I. BANNER STORIES
RP to seek China’s help on tainted milk
Importers demand compensation
By Christian V. Esguerra, Dona Pazzibugan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:56:00 10/07/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang will formally seek the Chinese government’s help to obtain compensation for the losses incurred by local importers of China-made milk products banned for melamine contamination.
Oil falls below $90 a barrel
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
SINGAPORE – Oil prices fell to an eight-month low below $90 a barrel yesterday on speculation that the spreading financial crisis will exacerbate a global economic slowdown and cut demand for crude oil.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006145
3. Manila Times
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
World markets plummet
Investors doubt US bailout deal can stem crisis
LONDON: World stock markets plummeted on Monday, striking four-year lows, as panic-stricken investors doubted whether a Wall Street bailout package would stem the global financial crisis.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/oct/07/yehey/top_stories/20081007top1.html
4. Malaya
Peso, stocks tumble
Markets doubt US can head off slump
Share prices skidded 2.6 percent and the peso lost 39 centavos to the dollar at 47.43 yesterday in tandem with the regional market on doubts the $700M US bailout plan which was signed into law during the weekend could head off a global slump.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/oct07/news1.htm
House open to additional ‘sin taxes’
To prepare for possible adverse effects of global crisis
Nograles cites other proposed ‘life vest’ measures
By EDMER F. PANESA & BEN R. ROSARIO
The House of Representatives is prepared to consider proposed measures aimed at helping the country weather the global financial crisis, including the imposition of additional taxes on alcohol and tobacco products, commonly known as "sin taxes," Speaker Prospero C. Nograles said yesterday.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20081007137320.html
NSC claims no role in nixed MoA-AD
By Angie M. Rosales
10/07/2008
From various government agencies’ claims, not one appears to want to admit having any kind of involvement — including President Arroyo — in discussing or even recommending conditions listed down in the aborted Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) earlier agreed upon between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Philippine peace negotiators.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20081007hed1.html
7. Abante
MAKE-UP TAGILID DIN
Nina ERALYN PRADO at JB SALARZON
Sa dudang hindi lang mga produktong gatas ang may halong ‘toxic chemicals’, isusunod nang suriin ng Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) ang mga imported na make-up at beauty products.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/oct0708/default.htm
BUHAY INIALAY KAY MAHAL
Ni ARIES CANO
Pinatunayan ng isang 33-anyos na lalaki ang labis na pagmamahal sa kanyang kinakasama nang ibuwis ang sarili niyang buhay matapos na ipagtanggol ito sa kanilang kapitbahay na na-bad trip dahil lamang sa mga nakahambalang na labahing damit sa Maynila kamakalawa ng gabi.
Naisugod pa sa Gat. Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center pero kalaunan ay nalagutan din ng hininga ang biktimang si Marky Luyas, naninirahan sa 565 Valderama St., Binondo, Maynila.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/oct0708/news_story1.htm
Batasan bomber nakatakas
Ni Joy Cantos
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Isang suspek na naging testigo kinalaunan sa pambobomba sa labas ng gusali ng House of Representatives sa Batasan, Quezon City noong nakaraang taon ang napaulat na tumakas kahapon ng umaga mula sa kustodya ng Criminal Investigation and Detection Group ng Philippine National Police sa Camp Crame.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=2008100690
10. Journal
11. Business World
Gov’t sets Petron tag at P25.7B
THE GOVERNMENT HAS SET a P25.68-billion price tag for its 40% stake in Petron Corp., formally offering it to UK investment firm Ashmore Group which earlier this year bought an identical stake from erstwhile state partner Saudi Aramco.
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW100708/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
Electronics sector’s fears eased
By Mia M. Gonzalez
Reporter
The government on Monday assured the electronics sector—the main driver of the Philippine economy—of continued support to boost its competitiveness, including keeping inflation in check and more funds for infrastructure development, to attract investments despite the global economic slowdown.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/10072008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
CHAPMAN-HULTMAN KILLER
Teehankee released in dead of night
By Norman Bordadora, Arlyn dela Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:57:00 10/07/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The son of a former Supreme Court Chief Justice, sentenced to life in prison for shooting to death a 16-year-old girl despite her pleas for mercy, has been released from jail after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo granted him executive clemency.
Batasan blast suspect evades custodian
By Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:58:00 10/07/2008
MANILA, Philippines—His guard was taking a bath when Ikram Indama, a suspect-turned-state-witness in the deadly bombing attack on the Batasang Pambansa 11 months ago, disappeared from the supposedly tightly guarded Camp Crame at sunrise Monday.
