Philippine Daily Inquirer articles from April 2011, page 6

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Cheryls first wish: A baby.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Marinel R. Cruz NEWSCASTER and TV host Cheryl Cosim wants to have a baby before the year ends. Wed love to have one, said the 37-year-old broadcast journalist. She married businessman John Francis Alvarez in October 2008. Were...

Timely reminder from I Juander.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Nestor Torre SINCE our deathless colonial mentality is one of the main reasons that we cant get our act together as a people and nation, I was particularly interested in the recent telecast of the GMA News Channels I Juander on that...

Villain in new Hawaii Five-0 is part-Pinoy.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Oliver M. Pulumbarit, Contributor PRIOR to his star turn in Iron Chef America, actor-martial artist Mark Dacascos appeared as the title character in the live-action film adaptation of Crying Freeman, as well as the Iroquois warrior...

AFP spokesman defends logistics chief.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Dona Pazzibugan THE SPOKESMAN for the Armed Forces of the Philippines came out swinging in defense of their chief logistics officer who was relieved while under investigation for alleged misuse of the gas allowances of various...

Azkals boost coaching staff.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas THE PHILIPPINE football team is strengthening its coaching staff with the hiring of Swiss World Cup veteran Pascal Zuberbuhler as goalkeeper coach for the 2014 Fifa World Cup Qualifiers. The Azkals will play Sri...

17 career diplomats appointed envoys.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Christine O. Avendano PRESIDENT Aquino has appointed 17 new ambassadorsall of them career diplomats. The appointments showed Mr. Aquino wanted less political ambassadors in the foreign service, his deputy spokesperson, Abigail...

Tourists going to SEAG?
April 25, 2011... Byline: Manolo R. Inigo GIVEN THE fact that there is widespread hunger and sorrow in the country today, is it right to send a big number of athletes and officials to the 26th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia this coming Nov. 11 to 25? In...

DepEd pushes kindergarten for 5-year-olds.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Tarra Quismundo THE DEPARTMENT of Education (DepEd) hopes for the passage of a bill institutionalizing free public kindergarten in time for the new school year as the measure took another step forward in Congress this month. Upon...

Devotees climb 7-floor tower.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer Visayas BACOLOD CITYCatholic pilgrims climbed a seven-floor tower here during Holy Week to meditate on the 14 Stations of the Cross, depicted in paintings by Negrense artists. Each floor of the Pope John...

Did you know.
April 25, 2011... THE LATE National Artist for Music and Literature lyricist Levi Celerio landed in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the only man who could play music on a leaf. Born in Tondo, Manila, on April 30, 1910, Celerio wrote around 4,000...

President hems, haws on Marcos burial site.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Amando Doronila FILIPINOS are dragging their feet in coming to terms with their past under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. It is as though our legs are bolted to iron balls, unable to break away from the shackles of that...

FEU, State U collide today.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo BOTH COMING off tight victories, Far Eastern University and retooled University of the Philippines collide in the FilOil-Flying V Hanes Pre-Season Premier Cup today. The favored Tamaraws and the Maroons shoot for a...

Gunman in BIR execs killing refuses to talk.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Nina Calleja EVEN if the alleged gunman has already been arrested, the police are still far from identifying the mastermind in the killing of a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) supervisor. We kept asking the suspect questions about...

House panel to look into Mercis funds.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. OMBUDSMAN Merceditas Gutierrez has the financial resources and the personnel to go after corrupt persons in the government and yet has little to show in terms of convicted grafters, according to one of the...

Still passionate about basketball.
April 25, 2011... Byline: Ronnie Nathanielsz THE LIVING LEGEND of Philippine basketball and former senator Robert Jaworski is truly one of those remarkable icons of the sport whose contributions while serving in the Senate were regrettably ignored. His failure...

Long walk to Antipolo a Lenten tradition.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Nina Calleja MANALO Marigondon, a tricycle driver, has been making a pilgrimage to Antipolo City for the past 20 years. But he will not be going by himself. Every Maundy Thursday, thousands of devoteesmost of them unshodwalk from...

Makati City govt wants fire victims to move.
April 24, 2011... THE FIRE that razed some 900 houses and left around 2,500 families homeless in Makati City on Tuesday was caused by an electrical short circuit. According to Makati fire marshal Ricardo Perdigon, a resident in one of the houses at the Laperal...

