I. BANNER STORIES
Arroyo told to postpone signing of ancestral domain pact
By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 16:13:00 08/03/2008
MANILA, Philippines--The United Opposition is urging Malacañang to postpone the signing of an agreement between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to expand the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao until the Supreme Court rules on petitions questioning its legality.
Zambo, Iligan ask SC to stop GRP-MILF deal
By Roel Pareño
Sunday, August 3, 2008
ZAMBOANGA CITY – With only two days to go before the government signs a Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Iligan and Zamboanga cities have joined North Cotabato in filing a petition before the Supreme Court, this time for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop both parties from forging the accord.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080802143
3. Manila Times
ARMM polls won’t affect peace pact
By Gerby T. Morales, Special To The Manila Times
POSTPONING the automated Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections will not ruin the peace talks between the Philippine government and Muslim rebels, Gov. Jum Akbar of Basilan said on Saturday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/03/yehey/metro/20080803met1.html
4. Malaya
ARMM polls on, with or without law
If Congress acts, results will just be non-binding
Whether Congress acts or not, ARMM polls will go on
By E. T. SUAREZ
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday it will hold the Aug. 11, 2008, elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) whether or not Congress passes a law postponing it to the second Monday of May, 2010
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080803131471.html
SC urged to focus on ‘case switching’
08/03/2008
The Supreme Court (SC) in its planned deliberation on allegations of a bribery attempt on the Manila Electric Co. stockholders meeting case on Tuesday was reminded to ask Court of Appeals (CA) justices Bienvenido Reyes and Vicente Roxas to explain how the case was switched from the 9th to the 8th division that issued the ruling favoring Meralco that was the root of the scandal currently rocking the appellate court.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080803hed1.html
7. Abante
POWER HIKE AWATIN!
Nina TINA MENDOZA at BOYET JADULCO
Hindi na kakayanin pa ng sambayanan kung muling magpapatupad ng pagtataas sa singil sa kuryente bunsod ng bagong petisyon ngayon ng National Power Corp. (Napocor) sa Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) kaya’t iisa ang boses ng publiko: i-freeze ang power rate hike.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/aug0308/default.htm
HOLDAP GANG KUMANA SA CR NG LA SALLE
Ni Juliet de Loza
Kakaibang modus operandi ng mga kawatan o mga gumagalang holdaper ang naranasan ng 17-anyos na estudyante sa comfort room ng pinapasukang De La Salle University sa Taft Avenue, lungsod ng Maynila matapos na mahilo ay nawalan pa ng malay-tao at nagising na lamang na limas na ang mga kagamitan.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/aug0308/news_story1.htm
15% discount sa single parents
Ni Malou Escudero
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Kung may natatanggap na 20% discount ang mga senior citizens, isang panukalang batas ang isinusulong naman sa Senado na naglalayong bigyan ng 10 hanggang 15 porsiyentong discount ang mga single parents.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008080296
10. Journal
RAMPAGE
By: Alfred P. Dalizon
Globe sites bombed as NPA hikes attacks
THE New People’s Army went on a fresh offensive, attacking four Globe cell sites in Bicol and staging ambuscades in the countryside that left five soldiers dead, authorities said yesterday.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-08-03&sec=1&aid=68863
11. Business World
12. Business Mirror
II. POLITICAL
Bangsomoro to get own state
Gov’t, MILF to sign ancestral domain pact Tuesday
By Fe Zamora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:43:00 08/02/2008
PRACTICALLY A NEW STATE WITH “A DEFINED TERRITORY” and “a system of governance suitable and acceptable to [the Bangsamoro] as a distinct dominant people” will be established in Mindanao under the proposed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Ancestral Domain between the Philippine government and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
House members gang up on Madrigal
By Norman Bordadora, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:37:00 08/03/2008
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAVE ASSAILED Sen. Jamby Madrigal’s allegation of a financial irregularity on the part of the brother of Speaker Prospero Nograles, even as Madrigal alleged the consultancy firm she had linked to banker Jose Nograles was a “shell company” that was used to launder hefty commissions from a P5-billion loan deal.
Salonga: CA corruption exposé good for reforms
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:41:00 08/03/2008
FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT JOVITO Salonga on Saturday confirmed the purported corruption in the Court of Appeals and said reforms were urgently needed.
“It is true that there is bribery in the appellate court,” the 88-year-old founder of the judiciary watchdog group Bantay Katarungan told the Inquirer. “It should be stopped. The bribery should be exposed. It should be the beginning of legal reforms in our system of justice.”
Palace resigned to ARMM polls
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:42:00 08/03/2008
MALACAÑANG APPEARS to be resigned to the fact the elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will push through as scheduled on Aug. 11.