SOLON URGES
Label fresh China meat, veggies, too
By Leila Salaverria, Christine Avendaño, Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:59:00 10/07/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Even meat, poultry and vegetables sold in local markets should have labels indicating their country of origin in order to promote food safety and to curb smuggling, according to Palawan Rep. Abraham Mitra.
Palace not keen on hiking wages
By Christian V. Esguerra
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:37:00 10/07/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The granting of wage increases to cope with the rising prices of commodities is not on Malacañang’s priority list, in the midst of fears the US financial crisis that could hit the Philippines.
SPECIAL REPORT
‘It takes time to rebuild Mindanao’
‘It’s easy to destroy’
By Fernando del Mundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:35:00 10/07/2008
Read Part 1: Multidonor effort to rebuild threatened
(Second of three parts)
COTABATO CITY—International aid agencies involved in rebuilding Mindanao from four decades of civil strife are warning that attempts to portray the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as a terrorist organization could be disastrous for the country.
Leave Arroyo’s pork alone, says Speaker
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:38:00 10/07/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Don’t touch her pork barrel.
Speaker Prospero Nograles aired the warning in the wake of calls by the minority in the House to slash the 2009 national budget by P100 billion to P200 billion, including from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s intelligence fund.
VACC questions Teehankee pardon
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:39:00 10/07/2008
MANILA, Philippines—An ally of Maureen Hultman’s family in the campaign against heinous crimes in the 1990s yesterday questioned President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s grant of executive clemency to Claudio Teehankee Jr.
WHAT WENT BEFORE
Infamous escapees from Crame
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 07:07:00 10/07/2008
MANILA, Philippines—A number of notorious criminals have escaped from Camp Crame, headquarters of the Philippine National Police.
On June 19, 2002, alleged Pentagon kidnap gang leader Faisal Marohombsar and two other suspected kidnappers, Abdul Macaumpang and Rolando Patino, walked out of their cell. Marohombsar told a radio interview the next day his guard had been asleep.
$30-B regional stabilization fund proposed
By Paolo Romero
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
President Arroyo’s economic adviser is pushing for the setting up of a $30-billion regional stabilization fund to provide a region-wide protection against possible fallout from the US financial contagion, which has already raised fears of recession in large economies in Europe.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006146
House still bent on pushing Cha-cha
By Edith Regalado and Jess Diaz
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
President Arroyo’s allies in the House of Representatives are bent on pushing for Charter change (Cha-cha) before her term expires on June 30, 2010.
Speaker Prospero Nograles told reporters that Cha-cha remains on the chamber’s agenda, “waiting in the wings.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006147
Congress probes melamine scare
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Congress starts today its probe on toxic food imports, including melamine-contaminated milk and other products from China.
The House committee on agriculture will conduct this afternoon a public hearing on the matter as a resolution has also been filed in the Senate by Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago seeking an inquiry in aid of legislation “to identify, and consequently cause the prosecution and removal of, culpable Customs bureau officials responsible for the entry and proliferation of melamine-tainted products in the country.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006148
Shabu now more precious than gold
By Edu Punay and Christina Mendez
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) said yesterday the street price of methamphetamine hydrochloride, popularly known as shabu, has skyrocketed by as much as 700 percent in the last seven months.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006149
World Bank gets Marcelo vs graft
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
WASHINGTON – The World Bank has appointed former Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo and three others to a new anti-corruption advisory body.
Appointed with Marcelo to the WB’s new Independent Advisory Board were former Australian Treasurer Peter Costello, former US diplomat and scholar Chester Crocker, and Swiss jurist Mark Pieth.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006150
Insurance Commission, SEC to step in for Philam plan holders
By Christina Mendez
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Sen. Edgardo Angara urged yesterday the Insurance Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to protect the plan holders of Philamlife amid the pending sale of the Philippine subsidiary by its mother company, American International Group (AIG).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006151
House leadership bucks budget cut, but open to ‘realignments’
By Delon Porcalla
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Speaker Prospero Nograles said yesterday he is not amenable to cutting the P1.415-trillion national budget as proposed by opposition lawmakers, but is open to “realignments” designed to better prepare the government to deal with the impact of a US economic meltdown.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006152
Miriam warns Jamby vs forum shopping in Villar complaint
By Christina Mendez
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago doubts that the complaint to be filed by opposition Sen. Jamby Madrigal against Senate President Manuel Villar would prosper before the Senate ethics committee.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006153
Removing tariff on flour won’t benefit consumers, millers say
By Elisa Osorio
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The removal of the tariff on flour will reduce the prices of pandesal and loaf bread only slightly but will mean P1.3 billion in foregone revenues for the government, the Philippine Association of Flour Millers said (PAFMIL).
