Philippine Daily Inquirer articles from November 2008, page 3

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Farmers leader slain; rights lawyer gets death threats.
November 25, 2008... DAVAO CITYA FARMERS leader was shot and killed by three unidentified men who disrupted a meeting of cooperative members in a remote village here on Saturday night, according to his colleague. Vicente Paglinawan, vice president of the...

GSIS exec sues ABS-CBN over taped phone call.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Marlon Ramos CLAIMING A CONVERSATION was illegally recorded and aired, a senior official of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) yesterday sued broadcaster Cheche Lazaro and 18 other ABS-CBN personnel, including network...

I had no idea Miriam.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Christine O. Avendano SEN. MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO yesterday said she was clueless about the coup against then Senate President Manuel Villar because no one had approached her about it. I was clueless about the Senate coup....

Hot Tigresses, Lady Falcons dispute V-League finals slot.
November 25, 2008... GAME TODAY (The Arena, San Juan) 4 p.m.Adamson vs. UST UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS AND ADAMson clash for the second finals berth in Game 3 of their best-of-three Shakeys V-League semifinal series today at The Arena in San Juan. ...

Jailed OFW vows never to return to Saudi Arabia.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Kit Bagaipo, Inquirer Visayas TAGBILARAN CITYDetained for over seven months in Saudi Arabia for allegedly committing an infraction against the Islamic faith, an overseas Filipino worker came home Sunday vowing he would never...

Javi sews up Junior Karter of Year plum.
November 25, 2008... A MYRIAD OF COMMITMENTS MAY have deprived Javi Benitez of practice time. But the Jet Racing standout built enough cushion from his two early-season victories to capture his second straight Junior Karter of the Year plum at the close of...

JDV charges vs GMA wont stand up in court, says Mikey.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. and Leila B. Salaverria FOR ALL THE CHARGES HURLED against his mother in the latest impeachment case, Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Mikey Arroyo yesterday argued that none would stick in court. What my...

1 killed as AUV rams truck.
November 25, 2008... A MAN DIED WHILE HIS COMpanion was critically wounded after their vehicle slammed into the back of a trailer truck in Pasig City early yesterday morning. Reynaldo A. dela Cruz, 27, driver of a maroon Isuzu Hi-Lander with plate number FEG...

Apec leaders declare corruption a major threat to region.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Michael Lim Ubac LIMA, PERU (VIA PLDT)Leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific economies yesterday declared that corruption in and out of government was a major threat to the economic development of their region. The leaders of the...

Man recuperating from gunshot wound shot dead in hospital.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Jeannette I. Andrade A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY failed to kill his neighbor in an earlier attempt yesterday barged into the hospital where the victim was recuperating and shot him dead. The gunman, Enrique Bucad, 31, a resident of...

12 years in jail for 3 robbers.
November 25, 2008... THREE robbers were sentenced to 12 years in prison by a Quezon City court for killing a businessman during a robbery six years ago. Convicted by Judge Bayani Vargas of Regional Trial Court Branch 219 were Estilo Balentong, Dennis Mercurio and...

No arson in furniture shop fire.
November 25, 2008... MANDALUYONG fire officers said they have not discovered any safety violations on the part of the owner of the two-story furniture shop gutted by fire that left seven persons dead, including a young girl and her grandmother who tried to save...

Crame worker selling cops guns held.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Jeannette I. Andrade OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INvestigation and Philippine National Police yesterday said they were looking into the possible involvement of police officials in a gunrunning syndicate after a civilian...

Down from the Hill.
November 25, 2008... Byline: John Nery I RECEIVED ABOUT AS MUCH FEEDBACK ON last weeks column about Sen. Joker Arroyos exclusivist approach to the interpretation of law as I usually do from columns on religious issues or political topics viewed from a...

Diarrhea outbreak contained.
November 25, 2008... MISAMIS ORIENTAL AFTER two deaths and nearly 2,000 others treated, officials in Misamis Oriental on Saturday declared that the diarrhea outbreak in Tagoloan and Villanueva towns had already been contained. Teddy Sabugaa, Misamis...

Banana firms plane crashes.
November 25, 2008... TAGUM CITY AUTHORITIES are eyeing mechanical failure behind the crash of a light crop duster plane over a banana plantation here on Saturday morning. Davao del Norte police chief Senior Supt. Benilito Bianzon said on Sunday the...

Bodies of 3 NPA rebels recovered.
November 25, 2008... CATANDUANES AN ARMY OFFICIAL said three more bodies of slain New Peoples Army (NPA) guerrillas were recovered Friday, bringing to five the total casualties on the rebels side after government troops overrun an NPA camp in the mountains...

