Philippine Daily Inquirer articles from August 2006

Philippine Daily Inquirer archives from August 2006

BCDA head orders probe of commission.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon BASES CONVERSION DEVELOPMENT AUTHOrity president Narciso Abaya said his agency would investigate claims of Central Luzon contractors that they paid...

Asian achievers honored with RM awards today.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Margaux C. Ortiz SIX OUTSTANDING ASIAN achievers, including the founding chair of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, will receive the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awardtouted as Asias version of...

Aurora mayor defies suspension order.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon CITY OF SAN FERNANDOFOR almost a month now, Mayor Marilyn Marquez of Dinalungan, Aurora, has continued to defy a 60-day preventive suspension over a road...

Bata, Django head crack Pinoy team.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) FRESH FROM WINNING THE INAUGURAL WORLD CUP OF POOL, Efren Bata Reyes and Francisco Django Bustamante will lead a 10-man Philippine cast in the richest ever tournament in pool history the $3 million 2006...

Battle of the billboard heats up.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Edson C. Tandoc Jr. OFFICIALS OF BARANGAY Wack-Wack yesterday formally asked the Mandaluyong City Hall to recall the permit it had issued for the construction of an 80-foot billboard on Edsa....

Punish the board wrongdoers.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Belinda Olivares-Cunanan DOUBTLESS, I BELONG TO THE MAJORITY who feel that most nursing graduates who took the June 2006 board exams were the victims and so they should not be punished....

Captain erred, says shipping firm head.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Leila B. Salaverria THE CAPTAIN OF MT SOLAR I MADE A wrong decision when he resumed its voyage to Zamboanga del Sur amid bad weather that caused it to sink, according to the president of...

Arvind Kejriwals battle against corruption.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo SO YOUNG AND SO BRAVE. THE OPPOSITE OF that now-famous line that once aptly described a Filipino bureaucrat-turned politician: So young and so corrupt. Arvind Kejriwal...

Dacanay keeps faith with Pasa.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jasmine W. Payo CAN A HOMEGROWN SWIMming talent excel in the international stage? While most of the countrys top swimmers have taken the global route, collegiate standout Luica Dacanay has...

DENR to stop fish cage operations in Subic.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) CITY OF SAN FERNANDOTHE operations of at least five fish cages built within 22 hectares of the municipal waters in Subic, Zambales, will be stopped this week, the chief of the Environmental Management...

Did you know.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE SAN JUAN De Dios Educational Foundation, Inc., located on Roxas Boulevard, is the oldest hospital in the Philippines. It traces its roots to the arrival of Franciscan missionaries in the country in...

6 drown in flooding in Cebu City village.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jhunnex Napallacan, Inquirer Visayas CEBU CITYSIX PERSONS, INcluding a woman and her three children, died yesterday after their house was filled with floodwater following the collapse of their...

Worse punishment.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) SOME 17,000 NURSING GRADUATES WHO HURdeled the board examinations last June must now be feeling greatly relieved. It seems to be just a matter of time before they will be allowed to take their...

Ex-security guard arrested for kidnapping, extortion.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Margaux C. Ortiz A FORMER SECURITY GUARD WHO ALlegedly tried to kidnap and extort money from an Indian businessman was arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation during an...

Farmers vow not to drop fight for coco levy.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) LUCENA CITYTHE PAMbansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (Pakisama), a nationwide organization of coconut farmers, vowed to continue the long and hard struggle to reclaim the multibillion-peso coconut...

Baguio mayor leaves city hall; vice mayor takes over.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) BAGUIO CITYTHE DEPARTment of Interior and Local Government enforced the yearlong suspension of Mayor Braulio Yaranon on Wednesday, and installed Vice Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. in an acting capacity. ...

GMA backs both initiative, Con-Ass.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) PRESIDENT MACAPAGAL-ARroyo supports the peoples initiative for constitutional amendments being promoted by the Sigaw ng Bayan and the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines just as she supports a...

Hatfield returns, agrees to one-year deal with Kings.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Francis Ochoa HE SHOWED UP AT THE Greenmeadows practice facility in civilian clothes Tuesday. The moment he came in playing gear yesterday, he made it official. Barangay Ginebra is now...

Barangay league head presses use of vote counters.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Norman Bordadora THE COUNTRYS LEAGUE OF COMMUNITY leaders yesterday said it was looking into the possibility of filing another petition before the Supreme Court to ask the tribunal to...

6 Inquirer correspondents elected to NUJP board.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Leti Boniol SIX INQUIRER CORRESPONdents were among 15 members elected to the directorate of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) during its 5th Congress held in...

Lafayette given until Sept. 8 to test run.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) SORSOGON City Lafayette Philippines Inc. has only until Sept. 8 to complete the final stage of the test run in Rapu-Rapu, Albay allowed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the head of...

