I. BANNER STORIES
Santiago denies JPEPA was railroaded
By Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:58:00 10/10/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Senate ratification of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) close to midnight on Wednesday was not railroaded, according to Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
Santiago, chair of the Senate foreign relations committee, Thursday said the vote happened shortly before 11 p.m. as senators had to wait for colleagues who left the Senate but had promised to return so they could cast their votes.
A first since Depression: US to buy stake in banks
Sunday, October 12, 2008
WASHINGTON – The government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of American banks for the first time since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said late Friday, announcing the historic step after stock markets jolted still lower around the world despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011110
3. Manila Times
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Special Report :Reproductive health and population dev’t act
Church doctrine vs. Informed Choice
Many experts say the debate is mainly between the Catholic objection to artificial contraception and the urgent need to arrest Philippine population growth through an effective, aggressive birth control policy
By Rene Q. Bas, Editor in Chief
Others see the debate between Rep. Edcel Lagman, together with co-authors, and opponents of the bill as one pitting Faith (and adherence to the doctrine of the Catholic Church) versus giving every woman an Informed Choice about whether to be pregnant or not. If not, then the choice is of what method of contraception to use and being informed about what each of these methods entails. (See related story “Facts about birth control” by Rony Diaz.)
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/oct/12/yehey/top_stories/20081012top1.html
4. Malaya
Global markets routed
• RP stocks lose 8.3%
• Asia follows in carnage
• Wall St. clobbered
SHARE prices throughout the world were routed yesterday, including the local market which saw the Philippine Stock Exchange Index plummeting by 8.3 percent.
In one week, the Philippine stock market lost 18.25 percent or P888 billion of its market value.
The peso also retreated, closing at 47.69 to the US dollar, down from Thursday’s close of 47.39. The total value of transactions at the Philippine Dealing System hit over $1 billion for the first time in history, from $600 million to $700 million in previous days.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/oct11/news1.htm
G7 nations vow action on crisis
But world’s markets continue to fall
G7 vow action; oil prices plunge in rare silver lining
By EMILY KAISER and CLAUDIA PARSONS
WASHINGTON, DC (Reuters) — Finance chiefs of the world’s rich nations pledged on Friday to prevent big banks from collapse and to work together to stem the financial crisis after another day of gut-wrenching drops on world markets.
"The current situation calls for urgent and exceptional action," finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations said following their meeting in Washington. They pledged to use "all available tools," but did not announce specific measures.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20081012137741.html
House locks out new impeach bid
By Charlie V. Manalo
10/12/2008
The fresh impeachment bid against President Arroyo encountered its first hurdle right at the doorstep of the House of Representatives after its proponents led by businessman Jose de Venecia III, the son of former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., found there was nobody to accept the complaint.
Secretary General Marilyn Yap of the Arroyo allies-dominated House of Representatives, who is supposed to receive the complaint, left for Geneva, Switzerland Friday night, the same day that De Venecia’s group announced plans to submit the impeachment on three consecutive days starting yesterday to prevent the technicality on the correct day that the one-year prescription for a new impeachment complaint lapses.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20081012hed1.html
7. Abante
MINA NG ‘PINAS IHAHAIN SA ASYA!
Ni NOEL ABUEL
Tuluyan nang ibubukas ng pamahalaan ang Pilipinas para sa ratsadang mining activities na palalahukan sa mga katabing bansa sa Southeast Asia.
Kahapon ay inihayag ni Sec. Lito Atienza ng Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR) ang nakatakdang pagdating sa bansa ng mga opisyal ng Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) upang talakayin ang pagpapaigting sa pagmimina sa rehiyon bilang sagot ng magkakakapit-bansa sa global economic meltdown.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/oct1208/default.htm
SINAMPAL AT BINOGA NI CHAIRMAN
Nina Nonnie Ferriol at Juliet de Loza
Dahil sa pagkapikon matapos sagutin ng pabalang ang sinitang kelot, isang barangay chairman ang namaril at nanampal sa Tondo, Maynila kamakalawa ng gabi.
