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I. BANNER STORIES
HEALTH SEC DUQUE:
Milk products from other countries to be tested, too
Stricter rules for importers in the works
By Thea Alberto
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 15:18:00 09/29/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Health (DoH) is set to include milk products imported from countries other than in their list of products 'for testing' to ensure these do not contain the toxic chemical melamine, which has been blamed for kidney problems of thousands infants in China, officials said.
Deal reached on bailout
Monday, September 29, 2008
WASHINGTON – Congressional leaders and the Bush administration reached a tentative deal early yesterday on a landmark bailout of imperiled financial markets whose collapse could plunge the nation into a deep recession.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080928137
3. Manila Times
Monday, September 29, 2008
US reaches tentative deal
Lawmakers report‘great progress’ on $700-B bailout
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Lawmakers at the US Congress reached a tentative deal Sunday on a $700-billion bailout plan designed to buy up bad loans from financial institutions hit by failed mortgages.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/sep/29/yehey/top_stories/20080929top1.html
4. Malaya
Breakthrough in bailout deal
US races for agreement before Asian marts open
WASHINGTON — US lawmakers on Sunday were set to sign off on a deal to create a $700 billion government fund to buy bad debt from ailing banks in a bid to stem a credit crisis threatening the global economy.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep29/news1.htm
US solons agree on $ 700-B bailout
Rush to reach accord before Asian markets open today; White House welcomes news of agreement
Kevin Drawbaugh, Donna Smith
WASHINGTON, DC (Reuters) — United States lawmakers yesterday said they have reached agreement on a bailout deal to stem the country’s financial crisis, to be finalized and signed on Sunday (Monday, Manila time).
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080929136529.html
Court to hear media class suit against FG
09/29/2008
The Court of Appeals (CA) had allowed the admission to the court of a class suit filed by journalists against First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo which, according to the journalists’ counsel, Harry Roque, was a major victory and the first favorable decision for the media in a long while.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080929hed1.html
7. Abante
24 TURISTANG PINOY KINALABOSO
Ni JUN TADIOS
Dalawampu’t apat na turistang Pinoy ang nakapiit ngayon sa maximum security prison ng bansang Trinidad and Tobago.
Ang dahilan: nahuli silang ilegal na nagtatrabaho sa kabila ng kawalan ng working permit.
Agad namang kumilos ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at ang konsulada ng Pilipinas doon upang saklolohan ang mga illegal workers na Pinoy na pumasok sa naturang bansa bilang mga turista.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/sep2908/default.htm
PUSOY, LARO NI KAMATAYAN
(Juliet de Loza/Aries Cano)
Naging madugo ang paglalaro ng pusoy sa isang lamay matapos masawi ang isang security guard at kanyang kapitbahay habang kritikal ang kapatid ng una nang maggantihan dahil lamang sa larong pusoy kahapon ng madaling-araw sa Sta. Ana, Maynila.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/sep2908/news_story1.htm
4 brand ng gatas ‘inabswelto’ ng BFAD
Ni Rose Tamayo-Tesoro
Monday, September 29, 2008
Tuluyan nang inalis kahapon ng Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) ang apat na brand ng gatas sa kanilang inisyal na listahan ng mga milk products na nagmumula sa China na nakatakdang isasailalim sana sa “milk samplings” makaraang mapag-alaman na pawang gawa pala ang mga ito sa New Zealand.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008092856
10. Journal
ASIA AFRAID
Region’s leaders fear reprise of ’90s Asian economic crisis
UNITED NATIONS - Japan is worried about a severe credit crunch, India wants regulations tightened while China expects the situation to get worse before it gets better — the US financial crisis has been haunting Asian leaders as they took the rostrum at the UN General Assembly.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-09-29&sec=1&aid=74248
11. Business World
Deficits may go beyond 2010
Arroyo economic adviser forecasts 2010 shortfall, cites reduced revenues
ECONOMIC MANAGERS may be promising a balanced budget as one of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s legacies but one of her top advisers thinks the goal — targetted for 2010 when Mrs. Arroyo ends her term — should be abandoned.
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW092908/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
Markets seen easing on US deal
By Jun Vallecera
Reporter
FOREIGN funds withdrawn from the Philippines and brought elsewhere in recent months were seen to return now that legislators and market regulators in the United States have reached a tentative agreement on the need to inject $700 billion into its markets.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/09292008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
No smooth RP ride to 2010 -- US think tank
By Doris Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:01:00 09/29/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines is moving precariously toward the 2010 presidential election amid political tension caused by fresh initiatives to tinker with the Constitution and heightened economic risks from the global financial crisis, according to a New York-based think tank.
Tillers file plunder raps vs Villars
Couple: Charges a rehash of dismissed case
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:32:00 09/29/2008
MANILA, Philippines—A farmer’s group has filed a plunder suit before the Ombudsman against Senate President Manuel Villar and his wife, Las Piñas Rep. Cynthia Villar, for their alleged failure to repay a P1.5 billion loan with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) which led to the loss of their farmlands in Norzagaray, Bulacan.
BFAD speeds up China milk tests
By Margaux Ortiz, Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:30:00 09/29/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The head of the government agency tasked with certifying product safety said on Sunday the results of the tests on milk and dairy products from China would be released this week even as the Department of Health gave assurances the testing was being hastened to clear products not linked to the food scare.
Senators press GSIS on disclosure of investments abroad
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:33:00 09/29/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Senators are questioning the refusal of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to disclose all of its investments under a $1-billion global investment program meant to shift a chunk of its investments portfolio overseas.
