SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 Mind Bullet Inc.
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I. BANNER STORIES
Lacson brings it on vs Villar in C-5 case
By Maila Ager, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., Cynthia Balana
INQUIRER.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:27:00 09/16/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Panfilo Lacson Monday asked Senate President Manuel Villar, without directly naming him, to own up to the P200-million double entry of a road extension project in the national budget that would allegedly benefit his property development empire.
Road showdown at Senate
By Aurea Calica
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
It was a showdown among senators yesterday over the budget insertions in the 2008 national budget, with Sen. Panfilo Lacson confronting Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. over the double funding for the C-5 Road Extension Project.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915158
3. Manila Times
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Water rates go up Oct. 1
Increase blamed on weaker peso versus US greenback
By Euan Paulo C. Añonuevo, Reporter
Water rates in Metro Manila and outlying provinces are bound to go up starting next month because of the softening of the peso.
In separate statements on Monday, Manila Water Co. Inc. and Maynilad Water Services Inc. announced an impending increase in their water rates starting October 1.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/sep/16/yehey/top_stories/20080916top1.html
4. Malaya
Villar named in P200M ‘insertion’
Ping: Spare institution from disgust of the people
BY JP LOPEZ
Sen. Panfilo Lacson in a privilege speech yesterday called on the senator who was responsible for the P200 million insertion in the 2008 budget which doubled the funding for the C-5 road extension project in Parañaque to own up and "spare this institution from the disgust of our constituents – the Filipino people."
http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep16/news1.htm
CA justices sign covenant
Vow to act with honor, independence, impartiality, integrity
Moral enhancement covenant signed by all CA justices
By REY G. PANALIGAN
Hurt by the dismissal of one member and the imposition of disciplinary sanctions on four others, justices of the Court of Appeals (CA) vowed yesterday to dispense justice with honor, independence, impartiality, and integrity in their efforts to restore the people’s trust in the second highest court of the land.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080916135305.html
JPE says insertions not irregular but urges probe
By Angie M. Rosales
09/16/2008
Minority and majority bloc senators clashed on the floor as opposition Sen. Panfilo Lacson delivered a strongly-worded privilege speech challenging Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. to admit he was responsible for the insertion of the P200 million appropriation for the C-5 road extension project.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080916hed1.html
7. Abante
17 SENADOR GIGISAHIN
Nina REY MARFIL, BOYET JADULCO at ROSE MIRAND
Pinasabog kahapon ni Sen. Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson ang kanyang ‘all in’ exposé kaugnay ng kontrobersyal na congressional insertions ngunit sa maiksing pag-eksena kahapon ni Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile ay natumbok na 17 sa 23 senador ang nagsumite ng ‘amendment’ sa 2008 national budget at hinihiling ngayong maimbestigahan.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/sep1608/default.htm
INIMBITA SA GANG RAPE
Ni JETHRO SINOCRUZ
Pinilahan ng walong kalalakihan ang isang 14-anyos na dalagita sa isang abandonadong barangay outpost makaraang imbitahin ito sa kanilang inuman kamakalawa sa Ma-labon City.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/sep1608/news_story1.htm
Kumander inutas ng batang NPA
Ni Joy Cantos
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Mailap na hustisya para sa kanyang minasaker na pamilya ang nagtulak sa isang menor de edad na recruit upang paslangin ang isang Commander ng New People’s Army (NPA) at aide de camp nito sa Compostela Valley kamakalawa.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008091556
10. Journal
MORE BUDGET 'SCAMS' BARED
By: Bernadette E. Tamayo
P200-M double insertion only tip of iceberg, Lacson says
SEN. Panfilo Lacson yesterday bared more irregular budget insertions, noting that the P200-million double insertion for a single road project was just the tip of the iceberg.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-09-16&sec=1&aid=72993
11. Business World
More trouble ahead
RP won’t be spared impact of Lehman collapse
THE PHILIPPINES SHOULD BRACE for more capital flight and debt market turbulence in the wake of US investment bank Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy filing and rival Merrill Lynch & Co.’s agreeing to be taken over, analysts and economists yesterday said.