Isang punglo sa dibdib ang tumama sa biktimang si Edmund dela Vega, 24-anyos ng 522 Peñalosa St., Tondo ng suspek na si Chairman Romy de Leon ng Brgy. 76 Zone 7, District 1.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/oct1208/news_headline.htm
Pinatay na buntis nagmulto!
Ni Joy Cantos
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Sinakmal ng matinding sindak ang burol ng isang pinaslang na buntis na misis makaraang sumapi umano ang kaluluwa nito sa kanyang 17-anyos na pinsang lalaki at ituro ang kanyang sariling Mister na siya umanong pumatay sa kanya sa Bauang, La Union.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=20081011135
10. Journal
NO WAY
By: Jester P. Manalastas
Latest impeach bid vs GMA ‘dead on arrival’ -- Palace allies
A FEW hours before the formal filing of the impeachment complaint against President Macapagal-Arroyo, her allies in the House of Representatives already declared it “dead on arrival.”
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-10-12&sec=1&aid=75487
11. Business World
12. Business Mirror
II. POLITICAL
De Venecia group fails to file oust rap
By Leila Salaverria, Katherine Evangelista, TJ Burgonio
INQUIRER.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 15:27:00 10/11/2008
MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE 3) Is there anybody home?
The plan was to file successively three identical impeachment complaints against President Macapagal-Arroyo in the House of Representatives. But the effort went for naught because the secretary general, the person authorized to receive impeachment complaints, was not there on Saturday.
The complainants, led by Jose de Venecia III, would also be unable to carry out their plan of camping outside the secretary general’s office through the weekend, to make sure no one could slip in and file a “sham” impeachment complaint.
Convicts hurt by Gonzalez remark
Rich inmates do not need protection, they say
By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:19:00 10/12/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Inmates at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Saturday said they were “angered and gravely hurt” by the remark of Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez that they had a propensity to “kill each other,” meaning rich inmates.
Arroyo: China an ally despite melamine
By TJ Burgonio, Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:22:00 10/12/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Despite the melamine contamination scandal, President Macapagal-Arroyo has assured China’s outgoing Ambassador Song Tao that his country remained a key ally of the Philippines.
“China is very important to us in terms of diplomatic, socioeconomic, as well as political relations,” President Arroyo told Tao on Friday, according to a Malacañang statement.
CHR: Gov’t violating right to food
By Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:23:00 10/12/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The right to adequate food is a basic human right that is often overlooked or violated by the government, according to Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chair Leila de Lima
De Lima said Friday that one’s right to food was among the numerous rights listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
Showcase of indigenous culture, heritage
By Ma. Ceres P. Doyo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:24:00 10/12/2008
(Today the Catholic Church in the Philippines celebrates Indigenous Peoples Sunday.)
MANILA, Philippines—“Would you like to learn how to write your name using the Mangyan way of writing?” asks Gemma Nicolas, a Mangyan college student from Mindoro. It’s the easiest thing, she says.
Sure enough, one learns to write one’s name using the Hanunuo Mangyan syllabary in less than 10 minutes.
Tara Santelices stirs to life
By Jaymee T. Gamil
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:24:00 10/12/2008
MANILA, Philippines—On the bulletin board beside her hospital bed are photographs showing her in varying moods—her head thrown back in laughter, or clad in black, a red streak visible in her hair, or in formal graduation wear.
The spirited young woman in the photographs is a far cry from the pale, feeble form connected to a ventilator, with a long stitch on the scalp to show where a bullet had entered.
ANALYSIS
Good news in uncertain times
By Cielito Habito
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:26:00 10/12/2008
MANILA, Philippines—We all know that these are rather uncertain times. No one can make an accurate forecast of where the world’s economies are headed, when so much of the information that matters remains hidden from public view, within yet undisclosed books of large companies whose fortunes can shake entire economies.
