Philippine Daily Inquirer articles from November 2006

Philippine Daily Inquirer archives from November 2006

Aussie cops trace drug cargo to Cebu politician, 3 traders.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jhunnex Napallacan, Inquirer Visayas CEBU CITYAN INFLUENTIAL PERSON BElieved to be a politician and three businessmen have been linked to the P3.6 billion illegal shipment here in 2004 of...

Admin solons hits back at Drilon on budget.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Philip C. Tubeza ADMINISTRATION LAWMAKers yesterday assailed as false and irresponsible a claim by opposition Sen. Franklin Drilon that the administration had inserted at least P150 billion...

GMA allies in House set Dec. 6 Con-ass.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY (Con-ass) planned by Malacanang and the House of Representatives as a first step to Charter change will be convened on Dec. 6, after the proponents shall have met with senators in...

Munoz-Palma leads 10 Bantayog heroes.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo TEN BRAVE FILIPINOSFIVE WOMEN AND five men, aged 19 to 83 at the time of their deaths, who poured out their lives for love of country will be honored as martyrs and heroes,...

Barako, Pals collision up in Tacloban.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) TACLOBANDERRICK PUMAREN SHOULD BE COWERING AT the schedule facing him and his Talk N Text Phone Pals. But the cool and calculating coach is embracing the challenge that lies ahead. If we hurdle...

Can we have cheap but quality medicines?
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Belinda Olivares-Cunanan I HAPPENED TO TUNE IN ON A RECENT TV INterview of Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano by Ces Drilon, and among the issues tackled was gratitude. Cayetano was asked how he felt...

Cervical cancer vaccine OKd.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Christian V. Esguerra THE BUREAU OF FOOD AND DRUGS HAS approved a new vaccine for cervical cancer, a disease that kills an average of 10 Filipino women daily, the drugs manufacturer announced...

Cojuangco,POC group off to Doha.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE ENTOURAGE OF THE PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee led by its president, Jose Peping Cojuangco, left the country yesterday to give national athletes the needed boost in the Asian Games set to start...

Composer loses SUV to armed thieves in QC.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: DJ Yap NOTED COMPOSER VEHNEE Saturno became the latest victim of car hijacking in Quezon City on Tuesday night, as incidents of vehicles taken by force began to rise in the weeks leading to...

Co-op saves employees from loan shark.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Juan Escandor Jr., Pili, Camarines Sur SOME 85 PERCENT OF automatic teller machine (ATM) cards of Camarines Surs Capitol employees were once pawned to a loan shark who charged them 10-percent...

Cops told: Bare owner of hot meat from China.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) CITY OF SAN FERNANDOTHE PAMPANGA Meat Processors Association (Pampro) urged customs and police officials to identify the real owner of the suspected smuggled pork found in a warehouse in Mexico, Pampanga,...

Cruz wants AFP reforms to continue.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) OUTGOING DEFENSE SECRETARY AVELINO Cruz Jr. exhorted top military officials to continue the reform program he has started, as he presided over his final command conference in Camp Aguinaldo yesterday. ...

Did you know.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE BONIFACIO Monument at the northern end of the Light Rail Transit line is a bronze and granite masterpiece described by its creator, sculptor Guillermo Tolentino, as a patriotic song without words. It...

Insatiable greed.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTAtives are crying foul. When senators accuse the House of bloating the 2007 budget, some congressmen complain, they are making it appear as if we are afflicted with...

Encore for 19 Busan medalists.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Teddyvic S. Melendres DOHA, QATARMANY IN THE army of Filipino workers in this oil-rich emirate are unaware that the national basketball team is not competing in the Games. Such luck, one said,...

Euro trade group awaits Melo report.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE EXPECTED MELO COMMISsion report on the spate of political killings in the country will be scrutinized by a major foreign business group who earlier this month warned President Macapagal-Arroyo that...