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006154
Gordon wants MILF bounty raised to P20 M
By Helen Flores
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Sen. Richard Gordon yesterday urged the government to once again increase the bounty on two leaders of the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) from P10 million to P20 million each.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006155
Teehankee, convicted killer, freed
By Rhodina Villanueva
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Controversial inmate Claudio Teehankee Jr., the late former Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee Sr.’s son convicted for the murder of two youngsters and wounding of another in 1991, was finally released from prison last Thursday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006156
Declare your intentions for 2010, Noli urged
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Vice President Noli de Castro was urged yesterday to declare his intentions for 2010 to hasten the alignment of forces among supporters of the Arroyo administration.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006157
Government claims improved conviction rate vs corruption
By Edu Punay
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The government has claimed an improvement in its campaign to go after corrupt officials as the conviction rate in cases filed by the Office of the Ombudsman with the Sandiganbayan soared to a record-high 83.87 percent last month.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006158
Retrieved endosulfan to be brought to Manila before sent back to Israel
By Rainier Allan Ronda
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The head of Task Force Princess of the Stars, Transportation and Communications Undersecretary Maria Elena Bautista, said the 400 packs of endosulfan successfully retrieved from the M/V Princess of the Stars will be transported to Manila tomorrow before they are brought back to Israel where the toxic chemical came from.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006159
GMA to appoint Mike Defensor as PNR chairman?
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
President Arroyo is set to appoint Michael Defensor as chairman of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) to revive the country’s aging rail system, official sources said.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006160
BBC comedy hit for racist remark vs Pinay maids
By Delon Porcalla
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The government was urged to file a complaint and demand an apology from the British government-owned British Broadcasting Corp. for racist remarks and negative portrayal of Filipinas abroad, specifically Filipina domestic helpers.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006161
China detains 6 more suspects in milk scandal
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
BEIJING – Chinese authorities have detained six more people in the country’s contaminated milk scandal, as more than 5,000 inspectors were dispatched to dairy factories to make sure produce complied with food safety standards.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006162
Comelec to reactivate online info drive for 2010
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reactivated its on-line information campaign to encourage voters to register for the 2010 presidential polls.
In a statement posted on its website, Comelec’s Education and Information Division (EID) said its voter education website, bagongbotante.com, has been revived to feature “informative articles and lots of downloadable materials that voter educators could use.”
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006163
Buy crafts from Pinoy SMEs this Christmas to help economy
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Here’s a Christmas shopping tip: buy Philippine-made products crafted by small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Presidential Management Staff chief Secretary Cerge Remonde said buying products of SMEs would spur the economy now being threatened by the global slowdown.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081006164
Senate primadonnas boycott chamber photo shoot
10/07/2008
Two senate primadonnas, Senators Panfilo Lacson and Jamby Madrigal, boycotted the Senate photo shoot yesterday for its anniversary issue.
Lacson claimed to be sick while Madrigal refused to be part of the shoot, even as she was left all alone in the chamber, claiming she had much work to do in collating evidence against Senate President Manuel Villar Jr., whom she will be charging before the ethics committee.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20081007hed6.html
Jamby nalulunod sa ebidensya
(Boyet Jadulco)
Nabigo si Sen. Jamby Madrigal na ihain sa Senate committee on ethics ang kanyang reklamo laban kay Senate President Manny Villar dahil bigla umanong bumuhos ang mga ebidensiya laban sa lider ng Senado.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/oct0708/news_story4.htm
Umento babarahan ng palasyo
(Rose Miranda/Bernard Taguinod)
Ipinahiwatig kahapon ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang maigting na pagtutol sa anumang bagay na posibleng mag-udyok sa mga manggagawa na humingi ng panibagong pagtaas sa suweldo lalo na ngayong kalagitnaan ng global economic crisis.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/oct0708/news06.htm
Si Loren o si Chiz?
(Boyet Jadulco)
Magpapa-survey si dating Ambassador Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco sa susunod na buwan upang malaman kung sino kina Sens. Loren Legarda at Francis “Chiz” Escudero ang bebendisyunan nito sa 2010 presidential elections.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/oct0708/news_story7.htm
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