Philippine Daily Inquirer articles from April 2010, page 2

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Bowlers eyeing 3 Asiad golds.
April 28, 2010... THE NATIONAL BOWLING TEAMS BUILDUP for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games in November gets going with the squads stint in the PBC Open and two international meets this year. Philippine Bowling Congress secretary general Bong Coo and national...

Buncio destroys Superbikes foes.
April 28, 2010... MAICO BUNCIO OPENED HIS BID for a fourth straight championship with a crushing victory in the kickoff leg of the 2010 Enersel Forte Philippine Superbikes Championship series at the Batangas Racing Circuit in Rosario, Batangas recently. The...

CBCP, INC air fears of poll failure; church to start 9-day novena.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Gil C. Cabacungan and Leila B. Salaverria DIFFERENT FLOCKS, SAME fears. The dominant Catholic church and the politically influential Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) have both called on followers to storm the heavens with prayers against...

Chinese GM halts Wesley in 74-mover.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Roy Luarca Provisional leaders after seven rounds 5.5H. Ni (China), C. Li (China), A. Gupta (India), L. Ding (China) 5.0W. So, J. Zhou (China), R. Yu (China), 4.5R. Antonio, Y. Yu (China), N.G. Geetha (India), B. Gundavaa...

SC firm in ruling on CJ row.
April 28, 2010... THE SUPREME COURT YESTERday rejected a second motion to reconsider its ruling allowing President Macapagal-Arroyo to appoint the next chief justice after the May 10 presidential elections. The high court merely noted without taking any action...

Cold Benguet not hotspot since 1900s.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Delmar Carino, Inquirer Northern Luzon LA TRINIDAD, BENGUETAside from being the main producer of gold and temperate vegetables, Benguet can proudly claim to be the most peaceful spot in the country during an election. The highland...

Tabloid journalism against Pope Benedict XVI.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Minyong Ordonez TODAY, THERES VERY LITTLE PITY FOR PRIESTS accused of sex crimes. Prayers for them are few and disenchantment abounds, if we are to believe the tabloid journalism being written by the global media about clerical sex...

Dick: Noy paid for polls; Gibo: I was never asked.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Tarra Quismundo, TJ Burgonio and Julie M. Aurelio AFTER TAKING SURVEY firms to court, Bagumbayan presidential candidate Richard Gordon, who has been faring poorly in opinion polls, is now venting his ire on front-runner Benigno Noynoy...

Did you know.
April 28, 2010... IN 1785, Spanish King Charles III conferred the title of Loyal on the University of Santo Tomas and declared it a royal university, in recognition of its role in fighting the British. Cyril L. Bonabente, Inquirer Research

Mothers.
April 28, 2010... WITH MOTHERS DAY FAST APPROACHING (ON May 9, a sad post-1986 deviation from the Filipino tradition of observing it in December), it may be coincidence or political cunning in certain quarters to have the mothers of presidential candidates in the...

Edith to light 3 candles for Jonas tonight.
April 28, 2010... Byline: DJ Yap EDITH BURGOS SAID SHE HAD occasionally wondered what it would be like if her missing son Jonas suddenly turned up at her door. The first thing hed probably say is, Ma, anong ulam (whats to eat)? she said with a laugh. Then...

Elorde, Pancho Villa lead HOF trailblazers.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas LATE BOXING GREATS GABRIEL Flash Elorde, Francisco Pancho Villa Guilledo and Ceferino Garcia, father-and-son Jose Cely and Anthony Villanueva will be honored anew when they lead the first inductees to the Philippine...

Erap shrugs off reports of betrayal, stands by Binay.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Joan Brodeth M. Toling, Contributor MASBATE CITYFORmer President Joseph Erap Estrada yesterday brushed off suggestions circulated in text messages that Makati Mayor Jejomar Jojo Binay had betrayed him and that the latter was really...

Fernando, Ikeda faves as RP Am gets going.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas MANOLO FORTICH, BUKIDNONMHARK Fernando sets out for a repeat victory and Chihiro Ikeda looms as the prohibitive ladies favorite in the Philippine Amateur Golf Championships presented by Samsung which tees off today at...

Fiery Stags seek No. 4 vs RP Youth.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo AS THE SEASONS HOTTEST VARSIty team, San Sebastian tries to sustain its unbeaten form in the FilOil-Flying V Tanduay First Five Pre-Season Invitational Cup today. The Stags shoot for a third straight triumph against...

Floodgates for poll-related murders open.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Inquirer Bureaus THE FLOODGATES FOR ELECtion-related murders and acts of violence have been opened and appeals by Church leaders to stop the bloodshed were likely to be all but ignored. Two more murders were added to the list of...