Gin Kings slay Dragons with strong finish.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Musong R. Castillo FOR SOMEONE WHO JUST WON A THIRD straight game by 21 points, Barangay Ginebras Jong Uichico certainly didnt look happy. In fact, he sounded a bit gloomy. Uichico...

House majority moves to amend Con-ass rules.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Michael Lim Ubac THE HOUSE WAS SET TO amend its own rules late yesterday to remove a procedural obstacle for the convening of a constituent assembly (Con-ass). Despite protestations from...

Boom Boom tries to keep sizzling form.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) TAMPA, FLORIDAUNDEFEATED REY Boom Boom Bautista went through his first major workout yesterday after arriving here the other night from Los Angeles, determined to achieve the best shape possible for this...

Jawo no longer keen on politics.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Beth Celis IT WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO find myself sharing a table with the Living Legend, former Sen. Robert Jaworski and his lovely wife Evelyn, at a birthday party I attended last week....

Iloilo, MPL barge into U-19 semis.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) MATCHES TODAY (J.F. Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex) 7 a.m.Compostela Valley vs Zamboanga 7 a.m.MPL vs Iloilo 3 p.m.NCR vs Legaspi 3 p.m.NORFA vs Dipolog A TRADITIONAL...

Young jin undaunted by tough Asiad foes.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Marc Anthony Reyes JUMPING TURNING SIDE KICK. Thats one of the weapons John Paul Japoy Lizardo will bring with him come fight time at the Doha Asian Games taekwondo competitions. That...

Katipunan museum opens today in San Juan.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Norman Bordadora WHAT WAS ONCE A DECREPIT memorial to the Katipuneros first encounter with Spaniards in San Juan del Monte, the first of several defeats in the hands of the colonizers, is...

Seized lumber in Aurora sign of continued illegal logging.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) CITY OF SAN FERNANDOSOLdiers seized P4 million worth of illegally sawn lumber in a village in northern Aurora recently, opening a window to the large-scale and unabated illegal logging in that part of the...

Madrid university, 5 RP schools sign exchange accord.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE UNIVERSITY OF Alcala de Henares of Spain and five top schools in the Philippines have signed an agreement for an exchange program in the fields of Spanish language and culture, history, business and...

Makati spill cleanup an interagency effort.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Tarra V. Quismundo and Jocelyn R. Uy EXPERTS WERE DEPLOYED YESterday by national and local authorities to determine the level of chemical contamination within and around the closed San Isidro...

Maynilad claims partial restoration of water services.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Christine A. Gaylican MAYNILAD WATER SERVICES Inc. yesterday said it had slowly restored water supply in its west concession area, reducing the number of affected residents from 1.34 million...

No show.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE JUDGE handling the case against those accused of operating a shabu mart in Pasig City yesterday scolded the prosecution for incurring several absences, resulting in the suspension and postponement of...

No escape.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) A GERMAN fugitive, who allegedly defrauded several of his countrymen of at least 18 million euros more than a decade ago, was arrested by operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in...

Duque, DOH panel charged with graft.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Norman Bordadora HEALTH SECRETARY FRANCISCO DUQUE III and members of a Department of Health panel are facing graft charges in connection with the recent deaths of three infants from infection...

Missing hot meat found in Pampanga.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Alcuin Papa A SHIPMENT OF BANNED MEAT WORTH around P11.2 million which went missing recently from the Bureau of Customs was recovered by police in a mid morning raid the other day in a...

The mystery of the dead sperm whale.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Juan Escandor Jr., Pili, Camarines Sur THE DISCOVERY TWO MONTHS AGO of a dead sperm whale on the shore of Sitio Bagotayok, Barangay Lohong, Ragay, Camarines Sur has baffled officials of the...

Censors budget another flash-point.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: TJ Burgonio THE FATE OF THE MOVIE AND TELEVISION Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) looms as another flash-point between the two chambers in the upcoming bicameral conference on the 2007...