NBI arrests 2 suspected drug mules.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Jaymee T. Gamil INTERNATIONAL drug syndicates are now using foreigners to smuggle drugs into and out of the country, according to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Yesterday, the NBI and Vice President Jejomar Binay...

Operations of MRT, LRT, PNR suspended.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Paolo G. Montecillo METRO Manilas train lines will temporarily stop running to give way to annual maintenance checks during the Holy Week break, their operators have announced. Starting Maundy Thursday (April 21), the operations of...

Tales of the City.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Kristine Felisse Mangunay FOR YEARS, a boy watched as his cancer-stricken father whipped himself on the back in the streets to seek absolution for the Holy Week. A few years later, the boynow a manlay face down for the first time...

Abstentions for the Holy Week.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Ramon Tulfo WHILE on vacation this Holy Week, why not abstain from negative thoughts or deeds for three daysFriday, Saturday and Sunday? Instead of harboring thoughts of revenge, forgive the person or persons who have done you...

21 schools in C. Visayas to hike tuition.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Jhunnex Napallacan, Inquirer Visayas CEBU CITYParents in Central Visayas are facing another round of tuition increase this school year, which opens in June. At least 21 private elementary and secondary schools in region seven will...

Ad congress gears up for changing game.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Ivy Ong, Contributor ANYONE who takes on the Philippine Advertising Congress (PAC) has to be insane, or at least thats what Sandy Prieto-Romualdez thought she was when she accepted the task of chairing its 22nd edition. Romualdez...

AFP logistics chief relieved amid probe.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Marlon Ramos ARMED FORCES chief of staff Eduardo Oban Jr. has relieved his top logistics officer amid investigations into the latest allegations of corruption in the military. In an e-mailed statement, the general said Commodore...

Among Eds return to active ministry dim.
April 24, 2011... CITY OF SAN FERNANDOFormer Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio, whose duties in the priesthood were suspended when he entered politics in 2007, was absent at the Chrism Mass held by the clergy on Maundy Thursday. It was the fifth time he did not...

Between honesty and hope.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Edicio G. dela Torre EASTER Sunday celebrates the resurrection of Christ and for our generation of Christian social activists, it is usually a time to renew our hopes for a better future. Let us reexamine this hope in response to...

Big books from Mindanao children.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Frinston L. Lim, Tagum City INDEED, one should not judge a book by its coverespecially if its 3-feet-by-3-feet big. Also, do not mind if the book is at least 3 kilograms heavy. Just put more weight on its content. These are at...

Empowering the marginalized.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Cynthia D. Balana A SENIOR member of the House of Representatives has moved to revise the existing party-list system, which he said has defeated the purpose of sectoral representation as provided under the law. Bohol Rep. Erico B....

Binay to grace Dapitan Palaro opening ceremony.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Marc Anthony Reyes VICE PRESIDENT Jejomar Binay has confirmed his attendance even as organizers of the 2011 Palarong Pambansa said yesterday that Dapitan City is 99 percent ready to stage the sportsfest set May 8 to 15. Former Rep....

Bread, soup and memories left by Indochina refugees in Bataan.
April 24, 2011... MORONG, BataanNot one of the 20,000 Indochinese refugees for whom Pope John Paul II came and celebrated Mass on Feb. 21, 1981, at the Philippine Refugee Processing Center (PRPC) has stayed behind in this coastal town. Neither did they...

Cardinal urges charm offensive but hits P-Noys lack of faith.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Philip C. Tubeza TAKE IT from someone who has walked the corridors of power at the Vatican. Saying that President Aquino was now losing his popularity, Jose Cardinal Sanchez, the oldest among the countrys three living cardinals,...

Christs resurrection offers hope, say Church leaders.
April 24, 2011... EASTER is the greatest manifestation of Gods love that gives hope amid the evils of the world, according to the head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). In a message issued yesterday, Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar...

True friends?
April 24, 2011... Byline: Jessica Evans LAST WEEK, in its annual human rights report, the US government highlighted ongoing extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in the Philippines, and impunity for these abuses. But earlier in the week, at the...

Costly World Cup buildup for Azkals.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas THE PHILIPPINE football teams buildup and participation in the 2014 Fifa World Cup Qualifiers wont come cheap. Azkals team manager Dan Palami said the team will need about P15 million for the first two rounds of the...

