Philippine Daily Inquirer articles from July 2006

Philippine Daily Inquirer archives from July 2006

2 Ecija bishops oppose STL opening.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) SAN JOSE CITYTWO CATHOLIC BISHOPS IN Nueva Ecija have appealed to local, military and police officials to oppose the opening of small town lottery (STL) and stop jueteng operations and all forms of...

ARMM gov to probe fake checks.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) COTABATO CITYAutonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan has ordered an investigation of fake checks being issued to public school teachers for their salaries and allowances. The anomaly...

2 Army soldiers killed in NPA ambush in Quezon.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) LUCENA CITYTWO ARMY SOL-diers were killed and another was slightly wounded in an ambush by New Peoples Army rebels in Catanauan, Quezon on Saturday. Maj. Jose Broso, spokesperson of the Southern...

US backs RP defense plan, says official.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) FORT DEL PILAR, BAGUIO CITYUNITED States Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said his country was looking forward to strengthening a defense reform plan being implemented by the Philippines,...

PSC big boss dares Go Teng Kok.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Recah Trinidad (TAKE TWO: An exasperated veggie vendor let out this blast yesterday morning at the crowded wet market in Mandaluyong City: Gloria, Gloria, ano gaaah? Nuong si Marcos, siya lang...

Boys body found.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Edson C. Tandoc Jr. CHILDREN SNIFFING rugby under a bridge in Pasig City were shocked the other afternoon when they suddenly saw the body of a boy floating on the murky waters. The boy,...

Cabagnot goes AWOL again; Magno fumes.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Francis Ochoa ALEX CABAGNOT STARTED HIS PBA career with a disappearing act. If hes not careful, he might end it the same way. The spitfire playmaker has gone AWOL anew and Sta. Lucia...

Bishop slams GMA picture of economy.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Christian V. Esguerra PRESIDENT MACAPAgal-Arroyo, who painted a rosy economic picture in her sixth State of the Nation Address (Sona) last week, yesterday got a lesson in economics from a...

RP hospitals cash in on medical tourism.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Christian V. Esguerra AT A MIDDLE-CLASS HOSPITAL IN QUEZON City, a burly Micronesian and a Filipino walk in, both complaining of low back pain. In the Philippine Medical Tourism Program,...

Asian 9-Ball Tour: Will RP clean up?
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Manolo R. Inigo WILL THE FILIPINOS SWIM OR SINK IN THE harbor city of Kaohsiung during the third leg of the 2006 San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour on Aug. 4-6? After winning the first two legs...

Chot tipped to replace Jong at San Mig.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Francis Ochoa CHOT REYES COULD NOT HAVE picked a better place to resume his coaching carrer in the Philippine Basketball Association. League insiders revealed yesterday that Reyes is...

Sona shows chinks in GMA armor.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Amando Doronila (Part 2 of Sona series) THE POLITICAL MAP OF THE country has been drastically redrawn since the 2004 election. The 2006 State of the Nation Address (Sona) reveals the...

Dubbed movies to blame for poor English?
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Alcuin Papa ARE MOVIES DUBBED IN FILIPINO BAD FOR students? This is what Education Secretary Jesli Lapus wants to find out as he looks for ways to strengthen mastery of the English...

Eagles claw Warriors for 5th in a row.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jasmine W. Payo FINALLY, THE ATENEO BLUE EAGLES SHOWED THEY CAN PULL OFF A CONvincing win. And against title-favorite University of the East Warriors at that. Building an early lead and...

The safest man in RP.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE CLAIM IS PREPOSTEROUS ON ITS FACE. Former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante swears the New Peoples Army is out to execute him. That, sources tell us, is why the man at the center of the...

Education execs want English spoken in Cordi schools to lure call centers.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Vincent Cabreza BAGUIO CITYBUSINESS-men and university officials agreed on Friday to make English speaking mandatory in all campuses in the Cordillera to attract call center investors to the...

Ever Mine Now runs down field for Inglis Stakes win.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Musong R. Castillo STREAKING EVER MINE NOW, SENT OFF AS the outstanding favorite, turned in a dizzying middle two quarters under little punishment yesterday to rule the 3rd William...

The Quality Imperative.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Butch Hernandez THERE IS NO ONE SUREFIRE WAY TO OVERCOME THE crisis in Philippine education. The good news, however, is that there are several avenues we can pursuepreferably simultaneously,...

Let me talk Jesuit today.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J. TODAY IS THE FEAST OF THE FOUNDER OF the Jesuit Order, Ignatius of Loyola. This year in fact is an important date for the Jesuit family. We are celebrating the...

Joker: Still no Owwa funds sent to embassy.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: TJ Burgonio THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELfare Administration (Owwa) and other agencies have not sent a single centavo for the evacuation of Filipinos from war-torn Lebanon, Sen. Joker Arroyo said...