Miriam waives SC job interview.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Armand N. Nocum and Juliet Labog-Javellana ONLY SEN. MIRIAM DEFENSOR-Santiago showed up for the public interview that nominees for the post of Supreme Court Chief Justice are supposed to...

Ex-NTC chief the Firms last man in govt.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) SPECULATIONS THAT PRESIDENT MACAPAgal-Arroyo have finally cut her ties with her erstwhile private legal advisers, popularly known as The Firm, surfaced anew following the abrupt resignation of National...

PNP detachments to rise in land reform hot spots.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer Visayas BACOLOD CITYPOLICE WILL SET UP DEtachments in areas in Negros Occidental tagged as agrarian reform hot spots. Director Wilfredo Garcia, chief of the...

The essential Scholastican.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo WHAT FRUITS HAD WE TASTED? WHAT PEARLS had we found? What seeds had been sown in our young lives, and have they grown into great trees? What did we get, what did we give?...

Revolt of the middle.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Manuel L. Quezon III RECENTLY I HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERsation with Dr. Victor Somsky, including a far-ranging discussion on a Southeast Asian historians conference he attended here and his...

Flesh and spirit.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Conrado de Quiros ONE PART OF ME IS ELATED. IM GLAD Gaspar Vibal has managed to track down and bring back first-edition copies of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. Theyre now on display...

Ramirez aspires for first Asiad gymnastics medal.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Marc Anthony Reyes HOPES FOR THE COUNTRYS FIRST EVER ASIAN Games gymnastics medal rest on one manSoutheast Asian Games double gold winner Roel Ramirez. And its going to be a long shot for...

Robbers in cops gear strike in Paranaque.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jocelyn R. Uy A HEIST PULLED OFF AT A trucking firm in Paranaque City before dawn yesterday had an oddly familiar tack: Armed men clad in police uniforms disarming and tying up security guards...

Old buildings burned.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) DATU PIANG, MaguindanaoFire destroyed structures built in the early 1900s here and some P25 million worth of pieces of property and goods at a public market. Mayor Samer Uy said among those destroyed were...

Grenade lands in execs house.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) COTABATO CITYA grenade landed outside the apartment of a director of the Department of Transportation and Communications in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao early Saturday. No one was injured in...

A spiked wish.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Juan L. Mercado PULSE ASIAS 2006 NATIONWIDE SURVEY on preferences for senator will probably spike an earlier wish of historian Ambeth Ocampo. (I should have) been born 30 years earlier, he...

Firecracker factory blows up.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) BACOLOD CITYA pyrotechnics factory blew up at 2:10 p.m. Friday in Sitio San Manuel, Barangay 1, Hinigaran town, 60.3 km south of here, killing one and injuring the owner of the establishment. Chief Insp....

General gets French award.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) GENERAL SANTOS CITYThe French government has conferred the Knight of the National Order of Merit to Col. Vicente Porto, now the commanding officer of the Armys 1002nd Brigade based in Pulatana, Malandag,...

Automated polls cant be done? Its a shame Gordon.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: TJ Burgonio SEN. RICHARD GORdon yesterday scoffed at Commission on Elections Chair Benjamin Abalos forecast that the automated election law could not be implemented since there are only five...

RPs golden hopes now in Doha.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Teddyvic S. Melendres, Sports Editor DOHA, QATARTIRED BUT still well-focused, the main wave of 81 Filipino athletes seeing action in the 15th Asian Games arrived here late Tuesday night after...

25,000 take to streets in Zambo for peace.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) ZAMBOANGA CITYAT LEAST 25,000 people joined the opening ceremonies of the Week of Peace celebration here yesterday morning. Persons with disabilities, tribal groups, various religious groups and...

Senate ratifies biofuels bill.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: TJ Burgonio THE SENATE RATIFIED LAST NIGHT THE landmark biofuels bill mandating vehicles to run on environment-friendly biofuels less than a week after it was finalized by both chambers of...

