I. BANNER STORIES
‘Lumad’ want self-rule, too
Tribal leaders seek autonomous region
By Ma. Cecilia Rodriguez
Mindanao Bureau
First Posted 02:31:00 08/26/2008
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Fired up by the proposed Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE) that would govern an expanded Bangsamoro homeland, the lumad (indigenous peoples in Mindanao) are seeking an autonomous region for themselves.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080826-156825/Lumad-want-self-rule-too
Kato’s forces trapped
By Jaime Laude
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Ameril Umbra Kato, one of the separatist rebel leaders being hunted by government troops for leading deadly attacks on several Christian-dominated towns in Lanao del Norte last week, is reportedly trapped in a fortified position in the outskirts of Datu Piang in Maguindanao.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825139
3. Manila Times
Palace for ‘all-out peace’
GMA seeks support of Islamic body, all sectors against MILF
“All-out peace, not all-out war” is the government’s objective in crushing pockets of Muslim rebellion in southern Philippines, President Gloria Arroyo declared on Monday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/26/yehey/top_stories/20080826top1.html
4. Malaya
AFP: 15 camps overrun
Yano says MILF resistance waning
BY VICTOR REYES
GOVERNMENT Forces have seized at least 15 camps of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front which are said to have been responsible for recent atrocities in Central Mindanao, AFP chief Gen. Alexander Yano said yesterday.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/aug26/news1.htm
Pimentel decries treatment of Trillanes
Charges double standard compared to Misuari
Pimentel decries treatment of Trillanes by courts
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. yesterday assailed the apparent double standard of justice in the case of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV after the the courts rejected the detained lawmaker’s petition to be allowed to perform his legislative duties while coup d’etat charges against him are being heard.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080826133448.html
RP troops gain ground, 15 MILF camps captured
08/26/2008
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is gaining ground against Muslim separatists in clashes that have killed more than 100 guerrillas and displaced over a quarter of a million people, the AFP yesterday reported.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080826hed1.html
7. Abante
BRAVO, KATO LUMIIT ANG MUNDO!
Nina AL JACINTO, JB SALARZON, ROSE MIRANDA, NILO MARASIGAN at REY MARFIL
Sa gitna ng sunud-sunod na pagbagsak ng mga kuta ng Moro Isla-mic Liberation Front (MILF), nakakaamoy ng tagumpay ang puwersa ng pamahalaan laban sa mga rebelde kung saan pinaniniwalaang lumiliit na rin ang mundo ng dalawang tinutugis na lider na sina Kumander Ameril Umbra Kato at Abdullah Saber Macapaar alyas Kumander Bravo, kapwa may patong na tig-P5 mil-yon.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/aug2608/default.htm
PASLIT HINIGOP NI KAMATAYAN
Dindo Matining
Nagsisigaw sa paghingi ng saklolo subalit hindi rin naisalba ng kanyang nakatatandang kapatid at dalawang kaibigan ang isang 4-anyos na batang lalaki matapos mahulog at malunod sa hukay na pagtatayuan ng pundasyon ng ginagawang gusali sa Cainta, Rizal kahapon ng umaga.
Kinilala ni Cainta Police chief Supt. Nereo Torrecampo ang biktima na si Bernie Resgonio, nakatira sa Gunting St., Midtown Subdivision, Bgy. San Roque, Marikina City.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/aug2608/crime1.htm
Bravo makukubkob na!
Ni Joy Cantos
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
“Makakatakbo sila pero hindi sila makakapagtago.”
Ito ang mariing banta kahapon ng mga opisyal ng pamahalaan matapos na mapalibutan na ng security forces ang pinagkukutaan ng dalawang pasaway na Commander ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front sa Lanao del Norte at North Cotabato.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=20080825112
10. Journal
‘WINNING’
By: Fernando M. Cariaso
AFP gains upper hand as troops overrun 15 MILF camps
THE Armed Forces yesterday intimated it was gaining ground against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front guerrillas who lost 15 camps to soldiers in two days of continued military operations to capture two renegade MILF commanders who led attacks on civilian communities in Central Mindanao.