6-year-old girl needs help.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Santiago R. Alcantara CARMELA BRAGAIS PRETTY face belies the fact that she suffers from heart disease, an ailment which can claim her life at anytime. The 6-year-old daughter of Ruth and Eric Bragais of Caloocan City needs to...

Great to be here, says new US ambassador.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Jerome Aning MABUHAY KAYO. MABUHAY ANG PILIPinas at mabuhay ang Amerika. With those words, new United States Ambassador to Manila Harry K. Thomas Jr. yesterday indicated how eagerly he was looking forward to working with the next...

Growee sports camp keeps kids busy.
April 28, 2010... A SERIES OF SPORTS EVENTS TO keep children fit and busy this summer is set next month in three venues. The program will kick off with swim classes and sprint competitions on May 1 at the Amoranto Stadium in Quezon City while a multi-sports...

RP loses Seaba post.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Beth Celis THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN BASKETball Association (Seaba) election in Bali, Indonesia, three weeks ago should have been a source of great interest for the country if only because a Filipino ran for the post of secretary general....

3 imports join Smart Gilas squad.
April 28, 2010... Byline: June Navarro THREE POSSIBLE IMPORTS, INCLUDING 6-foot-10 Serbian Milan Vucicevic, are included in the 19-man roster submitted by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas for the Fiba Asia Champions Cup. The list formalizes the entry of...

IN THE KNOW.
April 28, 2010... CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FOUNDING fathers of psychology in the country, Jesuit priest Jaime Bulatao, 87, is a professor at the Psychology Department of Ateneo de Manila University. Fondly called Father Bu in the acad-eme, he started as a...

In Isabela, its Round 3 for Padaca, Dy.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Villamor Visaya Jr., Ilagan, Isabela ISABELA GOV. MARIA GRACIA Cielo Padaca is coming full circle when she stakes her reelection bid against another member of the Dy political clan on May 10. Seeking her third and final term,...

Land sales in Baguio.
April 28, 2010... BAGUIO CITY Population (2007): 301,926 Voting population: 154,470 Major industries: Services, manufacturing Given the complexity of land sales in Baguio City, where town site lands are auctioned off and where ancestral land titles...

Little has changed in politics and poverty in S. Luzon.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Inquirer Southern Luzon (Third of four parts) BICOL, ONE OF THE POOREST REgions in the country, has changed little, even in its politics. Families in power for decades will likely stay on after the May 10 elections. In...

Lucky bets in Luzon running without foes on May 10.
April 28, 2010... LAOAG CITYFOR SEVERAL unopposed candidates in northern and Central Luzon, its worry-free until the elections as they only need one vote to win. For the first time, all seats in Nueva Era town in Ilocos Norte are uncontested as candidates from...

Truck driver killed; assistant injured in mishap.
April 28, 2010... THE DRIVER of an Isuzu truck was killed after his vehicle crashed into the back of another truck on Osmena Highway in Makati City yesterday morning. SPO2 Mike Descalzo, Makati traffic investigator, said Gerry Lasam died on the spot while his...

Man nabbed for drugs also wanted for murder.
April 28, 2010... A 2005 MURDER suspect fell into the hands of the police the other day following an antidrug operation which also showed his involvement in drug pushing activities. Chester Louie Lacuata, 32, was arrested on Monday evening by the Malabon Station...

Lim, Atienza deny endorsing Razon for mayor.
April 28, 2010... MANILA Mayor Alfredo Lim vehemently denied having endorsed one of his rivals, former Philippine National Police chief Avelino Sonny Razon. Why will I say something like that when I am sure of being reelected and have been repeatedly assured by...

Cum laude.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Michael L. Tan WITH HONORS IS THE USUAL TRANSLATION OF THE Latin cum laude, but a more accurate rendition should be with praise. This is the season of graduations, when thousands of new graduates will be getting one form of laude...

DNA testing in doubt.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Dona Pazzibugan THE EVIDENCE IS GONE. The Supreme Court order to conduct a DNA test on vital forensic evidence in the celebrated Vizconde rape-slay case has hit a snag after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said that it...

Noynoy will be the next president.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Neal H. Cruz I THINK ITS ALL OVER: NOYNOY AQUINO will be our next president. Aquino is pulling away from his rivals in the surveys. The handlers of his closest rival, NP presidential candidate Manny Villar, may have made a mistake...