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW091608/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
Markets rattled by US woes
SELLING SPREE FOLLOWS NEWS OF LEHMAN BANKRUPTCY, ANTICIPATION OF MORE ICONS FALLING
By Honey Madrilejos-Reyes
Reporter
THE stock market’s first day of trading this week went bloody, as most investors were on a selling spree for fear of further losses due to the lingering uncertainties in the US financial markets.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/09162008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
Palace has P106B in ‘beef,’ says solon
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:28:00 09/16/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Arroyo administration has not been using its annual budget fully, generating billions of pesos in savings which it can use any which way it wants the following year, opposition Rep. Teofisto Guingona III told reporters Monday.
COA FINDINGS
P135-M veggie scam bared; lists unreadable
By Jocelyn Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:29:00 09/16/2008
Did the p135 million worth of vegetable seeds the government purchased last year reach the country’s poor farmers?
In the absence of lists identifying the farmer-beneficiaries, the Commission on Audit (COA) doubts whether the seeds were actually distributed under the “Gulayan ng Masa” program.
DA on rice mess: Don’t look at us, the LGUs did it
By Jhunnex Napallacan, Anselmo Roque, Amy R. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:02:00 09/16/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Local government units (LGUS) and not the Department of Agriculture (DA) are liable for the irregularities in its expenditure on farm inputs last year that the Commission on Audit uncovered, Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap Monday said.
Arroyo knew MOA details -- Esperon
By Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:35:00 09/16/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Presidential peace adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said Monday President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was aware of the details of the controversial memorandum of agreement (MOA) on ancestral domain that he initialed in Kuala Lumpur early last month.
Lacson says there are 2 versions of House bill on budget
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:36:00 09/16/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Panfilo Lacson noted that in his seven years in the Senate, it was the first time that he encountered two versions of the House bill on the budget—the red book proposing a P52.648-billion allocation for the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the black book proposing a P65.461-billion allocation for the same agency.
Solon says fund for gov’t auditors getting smaller
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:37:00 09/16/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The budget of the commission on Audit (COA) will continue to decrease if its allocation under the proposed P1.4-trillion national budget for 2009 is approved.
Gunmen seize 4 peace workers in Basilan
By Julie Alipala
Mindanao Bureau
First Posted 04:41:00 09/16/2008
ZAMBOANGA CITY—Gunmen Monday seized four peace advocates in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, in an assault on humanitarian workers helping poor communities in an area known as a hotbed of lawless violence.
Lawyers in CA row may be probed, says Puno
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:40:00 09/16/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno on Monday said lawyers’ groups could take the initiative to investigate the personalities involved in the Court of Appeals controversy, including Jesus Santos and Estrella Elamparo of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
CA justices vow to overcome controversy
By Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:39:00 09/16/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Fresh from a scandal that cost one of their own his job, the justices of the Court of Appeals on Monday signed a covenant vowing to save the institution’s reputation and restore the public’s faith by being moral, fair and righteous.
Angry Imelda Marcos backers rally outside Inquirer
By Erika Sauler
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:42:00 09/16/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Some 500 supporters of Imelda Marcos staged a protest rally in front of the Philippine Daily Inquirer offices in Makati City Monday afternoon over a recent news item and an editorial that they said “maligned” the character of the former first lady.
‘Ping, not Villar, signed insertions’
By Paolo Romero
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Sen. Panfilo Lacson was among the signatories to the bicameral conference report on the 2008 national budget that included an allegedly anomalous insertion, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915159
‘Charter change without Senate won’t prosper’
By Christina Mendez
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Senators warned the House of Representatives yesterday that any move to amend the Constitution without their participation would be void.