4 suspected cock thieves found dead.
November 25, 2008... SAN JOSE, BATANGAS FOUR suspected thieves of fighting cocks were found dead by a concerned citizen near a sugarcane plantation in Barangay Anus on Sunday morning. Police identified three of the victims as Junry Go-Bursano, Alejandro...

Sandigan drops extort rap vs Nani.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Jocelyn R. Uy SAYING THE OMBUDSMANS SIX-YEAR DELAY HAD violated the rights of the accused, the Sandiganbayan yesterday dismissed the $2-million extortion and robbery charges filed against ex-Justice Secretary Hernando Nani Perez....

Ombudsman to probe De la Paz cohorts, too.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Alcuin Papa THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSman will also determine the liability of subordinates and superiors of retired police Director Eliseo de la Paz in the controversial euro generals case. Assistant Ombudsman Mark Jalandoni...

A golden struggle.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Sev Sarmenta TO NBA FANS IN our part of the world, the Golden State Warriors not starting well is nothing new. In 12 games, theyre only 5-7. Theirs is a story often bypassed in favor of those on the Lakers, Cavaliers and Celtics...

Pichay seeks Olympiad ban on imports.
November 25, 2008... DRESDEN, GERMANYTHE PHILIP-pines has sounded the call to limit to citizens the representation in the World Chess Olympiad and Asian Team Championship. NCFP president Prospero Butch Pichay made the proposal during the Asian Continental...

Pilot caught in traffic fires gun, is nabbed.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Marlon Ramos A PILOT WAS ARRESTED BY the police after he allegedly fired his gun and threatened to kill a restaurant owner in Pasay City on Sunday night. Senior Supt. Raul Petrasanta, Pasay City police chief, said that at...

Pinoy chessers whip Tunisians.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Ernesto A. Gonzales Standings after 10 rounds MEN: 17 pointsArmenia, Ukraine; 16China, Israel; 15Russia, Spain, United States, Netherlands; 14Azerbaijan, Hungary, France, Romania, England, Georgia, Vietnam, Serbia, Belarus;...

Kung hindi ngayon, kailan pa?
November 25, 2008... Byline: Conrado de Quiros GMAS CLASSMATES ARE RIGHT AT THE forefront of Cha-cha. Write your congressmen, tell them to support Charter change, they say. The time to change the Charter is now, they say. And though they are from Assumption,...

Health, tobacco and women.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Rina Jimenez-David BORACAYSINCE JULY THIS YEAR, A BAN ON advertising (in all forms of media) and promotional activities of tobacco products has been in place. This means that radio-TV commercials, print ads and billboards touting...

Son says mom will go back to teaching in 2010.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. BE A TEACHER, LECTURER OR A full-time grandma. President Macapagal-Arroyo will likely take any of these roles after her term expires in 2010 to dispel talk of extending her rule through Charter change,...

Sparks expected to fly today between Joc-joc, DA directors.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Christine O. Avendano A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN FORmer Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Joc-joc Bolante and the 12 regional directors of the Department of Agriculture (DA) is expected today when the Senate blue ribbon committee...

DepEd teaches kids financial literacy.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Edson C. Tandoc Jr. (Editors Note: Times are tough. You know it. I know it. Were going through it. Its time to do something. Now. And quick. The Inquirer proposes howfor every aspect of your life. Let us know about the measures...

Eagles, Lions advance to Last 8.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo ATENEOS BIG GUNS PROVED TOO HOT TO HANDLE IN THE second half and the Blue Eagles hammered out a 77-56 rout of Lyceum Manila at the start of the 2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship Sweet 16 yesterday at The...

Survey shows satisfaction with Villar dropped.
November 25, 2008... EVEN BEFORE SEN. MANUEL VILLAR lost the support of his colleagues in the upper chamber, public satisfaction with his performance as Senate President had already dropped, the latest Social Weather Stations survey showed. Villar, who has...

Suspected NPA rebels kill sugar planter, village exec.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer Visayas BACOLOD CITYSUSPECTED New Peoples Army hitmen struck on Sunday killing a sugar planter and a village councilor in Toboso, Negros Occidental. Police identified the victim as councilor Basilio...

Tierro, Arcilla on course for PCA title duel.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas TOP SEED PJ TIERRO AND DEFENDing champion Johnny Arcilla remained on course for a title rematch yesterday with straight-sets wins to reach the third round of the 2008 PCA Open at the PCA shell courts in Paco,...