Shakeys V-League.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo SURPRISINGLY STILL winless, San Sebastian makes a desperate bid to avoid early elimination in the Shakeys V-League today. The Lady Stags gamble on two new guest players as one of the early favorites dispute the last...

Davao grieves loss of activist.
April 24, 2011... DAVAO CITYDavaoenos continue to grieve over the death of prominent businessman and anti-Marcos figure Jesus Chito Ayala. Ayala, considered an icon of the People Power revolution, died on Tuesday night after a lingering renal problem that...

Hope.
April 24, 2011... THESE ARE truly the times that try the Filipino soul, to paraphrase Thomas Paine. Now more than ever, the circumstances attached to everyday life in these islands have grown more treacherous than ever. All you need to do is look around. More...

Estrada accepts Corpus apology.
April 24, 2011... Former President Joseph Estrada has accepted the apology of retired Brig. Gen. Victor Corpus, former head of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (Isafp), in connection with the publication in the August 5, 2001, issue...

A heritage tree eyed for Sorsogon.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Rosalia Laganzo-Enerio, Contributor THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) launched a program in 2009 to find and tag 70 trees a year as heritage trees. One that qualified is an acacia tree, also known as a rain...

Mikee looks a sure PNSA bet.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Beth Celis WHILE he should be thinking of nothing but rest and recreation during his two-week vacation in Europe, Harbour Centres Mikee Romero mulled, instead, the wisdom of accepting an offer to head the Philippine National Shooting...

What you should know about the IELTS test for overseas job applicants.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Tony Santiago, Contributor DREAMING OF migrating to an English-speaking country? Then you will have to take the IELTS Test. The International English Language Testing System, more popularly known as IELTS, is a language examination...

IN THE KNOW.
April 24, 2011... IN 2009, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) launched the Heritage Tree Program which aims to preserve, protect and conserve trees that are rare, endemic, vanishing or historical. The DENR defines a heritage tree as...

Indigenous trees planted during Stations of Trees.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Cris Evert B. Lato, Inquirer Visayas CEBU CITYMeriel Joy Bacon, 10, woke up excited at 5 a.m. on Good Friday. It was her first time to join a tree planting activity with more than 300 people from various fields, who chose to spend...

Life stories for kids in Zamboanga City.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Julie S. Alipala, Zamboanga City THOUGHTS of listening to stories and possibly taking home a book pushed over 30 pupils to show up at Salum Primary School at the most interior and remote part of Barangay San Roque in Zamboanga City on...

Naia will finally have clean toilets.
April 24, 2011... Byline: DJ Yap HOLD your breath a little bit longer. Stung by criticism that Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) is one of the worlds worst airports, officials promised to clean its Terminal 1 toilets by providing running water,...

Im against abortion P-Noy.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Christian V. Esguerra Shortly after his combative speech at the University of the Philippines graduation rites, President Aquino made it clear that a responsible parenthood program under his administration would make natural and...

Hes alive!
April 24, 2011... Byline: Fr. Jerry M. Orbos, SVD LAST MARCH 19, 2011, I stopped to bless a bloodied, unconscious person lying on the road; he had figured in a motorcycle accident under the Guadalupe Bridge in Makati City. As I was blessing him aloud, imagine...

The same yesterday, today and tomorrow (2).
April 24, 2011... Byline: Artemio V. Panganiban IN CELEBRATION of Palm Sunday, I wrote on three of five leadership qualities of Jesus Christ. On this Easter Sunday, let me continue with the fourth and the fifth. Prayer, justice and love. The fourth: Jesus...

More rains over Compostela Valley seen.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Leila B. Salaverria MORE RAINS are expected over Compostela Valley and the rest of Mindanao and the Visayas, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). The tail end of a...

Noli me tangere.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Randy David MOST FILIPINOS will recognize the Latin phrase Noli me tangere as the title of Jose Rizals first novel, rather than as a biblical line from the gospel of St. John (20:17). In English, it is usually rendered as Touch me...

Relic of Christs cross a must for Visita Iglesia.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Jo Martinez-Clemente, Inquirer Central Luzon SAN JOSE, TarlacEvery day, but more so during the Lenten season, the Catholic faithful visit the Monasterio de Tarlac in this town. Enshrined at the monasterys Church of the Risen Christ is...