A first since Depression: US to buy stake in banks
Sunday, October 12, 2008
WASHINGTON – The government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of American banks for the first time since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said late Friday, announcing the historic step after stock markets jolted still lower around the world despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011110
How to survive a meltdown
By Des Ferriols
Sunday, October 12, 2008
(Second of a series)
The Philippines is considered an emerging market, which is quite an irony considering that its stock exchange is actually the oldest and longest operating exchange in Southeast Asia. It has been modestly but steadily growing in the last decade, with robust domestic consumption funded by steady remittances from Filipino workers abroad.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011111
De Castro won’t seek reelection
By Pia Lee-Brago
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Vice President Noli de Castro said yesterday he is not seeking reelection in 2010.
“Hindi na talaga (not anymore really),” De Castro said when asked about the possibility of running for the same position.
“That was destiny. I never dreamed of becoming a senator. I never dreamed of becoming vice president. It was destiny. Let’s see what happens,” he said.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011112
7,000 RP moms join global breastfeeding
By Sheila Crisostomo
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Some 7,000 Filipino mothers with their babies trooped yesterday to various sites in the country to lead the second “Synchronized Breastfeeding Worldwide” being observed in 30 other countries.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011113
House OKs P1.4-T budget for 2009
By Delon Porcalla
Sunday, October 12, 2008
After two weeks of marathon hearings, the House of Representatives finally approved early yesterday morning the P1.415-trillion national budget for 2009.
“We have just passed a very flexible, reform-oriented budget, and a recession-responsive policy action that our people can depend on, an antidote to economic stagnation,” Speaker Prospero Nograles said in a statement shortly before leaving for Geneva, Switzerland for a conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011114
4 more Yes The Filipino Can! awardees named
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Eleven Filipinos – men, women and institutions – will be recognized with RFM Corp.’s launching of the first “Yes The Filipino Can! Awards” tomorrow at the NBC Tent in Taguig.
As they celebrate a milestone of 50 golden years in the industry, the “Yes The Filipino Can! Awards,” spearheaded by RFM chairman Jose Ma. “JoeCon” Concepcion Jr. and RFM president and CEO Jose Ma. “Joey” Concepcion III, will recognize Filipinos who have greatly contributed to improving lives and empowering their countrymen.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011115
SC junks as premature lawmaker’s petition on Cha-cha
By Sandy Araneta
Sunday, October 12, 2008
The Supreme Court has dismissed as premature the petition filed by a lawmaker questioning the procedure at the House of Representatives in connection with proposals to amend or revise the Constitution.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011116
Atienza: DENR to act swiftly on SC’s Boracay decision
Sunday, October 12, 2008
In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling upholding government control over Boracay, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza said his agency will “move immediately” to implement the decision and meet with affected stakeholders on the island resort.
The SC ruled last Wednesday that Boracay belongs to the state and residents cannot claim ownership of parcels of land based on their years of occupation.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011117
DFA confirms release of 2 Pinoy seamen in Somalia
Sunday, October 12, 2008
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed yesterday the release of 29 crewmen, including two Filipino seamen, of Iranian bulk carrier M/V Iran Deyanat hijacked by Somali pirates last Aug. 21.
DFA Undersecretary Esteban Conejos Jr. said Filipino seafarers Sergio Paloma, 44, of Leyte, and Reynaldo Uy Jr., 30, of Davao, were among those freed last Friday and are now safe.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011118
Geneva trip of House official stymies filing of new impeach bid
By Delon Porcalla
Sunday, October 12, 2008
The absence of a key official of the House of Representatives prevented the filing of the fourth impeachment complaint against President Arroyo yesterday.
Businessman Jose de Venecia III and Iloilo Vice Gov. Rolex Suplico were not able to file the complaint since House secretary general Marilyn Yap was not around to formally receive the document.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011119
World’s economic powers endorse plan to stem financial crisis
Sunday, October 12, 2008
WASHINGTON – Finance officials from the world’s top economic powers endorsed a plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century.
Officials from the Group of Seven (G7) countries issued the five-point plan aimed at reversing a credit crisis that has unhinged Wall Street and markets around the globe. They pledged to take “decisive action and use all available tools.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011120
Lacson: JPEPA vote not a trade-off
By Christina Mendez
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Opposition Sen. Panfilo Lacson maintained yesterday that he voted for the ratification of the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) after the environmental issues were threshed out in further exchange of notes between the foreign ministers of the two countries.
