Philippine Daily Inquirer articles from November 2008, page 5

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Diving to keep RP tourism afloat.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Cheche V. Moral ITS LIKE OWNING A Ferrari and never driving it. Thats how Dave Allen likened the majority of Filipinos who dont scuba-dive. Allen is an American marine videographer and president and publisher of...

Can OFW families be whole again?
November 23, 2008... Byline: Cathy Babao-Guballa IT WAS A SIMPLE MESSAGE, but I was taken aback by the seeming insensitivity of it. I had sent a birthday greeting to someone we had met earlier this year while my husband was based overseasthat six-month...

OFW is scared to come home and start anew.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Emily A. Marcelo DEAR EMILY, Ive worked abroad for almost 17 years and I am scared to go home for good. This is the usual attitude among overseas workers. We think life in the Philippines is very hard, money is difficult to...

Saving the earth in Barcelona.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Antonio M. Claparols, Contributor BARCELONAIN THIS BEAUtiful city where Antoni Gaudi and Pablo Picasso found peace and inspiration, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) held its 4th World Conservation Congress...

Its time we welcome back manhood, the endangered species.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Margie David Collins, Contributor EVEN I CAN SEE THE FUNNY SIDE. Two New Yorker cartoons: In one, two girlfriends are at a party, looking at the boyfriend of one, carrying two glasses of wine toward them. One says to the...

90 carrozas to join 29th Cofradia Marian procession.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Josephine Darang AT LEAST 90 FLOWER-BEDECKED carrozas bearing the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary under different titles are joining the 29th procession of the Cofradia de la Inmaculada Concepcion on Dec. 7, Sunday, around...

A second life for Lily Pad.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Bibsy M. Carballo, Contributor LITTLE DID BARBARA Gonzalez, Tweetums to most, realize that her home Lily Pad in Calamba, in the shadows of Mt. Makiling, would become the smashing success its turning out to be. Having put up...

For three celebrity comic wannabes, P100,000 is no joke.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Pocholo Concepcion A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, A school teacher and a professional sing-along bar performer made it to the grand finals of LOL (Laugh Out Loud)a radio talent search for comedians conducted by dzMM Teleradyo. ...

MTRCB scolds TV Patrol, Velvet.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Bayani San Diego Jr. THE MOVIE AND TELEVISION REview and Classification Board (MTRCB) admonished the ABS-CBN flagship newscast TV Patrol and its cable channel Velvet. In an Oct. 23 letter addressed to Maria Ressa, head of...

Historic TV interview that still makes the news.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Ruben V. Nepales LOS ANGELESWE CONTINUE our feature on Frost/Nixon, one of the likely strong contenders for Best Picture in the awards season. The film, a dramatization of the historic interview of British TV talk show host...

Coming, Going Home.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Michael L. Tan A FEW weeks back, the Republican presidential candidate John McCain got into a bit of trouble when he was asked how many homes he owned, and he admitted he couldnt remember. The Democrats used this to highlight...

Epiphanies of Light and Shade.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Eric S. Caruncho IF Juan Luna were alive today, and if he wielded a camera instead of a brush, how would he do the Spoliarium? We may soon find out. Ive always been fascinated by the Spoliarium ever since I was a kid,...

Ghosts of State U.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Catherine Grace de Leon THE University of the Philippines is known to be many things, both true and untrue. Now, lets delve into the supernatural landscape and reputation of the Diliman campus, even the urban legends that have...

Legally Home.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Delmar Carino, Inquirer Northern Luzon BUYING property, most often a house and lot, is a lifetime investment. But unless you have a licensed broker to apprise you of which to bid for, you might later find yourself facing a lawsuit...

Martial Law Memories.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Marlet D. Salazar IT REMAINS one of the darkest periods in Philippine history, but one that few of the call center generation remembers, or probably even cares to know about. Fortunately, theres the Bantayog Museum, a part of...

Truly Fine Dining.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Margaux Salcedo IN THE recently launched Miele Guide, which seeks to be the most credible restaurant guide in Asia, Antonios Fine Dining in Tagaytay was acknowledged as one of the Top 20 restaurants in Asia (#10), in the league...

Wok-king with Anthony Bourdain.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Ivan Man Dy IT started with a text message from artist-chef and fellow half-kabalen (from my matrilineal Kapampangan side) Claude Tayag. The message was deceivingly simple: A US-based TV host is doing a shoot in the Philippines....

