wearing only a tribal G-string or "bahag."
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul29/news2.htm
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
House eyes exercise of oversight powers
By Jomar Canlas, Reporter
THE House of Representatives on Monday opened its second regular with the idea of using its oversight powers to review the performance of the executive department, particularly in implementing laws passed by Congress.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/29/yehey/metro/20080729met1.html
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
House eyes exercise of oversight powers
By Jomar Canlas, Reporter
THE House of Representatives on Monday opened its second regular with the idea of using its oversight powers to review the performance of the executive department, particularly in implementing laws passed by Congress.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/29/yehey/metro/20080729met1.html
Villar vows Senate independence, sets probe of anomalies
Senate President Manuel Villar said Monday that the Senate would maintain its independence in the Second Regular Session “in upholding the best interests of the Filipino citizenry.”
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/29/yehey/metro/20080729met2.html
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
SC clarifies dual citizenship
MERE reacquisition of one’s Filipino citizenship does not satisfy the constitutional requirement on elective positions, even for the lowly post of barangay captain.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/29/yehey/metro/20080729met3.html
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