Gun-toting BIR janitor.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Ramon Tulfo FORMER SPEAKER JOE DE Venecias revelations about the ZTE-NBN overprice scandal and the alleged bribery of congressmen and governors in Malacanang have lost their sting. The public dismisses the revelations as...

UN raps RP for rights violations over killing of 2 activists in 2003.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Nikko Dizon THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN Rights Committee has said the Philippine government violated provisions in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in the murder of activists Eden Marcellana and Eddie...

Selling lemonade.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Xyla Mercedita E. Gualberto I HAD MY WHOLE LIFE PLANNED OUT. AS GRADUATION was drawing nearer, I could almost taste my dreams and feel my lifes adventure. I pictured flying on my own wings, yet high school just couldnt end too...

ABS-CBN expands TV infrastructure.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Riza T. Olchondra ABS-CBN BROADCASTING Corp. is allocating about P37 million to improve and expand its television infrastructure in Northern Luzon and Bicol. In separate filings with the National Telecommunications...

Asia told to brace for sharper downturn.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao THE INTERNATIONAL MONE-tary Fund has urged emerging markets in Asia to brace for a sharper economic slowdown, saying that the global financial turbulence may drag on beyond next year. In its regional economic...

RP more robust than in 97ATR.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Daxim L. Lucas OFFICIALS OF THE BIGGEST FILipino-owned stock brokerage firm yesterday took turns in reassuring investors that the Philippines was in better shape to withstand the global financial crisis today than it was when the...

Will Obama succeed?
November 25, 2008... Byline: Ron Nathan I HAVE JUST RECEIVED A TELEphone call from Fed Chair Bernanke with a scoop no other newspaper has. Goldman Sachs is merging with Citi Group and the new company will be called, Sachs and the Citi. We have been...

Still no anti-trust law.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Conrado R. Banal III ONE OF THE GREAT MYSTERIES OF THE known universe, which can be found in this country, is that oil companies here are forgetting to cut the prices of fuel. A measure of the fair price of fuel is the...

BSP approves release of P30-B fund to UCPB.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao THE BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPinas has agreed to release P30 billion to fund the governments cash infusion for sequestered bank United Coconut Planters Bank before Christmas, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said....

T-bill rates rise; one-year at 7.111%.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Michelle V. Remo TREASURY BILL RATES ROSE AGAIN DURING YESTERdays auction, although officials said the yields sought by banks were something the government could afford. The new rates are reflective of levels in the secondary...

Govt considers raising LGU share from VAT collection.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Michelle V. Remo THE INTER-AGENCY DE-velopment Budget Coordination Committee is set to deliberate whether to increase the share of local government units in the value-added tax collection of the national government. A finance...

DA seeks amendments to agri-agra law.
November 25, 2008... AGRICULTURE SECRETARY ARTHUR C. YAP is calling for amendments to the agri-agra law, particularly the provision that allows alternative compliance with the mandatory 25-percent credit allocation for agricultural credit and agrarian reform...

Deutsche Bank to expand BPO operations in RP.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao EUROPEAN FINANCIAL GIANT DEUTSCHE Bank is transforming the Philippines into an even bigger outsourcing hub for its global operations to account for 60-70 percent of group-wide offshoring business. For next...

Expecting gold, Australian miner puts up power facility in Masbate.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo AUSTRALIAN MINING FIRM CGA Mining Ltd. is setting up a 30.2-megawatt power facility in Masbate in preparation for its gold production expected to commence in the first quarter of 2009. CGA Mining said in a...

FAO to carry out $42.6-M reform plan.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Amy R. Remo MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE UNITED Nations Food and Agriculture Organization last week approved the $42.6-million reform plan for the agency to be implemented over the next three years. According to FAO, the Immediate...

Shell cities and Lilliput provinces.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Juan L. Mercado KUDOS TO THE SUPREME COURT FOR DEmoting 16 unqualified new cities back into towns, reader Mar Patalinghug e-mailed from Yonkers, New York. This should end the frenzy to create shell cities. Or will (politicians),...

08 palay production seen to miss target.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Amy R. Remo PALAY PRODUCTION THIS YEAR IS SEEN falling short of earlier targets due largely to a substantial drop in fertilizer use, a senior agriculture official said. The government earlier estimated palay production to hit...

Wellness gifts for Christmas.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Mitch Felipe, Contributor INSTEAD OF GIVING PASTRIES to those with health and weight problems, buy something that helps them manage their lifestyle and encourages them to burn calories, improves endurance, strength and stamina....

