I. BANNER STORIES
Teehankee release hit
Parents of slain teenager outraged
By Leila Salaverria, Jocelyn Uy, Michael Lim Ubac, TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:42:00 10/08/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang has drawn fierce criticism for the midnight release of the man convicted of the killing of two young people, including a teenaged girl, on July 13, 1991.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081008-165163/Teehankee-release-hit
‘Roll back oil prices or face windfall tax’
By Aurea Calica
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Calls for oil companies to roll back fuel prices mounted yesterday as Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile said these firms must be taxed for excess profits if they refuse to bring down prices.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007126
3. Manila Times
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Global recession avoidable
In RP, President asks officials to draft plan
A global recession can be avoided with a coordinated plan to restore market confidence shattered by the US subprime mortgage crisis, the former International Monetary Fund chief said Tuesday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/oct/08/yehey/top_stories/20081008top1.html
4. Malaya
Teehankee release assailed
BY WENDELL VIGILIA
JUSTICE Secretary Raul Gonzalez violated his department’s own rules governing the grant of executive clemency when the DOJ facilitated the release of murder convict Claudio Teehankee Jr., Special prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio said yesterday.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/oct08/news1.htm
World markets stabilize
After plunging in Europe and Asia
Hog industry, DA approve pork price cut
By MARVYN N. BENANING
Key hog industry players, from meat processors down to wholesalers and retailers, have agreed to pull down the cost of prime pork cuts ahead of the Christmas season by agreeing on a "reference price" ranging from P140 to P150 per kilo.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20081008137416.html
6. The Daily Tribune
7. Abante
HUSTISYA BINABABOY!
ROLITO GO ISUSUNOD
Nina BOYET JADULCO, REY MARFIL, ERALYN PRADO, NILO MARASIGAN, BERNARD TAGUINOD at ROSE MIRANDA
Tahasang sinabi kahapon ni Sen. Mar Roxas na binababoy na ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang sistema ng hustisya sa bansa matapos palayain ang convicted killer na si Claudio Teehankee Jr. na nahatulan ng habambuhay na pagkabilanggo sa walang kadahilanang pagpatay sa teenager at pagkasugat sa isa pa sa Dasmariñas Village, Makati City noong Hulyo 1991.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/oct0808/default.htm
CAUGHT IN THE ACT SA CYBERSEX
Nina DINDO MATINING, ARMIDA RICO at JULIET DE LOZA
Sinalakay ng mga pulis ang isang cybersex den kung saan nahuli ang maintainer nito kasama ang anim na babae, kabilang ang isang isang 20-anyos na dalaga na nahuling nakahubad habang kausap ang isang dayuhang kliyente, sa computer kamakalawa sa Mandaluyong City.
Kinilala ni Mandaluyong Police chief Sr. Supt. Carlos de Sagun ang mga nadakip na sina Mercidita Roncales, umano’y tagapamahala ng nasabing cybersex den at ang mga cybersex workers na sina Jocelyn Bilon, Hazel Santos, Evangeline Bandojo, Irish Ann Coo, Perlita Palisok, at Josephine Jacob, pawang mga nasa edad na 20 hanggang 25-anyos.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/oct0808/news_story1.htm
Trillanes, hopeless
Ni Gemma Amargo-Garcia
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tuluyan nang hindi makakadalo sa mga session at maging sa mga committee hearing sa Senado si Senador Antonio Trillanes IV.
Ito’y matapos na ibasura ng Supreme Court (SC) en banc sa ikatlong pagkakataon ang kahilingan ni Trillanes na makapagsagawa ng oral argument sa kanyang petition na naglalayong makalabas sa kanyang kulungan sa Fort Bonifacio.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=20081007148
10. Journal
CANNED FOOD, COSMETICS TOXIC, TOO
By: Lee Ann L. Pattugalan and Jester Manalastas
Luncheon meat, Chinese beauty products tested for melamine
CANNED food and beauty products from China will be tested next by the Bureau of Food and Drugs to determine if these are also contaminated with melamine and other harmful chemicals.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-10-08&sec=1&aid=75128
11. Business World
Inflation hits ‘turning point’
September result a lower-than-expected 11.9% from August’s 12.5% peak
CONSUMER PRICES rose by a lower-than-expected 11.9% year on year in September, easing from August’s 12.5% and signalling that inflation in the country had peaked.
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW100808/content.php?id=001
12. Business Mirror
SM, Ayala eyeing Philamlife
By Honey Madrilejos-Reyes
Reporter
CONGLOMERATES SM Group and Ayala Corp. are interested in acquiring Philippine American Life and Insurance Co. (Philamlife).
