I. BANNER STORIES
RM awardees call for new type of leaders
By Edson C. Tandoc Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:45:00 08/31/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Asia has seen the emergence of a new spirit of partnership and sharing in coming to grips with the region’s problems but good government is urgently needed for such efforts to succeed, according to the two-day Asia Forum of leaders from 24 countries.
New talks to focus on disarmament
By Marvin Sy
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Barely a month after it almost gave the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) more territories and vast political powers, the government announced yesterday the scrapping of the peace negotiations with the separatist Muslim group citing its members’ deadly attacks on civilians and security forces.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080830146]
3. Manila Times
Sunday, August 31, 2008
SPECIAL REPORT : THE CIVIL SERVICE
New CSC chair presses war on red tape, honors heroes in government service
Experts: Politics must lay off civil service
By Rene Q. Bas, Editor In Chief
FILIPINOS lament the deterioration of public governance. They do not trust government officials. They deplore the bad management of the central government and the Cabinet departments, the wholesale corruption in government, the tendency to do things in secret despite the law that requires government officials to act in the open and make their documents available to the media and the public.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/31/yehey/top_stories/20080831top1.html
4. Malaya
Gov’t plays MNLF card
1996 accord revived as road to peace...
BY VICTOR REYES
TWELVE years after the signing of the 1996 peace pact with the Moro National Liberation Front, top security officials yesterday met with MNLF leaders to discuss the full implementation of the agreement as a way to attaining genuine peace in Mindanao.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/aug30/news1.htm
Peace talks to continue – Palace
Despite junking of ancestral domain accord
Peace talks to continue, says Palace official
By DAVID CAGAHASTIAN
Presidential Management Staff (PMS) chief Cerge Remonde said yesterday the government will push through the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) despite the government’s decision to "set aside" the agreement on ancestral domain during the Supreme Court hearing on questions on its constitutionality last Friday.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20080831133922.html
6. The Daily Tribune
7. Abante
100% UMENTO NI GMA,
OFF’LS INSULTO!
Nina BERNARD TAGUINOD, BOYET JADULCO at JULIET DE LOZA
Hindi lang ang mga senador kundi maging ang mga kaalyadong kongresista ng Malacañang ang umangal at haharang sa isinusulong na 100% taas-sahod ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at ng iba pang opisyal ng pamahalaan kasama si Vice President Noli De Castro, mga miyembro ng gabinete at mambabatas ng dalawang kapulungan ng Kongreso.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/aug3108/default.htm
8. Abante-Tonite
OTOY HOLDAPER NANAKSAK!
Alvin Madan
Nakapangingilabot ang kapangahasan ng mga pabata na nang pabatang mga kriminal na nasasangkot sa iba’t ibang krimen, patunay ang isang 15-anyos na binatilyo kasama ang isang binata sa serye ng panghoholdap ay walang awa pang nanaksak ng kanyang biniktima sa Caloocan City kamakalawa ng gabi.
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/aug3108/crime1.htm
9. Pilipino Star Ngayon
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Bansa&p=50&type=2&sec=54&aid=20080830105
10. Journal
STOP OFWS!
By: Lee Ann P. Ducusin
Church says migration of workers ruining families
THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines called on the government to stop promoting overseas employment because of its negative social impact.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-08-31&sec=1&aid=71540
11. Business World
12. Business Mirror
II. POLITICAL
2004 ferry bombing brains falls
By Jaime Laude
Sunday, August 31, 2008
The Philippine National Police (PNP) now has in its custody the prime suspect in the Feb. 27, 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing that claimed the lives of 116 passengers.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080830147
Ramadan begins tomorrow
Sunday, August 31, 2008
The country’s Muslim communities will start tomorrow the observance of the Ramadan fasting season, obligatory to all physically fit believers and regarded as one of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080830148
More violence seen in Mindanao
Solons: MOA junking seen as gov’t way out of talks
By Norman Bordadora, Jeoffrey Maitem
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:47:00 08/31/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The highest-ranking Muslim leader in Congress on Saturday warned of peace becoming more elusive in Mindanao if the government scraps the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain it ironed out with Moro secessionists in Kuala Lumpur.
Gov’t unfazed by threat of suit over junked MOA
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:48:00 08/31/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Amid a warning the government could be haled before the International Court of Justice, Malacañang yesterday said it was standing by its top lawyer, Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera, who has said the proposed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on ancestral domain with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has been set aside.
T’boli kill 5 MILF men, say police
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:50:00 08/31/2008
KORONADAL CITY, Philippines—Armed T’boli natives killed five Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels, including a field commander, during a clash in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, police said yesterday.
RM laureate wants Japan to face truth of war atrocities
By Lito Zulueta
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:51:00 08/31/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Lamenting the “culture of silence” that has made Japan ignore its “stigmatized communities” and keep a stony silence about the atrocities it committed in East Asia during the Second World War, Japanese book publisher Akio Ishii, the 2008 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts, wants to compel his countrymen to face “the truth of history.”