Young and Famous.
November 23, 2008... Byline: Jessica Mendoza ROBI? Can I please take a picture with you? the young woman asks shyly in Filipino. Robi Domingo, the heartthrob runner-up on ABS-CBNs hit reality show Pinoy Big Brother (PBB): Teen Edition and a winner of the...

Dont abandon impeach rap, JDV urged.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. DONT LEAVE JUST YET. This was the warning of the House minority bloc to Pangasinan Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. who was reported to be leaving for Indonesia for a speaking engagement in the midst of an...

Abducted at noon on a busy Makati street.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Inquirer Research PROMINENT PUBLICIST SALvador Bubby Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito, were abducted while cruising near the intersection of Zobel Roxas Street and President Osmena Highway in Metro Manila on Nov. 24, 2000....

2 Abu members nabbed.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Marlon Ramos TWO SUSPECTED members of the al Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf were arrested early yesterday morning in Maharlika Village, Taguig City by a team of police and military intelligence units. A police source, who requested...

5 dead in new landslide in Diwalwal.
November 22, 2008... TAGUM CITYAT LEAST FIVE PERSONS, INcluding a child, were confirmed dead while several others remained unaccounted for following a second landslide in the mining village of Mt. Diwata in Monkayo, Compostela Valley late Thursday, authorities...

Apec advisory group cites need for rebuilding confidence.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Michael Lim Ubac LIMA, PERU (VIA PLDT)AN advisory group has called on 21 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders to seize the opportunity and respond to the global economic crisis by charting a course that would set all...

Binay downplays Eraps possible presidential bid.
November 22, 2008... LUCENA CITYMAKATI CITY Mayor and United Opposition president Jejomar Jojo Binay downplayed former President Joseph Erap Estradas plan to bid for a return shot at the presidency if the opposition remained divided. It only means that...

Bishop flunks Pangasinan governor on jueteng war.
November 22, 2008... DAGUPAN CITYLingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz on Thursday gave Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino Jr. a failing grade for his inability to stop the illegal numbers game jueteng in the province. Seven would be the most that I could give...

Bolante tells same old story.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Alcuin Papa AS THE SONG GOES, ITS STILL the same old story. Echoing his testimonies in legislative hearings on the P728-million fertilizer fund deal, former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn Joc-joc Bolante yesterday denied...

Boracay land conflict boils over.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Boracay Island THE SCENE WOULD HAVE been unimaginable years ago: Policemen and demolition team members facing off with occupants of a commercial lot enclosed with barbed-wire on the famous white beach of...

BPO looking for more workers, not laying off people, says GMA.
November 22, 2008... Byline: TJ Burgonio and Kristine L. Alave PRESIDENT MACAPAGAL-ARroyo yesterday said a business process outsourcing (BPO) company has denied reports that it had laid off hundreds of Filipino employees and was in fact looking for more...

When reform leads to revolution.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Butch Hernandez JUDGING BY THE QUALITY OF PUBLISHED doctoral dissertations and masteral theses emanating from our academeand the steady stream of foreign studentsthe Philippines still seems to be an excellent choice in the region...

Anonymous.
November 22, 2008... I WAS LOOKING FOR A WORD TO DESCRIBE our attitude toward persons with disabilities (PWDs). A group of students once asked me about that and since then I began looking for the word. We just celebrated Deaf Awareness Week (Nov. 10-16) and...

Cop happy relating good news to colleagues when death came.
November 22, 2008... Byline: DJ Yap MOMENTS BEFORE HE SHOT and killed himself by accident Wednesday, PO2 Rommel Allan G. Mendoza was a happy man. Investigators probing Mendozas death learned that prior to the accident which happened inside the Marikina...

Doves eye Uclaa dominance.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Romina S. Austria ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI COLLEGE HOPES to build a new winning tradition when it spearheads the inaugural Universities and Colleges of Luzon Athletic Association (Uclaa) beginning Nov. 25 at the Makati Coliseum. ...

DSWD starts databank to protect poor from politicians.
November 22, 2008... BAGUIO CITYGOVERNMENT social workers have started designing their own data bank of the countrys poorest, to free them from local political pressures and to reduce mismanagement of funds now that an economic crunch has eroded state resources....

Cheating the poor.
November 22, 2008... ON NOV. 18, THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY published an innocuous-looking notice in the papers: In reference to our previous announcement we would like to remind the public that effective December 1, 2008, the sale of highly subsidized NFA rice...