In Alabangistan.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Rina Jimenez-David GET YOUR rosaries out of our ovaries! Keep Xerez out of my cervix! AAVAlliance against Vaginas. These were just some, albeit the more outrageous, placards that greeted people who attended the public hearing March...

Sculptor nurtures art, faith in Betis.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon GUAGUA, PampangaFilipino sculptor Wilfredo Layug has seen two constant currents in his life in Seville, Spain. The first is artistic; the other spiritual. The first he sought by way of...

Easter reflections.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Elizabeth P. De Castro AS A YOUNG girl playing with my siblings in our backyard garden in San Francisco del Monte, Quezon City, I remember picking a few earthworms from the soil, cutting them, stepping on them and crushing them to...

Willies lawyer lashes back at child psychologist.(Television program review)
April 24, 2011... Byline: Leila B. Salaverria THERE SEEMS to be no truce in the ongoing word war over an episode on a popular TV game show where celebrity host Willie Revillame teased a teary-eyed six-year-old dancing boy. Leonard de Vera, lawyer of...

Cabiao, Candaba set to grow sweet sorghum for food, fuel.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon CANDABA, PampangaTest farming of sweet sorghum in the last six years showed crop production in the Philippines to be 50 percent higher than in India, increasing the crops potential as a source of...

RGC tends to vehicle parts soft and hard.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Vanessa B. Hidalgo WHENEVER Uratex is mentioned, what comes to mind are soft yet durable things on which to liepillows and mattresses, mostly. Uratex is but one of the many companies belonging to Robert Chengs RGC Group of...

Dont use a hammer to swat a fly off someones head.(Reprint)
April 24, 2011... Byline: John C. Maxwell My wife, Margaret, and I were married in June 1969, and like most couples, we naively believed that nothing but smooth sailing lay ahead of us. Of course, it didnt take long for us to find ourselves in the kinds of...

Tour de Force.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Cris Evert B. Lato, Inquirer Visayas CEBU CITYWhen he ventured into the car rental business, Emmanuel Jun Barretto Jr. started with just a single vehicle. But after 10 years, his company now has 19 units. Jun has also embarked on a...

Eastera time to regain our sense of perspective.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Fr. Tito Caluag, Contributor A FEW WEEKS before my ordination in 1993, a simple incident forever marked my life as a Christian and my ministry as a priest. Since I was still a deacon, my assignment for a friend, who was terminally...

New altar for Soledad in Cavite; Manila Cathedral as basilica turns 30.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Josephine Darang HAPPY EASTER! Last April 12 was the 319th anniversary of the enthronement of Nuestra Senora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga. The original date was April 12, 1692 when she was enthroned in her ermita (chapel) in Cavite...

A piano concert by the sea.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Jaime Picornell INGRID SALA Santamaria, one of the countrys most highly acclaimed pianists, performed at an afternoon musicale with String Ensemble from the Peace Philharmonic of the Philippines. It was hosted by Florentino Atillo III...

How I survived the Marathon de Paris.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Tessa Prieto-Valdes HAPPY EASTER! Truly, today symbolizes new beginnings that bring limitless hope and a promise of endless possibilities. Anything is indeed possible if you put your mind to it. Eight months ago, my running...

Breathless in Beijing.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Belle Bondoc Roberto BEIJINGS WEATHER bureau was correct and reassuring: There will be scattered rainshowers, and temperature will be about three to 11 degrees for the coming days. Get ready with your coats, scarves, because its...

10 great PH summits to climb.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Kelly Austria, Contributor I WAS ASKED once why I always pack my bags on weekends to endure exhaustion, face harsh weather and rough terrains, all for the brief glory of standing on top of a mountain. But our country is blessed...

Her husband is a mamas boy.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Emily A. Marcelo DEAR EMILY, I am married to a guy who is an absolute mamas boy. Weve been together two years, and were still living with his mom. He agrees with her when she says we dont have the means to get our own place. ...

Father Suarez on the tennis courtand in the vineyard of the Lord.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Constantino C. Tejero FATHER FERNANDO Suarez, the celebrated priest of the Missionaries of Mary Mother of the Poor, offers an interesting explanation of the nature of faith, a commonsensical notion thats often overlooked: It was not...