Wheres the sparty?
November 25, 2008... Byline: Emmarose Policarpio, Contributor OFFERING A TOTALLY unique experience, spa parties are a most relaxing way to throw a party without missing out on the fun. Treatments give much-needed pampering while the party itself makes an...

Cant sleep? Shut your busy mind.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Anne A. Jambora CANT SLEEP? CANT stay asleep? Look deeper into yourself. Consistent sleep deprivation ultimately takes a toll on your health. You wont get a heart attack next week, but its health consequences will...

Baffling cases of regression in Poland.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Jaime T. Licauco POZNAN, POLANDTHIS THIRD TRIP TO Poland was quite different from previous ones where I conducted seminars, did TV and radio. This time, I did more individual consultations than seminars. These were mostly for...

Natural ways to lower your blood pressure.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Cory Quirino IN GOING ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF living, one thing is certain. The constant routine that structures our life may at times need a little fine-tuning. Much like a radio when we are searching for the perfect frequency,...

Whip up these recipes for good sleep.
November 25, 2008... DIET IS IMPORTANT TO GIVE YOU A solid nights rest, said naturopath physician James Rouse. He said a healthy mix of lean protein and whole-grain carbs prepares you to sleep. Calcium helps strengthen and calm the nervous system; magnesium...

Will Dingdong and Diether face off on GMA 7?
November 25, 2008... Byline: Dolly Anne Carvajal I CORNERED DINGDONG Dantes and asked him if he doesnt feel threatened that Diether Ocampo is reportedly moving to GMA 7. Not at all, Dong replied. Diet is my senior. Nauna siya sa G-Mik. Next batch ako sa...

New home for Karylle.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Marinel Cruz THE MOVE TO HAVE A NEW MANAGER and a new home studio for singer-actress Karylle began while she was doing the musical West Side Story. Carlo Orosawho with Audie Gemora runs the theater and talent management...

TV sexes it up again.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Nestor U. Torre TELEVISION IS LARGELY SUPPOSED TO be a GP (General Patronage) medium, because it enters peoples homes at all hours of the day, and thus exposes minors to its program content. Thus, standards for TV programming...

Ex-barbers cream fights warts, moles, even skin cancer.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Miko Morelos DEWART, DEMOLE AND nowde-cancer. By reformulating his amazing cream that gets rid of warts and moles without surgery, Rolando dela Cruz, 71, came up with DeBCC that combats skin cancer. Doctors from...

Bautista bows to wily Mexican.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Salven L. Lagumbay, Contributor LAS VEGASMEXICAN HERIBerto Ruiz scored a unanimous decision win over Filipino Rey Boom Boom Bautista yesterday in their 8-round bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena here. Ruiz floored Bautista in...

Cebu, Taguig blast foes, gain semis.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Marc Anthony Reyes CEBU AND TAGUIG HURDLED THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSIGNMENTS with ease yesterday to nail semifinal berths and twice-to-beat incentives in Baseball Philippines Series 4 at the Rizal Memorial ballpark. With relief...

A sport where age is not a factor.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Manolo R. Inigo IN MY VIEW, BILLIARDS IS ONE SPORT where age does not matter in order for one to excel. As a matter of fact, several former winners of the prestigious World 9-Ball Pool Championship, like Americans Earl...

Positive and negative democracy.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Christopher Ryan Maboloc THE POWER OF DEMOCRACY TO EFFECT change in the wellbeing of people depends on what people do in their lives. Democracy can be theoretically construed and empirically practiced as positive or negative....

Dayondon, Canadian expat rule Anvaya tilt.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas CARINNA DAYONDON, ONE OF the only three Filipino women who have reached the peak of Mt. Everest, and Canadian expatriate David Verlee shared the limelight by ruling their respective divisions in the Anvaya Cove...

Did you know.
November 24, 2008... ABOUT 43 percent of Metro Manila youth aged 15 to 24 approve of men having sex before marriage, but only about 30 percent say its okay for women to engage in premarital sex, the 2002 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study showed. Cyril L....

Charge of Arroyo Brigade into the jaws of mayhem.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Amando Doronila IN LESS THAN A DECADE OF ITS ratification, the 1987 Constitution encountered in 1997 the first serious proposal to amend it. That ill-fated proposal sought to lift the constitutional term limits of elected...

Eagles, Lions open Champs League bid.
November 24, 2008... TWO CHAMPIONS bannering two Most Valuable Players kick off the last phase of the search for the finest varsity team in the country this year. Odds favor Ateneo and San Beda as they battle separate foes at the start of the Sweet 16...