Denying reports that he traded off his yes vote for the constitution of the Senate ethics committee that will look into his allegations against Senate President Manuel Villar over the C-5 Road extension project, Lacson explained that he voted for JPEPA because of the assurance made by Philippine Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon that toxic wastes will not be dumped into the country.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011121
Palace unaware of any DOF investigation vs Hefti
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Malacañang said yesterday it was not aware of any investigation being conducted by the Department of Finance on resigned Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) chief Lilian Hefti, which supposedly led her to quit.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081011122
P1.4-trillion budget passed
Education gets biggest share of P167.9B; Public Works, P120B
By Sammy Martin, Reporter
Lawmakers, voting viva voce, unanimously passed the proposed P1.415-trillion national budget for 2009 on second reading on Saturday morning.
House Speaker Propero Nograles thanked the lawmakers for their patience with the first national budget passed under his leadership.
“We have just passed a very flexible, reform-oriented budget, and a recession-responsive policy action that our people can depend on, an antidote to economic stagnation,” Nograles said. He noted that the House remained faithful to the constitutional mandate of giving education the highest focus among the nation’s priorities.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/oct/12/yehey/metro/20081012met1.html
House approves P1.41-trillion ’09 nat’l budget on 2nd reading
By EDMER PANESA
In the early hours of Saturday morning, the House of Representatives approved on second reading the proposed national budget for 2009 which, according to its leaders, was designed to protect the country from possible ill effects of the global financial crisis.
The 238-member legislative body passed by viva voce vote the budget measure at exactly 3:34 a.m. yesterday before going into a month-long recess.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20081012137742.html
Impeach 4, dederetso sa basurahan
(Eralyn prado/Richard Buenaventura)
Maagang hinulaan ng Malacañang na dederetso sa basurahan ang ikaapat na impeachment complaint na isasampa laban kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/oct1208/news02.htm
Impeach 4 napalusutan
Nina BOYET JADULCO at BERNARD TAGUINOD
Napalusutan ng Secretary-General ng Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso ang civil society group na maghahain ng ikaapat na impeachment complaint laban kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo matapos na mangibang-bansa ito.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/oct1208/news_story2.htm
Senado ipapakapon sa SC
(Bernard Taguinod)
Ipinasa kahapon ng isang kongresista sa Korte Suprema ang pagpapasya kung dapat o hindi na magbotohan ang dalawang kapulungan ng Kongreso bilang iisang ‘body’ at hindi bilang magkahiwalay na chamber sa usapin ng Charter change (ChaCha).
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/oct1208/news05.htm
Tatanggap ng ‘impeachment’ ni PGMA, lumipad sa Switzerland
Nabigo ang mga civil society group nitong Sabado na maihain ang impeachment complaint laban kay Pangulong Gloria Maca-pagal -Arroyo matapos lumipad patungong Geneva, Switzerland ang secretary-general ng Kamara de Representantes na awtorisadong tumanggap ng reklamo.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-10-12&sec=1&aid=75456
Open hearing, hiniling sa ethics probe ni Villar
NANAWAGAN si opposition Sen. Panfilo Lacson kay Senate ethics committee chairwoman Pilar Juliana Cayetano noong Sabado na huwag pabayaan na magkaroon ng closed door hearings kapag tatalakayin ng kanyang komite ang ‘road to nowhere’ na reklamo laban kay Senate President Manuel Villar Jr.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-10-12&sec=1&aid=75457
Palace twits impeach move
By: Efren Montano
“WRONG timing!”
Thus declared Malacañang as for the nth time it twitted fresh efforts to oust President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from the Palace and laughed off the timing of new impeachment complaints filed against her.
Deputy Presidential Spokesman Anthony Golez Jr. said that now is not the proper timing for politics amid the global financial tsunami.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-10-12&sec=4&aid=75477
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