Automated polls travel by land, sea, carabao
By Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:43:00 08/03/2008
BY HORSE, CARABAO AND BANCA.
This is how the Commission on Elections plans to transport the state-of-the-art, touch-screen voting machines to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for the elections next week.
Tillers hit Communist purge suspect’s transfer
By Jerome Aning, Tina Santos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:45:00 08/03/2008
THE TRANSFER TO A MANILA JAIL FROM Camp Crame of a farmer leader accused of orchestrating with others a purge of communist party members in Leyte in the mid-1980s has been assailed by militant peasant groups.
Rains, albeit less, to continue, says Pagasa
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:48:00 08/03/2008
THE SKIES WILL STILL BE CLOUDY but there will be less rainfall in Luzon Sunday after the low pressure area that spawned monsoon rains the past several days will begin to dissipate, weather officials said Saturday.
Police agency gets 2 members
By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:49:00 08/03/2008
TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS representing the civilian sector in the National Police Commission (Napolcom) were sworn in on Tuesday last after the posts were vacant for more than a year.
Palace, MILF insist on poll deferment
By Marvin Sy
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Malacañang and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) reiterated yesterday the need to postpone the Aug. 11 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), saying it is vital to the peace process.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080802144
Family access card recipient list padded by .42 M
By Sheila Crisostomo
Sunday, August 3, 2008
There are more poor families in Metro Manila on paper than in real life.
Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza Cabral said yesterday the list of poor families in Metro Manila submitted by barangay officials for family access cards showed an excess of some 420,000.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080802145
Jamby probably fed wrong info – bankers
By Des Ferriols
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Prominent bankers believe Sen. Jamby Madrigal might have been fed the wrong information about the P5-billion loan for a government swine project which flopped and was allegedly marred by irregularities involving a brother of Speaker Prospero Nograles.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080802146
Joker to SC: Act on CA mess swiftly
By Aurea Calica
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Comparing it to “cancer” that must be cured in its initial stage, Sen. Joker Arroyo said the Supreme Court must act swiftly on the bribery allegations against a Court of Appeals (CA) justice to remove public perception of corruption in the judiciary.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080802147
NP awards 16 entrepreneurs
Sunday, August 3, 2008
The Nacionalista Party awarded P100,000 each to 16 entrepreneurs who are models of hard work and perseverance during the celebration of the party’s centennial yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080802148
‘PNP chief contender actively courting influential people, groups’
By Jaime Laude
Sunday, August 3, 2008
A contender for the top post at the Philippine National Police (PNP) is said to be actively enlisting the support of various groups and sectors to back his appointment as the next PNP chief.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080802149
Online casinos also thriving at CEZA, says bishop
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Aside from the importation of second-hand luxury right-hand drive vehicles, another business is thriving at Port Irene in Sta. Ana, Cagayan – online casinos.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080802150
Lawmaker says Boracay land titling bill to ‘correct flaw’ in GMA proclamation
Sunday, August 3, 2008
BORACAY – A lawmaker defended yesterday controversial House Bill 1109, which he filed, saying that the measure would fast track the titling of lands in Boracay benefiting long-time settlers and boosting business and investment on the island.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080802151
Cayetano defends Senate procedures
By MARIO CASAYURAN
Plenary debates and the work of the bicameral conference committee ensures that bills are fully scrutinized and improved upon even if there are only a few senators present in committee hearings, Sen. Alan Peter S. Cayetano said yesterday.
"What is important is that when a bill is finally approved on the floor, there is a quorum or, when the Constitution demands a majority of all members, we comply with that,’’ Cayetano said.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080803131481.html
Jamby twitted on breach of Senate, House protocol
By Charlie V. Manalo
08/03/2008
Sen. Ma. Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal had overstepped the time-honored protocol of inter-parliamentary courtesy between the Senate and the House of Representatives by trying to drag the name of House Speaker Prospero Nograles into the so-called swine scam, Cavite Rep. Jesus Crispin Remulla said.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080803hed5.html
Jamby kinuyog sa swine scam
(Bernard Taguinod)
Pinagtulungang batikusin sa Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso si Sen. Jamby Madrigal dahil sa pagsisikap umano nito na isabit ang pangalan ni House Speaker Prospero Nograles Jr., sa swine scam.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/aug0308/news_story3.htm
Foreign economic monitors ready to assess Mindanao dev’t
By Pia Lee Brago
Sunday, August 3, 2008
The European Union (EU) and five other countries have expressed readiness to send economic monitors to the Philippines to help assess and formulate a development plan for conflict-affected areas in support of the GRP-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process, according to Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Hermogenes Esperon Jr.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080802153
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