CA stops murder trial of tortured pastor
By Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:33:00 09/29/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Court of Appeals (CA) has stopped the murder trial of a pastor of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines and ordered the dismissal of the case against him after he was abducted, detained and tortured by his police captors.
I’m not judgmental, says Puerto Princesa mayor
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:54:00 09/29/2008
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—Mayor Edward Hagedorn Sunday said his words were taken out of context, turning an ordinary conversation into a national story.
4 Presidents, 1 first lady tell it like it was
By Marinel Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:55:00 09/29/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Four presidents and a first lady.
Five broadcasters scored an interview coup with “Newsmakers: The GMA News Special,” which aired Sunday at 10:30 p.m. on GMA 7.
The television special was frontlined by an interview with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo by Mel Tiangco.
Court allows media suit vs Mike Arroyo to proceed
By Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:11:00 09/29/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Court of Appeals has allowed the preliminary hearing in the amended class suit filed by media practitioners against the President’s husband, Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, to proceed in the Makati Regional Trial Court.
BFAD removes 4 dairy products from testing list
By Mayen Jaymalin
Monday, September 29, 2008
The Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) yesterday removed four popular dairy products from the initial list of food items to be tested for possible melamine contamination.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080928139
COA questions DOLE on OFW donations for classrooms
By Reinir Padua
Monday, September 29, 2008
Government auditors are questioning the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on P110 million donated by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for the C-GMA or Classroom, Galing sa Mamamayang Pilipino Abroad project, which have not been properly accounted for.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080928141
Full-year tax exemption sought
By Mayen Jaymalin
Monday, September 29, 2008
Workers nationwide are seeking a full-year tax exemption to help them cope with the spiraling prices of basic commodities.
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the country’s largest labor group, said the government has to enforce a retroactive tax exemption.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080928142
De Borja to file MR at SC
Monday, September 29, 2008
Businessman Francis Roa de Borja, in an attempt to clear his name in the bribery scandal that shook the foundation of the Court of Appeals (CA), is set to file a motion for reconsideration before the Supreme Court (SC) on its Sept. 9 decision of the case.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080928143
Developing countries taking pointers from RP on slowdown
Monday, September 29, 2008
Developing countries are getting pointers from the Philippines on insulating themselves from the global economic slowdown.
Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said yesterday that President Arroyo detailed the steps her administration has taken to weather the global economic slowdown, triggered by soaring oil and food prices and the financial crunch in the United States.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080928144
Nograles revives text tax proposal
Monday, September 29, 2008
Speaker Prospero Nograles revived yesterday the proposal to impose a tax on short or text messaging.
He took the cue from Sen. Richard Gordon, who has suggested that telecommunications companies be compelled to set aside a portion of their short messaging (text) revenues for health care and education.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080928145
RH bill opponents using dilatory tactics – Lagman
By Jess Diaz
Monday, September 29, 2008
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, principal author of the Reproductive Health Bill, accused yesterday opponents of the contentious measure of allegedly resorting to “dilatory tactics.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080928159
AFP vows to intensify pursuit vs MILF rebels
By James Mananghaya And Roel Pareno
Monday, September 29, 2008
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vowed to intensify pursuit operations against the renegade Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas following the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ends today or tomorrow upon sighting of the new moon.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080928160
AFP buying night vision monoculars
Monday, September 29, 2008
The capacity of government troops to conduct combat operations at night will be fully operational with the impending purchase of night vision monoculars, the military said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080928161
BSP, COA urged to clarify $1-B global investment fund of GSIS
By Christina Mendez
Monday, September 29, 2008
Sen. Francis Escudero, chairman of the Senate ways and means committee, urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Commission on Audit to step in and clarify the real condition of the $1-billion global investment fund’(GIF) of the Government Service and Insurance System (GSIS).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080928162
Senate starts probe of controversial double insertions in 2008 budget
By Chrisina Mendez
Monday, September 29, 2008
The Senate will start today its investigation into the controversial issue of double insertions in the 2008 national budget.
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, chairman of the Senate committee on finance, said they have invited Public Works and Highways Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. and former Finance chief Benjamin Diokno to answer questions on whether the first P200-million allocation for the C-5 road extension project has been released and the status of the other allocation for the same project.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080928163
Monday, September 29, 2008
Senate starts probe of ‘double entry’ in C-5 project
By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
The personal appearance of Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. still remains a question mark as the Senate Committees on Finance and on Public Works, start Monday morning a joint inquiry into the alleged double entry in an infrastructure project that Villar had been endorsing.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/sep/29/yehey/metro/20080929met1.html
Monday, September 29, 2008
Razon to be appointed to security council soon
President Gloria Arroyo will appoint retired National police chief Avelino Razon Jr. to the National Security Council (NSC), although the Palace has yet to make a formal announcement on the matter.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/sep/29/yehey/metro/20080929met2.html
Monday, September 29, 2008
Congress to screen appointments of 96 officials
THERE are 96 government officials who shall undergo scrutiny from the powerful Commission on Appointments, including two beleaguered Commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/sep/29/yehey/metro/20080929met9.html
Probe to stay clear of conflict of interest
BY DENNIS GADIL
A SENATE investigation on the allegations of Sen. Panfilo Lacson of a double budget funding entry on the C-5 extension project opens today but it would not touch on the properties of Senate President Manuel Villar, which could have benefited from the project.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep29/news3.htm
Demolition job vs Villar pakana ng ‘presidentiables’ – Cayetano
INIHAYAG ni Senate Blue Ribbon chair at opposition Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano na ang demolition job kay Senate president Manny Villar ay game plan umano ng ilang “presidentiables” na nasa ilalim ng survey.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-09-29&sec=4&aid=74239
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