SEPTEMBER 6, 2008 Mind Bullet Inc.
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I. BANNER STORIES
US troops’ stay questioned
No sign of leaving after 6 years, say execs
By Julie Alipala, Edson C. Tandoc Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:30:00 09/06/2008
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines—They are supposed to be only visitors, but after six years they are still around and some local officials are wondering whether they are already part of the Filipino family.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080906-158990/US-troops-stay-questioned
Prices soar to 17-year high
By Des Ferriols
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Inflation hit another near-17-year high of 12.5 percent in August as prices of basic commodities continued to accelerate last month.
But monetary officials said there were signs of moderating price increases in certain commodities, which means prices might soften.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905103
3. Manila Times
Saturday, September 06 2008
Inflation hits 17-year high
August rate at 12.5%, growth targets in peril
Inflation surged to 12.5 percent in August, a 17-year high, the government said Friday, warning that the rise could impact economic growth targets for this year.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/sep/06/yehey/top_stories/20080906top1.html
4. Malaya
Prices continue soaring
But BSP sees 12.3% as sign of moderation
BY JIMMY CALAPATI
PRICES of consumer items rose by 12.5 percent in August from a year ago despite a slowdown in food prices, the National the National Statistics Office (NSO) yesterday said.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep06/news1.htm
Rice imports bane to productivity
Low prices of palay keep farmers from hiking production
By MARVYN N. BENANING
Unless the government stops massive rice importations, rice farmers would continue to be plagued by low palay prices, negating the vow of government to improve rural incomes.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080906134410.html
DILG chief: Bounty for Kato, Bravo doubled, now P20M
Dureza, Esperon, Garcia should face treason raps—Jinggoy
09/06/2008
Senate President ProTempore Jinggoy Estrada yesterday said two Cabinet members and a ranking official of the government peace panel negotiating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) should be charged with “treason” for misleading the Philippine government into signing the controversial Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) for an independent Islamic state in Mindanao.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080906hed1.html
7. Abante
WALANG PAHINGA SIRIT PRESYO!
Nina TINA MENDOZA, ROSE MIRANDA at BERNARD TAGUINOD
Walang natatanaw na pag-asa ang Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) na makakapahinga ang sambayanan sa patuloy na paglobo ng presyo ng mga bilihin at serbisyo sa taong ito bunga na rin ng mataas pa ring inflation rate na lumulumpo sa bansa.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/sep0608/default.htm
NA-RAPE SA P20
Nina JULIET DE LOZA AT NONNIE FERRIOL
Sa halagang P20 ay pinayagan umano ng isang menor de edad na babae na malugso ang puri ng kanyang 13-anyos na bestfriend sa kamay ng isang 21-anyos na pintor kamakalawa ng gabi sa Tondo, Maynila.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/sep0608/news_headline.htm
P20-M reward vs Kato, Bravo
Nina Danilo Garcia At Joy Cantos
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Itinaas ngayon ng pamahalaan ang patong sa ulo nina Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Commanders Umbra Kato at Abdulrahman “Bravo” Macapaar sa P20 milyon para sa agad na ikadarakip ng mga ito at mapanagot sa kanilang mga krimen.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008090592
10. Journal
INFLATION SOARS
High food, energy prices to slow economic growth
Inflation surged to 12.5 percent in August, a 17-year high, the government said, warning that the rise could impact economic growth targets for this year.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-09-06&sec=1&aid=72110
11. Business World
Inflation at new near-17 year high
Inflation hit a new near-17 year high in August but the results, up slightly from a month earlier, could be the peak for 2008.
The rise in consumer prices was 12.5% last month, up from July’s 12.3% due to what the National Statistics Office said were higher prices in a number of commodity groups.
http://bworldonline.com/BW090608/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
II. POLITICAL
Bounty for Bravo, Kato raised to P20M
By Inquirer Mindanao, Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:31:00 09/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The government has doubled to P10 million the bounty on each of two leaders of the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front. They stand accused of perpetrating the attacks on several villages in Central Mindanao last month that left 62 civilians dead and displaced around 200,000.