In a news conference in Camp Aguinaldo, AFP chief General Alexander Yano said the largest of the 15 bases seized, Camp Vietnam in Maguindanao, is equipped with watch towers, an obstacle course, and sniper posts.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-08-26&sec=1&aid=71046
11. Business World
P1.415-trillion budget okayed
DBCC approves 15% increase for 2009 — Recto
THE GOVERNMENT’S top economic policy body has recommended a 15% increase in the national budget for next year to P1.415 trillion as it expects economic growth to fall within a higher range and the rise in consumer prices to slow from current double-digit levels.
http://bworldonline.com/BW082608/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
Budget needs P16-B adjustment
By Butch Fernandez and Cai U. Ordinario
Reporters
THE head of the Senate economic affairs panel said the Arroyo administration needs an additional P15.6 billion to adjust the government’s 2008 spending program to prevailing high prices triggered by double-digit inflation.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/08262008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
SPECIAL REPORT
‘To get to the mastermind, you must follow the money’
By Fe Zamora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:03:00 08/26/2008
Most Read
Read Part 1: Fewer than 10 people in plot; 5 core, 5 others 'in the know'
Read Part 2: Marcos: 'My best successor is Ninoy'
Read Part 3: The Pattugalan Memos on Project 'Four Flowers'
Read Part 4: 4 innocents picked up, never to be seen again
Read Part 5: The most suspicious soldier on the tarmac
(Sixth of a series)
(Editor’s Note: This part of the series is based on interviews with ex-Col. Irwin Ver, former commander of the Presidential Guards, the uniformed component of the Presidential Security Command (PSC); retired Col. Necitas Katigbak, former chief of the now defunct Philippine Constabulary-Integrated National Police (PC-INP) component attached to the Aviation Security Command (Avsecom); retired Air Force Sgt. Ruben Catimbuhan, driver of the van used by Team Alpha; Msgr. Roberto Olaguer, chaplain of the New Bilibid Prison; and the sworn statement of ex-Sgt. Claro Lat, one of the 16 soldiers convicted in the Aquino-Galman case. Three sources—a retired major, who talked to the Philippine Daily Inquirer on a golf course in Cavite, a retired Constabulary general and an active Army colonel—requested anonymity when they shared their insights in a series of interviews in coffee shops in Quezon City.)
If you want to know the triggerman, follow the relationships. If you want to know the mastermind, follow the money.
This was the tip given by police and military sources in the course of the Inquirer research into the assassination of opposition leader Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. on Aug. 21, 1983, at the then Manila International Airport.
Ground, air assaults killed 125 rebels, says military
By Joel Guinto, Nikko Dizon
INQUIRER.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:06:00 08/26/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The military Monday said troops were closing in on two recalcitrant rebel commanders and claimed to have killed 125 of their men, in two weeks of ground and air assaults in Maguindanao province that also claimed the lives of civilians.
Dr. Elizabeth Samama, Maguindanao provincial physician, said five civilians were killed and three others were wounded in military air strikes and artillery and mortar fire in Datu Piang town on Friday and Saturday.
Joker seeks suspension of SC hearings on MOA
By Cynthia Balana
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:18:00 08/26/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Joker Arroyo Monday called for the suspension of Supreme Court hearings on the memorandum of agreement (MOA) on an expanded Moro homeland to give the government “elbow room” to prosecute the war against rogue Moro guerrillas.
2 war widows call for end to bloodshed
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.
Visayas Bureau
First Posted 04:17:00 08/26/2008
ILOILO CITY—One lost an Angel, the other an Angelo.
Monday, the widows of two soldiers killed in a shooting war between government troops and Moro rebels issued separate but similar calls for an end to the violence.
UN agency raises concern on evacuees in South
By Cynthia Balana, Edwin Fernandez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:19:00 08/26/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The World Food Program (WFP) Monday expressed apprehension over the growing number of people forced to flee their homes in war-torn areas of Mindanao.