Erap refuses comment: Ask Ping; no perfect crime, says VACC.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Beverly T. Natividad LET THEM FACE THE CHARGES. That was the reaction of former President Joseph Estrada when asked about the arrests of former Senior Superintendents Cesar Mancao II and Glenn Dumlao in the US in connection...

Erap says hell fight Cha-cha to the hilt.
November 22, 2008... IF PRESIDENT MACAPAGAL-Arroyo is mobilizing her allies to push for Charter change through a constituent assembly, her deposed predecessor is prepared to give her a fight. Lalabanan ko yan. I will fight it to the hilt. We will go all out...

Ex-Ping aides held in US.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Dona Z. Pazzibugan THEY MAY HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE ROAD. Almost eight years to the day after the twin murders of prominent Filipino publicist Salvador Bubby Dacer and his driver, two former top lieutenants of ex-national...

Fire substation beside Baclaran LRT station.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Riza T. Olchondra AFTER LOSING OVER P4 MILlion in revenue from fire incidents near its facilities this year, the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) has accepted a proposal to have a fire substation near its Baclaran terminal....

GMA classmates also on campaign trail for Cha-cha.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Fe Zamora and Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. IF NOT NOW, WHEN? Society matrons mouthed this activist slogan as they aired a common cause as early as last month: Amend the 1987 Constitution while President Macapagal-Arroyo is still...

Gomez nears GM title as RP wins.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Ernesto Gonzales Standings after seven rounds: MEN: 13 pointsArmenia; 12France, Israel, Germany-1; 11Russia, Ukraine, China, United States, Vietnam; 10Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, India, Romania, England, Georgia, Serbia, Belarus,...

Group starts Baguio-Cotabato peace caravan.
November 22, 2008... BAGUIO CITYSAYING THEY HAVE HAD enough of unending Mindanao war, at least 50 civic-minded volunteers jumped into four vans here on Friday for a 10-day peace caravan from Baguio to Cotabato City to lobby for the resumption of talks between...

Honor student loses fight for life after stabbing.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer Visayas BACOLOD CITYA 13-YEAR-old high school honor student in Bacolod City stabbed more than 40 times while on her way home from school died sometime later after fighting for her life Wednesday afternoon....

Kiwi netter cuts down ITF Week 1 champion.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Marc Anthony Reyes NEW ZEALANDS SACHA JONES OVERCAME the late-game surge of last weeks champion Lavinia Tananta yesterday and barged into the semifinals of the PLDT-Smart ITF womens tennis circuit 2 at the Rizal Memorial Tennis...

Lacson declines to issue statement.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Christine O. Avendano SEN. PANFILO LACSON LAST night said he could not make any comment on the reported arrests in the US of his former police aides Cesar Mancao and Glenn Dumlao. I dont know the circumstances. I dont have...

Lady Falcons foil Tigresses again.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas ADAMSONS POWER AND PREcision continues to be a puzzle for the University of Santo Tomas in the Shakeys V-League second conference. Flaunting their attacking depth, the Lady Falcons repeated over the top-seeded...

A lot of people dont see how beautiful they are...
November 22, 2008... Byline: Allison W. Lopez SAYING THAT POOR SELF-IMAGE was one of biggest hurdles to success, inspirational speaker Bo Sanchez and other renowned spiritual leaders have vowed to awaken the miracle in people during the second Kerygma...

Consumer coping with hard times.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Mahar Mangahas LAST TUESDAY, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF attending marketing guru Ned Robertos premiere presentation of his First Nationwide Consumer Coping Behavior Study to representatives of the 24 companies that sponsored the...

Midwife found dead inside motel room.
November 22, 2008... A 55-YEAR-OLD midwife was found dead inside the toilet of the motel room she rented in Pasay City yesterday. Senior Supt. Raul Petrasanta, city police chief, said the body of Evangeline Sol-Cruz was discovered around 8:30 a.m. by Melvin...

Hot meat worth P100M seized.
November 22, 2008... P100 MILLION worth of hot meat from China and Brazil was seized by the operatives of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) in three cold storage facilities in Valenzuela City yesterday. The smuggled meat products, the PASG said in a...

Memorial for barangay execs pushed.
November 22, 2008... A QUEZON CITY councilor is pushing for the allotment of P1 million to erect memorials for barangay kagawads and chairs who died during their term of office whether or not in the line of their duty. In a proposed ordinance, Councilor Dorothy...

Good news for Las Pinas City employees.
November 22, 2008... MAYOR Vergel Nene Aguilar yesterday approved the release of 10 percent across-the-board salary increase for all city government employees. Aguilar said he decided to grant the pay increase after the city government was able to accrue savings...