A closed case?
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ramon Tulfo THE SLAPPING INCIDENT INvolving a Muslim congresswoman and a waitress serving food at the Batasan seems to have died down. The media should keep the issue alive to bring out...

Girl, 12, found dead.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) CAMP OLIVAS, PampangaA 12-year-old girl was found dead in Sta. Ana town on Sunday. Police said Melody Masangkay, a resident of Barangay Sta. Maria, was found dead in a creek in a piggery in the village at...

Viloria set to regain crown as Romero flunks drug test.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) TAMPA, FLORIDAFORMER WORLD BOXING Council light flyweight champ Brian Viloria may yet regain his old title after Mexican Omar Nino-Romero has been found positive for an illegal substance following a...

Workers clean up chemical wastes dumped in Marilao.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Carmela Reyes, Inquirer Central Luzon MARILAO, BULACANWORKers used absorbent pads and a diaphragm pump to clean up chemical wastes dumped by a truck into an irrigation canal that swept into a...

World Martial Arts King Cup begins.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: June Navarro ACTION GOES FULL BLAST IN the 3rd World Martial Arts Peace King Cup with the free sparring event taking center stage today at the San Andres Sports and Civic Center in Malate,...

A French manicure.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Tish Martinez A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse to rest on inference. ...

AEV raising P1.5B through shares offering.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Elizabeth L. Sanchez HOLDING FIRM ABOITIZ EQUITY VENTURES (AEV) is raising P1.5 billion in fresh capital through a limited offering of preferred shares to some institutional investors. ...

ATR KM Eng named FLI offer manager.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) HOUSING DEVELOPER FILINVEST LAND INC. will tap investment bank ATR Kim Eng Capital Partners to manage its planned shares offering. In documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission...

Taguig lighthouse Katipuneros Rubicon.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jocelyn R. Uy BEFORE THE WATERS OF LAGUNA DE BAY become too rough for his small banca, Jesse Pasawa sets off to work, armed with biscuits and a bottle of water to fortify himself. He has...

BCDA to bid out lease contract.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo THE BASES CONversion Conversion Development Authority said it was bidding out the lease contract for a 2,632-square meter lot in Bonifacio Global City, from which it expects...

Govt to borrow $1B from Japan to develop ship industry.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT INtends to borrow $1 billion from the Japanese government to develop the countrys shipping industry. Romulo Neri, director general of the National Economic and Development...

Filipino voters to reject parliamentary, federal systems, says survey.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) WHILE OPINION IS SPLIT BEtween those in favor and not in favor of Charter change, most Filipinos are likely to vote against a parliamentary system of government, a federal system of government and a...

BSP scheme draws flak from solon.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Michelle V. Remo A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTAtives has questioned the decision of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to implement the tiering scheme as a means to loosen monetary policy....

Investments fail to keep pace with GDP growth.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Michelle V. Remo THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELopment Authority (Neda) has raised the urgency of implementing reforms to improve the countrys business climate, noting that the contribution...

Govt urged to buy dollars for debt payment.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Doris C. Dumlao THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT must help in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas efforts to stabilize the peso-dollar exchange rate and the domestic interest rates by buying excess dollar...

Sans big guns, Gabica to lead RP cue artists.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE BIGGEST NAMES IN PHILIPPINE POOL WONT BE AROUND TO DO BATTLE FOR THE country against the continents leading cue sharks. And that puts Antonio Gabica in the spotlight with a lot of pressure on the...

Japan firms confidence in RP drops.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo THE CONFIDENCE THE COUNtry appears to have enjoyed among Japanese firms has turned out to be short-lived, according to a November survey, which shows that the Philippines...

Dipolog: Bottled sardines capital.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Joji Ilagan-Bian FILIPINOS LOVE TO EAT SARDINES. Sardines have become standard fare for breakfast, lunch or dinner in many homes today. And of all the sardines available in the...