Senators: Government failed to cut ties of MILF, JI
By Christina Mendez
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Senators yesterday blamed the government for failing to cut the ties of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front with the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), which aims to establish a pan-Islamic state in Southeast Asia using MILF camps in Mindanao as training ground and staging points for attacks.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825140
Arroyo: We’ll remove all obstacles to peace
By Paolo Romero
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
CLARK FREEPORT – President Arroyo maintained yesterday that the government is determined to remove “all obstacles to peace” even as she sought the continued support of the international community and the Filipino people for the government’s military operations against members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825141
More imported used cars arriving at Cagayan ecozone
By Charlie Lagasca
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
TUGUEGARAO CITY – At least 300 imported second-hand cars are expected to arrive this week at the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) in Port Irene amid the ongoing Senate investigation into alleged smuggling in the area.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825142
‘Lawin’ spotted near Catanduanes
By Helen Flores
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
An active low-pressure area spotted east-southeast of Catanduanes province in Bicol developed yesterday into a tropical depression and was named “Lawin.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825143
1.5 M HS students to take career test
By Rainier Allan Ronda
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The Department of Education (DepEd) is all set to administer the annual National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) to some 1.5 million senior high school students tomorrow.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825144
Palace to LTO chief: Name congressmen in car smuggling
By Perseus Echeminada
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Malacañang has joined the call for Land Transportation Office chief Alberto Suansing to identify the lawmakers who allegedly tried to register imported second-hand vehicles and to file the appropriate charges against them.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825145
Pagcor denies inadequate remittance to PSC amid Olympics debacle
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) yesterday denied allegations that it has not been adequately remitting the mandated share of its income to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), which led to the debacle of Filipino athletes in the recently concluded 2008 Beijing Olympics.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825146
Don’t force signature drive vs reproductive health bill, Church urged
By Delon Porcalla
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The main proponent of the controversial reproductive health bill at the House of Representatives reminded the powerful Catholic Church against forcing the faithful to join their signature drive aimed at blocking the measure’s passage in Congress.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825147
World Bank denies funding for poor diverted to MILF
By Jaime Laude
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
A World Bank official clarified yesterday that foreign development funds for poor communities in Mindanao have been properly accounted for and audited, contrary to reports that the money has been diverted to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) fighting force.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825148
Miriam links ex-senator to P15-M overpriced medicine
By Aurea Calica
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
A former senator’s pork barrel funds were allegedly used to purchase medicine for Central Visayas that was overpriced by P15.46 million two years ago.
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, in Resolution No. 547, is seeking an investigation into the matter as well as the recurring reports of government hospitals allegedly keeping millions of pesos worth of surplus and expired medicine.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825149
GMA orders speedy release of pork barrel funds
By Paolo Romero
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
President Arroyo has ordered the expeditious release of pork barrel funds and cracked the whip on government agencies that are sluggish in spending their budgets for development projects.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825150
BMI report on Princess of the Stars released to concerned parties today
By Evelyn Macairan
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
A lawyer of the Philippine Coast Guard disclosed yesterday that the Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI) report on the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars that sank off Romblon last June 21 will be released today to the concerned parties, including the family of the missing ship captain.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825151
Lakas eyeing Teodoro, too, for 2010
By Jess Diaz
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
With his “strong leadership” in the face of crisis, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. is being eyed by the ruling Lakas party as its standard bearer in the 2010 presidential elections.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825152
JDV: GMA out to extend term via Cha-cha
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
President Arroyo is out to extend her stay in office beyond 2010 through Charter change, her former principal ally in Congress, Pangasinan Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr., told reporters over the weekend.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825154
DOT to promote bird watching in RP next
By Mayen Jaymalin
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
After the popular whale shark watching in Donsol, the Department of Tourism (DOT) is now eyeing bird watching as the country’s next draw for foreign tourists.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080825155
Santiago seeks probe of P8-B ‘GMA 50’ scam
By Angie M. Rosales
08/26/2008
A Commission on Audit (CoA) finding that P8 billion worth of surplus and expired medicines, which were even acquired at an overprice and distributed to state hospitals has triggered a proposal in the Senate to investigate the so-called “GMA 50” pet project of President Arroyo.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080826hed2.html
House committee to formalize position on Charter change
THE HOUSE committee on constitutional amendments will vote today to formalize its plan on the proposed shift to a federal from a unitary form of government, La Union Rep. Victor F. Ortega (1st district) yesterday said.
http://bworldonline.com/BW082608/content.php?id=076
House seen to railroad Cha-cha; Senate balks
By Fernan Marasigan and Butch Fernandez
Reporters
AS the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments deliberates and votes on proposed amendments to the Constitution on Tuesday, a group of lawyers and law students warned legislators against joining the bandwagon being generated by Malacañang for Charter change (Cha-cha), lest they once again be the center of massive protests.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/08262008/headlines08.html
House railroad of Cha-cha feared
By Charlie V. Manalo
08/26/2008
On the eve of the House committee on constitutional amendments’ deliberation and reported voting on the proposed amendments to the Constitution, a group of lawyers and law students have warned legislators against joining the bandwagon being generated by Malacañang for Charter change (Cha-cha) and once again be the center of the people’s protest and vilification.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080826hed4.html
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