Late Monday, Teresita Sy-Coson, vice chairman of SM Investments Corp., told the BusinessMirror the company is keen on buying the country’s largest insurer, but it has no definite plans yet.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/10082008/headlines01.html
II. POLITICAL
SC upholds amparo for Manalo brothers
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:08:00 10/08/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Declaring citizens must be shielded from “unreasonable” government intrusions, the Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the writ of amparo granted by the Court of Appeals to two brothers who had escaped from military detention and sought court protection from harassment or abduction by security forces.
Arroyo orders contingency plan
Recession in US could cloud RP prospects
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:09:00 10/08/2008
MANILA, Philippines—President Macapagal-Arroyo Tuesday ordered her economic managers to draw up a contingency plan to cushion the impact on the poor and overseas workers of a possible economic recession in the United States.
Batasan blast suspect surrenders
By Nancy C. Carvajal, Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:10:00 10/08/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The suspect-turned-state-witness in last year’s bombing at the House of Representatives was unhampered when he casually walked out of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-National Capital Region (CIDG-NCR) building in Camp Crame at around 4 a.m. on Monday.
AFTER TEEHANKEE PARDON
Will Rolito be next to go?
By Christine Avendaño, Arlyn dela Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:40:00 10/08/2008
MANILA, Philippines—After Claudio Teehankee Jr., can Rolito Go be far behind?
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez Tuesday said Go—who was convicted of killing Eldon Maguan in a 1991 traffic altercation—was “eligible” for presidential pardon now that he had served “more than half” of his life term. Also, Gonzalez said, Maguan’s family had accepted the damages ordered by the court.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081008-165188/Will-Rolito-be-next-to-go
SPECIAL REPORT
Doc says Moro war is about injustice
By Fernando del Mundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:36:00 10/08/2008
Read Part 1: Multidonor effort to rebuild threatened
Read Part 2: ‘It takes time to rebuild Mindanao’
(Last of three parts)
COTABATO CITY—Dr. Abas Candao says friends wonder why in spite of the over 10 years he had spent in Saudi Arabia he never learned to speak fluent Arabic.
It’s because, says the anesthesiologist, “I put people to sleep.”
Today, the 60-year-old Candao is attempting to awaken a nation from a nightmare rooted in centuries-old resentments that erupted into a full-blown Moro separatist war four decades ago.
Used cars registration in CEZ stopped
By Melvin Gascon
Northern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 05:37:00 10/08/2008
BAYOMBONG, NUEVA VIZCAYA— The registration of used imported cars brought into the country through the Cagayan Economic Zone (CEZ) has been suspended.
ARROYO SUGGESTION
From now on, call them expats, not OFWs
By Christian V. Esguerra
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:33:00 10/08/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Call them “expats” from now on.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo suggested this term in praise of Filipino migrant workers yesterday, saying it befits their vast contribution to the economy as well as their rising status in the global labor market.
Inflation slows down to 11.9% in September
By Des Ferriols
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The inflation rate slowed down to 11.9 percent in September from 12.5 percent in August, a development officials said indicated the softening of prices of basic commodities after weeks of worrisome increases.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007127
Biggest health scourge of Pinoy kids: Bad teeth
By Rainier Allan Ronda
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tooth decay and other dental health problems have remained the number one health scourge of millions of students in public schools in the country.
The Department of Education’s Health and Nutrition Center (DepEd-HNC) reported that dental check-ups conducted under its Universal Medical and Dental Check-up campaign found that 70.51 percent or 1,657,776 students suffered from dental caries or serious tooth decay.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007128
Senators slam Teehankee release
By Christina Mendez
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Senators slammed yesterday President Arroyo’s commutation of sentence and the release under a veil of secrecy last Thursday of murder convict Claudio Teehankee Jr., a brother of a justice undersecretary.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007130
GMA orders closure of stores selling China milk
By Paolo Romero
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
President Arroyo ordered the closure of establishments and food outlets importing and selling melamine-tainted milk and dairy products.
In a Cabinet meeting, Mrs. Arroyo ordered officials to strictly monitor the sale and importation of melamine-tainted dairy products and close down the establishments selling them.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007131
LTFRB sets public hearing on fare cut petitions next week
By Perseus Echeminada
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will conduct next week public hearings on the petition filed by a commuters’ group seeking a P2.50 reduction on the minimum transport fare nationwide.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007132
DPWH, DA to suffer budget cuts
By Jess Diaz
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) will most likely have budgets lower than the amounts President Arroyo has proposed for these agencies for 2009, Speaker Prospero Nograles said yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007133
117 bottles of pesticide recovered from sunken ferry
By Evelyn Macairan
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) commandant Vice Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo reported yesterday that divers from the two salvage firms have already recovered 117 bottles of pesticide owned by Bayer Crop Science (BCS) from the sunken M/V Princess of the Stars that capsized off Romblon last June.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007134
Ex-Customs official charged with graft
By Edu Punay
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
A former Customs police official faces criminal and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman for failing the government’s lifestyle check.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007135
16 senators vote for ratification of Asean charter
By Aurea Calica
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Senate ratified the Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) yesterday.