Palace to help Joc-Joc.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Gil C. Cabacungan, Jr. MALACANANG SEES nothing wrong in extending humanitarian assistance to former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Joc-Joc Bolante who has been in detention in the US for...

Democracy of the dead?
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Juan L. Mercado IN THE DEMOCRACY OF THE DEAD ALL ARE at least equal, the old axiom claims. But in this country and region, entry into the cemeterys classless society is often unequal. Death...

India taxman shows way in fight against corruption.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Fe Zamora A WORLD FREE OF BRIBE IS IMpossible, but people can always dream of one where they can fight corruption and injustice. Arvind Kejriwal, a tax collector in New Delhi and one of...

Slay try foiled.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) AN EMPLOYEE of the Commission on Audit assigned to Muntinlupa City survived a slay attempt on Tuesday morning in Quezon City. Maxima Aquino, audit officer at Muntinlupa City Hall, was on her way to work on...

9 persons hurt in Taguig demolition.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jocelyn R. Uy WATER AND STONES RAINED on Sitio Masagana in Barangay Western Bicutan, Taguig City yesterday as a demolition team tried to tear down about 106 houses in the area. Nine...

MILF demands release of 3 suspected terrorists.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) SULTAN KUDARAT, MAGUINdanaoThe Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) yesterday demanded the release of the three suspected bombers who were arrested on Sunday while trying to board a ship for Manila. ...

N. Ecija town holds hugas-kalawang fest.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) TALAVERA, NUEVA ECIJAFarmers and rice planters here took center stage on Tuesday in a day-long Hugas-Kalawang Festival that revived an almost forgotten tradition in farming communities in Nueva Ecija. ...

New Era U edges AMA, stays alive.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Marc Anthony Reyes JEFF DE GUZMAN FIRED NINE OF HIS GAME-high 23 points in the fourth quarter, including two charities in the last eight seconds, as New Era University scored a...

Comelec takes up initiative petition today.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jerome Aning THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS WILL MEET IN executive session today to decide on the petition for a peoples initiative to amend the Constitution filed by the Sigaw ng Bayan and...

Battle of 2 Ninoy movies looms.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jocelyn R. Uy THE 14 SOLDIERS CONVICTED IN THE Aquino-Galman double murder case may never walk free. But they apparently believe a movie about their lives in prison would clear them from...

Ex-nursing association head meets whistle-blower.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: TJ Burgonio GEORGE CORDERO, THE RE-signed president of the Philippine Nurses Association, yesterday showed up at the Senate hearing on the leakage at the June nursing board exams and came face...

Fugitive arrested.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) A CHINESE-FILIPINO fugitive, who was earlier convicted of drug charges but evaded arrest by using several aliases, was arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Pasay City during...

Police offer to protect businessmen from NPA.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Luige A. del Puerto POLICE YESTERDAY OFFERED protection to businessmen who are targets of extortion by the communist New Peoples Army in exchange for information that could be used to...

Palparan replacement to try new tack vs Reds.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Dona Pazzibugan A LOW-KEY ARMY GENERAL credited with Bohols turnaround from a hotbed of communism to a tourist destination will replace the controversial Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan who retires...

PBA leaves Asiad stint up to Chot.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Musong R. Castillo WITH THE ASIAD ORIGINALLY NOT IN THE long term Philippine Basketball Association program, the pro league yesterday asked national coach Chot Reyes to study whether to coach...

Cop shot dead.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) A POLICEMAN and two suspected holdup men were killed after a shootout on Tuesday night in Las Pinas, police said. Insp. Ferjen Torred, criminal investigation division chief, identified the fatalities as...

PRC: No retake of exams.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Michael Lim Ubac and Christine O. Avendano THE PROFESSIONAL Regulation Commission has come up with a formula that it believes will put to rest the cheating controversy surrounding the June...

Probers tag soldiers in Albay pastors murder.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Christian V. Esguerra FOR A CHRISTIAN FACT-FINDING MISSION, the Melo Commission should find little difficulty identifying those behind the murder of a United Methodist pastor in Daraga,...

QC dads want a break from fiestas.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: DJ Yap TO SOME, BARANGAY FIEStas mean delicious food, festive parties and good times for the community. To others, however, they are just a pain in the neckand also create a hole in the...

Naked truth.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Conrado de Quiros THAT WAS AN AWESOME THING THE UP students did last Monday in answer to Raul Gonzalezs remarks about what the University of the Philippines had become. It was the perfect...

ARMM teachers get pay.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) COTABATO CITYThe Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has started distributing the salaries of close to 20,000 public school teachers amounting to over P190 million, which represents the unpaid salaries of...

