I. BANNER STORIES
Gov’t junks MOA with MILF
By Paolo Romero
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The government will not sign the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in its “present form” or in “any other form,” Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera told the Supreme Court yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082981
3. Manila Times
Saturday, August 30, 2008
MOA violates Constitution
Pact needed ‘drastic’ changes in Charter
By William B. Depasupil, Reporter
Had the Supreme Court not aborted the signing of the controversial agreement on ancestral domain between Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the government would have been compelled to “drastically” amend the Constitution.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/30/yehey/top_stories/20080830top1.html
4. Malaya
Gov’t plays MNLF card
1996 accord revived as road to peace...
BY VICTOR REYES
TWELVE years after the signing of the 1996 peace pact with the Moro National Liberation Front, top security officials yesterday met with MNLF leaders to discuss the full implementation of the agreement as a way to attaining genuine peace in Mindanao.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/aug30/news1.htm
Ilaga’s return alarms Teodoro
Vigilantes may exacerbate Mindanao situation — DND chief
Ilaga’s resurgence alarms Teodoro, warns on vigilantes
Rio Rose Ribaya
The Department of National Defense (DND) yesterday expressed alarm over the resurgence of the armed vigilante group Ilaga, saying that its involvement in the current Mindanao conflict may complicate things further for the military which is pursuing separatist Muslim rebels.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080829133706.html
7. Abante
BRAVO, KATO LULUSOT!
Nina BERNARD TAGUINOD, JUN TADIOS, JB SALARZON at NILO MARASIGAN
Walang dudang tuluyan nang makakalusot sa kuko ng militar sina Kumander Bravo at Umbra Kato oras na itigil ng pamahalaan ang sinimulang opensiba militar bilang pagbibigay-galang sa Ramadan, ang ‘mahal na araw’ ng mga Muslim.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/aug3008/default.htm
PUSO AT BITUKA IBINAYAD SA TAXI
Nonnie Ferriol With Jethro Sinocruz
Nagulantang na lamang ang isang taxi driver nang madiskubre ang hinihinalang puso at bituka ng tao na iniwan sa loob ng kanyang sasakyan ng isang hindi nakilalang lalaki kahapon ng madaling-araw sa Quezon City.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/aug3008/crime1.htm
Taas-presyo aariba pa
Ni Malou Escudero
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Kinuwestyon kahapon ni Senador Mar Roxas ang patuloy na pagtaas sa presyo ng mga pangunahing bilihin sa kabila ng pagbaba ng pandaigdigang halaga ng bigas, trigo at iba pa.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=20080829123
10. Journal
ANCESTRAL DOMAIN PACT JUNKED
Palace gives up on controversial MoA ahead of SC decision
THE government is giving up on the controversial Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
Press Secretary Jesus Dureza and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Sergio Apostol, Jr. yesterday confirmed the statement of Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera during the oral arguments on the MoA before the Supreme Court that the government would no longer sign the MoA even if the Supreme Court upholds its legality.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-08-30&sec=1&aid=71435
11. Business World
BY DARWIN T. WEE, Correspondent
Mindanao business to push comparative advantage in agriculture
DIPOLOG CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE — Mindanao’s business sector yesterday ended its two-day annual conference and resolved to push the island’s comparative advantage in agriculture
http://bworldonline.com/BW083008/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
II. POLITICAL
Rebel camp, arms factory fall
By Jaime Laude
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Government troops seized another rebel training camp and uncovered an arms factory in Maguindanao yesterday.
Regional military spokesman Maj. Armand Rico said troops captured a major training camp of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) located in the outskirts of Barangay Madia, Datu Sinsuat town.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082982
Senga named envoy to Iran
By Delon Porcalla
Saturday, August 30, 2008
President Arroyo has appointed retired Armed Forces chief Gen. Generoso Senga as the country’s new ambassador to Iran.
The announcement was made by Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas, head of the 12-member House contingent in the Commission on Appointments (CA).
“The CA secretariat has just received the nomination papers of General Senga,” Gullas said.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082983
House ‘conscience bloc’ to return ‘8’ plates
By Perseus Echeminada
Saturday, August 30, 2008
A group of congressmen will turn over to the House leadership four sets of the No. 8 license plate issued to them by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in a move to support a bill which calls for the scrapping of protocol plates, an opposition congressman said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082984
‘Cha-cha alive until 2010’
By Jun Elias
Saturday, August 30, 2008
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Despite widespread criticism, the issue of Charter change (Cha-cha) will remain alive under the Arroyo administration, a senior member of the House of Representatives said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082985
Oil firms to roll back prices by P1
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Oil companies will roll back the pump prices of their products by P1 per liter effective today.