Proven prophecy.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Antonio J. Montalvan II LAST TUESDAY, JULY 25, WAS THE 38TH ANniversary of its promulgation. When Pope Paul VI wrote the contentious Catholic encyclical Humanae Vitae on the sixth year of his...

CHEd: Older schools to blame for poor nursing ed.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Alcuin Papa IT IS THE ESTABLISHED NURSING schools that are at fault for the deteriorating quality of nursing education in the country, a ranking Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) official...

Leak wont hurt nurses prospects.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Leila B. Salaverria EVEN WITH THE ONGOING CONTROVERSY over the leak of test questions in the last nursing board exams, the chances of Filipino nurses finding work abroad might not necessarily...

LRT conducts evacuation drill.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Margaux C. Ortiz A MASS EVACUATION DRILL WAS HELD yesterday at the Central Station of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 to test personnel preparedness in case of a bombing incident. ...

Requiem for a journalist.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Neal H. Cruz Good night, sweet prince; may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Hamlet by William Shakespeare THEY BURIED BOY TOGONON LAST SATURday morning. The heavens, which...

Henry may hit Quezon, Aurora today.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) TROPICAL DEPRESSION HENRY MOVED CLOSER TO the Bicol provinces yesterday and threatened to hit Quezon and Aurora today, raising flashflood and landslide alerts in the two provinces. Packing maximum...

Nolcom chief vows to crush rebs by 2010.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Joey A. Gabieta TACLOBAN CITYTHE GOVERNMENT WILL pursue it all-out war policy until the insurgency problem is crushed by 2010, according to a top Army official Your soldiers are...

UP lawyer flies to US to block Bolantes request for asylum.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Michael Lim Ubac LAWYERS FROM THE UP LAW Center are determined to block the application of former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Joc-joc Bolante for political asylum in the United States....

Not your ordinary power meter reader.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Daniel Agoncillo THEY ARE A NAMELESS CROWD. You only know they exist when you come face to face with your monthly electric bill. And even then, you wonder if they calculate your electrical...

PNP exams passing rate hits 15-year low.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Tarra V. Quismundo FROM A LOW OF 9.77 PERCENT LAST year, the number of examinees who passed this years police entrance and promotional tests further dipped to 8.03 percent. National...

DepEd eyes return of natl screening test to hike quality of college grads.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) are eyeing the return of the national screening test for graduating high school students who want to enter college, similar to the...

OFWs fear Filipino casualties in southern Lebanon.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Nikko Dizon THEY ARE HOME AND HAPPY TO be alive but fearful of what might have happened to other Filipinos they had left behind. Philippine government officials insisted they had no...

Palace sets shorter work hours for GMA.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Christine O. Avendano EXPECT A MORE HEALTH-friendly work schedule for President Macapagal-Arroyo beginning today. After falling ill twice in little more than a month, President Arroyos...

QC govt says antiflood drive a success.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: DJ Yap IN THE AFTERMATH OF TYPHOON Glendas wrath, the Quezon City government has declared its campaign to prevent flash floods a success. City officials patted themselves on the back after...

Apologies.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Conrado de Quiros FOR SAYING THE EVACUATION OF THE FILipino OFWs in Lebanon was a mess for lack of funds, the whole thing being left to chance, God, and the elements whichever proved more...

Prepare for disasters, E. Visayas LGUs urged.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Joey A. Gabieta and Jani Arnaiz TACLOBAN CITYA NUMBER OF LOCAL government units in Eastern Visayas still do not have disaster management and preparedness plans although they know that the...

Red-hot Lions go for 7th win.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) AFTER HALTING THE run of the hottest collegiate squad in town, San Beda tries to prove it hasnt cooled down yet when it takes on embattled Jose Rizal today in the NCAA mens basketball at the Ninoy Aquino...

No dengue outbreak in Pangasinan.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) DAGUPAN CITYA top official of the Department of Health denied a television report of a dengue outbreak in Pangasinan. In a statement on Thursday, DOH regional director Edgardo Janairo said the DOH...

4 robbers slain in shootout.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) CAMP GEN. ALEJO SANTOS, BulacanFour men belonging to the Fajardo or Ben Ulo robbery group in Central Luzon were killed while a policeman was wounded in a shootout in San Ildefonso town on Thursday,...

Soldiers donate blood.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) DAVAO CITYSoldiers from the Armys Scout Ranger Battalion donated blood to the Philippine National Red Cross during a bloodletting activity in Mintal District on Thursday. Scout Ranger commander Col....

Probe of missing cannon ordered.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) CITY OF CALAPANMAYOR JUAN SAN-ches of Lubang Island in Occidental Mindoro said he had ordered his chief of police to find out the truth about the alleged missing cannon. Earlier, Policario Tesorio,...