1 dead in Davao floods.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) DIGOS CITYA person drowned while 74 houses were damaged when floodwaters submerged at least six villages in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, following heavy rains on Saturday. The Municipal Disaster Coordinating...

Free calls for Albay folk.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) LEGAZPI CITYRetired Police Director General Arturo C. Lomibao has launched a free calling station at the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council office in Old Albay District here for the use of residents...

DENR workers hurt in mishap.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del SurSix workers of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources suffered injuries when their vehicle rammed a tree at Km 5 in Barangay Luna here, after they monitored the...

Getting ready for oil spill.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) BATANGAS CITYIn the wake of the MV Solar I oil spill in Guimaras, Iloilo, and the MV Billy Star sulfuric acid spills in Bauan town, Batangas, the provincial government has recommended to the Batangas Bay...

Show your faces, Gonzalez tells UP naked runners.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Armand N. Nocum TAKE OFF YOUR MASKS AND run naked. This was the dare of Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez to University of the Philippines fraternity men next time they run naked to show...

Slick-free resorts cash in on oil spill tourism.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Hazel P. Villa Inquirer Visayas NUEVA VALENCIA, GuimarasCall it oil spill tourism. All is not lost for beach resorts in the province whose tourism industry is reeling from the massive oil...

Salud key to cage unity.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Musong R. Castillo THE TWO FACTIONS CLAIMING TERRITOrial rights as the legitimate basketball body in the Philippines have one man in mind to possibly head the new, unified cage group. ...

Tagaytay to defend crown.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) TAGAYTAY CITY IS OUT TO DEFEND ITS TItle when the 2006 National Inter-Cities and Municipalities Chess Team Championship fires off Sept. 13 to 17 at the Gaisano Mall Atrium in Davao City. James...

Tension grips town as mayor defies suspension.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) STA. ROSA CITYPOLITICAL tension is gripping this city after Sta. Rosa Mayor Joey Catindig slammed Interior Secretary Ronaldo Punos decision to suspend him for a year and stressed that he was still the...

All party list solons should follow Rep. Etta Rosales example.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ramon Tulfo EVEN A LEFTIST LEADER COULD NO longer stomach the extortion activities of the New Peoples Army (NPA) and has come out to denounce the guerrilla group. Akbayan Party Rep. Etta...

Villagers told: Dont give butanding stress.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) LEGAZPI CITYTHE MAYOR OF this city asked residents of a village here to keep whale sharks coming by not giving them stress. You may enjoy the sightings of butanding or whale sharks but avoid giving...

Warriors seek Final 4 bonus versus Falcons.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST WARriors try to secure the twice-to-beat semifinal bonus when they tangle with the Adamson Falcons today in the UAAP mens basketball tournament at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. ...

With 2 to 3 typhoons, this will normalize.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) WITH TWO TO THREE TYPHOONS, THIS will normalize, Science Undersecretary Graciano Yumul Jr. yesterday said of the massive oil spill in Western Visayas. Scientists have expressed confidence that the...

Woman victim or warrior?
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ephraim Aguilar, Legazpi City BEHIND MT. MAYON, RISING 2,462 meters above Bicol, is a legend telling people that at the core of this magnificent and world-famous volcano, which has been...

Farewell to Frank.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Manuel L. Quezon III IT BEGAN WITH AN E-MAIL I RECEIVED OUT of the blue. May I tell you about a book Ive written, he wrote in his e-mail, and about how the book was recently launched at the...

Good outside, rotten inside.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Nicole Anne A. Asis The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. Diogenes Laertius I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH AT A PUBLIC elementary school situated in the heart...

Something is croaking.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Conrado R. Banal III TESSIE SY FOR PRESIDENT! Okay, thats an exaggeration. But it nonetheless describes what I, as one of the millions of members of the pension funds SSS and GSIS, feel...

Peso hits 6-month high of 50.945 to $1.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Doris C. Dumlao THE PESO YESTERDAY BREACHED THE KEY 50:$1 barrier to close at a six-month high of 50.945 against the dollar as investors cheered the countrys improving economic fundamentals...

Demand for independent directors booming in RP.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Daxim L. Lucas NONOY SAYS HE IS NOT A YES MAN. He believes that it is for this very same characteristic that he is being hired by one of the countrys most controversial businessmen to join the...

Finance wants tax amnesty applicants to file SALNs.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Michelle V. Remo THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE MAY RECommend the legislation of a revenue-enhancement measure that will require tax delinquents to submit their statements of assets, liabilities,...

Japan govt tightens quarantine requirements for RP mangoes.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jeffrey M. Tupas, Inquirer Mindanao DAVAO CITYTHE JAPANESE government has tightened its quarantine requirements for Philippine mangoes as residue from synthetic chemicals has become a major...