Sulpicio ship rams Iloilo port
By David Israel Sinay, Riza T. Olchondra
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:32:00 09/06/2008
ILOILO CITY, Philippines—Less than three months after the ill-fated MV Princess of the Stars sank off Sibuyan Island in Romblon, another ship owned by Sulpicio Lines Inc. figured in an accident on Thursday, damaging portions of a port expansion project here.
‘2010 presidential hopefuls need P3 billion to run’
By Aurea Calica
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago reminded presidential aspirants yesterday that they would have to spend at least P3 billion for their campaign in the 2010 elections.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905104
Army disputes soldiers looted homes
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:34:00 09/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Military officials on Friday disputed reports that soldiers had ransacked and looted homes and shops in a barangay in Maguindanao, claiming that the ones responsible were the “lawless groups” of the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front that had occupied Barangay Dapiawan, Datu Saudi town, before the soldiers arrived to liberate it from the rebels.
US ship finds C-130
By Edith Regalado
Saturday, September 6, 2008
DAVAO CITY – A US Navy ship has found the wreckage of the ill-fated Philippine Air Force C-130 cargo plane that plunged into the waters of Davao Gulf last Aug. 25, officials said.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905105
House members get P476-M grants
By Jess Diaz
Saturday, September 6, 2008
The head of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) played Santa Claus to congressmen yesterday, promising to give them P2 million each in scholarship funds next year.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905106
Padaca walks the talk, crutches are symbols
By Edson C. Tandoc Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:36:00 09/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines—She has walked the talk—despite her disability.
For years, she spoke out as a radio broadcaster against the excesses of the political dynasty which ruled Isabela for four decades. In her turn to govern the province, Gov. Grace Padaca not only turned the cash-strapped government she inherited into one able to support the livelihood and health care of her people, she also empowered them to believe in democracy.
Chavit Singson named deputy national security adviser
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:37:00 09/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines—After a yearlong absence from the political scene, former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis “Chavit” Singson is back in the corridors of power.
Arroyo plans new peace panel with ‘fresh minds’
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:38:00 09/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang said President Macapagal-Arroyo planned to reconstitute the government peace panel that would include “fresh minds” to propose a new approach toward resolving the Mindanao conflict.
Muslim rebels stop UN convoy, seize food aid
Reuters
First Posted 01:39:00 09/06/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Muslim guerillas halted a United Nations convoy and seized food supplies intended for tens of thousands of people displaced by fighting in Mindanao, police said Friday.
Reward for Kato, Bravo doubled
By Evelyn Macairan
Saturday, September 6, 2008
The government has increased the reward for the capture of two notorious Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commanders from P5 million to P10 million each, Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno announced yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905108
Lawmakers: SC ruling encroached on Senate powers
Saturday, September 6, 2008
The Senate accused the Supreme Court yesterday of “misappreciating the facts” and of encroaching on its power to promulgate rules and regulations when the Tribunal upheld the claim of executive privilege of now Social Security System Administrator Romulo Neri.
Meanwhile, Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. said the SC decision could compromise the oversight functions of Congress.
“This is a dark portent of things to come,” he said.
“With this decision, we now see how cases will be decided in the future. This could be viewed as a prelude of how the issue of Charter change will be decided.”