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. rejected the Charter on grounds that military-ruled Myanmar refuses to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007136
COA finds PCGG officials excessively using mobile phones
By Rainier Allan Ronda
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Commission on Audit cited officials of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) for failing to regulate the excessive use of mobile telephones that cost the agency more than P200,000 a month.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007137
Noli says not yet time to declare presidential bid
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Vice President Noli de Castro rejected yesterday an appeal for him to declare his intention to run for president in 2010.
House Deputy Minority Leader Neptali Gonzales II had made the appeal, saying De Castro’s making public his presidential bid would hasten the realignment of political forces loyal to President Arroyo.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007138
US won’t cut aid to RP
By Pia Lee Brago
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Despite the troubled financial system, US Ambassador Kristie Kenney said yesterday Washington will not cut its assistance to the Philippines.
“I don’t think so because (of course) that has already been approved by the US Congress and there is a lot of interest in it,” Kenney said in a chance interview at the inauguration and blessing of “Bahay Silungan sa Paliparan,” a halfway house for victims of human trafficking, at Chapel Road, Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007139
DDB plans to revive drug abuse education for elementary students
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) is planning to revive the drug abuse education program for elementary students to discourage or prevent them from using illegal drugs.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007140
Congress set to pass Renewable Energy Bill
By Christina Mendez
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Congress is set to pass the Renewable Energy Bill seeking to help decrease dependence on imported fuel after it was approved by the bicameral conference committee yesterday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007141
China milk crisis to cost billions, up to a year to restore confidence
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
SHANGHAI – China’s milk crisis will likely cost billions of dollars, disrupt millions of livelihoods, and it could be a year before consumer confidence in dairy companies is restored, experts say.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007142
China candy back from tainted milk scare
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
SHANGHAI – China’s iconic White Rabbit candy is back in production after being pulled out of stores around the world last month in the wake of the country’s tainted milk scandal, a state-run newspaper reported Tuesday.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007143
GMA orders crafting of contingency plan to cushion recession impact
By Marvin Sy
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
President Arroyo has ordered the crafting of a contingency plan to cushion the impact of a recession in developed countries on ordinary Filipinos, particularly those working overseas.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007144
85 million Catholics endorse Reproductive Health Bill – Lagman
By Delon Porcalla
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
An “overwhelming majority” of 85 million Catholics have endorsed the Reproductive Health Bill as a means of family planning, according to the bill’s principal author.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007145
Gov’t mulling resumption of peace talks with MILF
By Marvin Sy
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The government is now studying the possibility of resuming the peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) that broke down following the outbreak of hostilities in Central Mindanao last July.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20081007146
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Enrile to oil firms: Roll back prices or else
By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile said Tuesday that if the oil firms would not lower their pump prices, Congress would pass a law that would allow the government to get a portion of their huge profit.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/oct/08/yehey/metro/20081008met1.html
Senate ratifies Asean charter
THE Senate, voting 16-1, yesterday ratified the Asean Charter, with minority leader Aquilino Pimentel casting the lone negative vote.
Pimentel, in opposing the charter, protested the Burmese military junta’s refusal to release long-detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
"Apparently, the Burma junta generals are interested only in form not in substance of democracy espoused by other countries in the Asian region," Pimentel said.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/oct08/news7.htm
Enrile presses oil companies to effect rollback
By HANNAH L. TORREGOZA
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile yesterday warned oil companies that the Senate will pass a bill imposing tax on their excess profit if they will not roll back the price of their oil products despite the low crude prices in the international market.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20081008137417.html
Headcount na sa ChaCha
(Bernard Taguinod)
Sinimulan na ni House Speaker Prospero Nograles ang magbilang kung ilang congressmen ang sumusuporta sa kanyang isinusulong na pagbabago sa 1987 Constitution.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/oct0808/news04.htm
Oposisyon nanlambot sa kaso ni Trillanes
(Rey Marfil)
Nanlumo ang tinaguriang ‘Solid 8’ ng Senado matapos ibasura ng Korte Suprema ang petisyong magbibigay karapatan kay Sen. Antonio ‘Sonny’ Trillanes IV na makadalo sa regular session at public hearing ng Mataas na Kapulungan ng Kongreso.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/oct0808/news_story5.htm
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