A smile as memorable as historic PAL flight.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Nikko Dizon ANY STORY ABOUT THE HIStory of Philippine civil aviation would not be complete without the memory of her smile. Rebecca Versoza was the only Filipino and lone flight attendant...

Chinese consular office.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) DAVAO CITYChina will soon have its consulate office here, according to the countrys ambassador to the Philippines Li Jinjun. It is only a matter of time that we are going to build a consulate here in...

Businessman arrested in Laguna.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) CAMP VICENTE LIM, LagunaMembers of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group arrested a businessman after they found an unlicensed M-14 rifle, bullets for the rifle and a grenade during a raid in his...

Marvelous Manalo gets crack at P18-M prize.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) STILL DEADLY ACCUrate and in-form despite a bleeding heart, Marlon Manalo on Saturday arranged a championship clash with German ace Thorsten Hohmann for the $350,000 (about P18.3 million) top prize in the...

3-yr terms urged for top brass.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Dona Z. Pazzibugan THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL Defense has asked Congress to set a three-year term of office for the chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the rest of the...

Aqua Atlas vies for $65-M water project in Cebu.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Christine A. Gaylican THE WATER SUBSIDIARY OF Anglo Philippine Holdings Corp., Aqua Atlas Inc., is negotiating with the provincial government of Cebu for a $65-million bulk water supply...

Bankard agrees to GE groups buyout offer.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Elizabeth L. Sanchez CREDIT CARD FIRM BANKARD INC. ON FRIday clinched its shareholders approval to accept a buyout offer extended by GE Consumer Finance, an affiliate of US giant General...

Institutionalized people power.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Manuel L. Quezon III OF COURSE IT WAS CONVENIENTLY IGNORED that while 48 percent of Filipinos (according to Pulse Asia) believe a peoples initiative is the best way to amend our Constitution,...

BOI grants perks to ethanol project.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo THE GLOBAL RUSH TO PRODUCE cleaner fuels is taking root in the country as the Board of Investments approved the granting of perks to a firm based in Negros Occidental. ...

BSP poll sees 5.3% economic growth in 06.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Doris C. Dumlao THE PHILIPPINES WILL LIKELY POST A HIGHER ECONOMIC growth rate of 5.3 percent and a lower inflation rate of 6.9 percent this year, based on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas...

Cautious trading seen.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) INVESTORS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN cautious this week over lingering geopolitical concerns, with interest in specific stocks to be determined mainly by second-quarter earnings reports. Were still...

Still manual vote count next year, says Comelec.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Blanche Rivera IN THIS AGE OF SUPER regions, SMS, Internet and Direct TV, next years election ballots will still be counted the old-fashioned waymanually a method that is slow and vulnerable...

RP among lowest spenders on IT.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Riza T. Olchondra THE PHILIPPINES IS AMONG Asias lowest per capita investors in information technology projects. This makes the country a choice market for technology companies seeking...

Explore new media to arrest declining readership.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Daxim L. Lucas LOCAL NEWSPAPERS MUST EXplore new ways and technologies for delivering news contentespecially through the Internetto address declining readership across the industry. In a...

Doing more by working together.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo A GROUP OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPment agencies yesterday are taking steps to attune their separate programs and projects in the country amid a global move to harmonize a wide...

Filipino company secures 2 contracts to look for gas, oil in parts of Palawan.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Abigail L. Ho THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY has awarded two services contracts to Filipino firm Burgundy Global Exploration Corp. for oil and gas exploration in parts of Palawan. Service...

Gokongweis may venture into power generation.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Elizabeth L. Sanchez THE GROUP OF TAIPAN JOHN Gokongwei Jr. is considering going into the power generation and transmission business. Gokongwei, JG Summit Holdings chair emeritus, told the...

Profit is not a dirty word.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Niceto S. Poblador WHENEVER THE SUBJECT OF business ethics or corporate responsibility comes up in cocktail-hour talk among professional managers, divergent views on the profit motive tend to...

Metrobank posts H1 profit of P3B.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Doris C. Dumlao METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST CO., THE countrys largest bank, said it posted an unaudited net income of P3.04 billion in the first semester of the year. This was 35 percent...

Show me the money.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Cielito F. Habito THE COMMON REACTION TO GLORIA MACApagal-Arroyos Sona last week was: Wheres the money? After regaling her cheering and jeering audience of sycophants with a virtual travelogue...

Not quite up there, but surely not down there.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Margie Quimpo-Espino MASS FOLLOWS CLASS. This observation holds true for Ayala Land Inc., the real estate arm of conglomerate Ayala Corp. After catering to the residential needs of...

PAL eyes backdoor listing.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Riza T. Olchondra HOPING TO SOAR EVEN HIGHER, PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) is now considering all means available to sustain its growth momentum, including a backdoor listing on the big board....

