Philippine Daily Inquirer articles from November 2008

Philippine Daily Inquirer archives from November 2008

Lawyers hit Koreanization of RP.
November 27, 2008... BAGUIO CITYLAWYERS ATTENDING A Supreme Court-mandated legal seminar here took to task the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its alleged failure to act on the proliferation of corporations suspected to be dummies of Koreans. ...

Alcantara scores, but Patrimonio gets door.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Romina S. Austria TITLE FAVORITE FRANCIS CASEY ALCANtara and longshot Jeson Patrombon got a scare before advancing to the quarterfinals of the Phinma International Junior Tennis Championship Week 1 yesterday at the Rizal Memorial...

Archers rip USC five, join Eagles in Last 8.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas LA SALLE BEGAN TO PICK UP THE PIECES from its UAAP finals defeat with a 71-51 victory over University of San Carlos yesterday that gave the Archers a seat in the elite eight of the Philippine Collegiate Champions...

Pacquiao has a big secret, De la Hoya has great skills.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Recah Trinidad WHAT WOULD ANGELO DUNDEE DO if he were in Freddie Roachs place preparing Manny Pacquiao for the biggest fight of his career? It would be too late by the time wed be able to buttonhole Mr. Dundee. This...

Cha-cha moves affect GMAs credibility.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Belinda Olivares-Cunanan THE JUNKING OF THE IMPEACHMENT COMplaint against President Macapagal-Arroyo by the justice committee of the House of Representatives was predictable, despite the protestations of impeachment advocates...

Bishop hits GMA-Jesus analogy.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Dona Z. Pazzibugan INAPPROPRIATE. This was the reaction of a bishop who has joined Catholic priests in the country in protest against the suggestion of an administration congressman that President Macapagal-Arroyo could be...

Palace celebrates with boodle fight.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Inquirer staff MALACANANG OFFICIALS CELEBRATed with a boodle fight the latest triumph in the impeachment battle in Congress. Opponents of President Macapagal-Arroyo licked their wounds and vowed to try again. The head of the...

Fishers and fish.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo NOVEMBER 21, FRIDAY LAST WEEK, WAS World Fishers Day. How many people in this country, fishers included, knew that? This nation of islands floating between azure skies and azure sea is home to fishers and fish....

Did you know.
November 27, 2008... NICASIO Asyong Salonga was a gangster in post-war Manila who shared his money with needy neighbors. In October 1951, the 27-year-old Salonga was gunned down by a small-time goon in Tondo. A movie on Salongas life catapulted actor Joseph...

Everybody is for sale.
November 27, 2008... LEAVE IT TO THE IRREPRESSIBLE JOSE DE VENECIA to write the perfect epitaph for the House of Representatives he used to head. Everybody is for sale in this country, said the five-time speaker who was ousted last February, when he testified on...

Express seek GAB help as protest plea fails.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Musong R. Castillo AIR21 LOST ITS APPEAL TO the PBA board by a vote yesterday and said it will take its case to the Games and Amusement Board, marking, if ever, the first time that the government agency will be made a part in...

Fireman, guard hurt in 40-minute Quiapo fire.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Tina G. Santos AT LEAST 15 FAMILIES LOST their homes in a 40-minute fire that hit a residential-commercial area in Quiapo, Manila, yesterday morning. Fire Officer 2 Lords Hernandez of the Manila Fire Bureau said two people,...

14 fratmen face charges for hazing.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Tina G. Santos THE NATIONAL BUREAU of Investigation on Tuesday filed charges against 14 maritime students who allegedly hazed another student after they forced him to join a fraternity. Charged with violating Republic Act...

Go posts all-motor RP mark at Clark.
November 27, 2008... CHRISTIAN GO ESTABLISHED A new all-motor Philippine record, breaking his own mark during the recent 2008 Pagcor Drag Racing Championships-Northern Series kickoff leg at the Clark International Speedway Drag Strip at the Clark Ecozone,...

Grand plan alive, warns opposition.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. and Christine O. Avendano MINUTES BEFORE THE IMPEACHment case was killed, Bukidnon Rep. Teofisto Guingona III asked the members of the House committee on justice if they wanted President Macapagal-Arroyo to...