From Florences Renaissance glories to the heart of our nation.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Ino Manalo, Contributor I HAD taken my mother on a trip to Florence to cheer her up after my fathers death. Since she had seen most of the important sights, we decided to concentrate on those that were not as popular and populated....

Charice talks about her new Hollywood movie.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Ruben V. Nepales LOS ANGELESI call him dad and he calls me anak, Charice said with a hearty laugh over the phone. She was talking about Reggie Lee, who plays her father in the movie theyre filming in Boston, Here Comes the Boom. She...

Captivating Catanduanes.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Kara Santos IF progress is measured by the number of large malls and fast-food joints, then the island of Catanduanes is charmingly behind the times. Sitting at the easternmost fringe of Luzon on the Pacific coast, detached from...

A Portrait of the Soldier as Filipino.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Ruel S. De Vera IN 2007, Criselda Yabes found herself visiting a workshop for high school teachers in Sulu at the southern tip of the country. Yabes looked into the eyes of the participants and was startled by what she saw. Thats...

Raissa Rising.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Jaymee T. Gamil WITH her hot pink nails, engaging grin and chatty nature, bar exam blast survivor Raissa Laurel is the very picture of life. Kuya, napagod ka ata paakyat (You look like youre exhausted from that climb), she teases...

Laptop vs Tablet.
April 24, 2011... SINCE the iPad was released last year, tablets have become all the rage. A tablet is a flat screen whose surface is touch-enabled, eliminating the need for a physical keyboard. Its lighter and more portable, thus making it handier to lug around....

A Glimpse of Paradise Lost.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo HE knew the wilderness and its many secrets. Each leaf, each stem, each trunk spoke to him in ways ordinary humans might not hear. He hearkened to them and gave them names. From under the huge canopy of green that...

Epiphany.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Margaux Salcedo EPIPHANY [ih-pi-fuh-nee]... according to dictionary.com, a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace...

Fertilizer scam blunder may add to Mercis woes.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Christian V. Esguerra FRESH REVELATIONS that Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez might have bungled the filing of criminal charges in connection with the P728-million fertilizer fund scam may not necessarily be used against her in the...

Ginebra eyes title berth again.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Musong R. Castillo BARANGAY GINEBRA and the Smart Gilas Pilipinas five tangle again tonight with the Gin Kings looking to close out the Nationals in their PBA Commissioners Cup semifinal series. The fourth game of the best-of-five...

When God closes doors.
April 24, 2011... Byline: Casiano Mayor Jr, Contributor I WENT home from work that night with a heavy heart. I had just lost my job as a subeditor with the Saudi Gazette in Jeddah where I had worked for the past six years. I was 62. Losing my job at the...

Workers demand P100 daily pay hike.
April 21, 2011... Byline: Jhunnex Napallacan, Inquirer Visayas CEBU CITYThe countrys biggest labor group is demanding a P100 across-the-board increase in daily wages for workers in Central Visayas. The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the...

Bad Catholic Noy to go on Visita Iglesia with sisters.
April 21, 2011... PRESIDENT Aquino will be spending the rest of Holy Week with his familyand work. That means part of his time will be spent with his sisters and their families, including being a good Catholic by going with them today for the traditional...

Slain botanists ashes lie in forest he made alive.
April 21, 2011... IN DEATH, they remembered him as the man who made the forests come alive. The passion with which slain botanist and taxonomist Leonardo Co pursued the study and conservation of Philippine plant life has been kept alive by his family, friends...

Busong, a tale of Palawan, is headed to Cannes.
April 21, 2011... Byline: Ruben V. Nepales, Los Angeles correspondent LOS ANGELESBusong (Fate), part of a trilogy that filmmaker Auraeus Solito is planning on Palawan, is off to a spectacular start. The newest film of the director of Ang Pagdadalaga ni (The...

Cecile Licad debut in Moscow: Awesome.
April 21, 2011... Byline: Pablo A. Tariman, Contributor CELEBRATED Filipino pianist Cecile Licad made a very strong impression on Russian audiences when she made her historic Moscow debut with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra on April 15 under the baton of...

An OFWs Via Crucis.
April 21, 2011... Byline: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo THIS HOLY Week, put aside the good old devotional prayers and walk the road to Calvary via the path of the overseas Filipino workers. Carry their burden, wear their crown of thorns, drink from their empty cups, feel...