The Crucible.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: John C. Maxwell GROWING UP, FUTURE UNITED States President Harry Truman never thought of himself as a leadernor did anyone else. With eyeglasses thick as the bottom of a Coke bottle,...

Petron to issue more corporate debt paper.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Abigail L. Ho ENCOURAGED BY THE SUCCESS of its recent corporate notes issue, leading oil refiner Petron Corp. is looking at issuing more debt paper to finance the upgrade and expansion of its...

Property firms to replace telcos as stock picks.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE BOOMING PROPERTY sector, fueled by inflows from overseas Filipinos and a recent phenomenon of affordable condominium living, is seen replacing the maturing telecommunication counter as the new...

Sec. Raul Gonzalez: Opinion No. 46 s. 2006.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Honesto C. General JUSTICE SECRETARY RAUL GONZAlez has waded into the continuing controversy over the plan of GSIS president Winston Garcia to corner the issuance of Compulsory Third Party...

Megaworld issues $100M in 5-year bonds.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Doris C. Dumlao PROPERTY DEVELOPER MEGAWORLD CORP. issued $100 million worth of five-year offshore bonds on Friday, becoming the first local corporate borrower to ride on the success of the...

SC backtracks on Araneta land case.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Victor C. Agustin THE SUPREME COURT, IN A TURNabout, has decided to hear oral arguments on the 80-hectare Maysilo estate, effectively reviewing a Third Division decision that had voided, among...

Understand signs of financial statement manipulation.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jay Taparia, CFA I AM SURE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE several words or phrases to describe financial statements of Corporate Americasome that I have heard from all of you include: Vague and...

Win P1 million with just a text.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Michelle V. Remo UPON HEARING THE NEWS THAT THE BUreau of Internal Revenue would be giving away P5 million in prizes every week, Patrick Garcia (not his real name) became eager to ask for...

Eddie Garcia, ageless icon.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Lito B. Zulueta IN AN INDUSTRY OF TIN-can careers, tired formulas and short shrifts, Eddie Garcia defies easy definition. Widely known as an actor, he is however more than that; he is also a...

Income tax take up 14% in first 6 months.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Michelle V. Remo THE GOVERNMENTS INCOME TAX collection rose 14 percent year-on-year to P181.04 billion in the first half due mainly to the increase in the corporate income tax rate to 35...

Beauties and the beastly.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Gino Dormiendo REMI BOQUIREN RECORDS HER TRAVEL impressions of Bangkok and Hong Kong in her 12th solo show, Tagaisla (Renaissance Gallery, Artwalk, SM Megamall, until July 31). The...

Revival of peoples car program sought.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo A GROUP OF LOCAL AUTO PARTS MAKERS called on the government and other members of the automotive sector to revive the peoples car program amid a continued downturn in the...

Midyear report card on the performing arts.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Amadis Ma. Guerrero THE SUMMER DOLDRUMS TOOK THEIR toll on the performing arts in April, but thankfully there were some free concerts (and of quality) in May. By late May-June, things...

Michael Cacnio sees red.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Lito B. Zulueta MICHAEL CACNIO turns to social commentary in Reflections in Red, until Aug. 3 at the MuseumSpace, 2/F, Ayala Museum. It seems only a matter of time for the young sculptor...

A survey of heritage charters.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Augusto F. Villalon THE INTERNATIONAL COUNcil of Monuments and Sites (Icomos) is the international organization of heritage practitioners based in Paris. It regulates the conservation...

A one-man play about Jose Rizal.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Marinel R. Cruz DOING A ONE-MAN PLAY IS [something like] suicide, said Raymond Bagatsing, star of Luna Azul, a stage play about Jose Rizal that will tour the United States starting October....

David Sedaris gets Naked in Manila.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ruth L. Navarra WHEN DAVID SEDARIS was a kid, he licked light switches, tapped mailboxes, and kissed the neighbors newspaper on his way home. Did he really? When you read Sedaris...

Rono scores with Sukob.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Nestor U. Torre AS EXPECTED, CHITO RONO scores a direct hit at the box office with his latest chiller, Sukob. The thrills and chills come one after another, the dead bodies keep piling upand...

The power of distortion.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Constantino C. Tejero WHAT MAKES A PORTRAIT? ASKS PAINTER and printmaker Ma. Victoria Ambie Abano. How is one personified in an image? And what makes for a compelling portraitone that...

RP films shine in Hawaii fest.
July 31, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Bayani San Diego Jr. THIS AUTUMNS LOUIS Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF), now on its 26th year, will feature a special program on Filipino films to commemorate the centennial...

Aljamal regains rightful place on the SBC Red Lions rotation.
July 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Marc Anthony Reyes YOUSIF ALJAMAL SURELY KNOWS HOW TO GET his share of the spotlight. Just when rookies like Samuel Ekwe and Pong Escobal were threatening to take the attention away from...