I. BANNER STORIES
MILF camp falls; 30 killed
Biggest air strike launched in a decade
By Inquirer Mindanao, Tarra Quismundo, Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:43:00 08/23/2008
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao, Philippines — Backed by the biggest aerial bombardment in nearly a decade, government forces Friday drove out Moro rebels from one of their camps in Maguindanao province, and fighting raged on elsewhere in rice fields and marshlands, officials said.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080823-156325/MILF-camp-falls-30-killed
Amnesty Int'l hits MILF for 'serious' violations
By Reinir Padua
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Amnesty International has tagged the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attacks in Mindanao as “serious violations of international law.”
However, arming “untrained and unaccountable” militias will only endanger the civilian population, according to the London-based human rights group.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822129
3. Manila Times
Civilians arming vs. MILF
Local officials providing guns to thwart rebels
Political leaders in southern Philippines have started arming civilians and local militias supposedly for protection against Muslim rebels.
Their move, Amnesty International said on Friday, came two weeks after the insurgents from the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attacked three provinces in Mindanao. The attacks left dozens of mostly civilians dead and wounded and thousands of others displaced by clashes that ensued between government troops and the rebels.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/23/yehey/top_stories/20080823top1.html
4. Malaya
85T Muslims flee homes
Military presses offensive in Maguindao
BY VICTOR REYES
CLOSE to 85,000 Muslim residents have fled their homes as the military stepped aerial bombing and artillery bombardment of Moro Islamic Liberation Front camps in Maguindanao province.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/aug23/news1.htm
SC hears arguments on MILF accord
Denies OSG bid to dismiss oppositors’ case
Supreme Court hears arguments on MILF accord
By REY G. PANALIGAN
The Supreme Court (SC) denied yesterday the motion of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to dismiss outright the cases challenging the constitutionality of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on ancestral domain in the expanded Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080823133237.html
7. Abante
ULO MUNA NINA BRAVO AT KATO!
Bago bumalik sa peace talks
Nina REY MARFIL, BO-YET JADULCO, JB SALARZON, BERNARD TAGUINOD, NOEL ABUEL at ROSE MIRANDA
Kailangang isuko muna ng pamunuan ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sina Kumander Umbra Kato at Kumander Bravo bago muling magharap sa isang panibagong negosasyon para isaa-yos ang naunsyaming peace agreement.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/aug2308/default.htm
INDAY LASON!
Aries Cano at Juliet de Loza
Bumagsak na kahapon sa kamay ng pulisya ang isang 30-anyos na dalagang namamasukan bilang katulong sa apat na pamilya ng mayayamang Tsinoy para makapagnakaw sa pamamagitan ng paglalagay ng lason sa pagkain ng kanyang mga nagiging amo, matapos mabitag sa isinagawang follow-up operation sa Quezon City.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/aug2308/crime1.htm
Ipagagamit sa patrol cars ng mga pulis, mantika fuel
Ni Malou Escudero
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Dahil imposible pa ring bumaba ng tuluyan ang presyo ng mga produktong petrolyo, isang panukalang batas ang isinusulong ngayon sa Senado na naglalayong ihalo sa diesel ang mga pinaglutuang mantika o cooking oil upang ilagay sa patrol cars ng mga pulis.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=20080822148
10. Journal
MERALCO EXECS CHARGED
By: Hector Lawas
Lopez, other officials face jail for syndicated estafa
Government prosecutors yesterday filed syndicated estafa (swindling) charges against Manila Electric Company chairman Manuel Lopez and other officials of the power firm.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-08-23&sec=1&aid=70756
11. Business World
BY AVA KASHIMA K. AUSTRIA, Reporter
Oil firms roll prices back anew
ANOTHER ROUND of price rollback this month will be implemented by oil industry players on Saturday morning with a P1/liter decrease in gasoline, diesel and kerosene.
http://bworldonline.com/BW082308/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
II. POLITICAL
Criminal charges filed vs Bravo, followers
By Jaime Laude
Saturday, August 23, 2008
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has filed charges of manslaughter against Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leader Abdulrahman Macapaar alias Commander Bravo and over 90 of his men before the provincial prosecutor’s office in Lanao del Norte.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822130
Retirement bill signed into law
By Marvin Sy
Saturday, August 23, 2008
President Arroyo has signed into law the Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) for individuals not covered by the existing pension funds as well as those who want to invest their money for benefits during their retirement.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822132
RP’s Wang claims gold in wushu
Saturday, August 23, 2008
BEIJING – Willy Wang gave the Philippines a good measure of pride last night when he won the gold medal in the combined nanquan/nangun event of the Beijing 2008 Wushu tournament here.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822133
DOJ files estafa raps vs Meralco
By Mike Frialde
Saturday, August 23, 2008
The Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday filed syndicated estafa charges against executives of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) for allegedly misappropriating funds collected from its customers.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822134
Pump prices cut for long weekend
By Donnabelle Gatdula
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Motorists can enjoy the long weekend with cheaper gas after oil companies announced they would bring down prices of pump products by P1 per liter.