Praying for Gloria.
November 24, 2008... MORE TEARS ARE SHED, THE GREAT SAINT Teresa of Avila once wrote, over answered prayers than unanswered ones. The collective gasp we heard last week, when Press Secretary Jesus Dureza prayed at the start of the Cabinet meeting that the heavens...

Expert sees real world of forensics.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Fe Zamora HE IS KNOWN FOR SOLVING A murder case even without a body, and for finding the tiniest cluesa strand of hair, for instancethat would pin down a suspect or exonerate the innocent. Because of his unusual eye and...

Senior citizens and Mercury Drug.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Ramon J. Farolan FIRST THE GOOD NEWS: IT IS REPORTED THAT THE Department of Finance has no objections to a bill filed by Sen. Loren B. Legarda, increasing the senior citizen (SC) discount rate from 20 percent to 32 percent....

Greenpeace to solons: Go renewable, not nuclear.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon CITY OF SAN FERNANDO The environmental group Greenpeace has opposed a proposal in the Senate to recommission the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) in Morong, Bataan, urging the...

Gomez bags GM title, but RP falls.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Ernesto A. Gonzales Standings after nine rounds: MEN: 16 pointsIsrael; 15Ukraine, Armenia; 14China, England, Serbia; 13Russia, United States, Germany-1, Bulgaria, Spain, Poland, Slovenia, Netherlands, Slovakia; 12France,...

Group slams arrest of activists nephew for drugs.
November 24, 2008... A LABOR GROUP ON SUNDAY DEnounced the arrest of two men, one of them a nephew of a labor activist, for alleged possession of marijuana in separate buy-bust operations on Thursday afternoon. Cabuyao police chief Supt. Moises Pagaduan...

5 hurt as truck plows into cafe.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Nancy C. Carvajal A SPEEDING SIX-WHEELER TRUCK crashed into a coffee shop on Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City, yesterday afternoon, leaving five people injured. Chief Insp. Romeo Arcenas of the Quezon City Police District said...

Ibarra upends Real Spicy, tops Danding Cup.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Musong R. Castillo THE ALL-COMERS CHAMPION-ship boiled down to a race among the only two locals entered, with the star of today having just a little more in besting the star of the very recent past. Ibarra jumped out of the...

The JBC in the dock.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J. WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT AN APPOINTEE TO the Supreme Court, aside from possessing the requirements of age, citizenship and judicial or legal experience, must also, according to the Constitution, be a...

Joe de V lying, says Mike A on ZTE rap.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Nancy C. Carvajal FIRST GENTLEMAN JOSE Miguel Mike Arroyo yesterday called former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. a liar for claiming in a forthcoming book that he had suggested a formula that led to the awarding of the $329-million...

Lady Stags reach finals; Tigresses forge playoff.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas LOU ANN LATIGAY AND SUZANNE Roces proved too tenacious for La Salle in the fifth set as San Sebastian registered a stirring come-from-behind 21-25, 25-17, 25-20, 26-28, 15-9 win yesterday that gave the Lady Stags...

Gas station robbed.
November 24, 2008... A GAS station on a busy street in Balintawak, Quezon City, was robbed by two men at around 1 p.m. yesterday. Supt. Elmer Bantog, head of the police station in the area, said the robbers, who were armed with handguns, pretended to be customers...

1 dead, 1 hurt in gun attack.
November 24, 2008... A 23-YEAR-OLD man was killed while his neighbor was hurt when a man shot them Saturday evening in Manila. Tarcisio Veraqui, of Area H, Gate 19, Parola Compound in Tondo, died instantly from a single gunshot wound in the chest while his...

Mandaluyong fire leaves 7 dead.
November 24, 2008... Byline: DJ Yap NENITA MARQUEZ HAD ALREADY ESCAPED FROM THE BURNING furniture shop where she worked when she suddenly rushed back inside the building in a heroic but ultimately futile attempt to save her 4-year-old granddaughter. ...

Motorists wait for hours to get thru Davao flood.
November 24, 2008... DIGOS CITYHEAVY RAIN FLOODED the national highway in Sulop town, Davao del Sur stranding hundreds of motorists enroute to Davao City and General Santos City on Saturday. Boyet Hernan, Sulops Association of Barangay Council president,...

Abolish the House, not the Senate.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Neal H. Cruz ITS CHA-CHA TIME AGAIN. THERE ARE TWO resolutions choo-chooing through the congressional railroad like express trains proposing to convene Congress into a constituent assembly, or Con-ass (ass, what an apt name) to...