Other lives lived like my lolo Monching
By Paco Magsaysay
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:53:00 08/31/2008
MANILA, Philippines—It was on this day, Aug. 31, exactly 101 years ago, that my grandfather Ramon Magsaysay was born. The little, quiet town of Iba in Zambales witnessed his birth at past midnight, just as the earth welcomed the coming of dawn, which old folks believed was a good omen.
My biggest regret is that I wasn’t around yet to meet him. Lolo Monching’s story and example not only give me comfort, but also inspiration and wisdom—much like any grandson could learn from a doting grandfather. To me, he is larger than life. He is immortalized not only in books, but also in streets, in schools, in towns, in monuments and in parks. There is not much room to bottle up my pride and joy, whenever I see his name inscribed in these places. But of all the many things that honor this great man, I consider the work of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) the most important.
GMA vs JDV: Whose shrimp is better?
By Yolanda Sotelo-Fuertes
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:54:00 08/31/2008
DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines—It’s a tough choice: Hipon ni Gloria (Gloria’s shrimp) or Hipon ni JDV (JDV’s shrimp)?
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) research center here is studying two kinds of shrimp— ulang or freshwater prawns, which researchers like to call “Hipon ni Gloria,” named in honor of President Macapagal-Arroyo who supported its culture, and the vannamei or Pacific white shrimp, which was cultured only after former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. was able to lift the ban on the importation of the prawn species.
Air Force honors the 9 men it lost in Davao plane crash
By Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:56:00 08/31/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The grief was palpable in the heavy afternoon air as nine caskets were unloaded from a C-130 plane to the somber sound of trumpets and drums at Villamor Air Base, as the military yesterday honored the airmen it lost in Monday night’s crash in the Davao Gulf.
Bahrain deports suspected ferry bombing brains
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:57:00 08/31/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Police have arrested one of the alleged masterminds of a ferry bombing that killed 116 people four years ago, according to Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita.
SC: Being gay not grounds for annulment
By Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:57:00 08/31/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Being gay is not valid ground for having one’s marriage annulled, hiding the fact is.
The Supreme Court has reversed the decision of the Las Piñas City Regional Trial Court that broke up a couple’s 11-year marriage after the wife claimed her husband was a homosexual.
You can’t serve 2 masters, Panlilio told
By Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:58:00 08/31/2008
MANILA, Philippines—A senior official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has again asked embattled priest turned Pampanga Gov. Ed Panlilio to choose between the priesthood and politics.
Asia Society picks 10 young RP leaders
Sunday, August 31, 2008
At the young age of 31, Mark Ruiz is one of the founders of two highly successful social enterprises, Hapinoy and Rags2Riches.
On one hand, Hapinoy helps sari-sari store owners earn more by helping them access business loans from microfinance institutions and linking them up directly to manufacturers of the products that they sell, thus enabling them to purchase the products at a lower price.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080830150
‘Change in behavior, not condoms, will stem AIDS’
By Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:59:00 08/31/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Catholic Church wants the Department of Health to stop promoting the use of condoms to prevent the spread of the AIDS-causing HIV virus.
Still No. 1: Inquirer leads broadsheets, says Nielsen
By Kate V. Pedroso
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:01:00 08/31/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Daily Inquirer has sustained its leadership among Filipino broadsheet readers nationwide, according to the latest survey conducted by Nielsen Media Research.
Troops repulse MILF attacks in Maguindanao
By Jaime Laude
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Government troops repulsed Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels that attacked two Army battalion posts in Maguindanao Friday in a desperate effort to breach the military cordon.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080830151
PAF honors C-130 crew
By Jaime Laude
Sunday, August 31, 2008
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) officially honored yesterday its nine flight personnel who went missing and are now presumed dead after their C-130 cargo plane crashed Monday evening in Davao Gulf while en route to Cebu to fetch members of the Presidential Security Group.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080830152
Zialcita: No winnable Lakas presidential bet yet
By Delon Porcalla
Sunday, August 31, 2008
The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats party admitted yesterday that they have no winnable presidential bet for 2010 yet.
While the number of presidential aspirants in the fragmented opposition is the least of its worries, the lack of a potential winner for the administration is a problem that needs to be seriously addressed by the ruling Lakas-CMD party of President Arroyo, a senior House member has conceded.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080830154
Estrada says Lozada sought his assistance
By Jose Rodel Clapano
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Former President Joseph Estrada revealed last Friday that Rodolfo Lozada Jr., the Senate’s star witness in the cancelled national broadband network (NBN) deal with ZTE Corp. of China, has sought his help as his relationship with the civil society group Black and White Movement (BWM) has turned sour.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080830155
Poor Asians need special attention – RM laureates
By Patricia Esteves
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Ramon Magsaysay laureates and hundreds of delegates at the Ramon Magsaysay Asia Forum agreed yesterday that the one billion Asians living on less than $2 a day require special attention and that a provision of social safety nets and “a voice in building their own future” must be taken.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080830156
DFA: 2 Pinoys in vessel hijacked in Somalia
Sunday, August 31, 2008
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed yesterday that two Filipino seamen were among the 29-man crew of the third vessel seized by pirates in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia.
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080830158