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, Senate Blue Ribbon committee chairman, said the SC “misappreciated the facts” because Neri was cited in contempt and ordered arrested not because he refused to answer three questions about President Arroyo’s role in the national broadband network (NBN) deal with China’s ZTE Corp., but that he did not honor his word to return to the Senate and testify on the matter.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905109
JPE backs Ermita’s inclusion in baselines panel
By Christina Mendez
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile came to the defense of Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita over his role in the Senate’s technical working group (TWG) consolidating the various bills in delineating the country’s archipelagic baselines.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905110
Miriam slams co-senators for seeking renegotiation of JPEPA
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago assailed yesterday Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan, and Senators Benigno Aquino III, Antonio Trillanes IV and Jamby Madrigal for seeking a renegotiation of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905112
GMA urged to form new peace panel, continue talks with MILF
By Evelyn Macairan
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Jaro, Iloilo Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), urged yesterday President Arroyo to immediately create a new government peace panel and resume the stalled negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905114
Petron, Shell cut LPG price by P1 / kg
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Petron Corp. and Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. have reduced the price of their liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or cooking gas products by P1 per kilo.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905115
Jinggoy wants gov’t panel on MOA-AD charged with treason
By Christina Mendez
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Senate President Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Estrada said yesterday that Press Secretary Jesus Dureza, presidential adviser on peace process Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and peace panel member Rolando Garcia should be charged with treason for crafting the bungled Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905116
Meralco can still lower power rates – UP study
By Christina Mendez
Saturday, September 6, 2008
The Joint Congressional Power Commission (Powercom) urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) yesterday to draw ideas from a study prepared by the University of the Philippines on ways to reduce the high power rates in the country.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905117
Lacson warns Palace vs kidnapping Bolante
By Aurea Calica
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Sen. Panfilo Lacson has warned that Malacañang would do everything to stop former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante from testifying on the fertilizer fund scam once he is deported to the Philippines.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080905118
Saturday, September 06 2008
Court decision on executive privilege draws cheers, jeers
By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
The Supreme Court decision favoring executive privilege on the $330-million broadband deal is “a dark portent of things to come,” Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. said Friday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/sep/06/yehey/top_stories/20080906top8.html
Saturday, September 06 2008
Palace seeks termination of Senate broadband probe
By Angelo S. Samonte, Reporter
Malacañang told the Senate to close its probe on the controversial national broadband network deal after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that former Socio-economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri cannot divulge his conversation with the president on the project.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/sep/06/yehey/metro/20080906met1.html
Palace: Respect Neri ruling, end ZTE probe
BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR
BUOYED by the Supreme Court's 9 to 6 vote standing by its ruling to uphold executive privilege in the Romulo Neri case, administration officials yesterday moved to bury the $329 million allegedly overpriced ZTE broadband deal.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep06/news5.htm
SC affirmed ‘code of silence of Palace Mafia,’ says Joey
By Pat C. Santos and Angie M. Rosales
09/06/2008
Businessman Jose “Joey” de Venecia III, one of the whistle-blowers in the controversial ZTE-NBN deal, and several senators yesterday assailed the Supreme Court (SC) decision favoring the use of executive privilege by then Socio-economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri to hide the truth on the anomalous $329-million broadband project.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20080906hed2.html
Villar on SC ruling: 'An ominous sign of things to come'
By MARIO B. CASAYURAN
Senate President Manuel B. Villar Jr. yesterday said the Supreme Court decision upholding the use of executive privilege in the case of former Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri and the $ 329-million National Broadband Network (NBN) deal "an ominous sign of things to come."
http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN20080906134418.html
Senado nagsisihan sa pagkatalo kay Neri
Nina Rey Marfil at Rose Miranda
Sa pagkatalo ng Upper House sa executive privilege na ipinaglaban ni dating National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) chief Romulo Neri, kaagad nagkasisihan ang ilang senador kung sino ang may kasalanan dito.
Bagama’t walang pagtukoy, dismayado si administration Sen. Richard ‘Dick’ Gordon sa liderato ni Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, chairman ng Senate blue ribbon committee.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/sep0608/news_story2.htm
Desisyon ng SC sa kaso ni Neri, nakababahala
Ipinahayag kahapon ni Senate President Manny Villar ang pagkadismaya sa desisyon ng Supreme Court (SC) na pumabor sa paggamit ng executive privilege ni dating socio economic planning Secretary Romulo Neri para pagtakpan ang katotohanan ukol sa maanomalyang $329 milyong broadband deal na naghahatid ng “masamang hudyat ukol sa maaaring mangyari sa hinaharap”.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/sep0608/news_story7.htm
Palace seeks closure of NBN mess
By: Tess Bedico
It’s time to close the Senate investigation into the national broadband network project mess.
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Sergio Apostol said the Supreme Court ruling that former socioeconomic planning secretary Romulo Neri correctly invoked executive privilege during the Senate hearing is “enough indication for the closure.”
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-09-06&sec=4&aid=72117
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