I. BANNER STORIES
SC: Moro land deal is illegal
‘Whimsical, capricious, oppressive’
By Tetch Torres, Norman Bordadora
INQUIRER.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:38:00 10/15/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) between the government and a Moro separatist rebel group is illegal and unconstitutional, and the process that led to its crafting was “whimsical, capricious, oppressive, arbitrary and despotic,” the Supreme Court declared Tuesday.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081015-166420/SC-Moro-land-deal-illegal
World stocks soar on Wall Street rally
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
HONG KONG – World markets soared for a second day Tuesday, led by a record 14 percent jump in Tokyo, after Wall Street rallied from its worst week ever on optimism that government rescue efforts will heal the crippled global financial system.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index surged 1,171.14 points, or 14.15 percent, to close at 9,447.57, its biggest single-day gain in history. That’s a stunning reversal after the index plunged 24 percent last week. Tokyo financial markets were playing catch-up to recent developments because they were closed Monday for a holiday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081014170
3. Manila Times
Remittances to grow 15%
BSP forecasts P16.6B coursed through banks
Remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are expected to post a moderate growth in 2008 despite a global economic slowdown, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Nestor Espenilla Jr., the central bank’s deputy governor, said Tuesday the remittances coursed through banks are expected to grow by 15 percent this year to $16.6 billion.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/oct/15/yehey/top_stories/20081015top1.html
4. Malaya
MOA unconstitutional
SC votes 8-7 against Palace
BY EVANGELINE DE VERA
THE Supreme Court, voting 8-7, yesterday declared unconstitutional the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain that the government would have signed with the secessionist Moro National Liberation Front two months ago.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/oct15/news1.htm
MoA with MILF unconstitutional – SC
By 8-7 vote, gov’t enjoined against signing ancestral domain deal
SC rules MoA on ancestral domain unconstitutional
By REY G. PANALIGAN
"The Memorandum of Agreement on the Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP)-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Tripoli Agreement on Peace of 2001 is declared contrary to law and the Constitution."
This was the ruling handed down by the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday in an 8-7 vote that denied the motion of the government, through the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), to dismiss five petitions challenging the constitutionality of the MoA-AD for being moot after the Executive Department has scrapped the agreement.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20081015138057.html
6. The Daily Tribune
7. Abante
PINAY PINUGUTAN!
(Boyet Jadulco/Jun Tadios/Bernard Taguinod)
Hindi umubra ang apela ni Pangulong Gloria Arroyo at Philippine Consulate sa Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) para isalba ang buhay ni Jenifer Bidoya, ang Pinay overseas worker na hinatulan sa kasong pagpatay sa Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/oct1508/default.htm
RAPE NABUKO SA AMOY
Ni ALVIN MADAN
Walang-awang pinagsamantalahan ng isang lalaki ang tatlong taong gulang na batang anak ng kanyang live-in partner subalit nadiskubre ang ginawang panghahalay ng amain matapos maghinala ang ina ng paslit dahil sa kakaibang amoy na nagmumula sa kaselanan nito kamakalawa ng gabi sa Valenzuela City.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/oct1508/news_story1.htm
Pinoy binitay sa Saudi
Ni Mer Layson
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Isang Pinoy ang pinugutan ng ulo sa Saudi Arabia kahapon matapos na katigan ng Korte Suprema ng nasabing bansa ang parusang kamatayan na inihatol sa kanya dahil sa salang pagpatay.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008101496
10. Journal
11. Business World
Caution urged as markets rise
SINGAPORE/MANILA — The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) yesterday led a Southeast Asian market rally as investors banked on concerted government efforts worldwide to ease the fast-spreading financial crisis, but analysts warned the rebound could be a bear market bounce. http://www.bworldonline.com/BW101508/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
SC rules MOA with MILF is unconstitutional
Written by Joel R. San Juan / Reporter
Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:55
THE Supreme Court (SC), voting 8-7, on Tuesday declared as unconstitutional the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) that the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was supposed to sign on August 5 as part of the ongoing peace process to end the more-than-three-decade armed struggled in Mindanao.
II. POLITICAL
MILF to take case to UN, Islamic states
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:23:00 10/15/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is preparing to take the scuttled memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) to the international arena.
JDV urged to back son, ink impeach rap
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:49:00 10/15/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Minority lawmakers in the House of Representatives are urging former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. to support the impeachment complaint filed by a group led by his son on Monday against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Human bone in Bataan camp
By Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:07:00 10/15/2008
LIMAY, BATAAN—Braving rains, a fact-finding team Tuesday dug up a yellow rubber slipper, a laced shirt and burned fragments of what they suspected was a human bone in an area where a former detainee said he saw people being tortured by soldiers.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081015-166447/Human-bone-in-Bataan-camp
GRP-MILF deal: What went before
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:08:00 10/15/2008
MANILA, Philippines—On July 16, representatives of the government and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) announced that they had reached an agreement to expand a Bangsamoro homeland in Mindanao.