Petron Corp., the country’s largest oil refiner, said the move is consistent with the continued softening of international crude prices this month.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082986
GMA to get 100% pay hike
By Jess Diaz
Saturday, August 30, 2008
President Arroyo will get a 100-percent salary increase under a four-year government-wide pay scale upgrading plan that Malacañang has submitted to the House of Representatives.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082987
5 PEA execs get 90-day suspension for P630-M overprice
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The Philippine Reclamation Authority (formerly Public Estates Authority) has suspended five of its top officials over the alleged overpricing in the construction of the Diosdado Macapagal Blvd. in Pasay City.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082988
JDV: Senate can wrap up NBN-ZTE probe
By Eva Visperas
Saturday, August 30, 2008
DAGUPAN CITY – Pangasinan Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. urged the Senate to wrap up its investigation into the controversial $329-million national broadband network (NBN) contract with China’s ZTE Corp. as “they already have enough information and evidence in their hands.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082989
‘Cheaper Medicine Law an artificial solution’
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Health advocates see Republic Act 9502, the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicine Act of 2008, as an “artificial solution” to the high cost of medicine.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082990
Search for survivors of C-130 crash ends; 11 confirmed dead
By James Mananghaya
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Philippine Air Force chief Lt. Gen. Pedrito Cadungog disclosed yesterday that the search for survivors from the PAF C-130 cargo plane that crashed last Monday in Davao Gulf has officially ended.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082991
‘RP political killings continue’
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Amnesty International asked President Arroyo yesterday to prosecute perpetrators of unexplained killings and enforced disappearances based on “international standards of fairness.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082992
RP calls for reforms in UN Security Council
By Pia Lee-Brago
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The Philippines called yesterday for reforms in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to begin with greater transparency and participation in the most powerful organ in the world body.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082993
Gov’t to integrate MNLF men into police, military forces
By James Mananghaya And Cecille Suerte Felipe
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) are set to implement the disarmament of guerrillas and integrate them into the police and military as part of the 1996 peace accord.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082994
DFA wants ban on Pinoy workers in Somalia
By Pia Lee-Brago
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has recommended a ban on the deployment of both land-based and ship workers in Somalia following the series of hijackings by Somali pirates that have held Filipino seamen hostage.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082995
Stricter juvenile law sought
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The United Nations Children’s Educational Fund (UNICEF) yesterday pushed for stronger implementation of the country’s juvenile law by increasing the capacity of its implementors and intensifying “diversion programs” for children in conflict with the law.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082997
Erap spokeswoman slams selection of GMA in Forbes’ list
Saturday, August 30, 2008
A spokesperson for former President Joseph Estrada said yesterday that “it would have been an honor for the country for its president to have been named among the world’s most powerful political leaders if the power represented was one that stood for integrity, justice, progress and truth.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082998
Melo downplays Miriam’s latest attack on Comelec
By Sheila Crisostomo
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Jose Melo took in stride the latest attack of Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago against the poll body in connection with her complaint about alleged premature campaigning by some politicians.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=2008082999
Comelec chief opposes bill seeking gov’t funds for political parties
By Sheila Crisostomo
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Jose Melo is opposed to a House bill that seeks government funding for political parties, saying taxes must be spent on basic social services.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080829100
Micro-financing key to poverty alleviation, development – Cory
By Patricia Esteves
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Former President Corazon Aquino urged the poor yesterday to venture into micro enterprises to help lift themselves up from poverty.
Speaking at the Ramon Magsaysay Asia Forum at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City, Aquino said reducing poverty requires more than just economic growth, which must be anchored on programs that would enable people to take part in building a “sustainable future.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080829101
12 special holidays in September announced
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Malacañang announced yesterday 12 special holidays for September in various provinces nationwide.
A special non-working day would be observed in Cotabato province on Sept. 1 to mark its 94th foundation day.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080829195
Gov’t sets P230-B infrastructure budget for 2009
By Paolo Romero
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The Arroyo administration is readying a P230-billion public sector “infrastructure war chest” under the proposed P1.415-trillion national budget for next year, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080829196
Asparagus seen as alternative source for biofuel production
By Aurea Calica
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. is asking the government to look into the possibility of using sea asparagus as an alternative source for the production of biofuels.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080829197
… It’s official:MOA is dead
BY EVANGELINE DE VERA
THE government has decided to abandon the controversial memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain that it had intended to sign with the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front early this month.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/aug30/news6.htm
GMA sinasalba na lang sa MOA-AD – Roxas
Nina Boyet Jadulco, Eralyn Prado, Rose Miranda at Al Jacinto
Inililigtas na ng kanyang abogado si Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa kahihiyang aabutin nito kapag ibinasura ng Supreme Court (SC) ang memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) na pinasok ng gobyerno sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/aug3008/news06.htm
Senate OK of ASEAN Charter seen
By: Bernadette E. Tamayo
SEN. Miriam Defensor-Santiago believes that the Senate will approve the proposed Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations of which the Philippines is a pioneering member.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-08-30&sec=1&aid=71440
Tight race between VP, Villar — survey
If the presidential elections were held today, it would be a tight race between two friends — Vice President Noli L. de Castro and Senate President Manuel B. Villar — based on the result of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey in June, a copy of which was obtained by GMANews.TV.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN20080829133724.html
MoA could have been legal
By: Hector Lawas
THE signing of the controversial Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain will trigger changes in the 1987 Constitution in order to fully implement the provisions of the agreement, including the creation of the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity with territorial jurisdiction over an expanded Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-08-30&sec=1&aid=71450
Ex-senator na nangomisyon ng P15-M sa vitamis ‘huhubaran’ ni Miriam
By: Marlon Purificacion
TUKOY na ng Senado kung sino ang dati nilang kasamahan na sinasabing nangomisyon ng P15.46 million sa multivitamins dahilan para kalkakin ng Commission on Audit.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-08-30&sec=4&aid=71460
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