Following an Oil Industry Stakeholders’ Meeting conducted by the Department of Energy (DOE), Petron Corp., Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Chevron Philippines, Total Philippines, Seaoil Philippines, Unioil Philippines and Eastern Petroleum Corp. said the reduction in prices of their products takes effect at 12:01 a.m. today.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822135
Pagcor, PCSO blamed for RP Olympics debacle
Saturday, August 23, 2008
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) should take part of the blame for the debacle of the Philippine Olympic team at the Beijing Olympics, a lawmaker said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822136
Meralco welcomes proposed audit of books
Saturday, August 23, 2008
The Manila Electric Co. welcomes a scrutiny of its books by the Commission on Audit and that its initial reluctance was due to legal concerns and not because it was hiding something.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822139
House to probe alleged massive corruption at LTO
By Delon Porcalla
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Speaker Prospero Nograles said that aside from conducting an inventory of the protocol plates of congressmen, the House would also conduct an investigation on massive corruption at the Land Transportation Office (LTO).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822140
Convicted killers of Ninoy, Galman renew appeal to re-open case
By Edu Punay
Saturday, August 23, 2008
The convicted killers of Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. and his military-tagged assassin Ronaldo Galman have again offered to name the mastermind of the 25-year-old murder case.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822144
GMA: No all-out war against MILF
By Paolo Romero
Saturday, August 23, 2008
President Arroyo gave assurances the government is not waging an all-out war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) amid the ongoing military operations to flush out the rebels in Central Mindanao.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822145
Funds for Muslim community dev’t diverted to buy MILF weapons
By Jaime Laude
Saturday, August 23, 2008
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has been diverting since 2003 millions of dollars in foreign development aid for depressed Muslim communities in Mindanao to build a strong army.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822146
SC urged to declare MOA-AD ‘invalid’
By Mike Frialde
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Petitioners opposed to the controversial memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) between government and the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) yesterday asked the Supreme Court to declare the accord unconstitutional and invalid, despite the announcement of President Arroyo that the agreement will no longer be signed.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822147
Comelec stopped overprice contract, Melo says
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Jose Melo confirmed yesterday that there was an attempt to overprice by P30 million the cost of printing the ballots for the Aug. 11 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080822167
MILF: No renegotiation; ready for war
By Inquirer Mindanao, Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:46:00 08/23/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will not agree to a renegotiation of the controversial memorandum of agreement (MOA) to create a Bangsamoro homeland whose aborted signing has stoked renewed violence in Mindanao.
Palace MOA stand: More clarifications
By Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:01:00 08/23/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Is it or isn’t it?
It’s been an embarrassing week of contradictory and confusing statements from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and various Palace officials and functionaries on the draft memorandum of agreement (MOA) on ancestral domain with Muslim separatists. One day it’s off; the next, it’s on, with conditions appended followed by a flurry of clarifications. There was another one yesterday.
High court ruling ‘imperative’ to stop war
By Leila Salaverria, Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:18:00 08/23/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Lawyers of the various parties contesting the draft memorandum of agreement (MOA) on ancestral domain with Muslim rebels to create an independent Bangsamoro state asked the Supreme Court on Friday to rule on the constitutionality of the MOA once and for all, as a decision now would guide future negotiations so that “bloodshed in Mindanao will not be repeated.”
The Pattugalan Memos on Project ‘Four Flowers’
By Fe Zamora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:20:00 08/23/2008
Read Part 1: Fewer than 10 people in plot; 5 core, 5 others ‘in the know’
Part 2: Marcos: ‘My best successor is Ninoy’
(Third in a series)
(Editor’s Note: This part of the series is based on intelligence reports archived at the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) and on interviews with Rodolfo Salas, former chief of the New People’s Army (NPA); Sen. Benigno Aquino III; and a retired brigadier general who held a key position at ISAFP in the 1980s.)
When it became evident that Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. would be coming home, the military also started receiving reports revealing “strong indications of a possible plot” against the opposition leader’s life.
Mindanao didiligin ng dugo sa pag-aarmas ng sibilyan
Bernard Taguinod/Nilo Marasigan/Boyet Jadulco
Nagbabala ang isang kongresista na maghahari ang tinatawag na anarkiya sa Mindanao dahil sa pag-aarmas ng mga sibilyan at kinatatakutang dumanak ang dugo kapag hindi napigil ang mamamayan na armasan ang kanilang sarili.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/aug2308/crime2.htm
Palace clarifies: land deal with MILF not scrapped
The government on Friday said a land deal with Muslim rebels had not been cancelled, and that it had not declared an all-out war against the rebels despite the big military offensive against them in southern Philippines.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/23/yehey/top_stories/20080823top3.html
Local oil companies roll back pump prices for 4th week
By Euan Paulo C. Añonuevo, Reporter
Petroleum companies will cut pump prices for the fourth consecutive week today, prompted by lower world oil prices this month.
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Petron Corp., Eastern Petroleum Corp. and Unioil Petroleum Philippines Inc. on Friday announced a P1 per liter rollback in diesel and gasoline prices.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/23/yehey/top_stories/20080823top5.html
President Arroyo signs PERA bill into law
By Angelo S. Samonte, Reporter
President Gloria Arroyo signed on Friday the Republic Act 9505 or the Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) that aims to encourage workers, especially overseas Filipino workers, to save for their retirement.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/23/yehey/top_stories/20080823top7.html
Senators want to stir public debate on Cha-cha
By BEN ROSARIO
Unlike the House of Representatives, senators have agreed not to put the Charter change proposal in the legislative backburner, saying they want Senate hearings on the issue to stimulate public discussion.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN20080823133249.html
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