New scam: Calamity funds used for polls.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Fe Zamora CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER PASTOR BOY Saycon yesterday warned of a calamity fund scama Malacanang plot to use the P5 billion calamity allotment for campaign purposes, similar to the fertilizer scam associated with Agriculture...

Cops sue CHEd protesters.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Julie M. Aurelio THE POLICE HAVE FILED charges against the leader of a militant group and several other protesters for the destruction of government property during a rally at the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) office in Quezon...

Noynoy: Mar is my only VP.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Philip C. Tubeza TACLOBAN CITYLIBERal Party presidential candidate Sen. Benigno Aquino III has reiterated his support for his running mate, Sen. Manuel Roxas, amid rumors that he was secretly supporting an old friend, Makati Mayor...

Palace, 3 bets oppose manual count.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Leila B. Salaverria IT DOESNT LOOK LIKE A HYBRID balloting will flynot with the presidential candidates themselves divided on the issue. Malacanang also questioned the manual count proposal barely a few weeks before the polling and...

Paranaque mayor laughs off reports about his death, says hes in good health.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Nina Calleja BELYING REPORTS THAT HE was terminally ill, Paranaque Mayor Florencio Bernabe yesterday said he was good for another term of office as he remains in good health. During a press conference, Bernabe flexed his muscles...

PBA heads bid to merge PBL, Liga.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Musong R. Castillo and Jasmine W. Payo THE PHILIPPINE BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION will play a key role in saving the Philippine Basketball League and the Liga Pilipinas, officials of the two gasping tournaments said. The salvation is in...

Perjury rap filed vs ex-prosecutor.
April 28, 2010... THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN YESterday filed perjury and falsification charges against former Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, who is publicly at odds with Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, for allegedly lying in his application form when...

PNP chief asks Comelec to furnish PNP copies of voters list.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Marlon Ramos and Kristine L. Alave PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE Director General Jesus Verzosa has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to furnish the PNP with copies of the voters list, saying it could help maintain order at the...

Catch-22.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Conrado de Quiros THE LATEST (BUT CERTAINLY NOT LAST) from the Comelec is that it has discovered virtue, enough to scrap a deal with a company costing hundreds of millions. Indeed, enough to discover that the same company got a...

Gender rights and reality bites.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Rina Jimenez-David AS THE ONLY CHILD OF A CHINOY COUPLE, she was considered and treated like the familys gold. But when she came out to her parents and told them that she had fallen in love with another woman, it was like their gold...

SC rules Asistio a registered voter in Caloocan City, paves way for mayoral bid.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Dona Pazzibugan THE SUPREME COURT YESterday cleared the way for Luis Baby Asistios bid to run for Caloocan mayor as it ruled that the former congressman was a registered voter of the city. Asistio remains a registered voter of...

Son of Pagcor chair faces DQ case over town residency.
April 28, 2010... LOS BANOS, LAGUNAA DISqualification case has been filed against a son of Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) chair Efraim Genuino, a close ally of President Macapagal-Arroyo, for lack of residency here where the younger Genuino is...

Lady Eagles extend binge.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo ATENEO OVERCAME A SHAKY START TO flog Lyceum, 26-24, 25-16, 25-19, and stretch its unbeaten run to three games on the penultimate day of the Shakeys V-League Season 7 eliminations yesterday at the FilOil-Flying V Arena...

Still Mar-Loren fight.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Michael Lim Ubac ANOTHER PRE-POLL SURvey showed that the vice presidential race was still between Benigno Noynoy Aquinos running mate, Mar Roxas, and Manny Villars partner, Loren Legarda. Ed M. Malay, director of The Issues and...

Villar on ma: She cant take it anymore.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Tarra Quismundo and Norman Bordadora EMBATTLED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIdate Manuel Villar has disclaimed knowledge of the emotional press conference conducted on Monday by his mother and four sisters. I didnt even know that my mother was...

Villar presses psy war.
April 28, 2010... RELEASING A SECOND psychiatric report in as many weeks, the camp of Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Manuel Villar yesterday claimed that Liberal Party presidential candidate Benigno Aquino III was diagnosed as suffering from depression and...

No wage hike announcement from Palace on Labor Day.
April 28, 2010... SINCE IT WILL TAKE FROM two to three weeks for the wage boards to decide on the pay increase petitions from seven regions, President Macapagal-Arroyo will not be making any wage hike announcements during her traditionaland also her lastLabor Day...

Make water protection your priority, candidates urged.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Alcuin Papa ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE CALLing on presidential candidates to make the protection of the countrys water resources a priority. Yesterday, environmental group Greenpeace said it delivered letters to presidential aspirants...