Warning device fails to save surgeon.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Marlon Ramos AN EARLY WARNING DEVICE MEANT TO SAVE motorists from accidents led to the untimely death of a surgeon after the car he was driving crashed into a lamppost as he tried to avoid a warning sign on Edsa-Roxas Boulevard...

Mike A stricken; GMA plane diverted to Osaka.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Christine O. Avendano and Christian Esguerra FIRST GENTLEMAN JOSE Miguel Arroyo was stricken ill last night while on a US-bound flight with President Macapagal-Arroyo, forcing their chartered Philippine Airlines plane to be...

Rebels body exhumed.
November 22, 2008... COMPOSTELA VALLEY SOLDIERS and policemen exhumed on Wednesday the body of a New Peoples Army (NPA) rebel, who was killed in the Nov. 7 clashes that also resulted in the capture of an Army lieutenant in Barangay Casoon in Monkayo town....

Oil firms cut gas prices by P1 per liter.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS week, local oil firms slashed prices of gasoline, diesel and kerosene by P1 per liter starting midnight last night as crude prices plunged below $49 per barrel. Pilipinas Shell...

Palace: Mikey just an ordinary guy.
November 22, 2008... Byline: TJ Burgonio and Tonette Orejas THE ELDEST CHILD OF PRESIdent Macapagal-Arroyo prefers to be treated as an ordinary member of the administration coalition. Thus, according to the Presidents political adviser Gabriel Claudio,...

PCA serves up 27th Open.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Marc Anthony Reyes THE COUNTRYS TOP TENNIS players mix it up with their foreign counterparts starting today in the 27th Philippine Columbian Association Open championship at the PCA shell courts in Paco, Manila. Defending...

PCCL reappoints Chino as Sweet 16 commish.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Romina S. Austria THE PHILIPPINE COLLEGIATE Champions League (PCCL) has appointed Philippine Basketball League commissioner Chino Trinidad as its games commissioner for the fourth straight year. Trinidad will handle the...

Peru erects monument for RP natl hero Jose Rizal.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Michael Lim Ubac LIMA, PERU (VIA PLDT)PEruvians honor today Dr. Jose Rizal with a monument, the first for a national hero of a foreign country. President Macapagal-Arroyo will lead the unveiling of the bust of the countrys...

Villar ethics probe.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Christine O. Avendano SEN. PANFILO LACSON NEED NOT INHIBIT himself once he takes over the Senate ethics committee and deal with the ethics complaint against Sen. Manuel Villar Jr., over the C-5 road extension project, Sen. Mar...

PNP chief denies damning report on euro generals trip.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Marlon Ramos PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE chief Director General Jesus Verzosa yesterday denied news reports that he furnished the House of Representatives a report from a PNP fact-finding team which supposedly declared the...

POC polls split yet another association.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Marc Anthony Reyes THE LIST OF PROBLEMATIC NATIONAL sports association keeps getting longer. Bowling just joined the fray after the Philippine Bowling Congress endorsed Art Macapagal as its choice for the Philippine Olympic...

QC shootout leaves 1 dead, 2 others hurt.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Nancy C. Carvajal SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF A spare tire robbery gang engaged policemen in a shootout in Quezon City Thursday, leaving one man dead and two others wounded. Quezon City Police District Director Senior Supt....

Filipinos and their Constitution.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Randy David ASK FILIPINOS IF THEY THINK THE BASIC problem of the nation today lies in the system of government or in the shameful quality of their political leaders. Ask them what they think needs to be urgently replacedthe...

Manny Pacquiao used as a guinea pig?
November 22, 2008... Byline: Recah Trinidad NOT CONTENT WITH A TESTED WIN-win storm, they tried to whip up a tornado in Manny Pacquiao as he prepares to fight legendary Oscar De La Hoya on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas. Sorry, but the Filipino boxing superhero is...

Rise in cases of empty nest killings alarms Metro cops.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Jeannette I. Andrade THE NEWLY INSTALLED CHIEF of the Metro Manila police revealed yesterday that the upsurge in the incidents of robbery-slays involving senior citizens in so-called empty nests this year is a growing concern in...

Senators on constituent assembly: No way.
November 22, 2008... SENATORS FROM THE NEW majority and minority yesterday vowed to to fight the fresh attempt of the House of Representatives to amend the 1987 Constitution without the participation of the Senate. Sen. Mar Roxas called on President...