Under the proposed memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain, the planned homeland will include the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Sulu, Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Tawi-Tawi, Basilan and Marawi City); six municipalities in Lanao del Norte; hundreds of barangays (villages) in the provinces of Sultan Kudarat, Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato, which voted in 2001 to become part of the ARMM; and parts of Palawan.
Research chief: Give nuke a 2nd look
By Miko L. Morelos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:09:00 10/15/2008
MANILA, Philippines—If government officials only had the will, the Philippines could go nuclear and get closer to attaining its goal of energy independence, according to the head of the country’s nuclear research agency.
One-armed ‘MAC’ joins Makati police
By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:09:00 10/15/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The bomb squad of the Makati City police on Tuesday welcomed its most fearless recruit—a one-armed, two-foot tall, chemical-sensitive, night-seeing robot named “MAC.”
RP gets P300M for disaster control
By Cynthia Balana
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:11:00 10/15/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Japan has extended a grant of P300 million to fund disaster mitigation and education projects in the Philippines.
Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo and Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura signed and exchanged notes on Monday on the two projects: the Improvement of Flood Forecasting and Warning Systems (FFWS) in the Pampanga and Agno river basins and the Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS).
Former NHA exec found guilty of graft
By Margaux Ortiz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:12:00 10/15/2008
MANILA, Philippines—It took 21 years, but the Sandiganbayan has found a former executive of the National Housing Authority (NHA) guilty of graft for authorizing the payment of illegal commissions to a supposed broker.
LABOR CHIEF SAYS
‘No cutback in demand for RP workers’
By TJ Burgonio, Edson C. Tandoc Jr., Alcuin Papa
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 08:53:00 10/15/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Despite the gloomy forecasts, Filipinos should not fret about job losses or possible cutbacks in opportunities in the United States, the Middle East and elsewhere, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said Tuesday.
‘Amid crisis, RP an island of calm’
By Paolo Romero
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The Philippines remains “an island of calm” amid the global financial storm because of its good macroeconomic fundamentals, an official of Standard & Poor’s said.
Press Secretary Jesus Dureza and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) deputy director general Rolando Tungpalan made public the statement of Agost Bernard, S&P’s associate director, during a news briefing in Malacañang yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081014171
PCGG eyes auction of Imelda jewels
By Rainier Allan Ronda
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The move to strike a settlement with former First Lady Imelda Romualdez-Marcos for the sale of her confiscated jewelry worth as much as P15 billion has not been entirely abandoned by the Presidential Commission on Good Government, an official said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081014175
Meet MAC, RP’s first anti-terror robot
By Michael Punongbayan
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
After months of fine-tuning, the country’s very first Filipino-made bomb disposal robot was presented to the public yesterday as the latest member of the Makati City police force.
Made of aluminum, fiberglass, and engineering plastic, the two feet tall machine was officially named MAC (Mechanical Anti-terrorist Concept) and conferred the rank of Police Inspector, equivalent to captain in the military.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081014176
Sulpicio loses suit vs Pagasa
By Sandy Araneta
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
A Manila judge dismissed yesterday a P4.45-million civil case against the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on grounds that the state cannot be sued without its consent.
Judge Silvino Pampilo Jr. of Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 26 also ruled that Sulpicio Lines Inc. cannot sue Pagasa director Prisco Nilo and weather services chief Nathaniel Cruz because they were performing their official duties at the time the act that was the subject of complaint took place.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081014178
SC declares ancestral domain deal ‘unconstitutional’
By Mike Frialde
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional yesterday the agreement on ancestral domain with a warning that “another state within the Philippines” would have been created if the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front had signed it.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081014180
Palace unperturbed by move for TRO vs JPEPA
By Paolo Romero
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Malacañang officials showed no signs that they are disturbed by the move to seek a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the Supreme Court on the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said the JPEPA, which was ratified by the Senate earlier this month, was legal and constitutional.
“Let’s just wait for the outcome of the case,” Dureza told a news briefing at the Palace, adding government lawyers would be defending the government position on the trade agreement with Japan.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081014182
Zamora: JDV’s refusal to endorse son’s impeach case might doom it
By Delon Porcalla And Jess Diaz
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The refusal of former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. to endorse the impeachment complaint filed by his son and namesake Jose III would spell the end of the latest attempt to unseat President Arroyo, the head of the opposition bloc in the House of Representatives said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081014183
AFP ensures contingency measures in place in Mindanao
By James Mananghaya
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The military gave assurances yesterday that contingency measures are in place in case hostilities in Mindanao escalate following the Supreme Court’s ruling declaring the Bangsamoro homeland deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as unconstitutional.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081014184
Even with oil price rollbacks, 3 major transport groups buck fare hike
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
At least three major transport organizations expressed yesterday their opposition to the fare reduction petition during a public hearing at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).