Whistle-blower gets conciliatory texts.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Leila B. Salaverria THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS LAWYER who exposed alleged irregularities in the poll body has received conciliatory messages purportedly from his colleagues. Lawyer Melchor Magdamo said he was trying to determine...

WWII bomb found at MMDA pumping station in Manila.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Jeannette I. Andrade A PUMPING STATION BEING operated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in Manila dredged a vintage bomb from an estero yesterday morning. Supt. Jimmy Tiu of the Manila Police District Station...

Hyundai goes to Marinduque.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Aida Sevilla-Mendoza WHAT WERE THE FOLKS AT Hyundai Asia Resources, Inc. (HARI) thinking when they decided to invite 30 motoring journalists to drive to Marinduque island? Unlike Boracay or CamSur, Marinduque isnt exactly promoted as...

SE Asia seen getting more clean energy investments.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Amy R. Remo THE RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET IN Southeast Asia is expected to attract more investments this year as the regions gross domestic product is expected to grow at a faster pace of between 4.9 percent and 5.6 percent, from 1.5...

Bacolod goes up list of next wave cities.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer Visayas BACOLOD CITYTHE CITY of Bacolod is climbing up the list of top Next Wave Cities for outsourcing and offshoring for 2010. Bacolod City Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue said that in a letter she...

Bank raises P5B from LTNCD issue.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao YUCHENGCO-LED RIZAL COMMERcial Banking Corp. has raised P5 billion from the issuance of high-yielding long-term deposit instruments in an offering period that was shortened due to strong market demand. The long-term...

BDO profit doubled in Q1.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao BANCO DE ORO UNIBANK, THE countrys biggest bank, doubled its first quarter net profit to P2.06 billion over a year ago on higher loan margins and a double-digit expansion in its lending book. In a disclosure to the...

An electrifying show.
April 28, 2010... Byline: the staff IT WAS A SHOW THAT DEPICTED ONE familys rise to power, literally. The musicale entitled Undaunted was meant to mark the 80th birthday of Lopez family patriarch Oscar Lopeza name that will forever be linked to power...

Govt went over budget by P134B in Q1.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo GOVERNMENT EXPENSES IN THE FIRST QUARTER went over the budget by P134.2 billion, an increase of 12.1 percent from last years deficit of P119.7 billion as the state ramped up project outlays to beat the campaign...

Canadian miner raises fresh funds for nickel project in RP.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Riza T. Olchondra MBMI RESOURCES INC. HAS RAISED some $150,000 in additional funding for the development of its nickel property in the Philippines, on top of the previously announced private placements and loans. The $150,000 forms...

Bigger, bolder Sentra drives into RP.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Abigail L. Ho NISSAN MOTOR PHILIPPINES INC. (NMPI) has entered the 2-liter engine displacement market with the introduction of the Nissan Sentra 200what the company promises to be a bigger and bolder variant of the long-running Sentra...

How to get there.
April 28, 2010... MARINDUQUE IS A short 30-minute flight south of Manila. Zest Air flies on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and Sea Air flies on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. By land, it takes about 3-hour travel from Manila to Lucena then a 3-hour...

Imports up 26.6% in Feb.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo THE COUNTRYS IMPORT BILL IN FEBRUary grew by 26.6 percent year-on-year to $3.903 billion, chalking up a two-digit rise for the third straight month. The National Statistics Offices latest report on external trade...

Imposition of VAT on tollways seen facing further delay.
April 28, 2010... THE COLLECTION OF THE VALUE-ADDED tax on tollways may be deferred again as a technical working group (TWG) of operators, regulators and revenue officials continue to discuss how to implement the levy. Revenue Commissioner Joel L. Tan-Torres...

Mitsubishi launches seventh generation Canter.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Abigail L. Ho MITSUBISHI MOTORS PHILIPPINES Corp. (MMPC), the second biggest player in the local light trucks market, has released the seventh generation Fuso Canter light duty truck in the Philippine market. The new Fuso Canter...

MNHPI to infuse P7B into North Harbor.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Paolo G. Montecillo THE JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN BUSINESSmen Reghis Romero II and Manuel V. Pangilinan plans to invest as much as P7 billion in the modernization of the aging Manila North Harbor over the next six years. The amount...

New faces, new assignments.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Charles E. Buban THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE been quite eventful as the motoring media witnessed a number of top-level executive changes as well as key personnel movements in the countrys automobile industry. After three years at the...

Petron, Al Amanah ink dealership agreement.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Amy R. Remo TO HELP PROMOTE INVESTMENTS IN MIN-danao, Petron Corp. has forged an agreement with the Al Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines for the oil companys Bulilit Station dealership program. In a statement, Al...