Aging.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Solita Collas-Monsod A GROWING NUMBER OF THE WORLDS population are attaining not only old age but advanced old agealmost by leaps and bounds. In Hong Kong, for example, people who were 65 years old and above constituted 4.5...

Solons eye pay hike for teachers.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Edson C. Tandoc Jr. THE HOUSE COMmittee on Appropriations has agreed to look into the proposal of the Department of Education (DepEd) to upgrade the salary bracket of public school teachers which, if approved, would increase...

Buenafe hot as Coca-Cola rips Pfoods.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Musong R. Castillo GAMES TODAY (The Arena, San Juan) 2:30 p.m.Alaska vs Talk N Text 5 p.m.Sta. Lucia vs Barangay Ginebra RONJAY BUENAFE RETURNED FROM A three-game absence to spark a fourth quarter breakaway by...

4 suspected robbery gang members fall.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Marlon Ramos AFTER MONTHS OF SOWING terror in the metropolis and evading policemen, four suspected members of a notorious robbery gangwhose modus operandi was to pose as policemen or soldiershave been arrested in Makati City,...

UP-Ayala techno park, RPs Silicon Valley, opens.
November 22, 2008... Byline: TJ Burgonio and Elizabeth Sanchez-Lacson HAVING FAILED TO GET A NAtional broadband network project off the ground, President Macapagal-Arroyo is settling for turning each of the countrys 81 provinces into an information technology...

Big humiliation for the Army.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Ramon Tulfo THE CAPTURE BY THE NEW Peoples Army (NPA) of lst Lt. Vicente Cammayo in Compostela Valley after an encounter was a big humiliation for the Army. Cammayo was wounded when he was taken captive. His unit had been...

Typhoid-stricken town declares state of calamity.
November 22, 2008... LUCENA CITYWITH THE OFficial confirmation of a typhoid outbreak from health authorities, the local government of Real, Quezon has declared a state of calamity to help prevent the spread of the water-borne illness that caused the...

Unbeaten Harbour five duels BK.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo W L Harbour 3 0 Magnolia 2 1 Hapee 2 1 Burger King 2 1 Bacchus 1 2 Toyota Otis 1 3 Pharex 0 3 GAMES TODAY (Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City) 2 p.m.Pharex vs Bacchus...

Season of goodbyes.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Angeline Dellosa HAPPINESS IS A CHOICE, IVE BEEN TOLD. AND FOR A while, I did try to live by this, convinced that it really was up to me to choose to be happy or not to be happy. And as far as I was concerned, everything was...

The love vote.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Conrado R. Banal III THE STOCK MARKET IS SLIPPING into a coma. Banks are also getting more lethargic in processing loans. Exporters are already thinking of layoffs. And the economy, in general, is going on awhat did they want...

Peso breaches 50:$1 mark in intra-day trade.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao THE PESO YESTERDAY BREACHED THE 50-MARK FOR the first time in two years but late-day bargain-hunting across Asian stock markets allowed it to firm up to 49.82 against the dollar on closing, currency dealers said....

Changing the way we regard our bread.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Charles E. Buban FOOD FORTIFICATION is an important strategy to address nutrient deficiencies particularly in some sectors of the population who do not or cannot eat adequately, including those who often prefer industrially...

Govt boosts dairy sector.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Amy R. Remo THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI-culture is pushing for the inclusion of dairy farming in the One Town, One Product (OTOP) priority list of local government units to promote institutional cooperation and help unify the countrys...

Digitel net loss swelled to P2.7B in first 9 months.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Riza T. Olchondra DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS Philippines Inc. (Digitel) of taipan John Gokongwei Jr. yesterday reported a net loss of P2.7 billion for the first nine months, swelling from P229 million a year ago, largely due to...

Building walls and walks.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Massie Santos Ballon SCIENTISTS ARE REALLY GOOD at pulling things apart to understand the various components that make up life, said Stanford University bioengineering professor Drew Endy. Unfortunately, he added, theyre not so...

Eton Properties post P213-M loss.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Sanchez-Lacson ETON PROPERTIES PHILIPPINES Inc., the premier real estate brand of the Lucio Tan Group, reported its net losses for the nine-month period widened to P212.96 million or by 95 percent from a net loss of...

Fishermen oppose sectoral talks in WTO.
November 22, 2008... Byline: Amy R. Remo A NATIONAL FISHERFOLK coalition yesterday warned against mandatory sectoral talks in the World Trade Organization, saying it would only benefit rich countries that wanted greater market access for their products. ...