LTFRB chairman Thompson Lantion said among those that opposed the fare hike petition filed by commuters groups were the Piston, Pasang Masda and the Metro Manila Jeep Operators and Drivers Association.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081014187
Recruiters say no lack of jobs, no signs of mass layoff
By Mayen Jaymalin
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The local recruitment industry yesterday reported that there is no lack of jobs abroad for highly skilled Filipino workers and there are no signs of a mass layoff even with the global economic slump.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081014188
House urged to pass law penalizing GSIS non-remittance
By Delon Porcalla
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
A senior lawmaker said yesterday it’s high time that Congress crafts a law that would penalize government agencies or officials who refuse or fail to remit contributions of members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081014190
Erap against impeach case against President
President Gloria Arroyo, who is facing her fourth impeachment case, received a boost from an unlikely source—former President Joseph Estrada, who said Tuesday that addressing the economy should take precedence over politics.
Estrada is a staunch critic of the administration and for good reason. He was ousted from power and replaced by then Vice President Arroyo, whose government sued Estrada for plunder. He was jailed after a six-year trial, and, shortly after, was pardoned by President Arroyo, whose government made Estrada promise to stay out of politics.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/oct/15/yehey/top_stories/20081015top5.html
Joey urged to convince JDV to sign impeach rap
BY WENDELL VIGILIA
SPEAKER Jose de Venecia will have to endorse the new impeachment complaint filed by his son Joey and civil society groups against President Arroyo if he is serious in convincing opposition congressmen to support it, House minority leader Ronaldo Zamora said yesterday.
"If the father can’t be convinced about the legitimacy of the complaint filed by his son, how can we in the minority go around and convince others to join us? Obviously, it’s a setback," he said.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/oct15/news2.htm
Promotor ng MOA-AD dapat panagutin!
Nina Rey Marfil, Eralyn Prado at Bernard Taguinod
Dapat lamang maparusahan ang mga tauhan ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na sangkot sa pagtutulak ng Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) sa separatistang Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) matapos ideklara ng Supreme Court (SC) na ito’y lantarang paglabag sa Konstitusyon.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/oct1508/news_story2.htm
Impeachment attempt won’t succeed, Caraga leaders say
Mike U. Crismundo
DAPA, Siargao Islands, Surigao del Norte — In one voice, leaders in the Caraga region (Northeastern Mindanao) said yesterday the new impeachment complaint filed by administration critics will not succeed, adding the filing of the new impeachment complaint is "ill-timed" while countries in the world are confronting economic difficulties and world leaders renew and step up their strategies to save their respective economies from the lurking threats of recession.
http://www.mb.com.ph/PROV20081015138037.html
MOA-AD ng gobyerno-MILF ‘unconstitutional’
(Eralyn Prado/Rey Marfil/Boyet Jadulco/Bernard Taguinod/Rose Miranda)
Sa bilang na walo kontra pito, nanaig ang botong nagdedeklarang “unconstitutional” ang kontrobersiyal na Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) sa pagitan ng pamahalaan at Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/oct1508/news03.htm
JDV hinamong iendorso ang impeachment 4
(Rey Marfil/Bernard/Taguinod/Rose Miranda/Nilo Marasigan)
Hinamon ng opposition bloc sa Kamara si Pangasinan Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr., na iendorso ang impeachment case na isinampa ng kanyang anak na si Jose “Joey” de Venecia III laban kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/oct1508/news_story3.htm
Kongresista napalusutan sa right of way ng C-5 Road
(Nilo Marasigan)
Napapailing na lamang si Agusan del Sur Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Plaza sa tuwing sasagi sa isipan nito ang hindi patas na bayaran sa right of way (ROW) sa mga lupang natamaan ng C-5 Road extension project sa may Sucat, Parañaque.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/oct1508/news_story4.htm
YES SA IMPEACH 4, YES KAY NOLI!
(Boyet Jadulco/Rey Marfil)
Ibinunyag kahapon ng isang mambabatas na kaya matumal ang suporta sa inihaing impeachment complaint kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa Kamara ay dahil sa ayaw nilang mapatalsik ito upang hindi siya mapalitan ni Vice-President Noli de Castro. http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/oct1508/news04.htm
Bishop backs impeach raps
By: Lee Ann L. Pattugalan
A Catholic bishop yesterday supported the new impeachment complaint filed against President Macapagal-Arroyo, saying she should take responsibility for her “offenses.”
Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez, chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Permanent Committee on Public Affairs, viewed the filing of the complaint as a “positive move.”
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-10-15&sec=1&aid=75757
House to delay decision on impeachment case — Defensor
Timetable is at least six months to end-2009
DELIBERATIONS ON a new impeachment case against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may take a while.
Majority Leader and Iloilo Rep. Arthur D. Defensor, Sr. said it might take at least six months for the House to decide on the issue.
"Assuming it passes through the proper procedures, I think the impeachment will drag through until the end of 2009. That’s just a few months away from the 2010 elections," he said in a telephone interview.
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW101508/content.php?id=072
Impeachment ni GMA nasa kamay ni JDV
By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco
IMPOSIBLENG makakuha ng “supporters” ang impeachment complaint laban kay Pangulong Arroyo kung mabibigo ang principal complainant na si Joey de Venecia III na mapapirma ang amang si dating Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. bilang isa sa posibleng endorser.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-10-15&sec=4&aid=75780
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