PSBank net income up 57% to P475.4M.
April 28, 2010... PHILIPPINE SAVINGS BANK OF THE Metrobank group posted a 57-percent growth in its first quarter net profit to P475.43 million over a year ago on higher earnings from lending, trading and fee-based businesses. In a disclosure to the Philippine...

Romero group to bid for Guam outpost project.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Paolo G. Montecillo ROMERO-LED HARBOUR CENTRE PORT Terminal Inc. (HCPTI) is joining the bidding for the contract to build and operate the new US military outpost to be set up in the Pacific island of Guam. Michael Romero said the...

SC rules on Kennex row.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Vincent Cabreza, Inquirer Northern Luzon BAGUIO CITYTHE SUPREME Court has ruled that the Philippine trademark rights over the Kennex and ProKennex labels belong to a Taiwan-based company, and not to a Philippine company, Superior...

Shares closed up.
April 28, 2010... LOCAL STOCKS YESTERDAY FIRMED up on follow-through buying as investors continued to ignore concerns related to the upcoming national elections. The main-share Philippine Stock Exchange added another 15.12 points or 0.46 percent to end at...

SPC income down 16%.
April 28, 2010... LISTED FIRM SPC POWER Corp. said the combined net income of the group fell by 16.5 percent to P402.8 million in 2009 from the previous years P482.4 million. The marked increase in revenues generated by the subsidiaries was not sufficient to...

Create your own oasis.
April 28, 2010... OF COURSE, WE WANT to create our own place of retreat and tranquility. One does not have to blow ones bank accounts or splurge big time, here are some quick guides as to where to source items that are priced to custom-fit ones budget. ...

A tale of 2 seaside retreats.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Jake Ramirez, Contributor JUST LIKE A SIREN SONG, seaside living is tempting. Who would ever say no to the sound of trees swaying to the sea breeze while sipping a cold beer or cocktail and lounging in a hammock? The idea itself is...

PLDT-SME Nation forum on nation-building inspires entrepreneurs.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Maurice Arcache SUPER SMART, CHIC KAT LUNA-Abelarde, PLDT-SME Nation vice president and head, has inspired entrepreneurs at Imagine-Nation Philippines, a forum on nation-building held at STI Academic Center, palanggas. The happening...

SMPH to offer $500M in investment trusts.
April 28, 2010... TYCOON HENRY SYS SM PRIME HOLDings Inc., developer and operator of the countrys largest shopping mall chain, plans to offer as much as $500 million worth of real estate investment trusts (REIT) in the second semester to boost funds for...

Frozen juice granite.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Anton Barretto and Marissa Lopa WHEN ITS TOO darn hot and youre looking for a cool treat, enjoy this refreshing and easy version of granita. While granita is made by freezing water, sugar and flavorings in pan and scraping it as ice...

Japan inspires part of Fame.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Alex Y. Vergara EXCEPT FOR OCCASIONAL sheen and bursts of colors, a good number of furniture and accent pieces at the Manila Fame International boutique show April 22-25 at World Trade Center were done in neutral and muted shades. ...

Making the most of mobile network promos.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Linda B. Bolido MOBILE PHONE COMPANIES ARE offering all sorts of promotionsunlimited this and unlimited that, per pulse charging, etc. Of course, these special offers usually come with the restriction that you can only avail of...

How young widower copes with grief and solo parenting.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Marge C. Enriquez, Contributor KENNELY ANN KEN Lacia-Binays fourth pregnancy was most difficult. With a history of delivery by caesarian section, she was diagnosed with placenta previa, a pregnancy complication wherein the placenta...

What it really takes to raise an achiever in school.
April 28, 2010... Byline: Berry Pelaez-Marfori, Contributor THE GOOD NEWS TO parents attending the session on how to raise an achiever was that speaker Queena Lee-Chua was not expounding on new eye-popping findings. She was merely using case studies, a wealth...

Boccelli in the eyes of Charice.
April 28, 2010... INTERNATIONAL POP STAR CHARICE ON HER personal impression of Italian tenor Andrea Boccelli: He vocalizes for hours before a concert, starting in the afternoon up to early evening. Hes not totally blind and can actually see part of me because he...

In Abra, no political rallies but tension.
April 27, 2010... BANGUED, ABRANO big campaign rallies had been held here due to the tension following recent cases of political harassment and threats, Gov. Eustaquio Bersamin said. Right now, there was no campaign rally held here. No one wanted to attend....