Mining projects to attract $6.3B worth of investments.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Elizabeth L. Sanchez THE GOVERNMENT IS EXPECTING $6.3 billion in new investments in 24 priority mining exploration and development projects from 2007 to 2010, Mines and Geosciences Bureau...

IT firm secures direct link to HK.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Riza T. Olchondra IT, DATA CENTER AND ONLINE GAMING company IPVG Corp, has signed an agreement with Asia Netcom for a direct and dedicated Internet connection to Hong Kong. This is...

Remembrance of recipes past.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Micky Fenix FIVE YEARS AGO AT A FOOD WRITING TALK, Felice Prudente Sta. Maria tackled research and how to index data gathered. Her pointers were doable and practical and a good starting point...

Filipino ihaw-ihaw with a lot of ambiance.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Linda B. Bolido IHAW-IHAW, THE STAPLE OF ROADSIDE eateries and beer gardens, has decidedly become more sosyal. In fact, at Holiday Inn Galleria Manila, they even think its fabulous, Fab...

What to do when your kid refuses to eat.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Reggie Aspiras WHAT DO I DO WITH MY 3-year-old? He refuses to eat! He hates vegetables, hates taking vitamins, hates milk. Any ideas? MILLIE Sounds like my 2-year-old son Diego! He...

Scrumptious Singapore.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Margaux Salcedo, Contributor SINGAPORE IS A small country. Puny. Only 270 square miles and less than five million people. Yet it welcomed almost nine million visitors in 2005. The last...

CMMA cites MTV on safe sex.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Frank Cimatu, Inquirer Northern Luzon BAGUIO CITYIT may be seen as a thawing of the cold war between the Catholic Church and the advocates for reproductive health. The Catholic Mass Media...

Gretchen and Dawn make peace.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Dolly Anne Carvajal BEING THE TRUE LADIES THAT THEY ARE, Gretchen Barretto and Dawn Zulueta patched up their differences by having a heart-to-heart talk at Gretas residence. It all...

Gerard gets his own groove.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Bayani San Diego Jr. THIS MUSICAL JOURNEY BEGAN, ODDLY enough, on the Internet. Musician Gerard Salonga was surfing the Net for recordings of National Artist Lucio San Pedro. I didnt care...

PLDT to lend support to Asean summit.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Riza T. Olchondra PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE Telephone Company (PLDT) will provide a full range of fixed, mobile and Internet services during the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations...

To love somebody.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Pocholo Concepcion, Contributor AFTER MORE THAN 40 YEARS of performing with brothers Barry and Maurice, Robin Gibb went onstage by his lonesome as a solo artist, but nevertheless grounded on...

Rushes.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Rustom Padilla only halfway happy RUSTOM PADILLA IS HAPPY ABOUT THE way things are in his careerhes in Zsazsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh, with Zsazsa Padilla and Pops FernandezPero luhaan sa pag-ibig. ...

Seven-year itch in show business.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Nestor U. Torre THE RECENT SEPARATION OF REESE WITHerspoon and Ryan Philippe after seven years of wedded bliss has shocked all of Hollywood, prompting some show biz pundits and punsters to...

We need change.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Linda B. Bolido IT IS BAD ENOUGH THAT CUStomers get shortchanged by establishments that do not carry five and 10 centavos, but even more annoying is their practice of constantly asking...

BSP sees increased foreign investments flow next year.
November 30, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Doris C. Dumlao LAOAGTHE BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPinas expects the Asian financial integration to bring more foreign investments into the country next year. Evelyn Santos, deputy director...

Rebs storm village over family feud.
November 28, 2006... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) CAMP SIONGCO, MAGUINDANAOMORO rebels twice stormed a village in Datu Piang town on Sunday, engaged militiamen in clashes, which resulted in the wounding of at least five people, and burned at least 15...