Strengthening Mindanao exporters.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Joji Ilagan-Bian AFTER OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKers, local exporters of agricultural products, home furnishing, electronics and information technology services, among others, are the countrys...

No-govt intervention policy on power firm sale probed.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Abigail L. Ho THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL POWER Commission yesterday started the probe of Atlanta-based Mirant Corp.s claim that it did not need government consent to sell its Philippine assets...

Officials urge local vegetable farmers not to relax despite collapse of WTO talks.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Delmar Carino, Inquirer Northern Luzon LA TRINIDAD, BENGUETTHE collapse of trade talks of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a blessing for the local vegetable industry. But industry...

Palace to follow only RP court order on Piatco.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. MALACANANG WILL follow the orders of a Philippine court and not that of an arbitration court in Singapore in the legal battle for ownership of the Ninoy Aquino...

Palace likely to keep tariff rate structure.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo MALACANANG IS NOT EXPECTED TO RADIcally change the countrys tariff regime as the government is set to finish its comprehensive review of duty rates, according to an official...

Pool of retiring OFWs seen as significant economic force.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Doris C. Dumlao THE PHILIPPINES IS SEEN SITTING ON a potential gold mine with its large pool of overseas Filipino workers who intend to settle back in the country and could, thus, become a...

Power supply enough to meet demand.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Abigail L. Ho THE COUNTRY HAS ENOUGH POWER TO meet future demand, according to state-run National Power Corp. Our present power supply is more than adequate to meet the demand, and will...

Sale of sub-transmission assets to Sfelapco OKd.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Abigail L. Ho AFTER A THREE-YEAR WAIT, SAN FERNANdo Electric Light and Power Corp. (Sfelapco) finally signed the deed of absolute sale for P12.6 million worth of National Transmission Corp....

Savings account suitable for small bank depositors.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Linda B. Bolido A FEW MONTHS AGO, REP. JOSEPH A. Santiago came out with a list of charges bank clients have to pay for using automated teller machines, even just to find out their accounts...

Powdered coco milk exports up 442% in April.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) POWDERED COCONUT MILK WAS THE TOP nontraditional coconut product export last April with receipts hitting $536,218, as shipments went up 442 percent to 255 metric tons from year-ago level. Preliminary...

Good enough to eat.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Reggie Aspiras THE CUPCAKE AND FOOD for the gods photos last week caused quite a stir. The cupcakes seem to pop out, (the photo) was so tastefully done, so en vogue were some comments. Marvin...

Lions rip Cardinals, top elims.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Marc Anthony Reyes SAN BEDA SECURED THE FINAL FOUR TOP spot and consigned the No. 4 position to Mapua yesterday. The Red Lions kept on pounding despite feeble opposition from the...

Lessons on the wonders of Catalan cuisine.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Vangie Baga-Reyes WITH FOOD BEING A major tourist draw, Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain and the Catalan capital, has become one of the countrys most popular destinations. In fact,...

Govt revenue goal set at P1.1T.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Michelle V. Remo THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE HAS set the national governments revenue target for next year at P1.119 trillion, representing a 14.7-percent jump from this years expected level....

Putting your best food forward.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Micky Fenix WE PLANED IN EARLY TO CATCH the morning schedule of the white water rafting. Feeling groggy from lack of sleep, we were awakened by the not-too-smooth landing. It must have...

Three years and still having a ball.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Vangie Baga-Reyes AFTER THREE YEARS IN THE highly competitive Greenbelt 3, Cafe Bola remains at the top of its game. Its creative kitchen continues to cook up new, delicate and...

Aliw Awards finalists.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE 19TH ANNUAL Aliw Awards will give out 28 awards in recognition of outstanding live performers on stage and in the concert scene tonight at the Manila Hotels Fiesta Pavilion. Three-time Entertainer...

Samuel Jackson goes on a cinematic camping trip.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Nestor U. Torre WHEN WE HEARD THAT SAMUEL L. JACKson was starring in a gung-ho chiller flick titled Snakes on a Plane, we thought to ourselves, What a waste of talent. After viewing the...

Recipes.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Esqueixada de Bacalao (Cod Salad) 350 g of salted cod 1 spring onion red pepper green pepper 50 g black olives 50 g green olives 100 g black olive paste 20 g...

Whos afraid of Andrew Wolff?
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Dolly Ann Carvajal CESAR MONTANO AND Andrew Wolff almost gave Manny Pacquiao a run for his money when they came close to having a fistfight at the venue of the Celebrity Boxing Match on...

Reality check: Starstruck expands search.
August 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Nini Valera STARSTRUCK, THE GMA 7 TALENT SEARCH that started the current television trend of reality-based star hunts, has expanded the age range of its contestants from 15-17 to 16-21. ...