Based on Speaker Prospero Nograles’ theory that Congress can enact laws to repeal specific provisions in the Constitution, the senators said the Charter requires that the Senate and the House vote separately when passing a law.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915160
Metro water rates to go up
By Zinnia Dela Peña
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Ayala-led Manila Water Co. Inc., which supplies water to the eastern part of Metro Manila and some areas in Rizal province, announced yesterday that it would increase rates by an average of 31 centavos per cubic meter or 1.6 percent.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915161
Lozada to appeal CA ruling
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Senate witness on the national broadband network (NBN) scandal Rodolfo Lozada Jr. assailed yesterday the Court of Appeals (CA)’s decision to deny his writ of amparo for failing to prove that government authorities kidnapped him, saying he was readying an appeal before the Supreme Court.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915162
COA uncovers P4-B DA scam
By Jess Diaz
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The Commission on Audit (COA) has uncovered irregular Malacañang fund releases to the Department of Agriculture (DA) totaling P4.4 billion in 2007.
Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano revealed the COA findings last night in the course of a House appropriations committee hearing on the DA’s proposed P39.7-billion budget for 2009.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915163
CBCP warns public of ‘false prophets’ in Congress
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) yesterday asked the Catholic faithful to rebuff efforts by some “false prophets” trying to impose their brand of morality on the country.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915164
Justices forge covenant of moral recovery amid CA mess
By Mike Frialde
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The justices of the Court of Appeals led by Presiding Justice Conrado Vasquez Jr. signed yesterday a “covenant of moral recovery” at the CA office in Manila, apparently to prove that they are serious about curbing corruption.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915165
Opposition, critics demonizing GMA, laments Dureza
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Her allies have called her a “lucky bitch” and “evil,” and now her critics are trying very hard to picture her as a “demon.”
Press Secretary Jesus Dureza, President Arroyo’s principal spokesperson, complained yesterday that the political opposition and other administration critics have been “demonizing this good president, who has been doing well.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915166
COA says OP didn’t follow rules in P37-M fund disbursement
By Reinir Padua
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
State auditors have questioned donations worth more than P37 million disbursed by the Office of the President that were allegedly not used for their intended purposes.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915167
Defensor takes helm of RP fleet
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Rear Adm. Geronimo Defensor took over the helm of the Philippine Fleet in a ceremony held at Sangley Point in Cavite City yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915168
Esperon: Search on for new panel to talk peace with MILF
By Jose Rodel Clapano
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Hermogenes Esperon Jr. yesterday said that he is searching for a new panel that would pursue peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915169
MILF using small teams in attacking police, military outposts
By Jaime Laude
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels have divided into small units to harass military and police outposts in central Mindanao.
Khaled Musa, MILF deputy chairman for information, said they are now fighting a guerrilla war to avoid direct confrontation with troops backed by artillery and armored vehicles.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080915170
Ping’s bomb a dud, Says sen. Cayetano
By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
Emotions flared and the session was abruptly suspended on Monday as Sen. Panfilo Lacson delivered his privileged speech against Senate President Manuel Villar Jr.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/sep/16/yehey/top_stories/20080916top4.html
Dawit sa ZTE-NBN deal kasuhan na! - Joey
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Kasunod ng ika-isang taong anibersaryo ng kanyang pagtestigo sa Senado kahapon, iginiit ni Jose ‘Joey’ de Venecia III na sapat na umano ang mga testimonya at mga ebidensya na hawak ng Senado upang madiin sa hukuman ang mga taong sangkot sa kontrobersyal na ZTE-NBN deal.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008091561
P218-M GMA farm scam lined up for probe
By Gerry Baldo
09/16/2008
After the P728-million fertilizer in which former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante got entangled with in the suspected diversion of government funds to the campaign kitty of President Arroyo in the 2004 elections, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is again being asked to account for the P218 billion Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) program which is allegedly riddled with irregularities.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080916hed2.html
Joey III atras kay JdV sa $329-M broadband anomaly
By: Marlon Purificacion
‘BACK off’ si ZTE scandal star witness Joey de Venecia III para pagsabihan ang ama nitong si dating Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., upang tuluyang magsalita hinggil sa nalalaman sa $329 million broadband anomaly.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-09-16&sec=4&aid=73016
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