New shooters cushion Pinoys achilles heel.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Beth Celis NATIONAL TEAM coach Yeng Guiao was eager to get a feedback after the national teams first practice session at the San Juan Arena last Monday. Yeng described it as a light practice but, according to PBA operations...

Impeachment bid killed.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. and Leila B. Salaverria PRESIDENT MACAPAGAL-Arroyo has eluded yet again another attempt to unseat her, thanks to what opposition said were allies who played blind, deaf and mute. After only three days of...

It was more like going on a picnic.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Noel Adlai O. Velasco (Editors Note: The writer is an Inquirer deskperson who is currently detailed with the Asian News Network office in Bangkok.) BANGKOKI WAS BARELY A month here when antigovernment protesters stormed the...

Confusing Ali Baba with thieves.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Juan L. Mercado TODAY SHRILL IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS remind one of the 1704 fable, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. The hearings differ from earlier ouster bids in one unyielding aspect: Time is petering out. As 2010 approaches, the...

Mangyan folk hold on to GMA promise.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Madonna Virola, City of Calapan LIBRADA BADANG ISIDRO has had the rare opportunity of meeting President Macapagal-Arroyo twice. The 44-year-old mother of five and leader of the Alangan Mangyan in Naujan town at the foot of...

Philippine Science High tops UP math competition.
November 27, 2008... MATH ACES FROM THE PHILIPpine Science High School of Quezon City topped the recent MATHirang MATHibay annual mathematics competition of the University of the Philippines Math Majors Circle (UPMMC). The state-run PSHS was represented by...

Maximum tolerance for cops.
November 27, 2008... Byline: DJ Yap NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION Police chief, Director Leopoldo Bataoil, said the police would adopt its customary policy of exercising maximum tolerance toward demonstrators in anticipation of mass protests following the junking...

Silencing the barkers.
November 27, 2008... THE MANILA government wants to rid the city streets of jeepney barkers, saying they only impede the smooth flow of vehicular traffic. Mayor Alfredo Lim issued the order following complaints from various sectors, particularly public utility...

Salvage victim.
November 27, 2008... THE BODY of an alleged victim of summary execution was found dumped on a dimly-lit road in Pasay City before dawn yesterday. Senior Supt. Raul Petrasanta, city police chief, said the unidentified man bore deep stab wounds all over his body....

Exhibit honors Zobel.
November 27, 2008... THE DE LA SALLE Santiago Zobel School marks its 30th anniversary with a photo exhibit honoring Enrique Zobel, one of the schools major benefactors. Ongoing until Nov. 29, the exhibit is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It features rare photos and...

Fright night in Retiro.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Nancy C. Carvajal WHEN VALERIE (NOT HER REAL NAME), AN 18-year-old University of Santo Tomas student, got into a taxi cab at 2 a.m. last Saturday after attending a school activity, she had no idea that she would be in for a...

Milo Marathon battle royale on cards.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas A BATTLE ROYALE AMONG THE COUNTRYS finest long-distance runners looms as the national finals of the 32nd Milo Marathon blasts off on Sunday in Manila. The 42-km footrace, which begins at the kilometer zero...

Nene senses stirrings in post-Senate coup.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Christine O. Avendano UNEASY RESTS THE HEAD THAT WEARS the crown in the Senate as some senators are not happy with the new committee assignments. A number of senators, who are not all opposition in the 14-member majority, ...

4 dead in SCTEx mishap.
November 27, 2008... FOUR persons, including two Army soldiers, died on Tuesday night when a sports utility vehicle collided with an Army truck at the Porac, Pampanga side of the newly built Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway. The fatalities were identified as Dr....

Trader, son killed.
November 27, 2008... A businessman and his 11-year-old son died, while his wife and two other children were injured in what appeared to be a massacre on Sunday night. Police identified the fatalities as Reden Pateros, 40, and his son Christopher Loyd, 11....

3 wounded in ambush.
November 27, 2008... A COUNCILOR of Barangay Malabang, Lanao del Sur and two family members were wounded and rushed to a nearby hospital following Mondays ambush by two gunmen aboard a motorcycle along Jose Lim Street here. The shooting occurred in the heels...

Police chief axed.
November 27, 2008... BARELY eight months as city police director here, Senior Supt. Lurimer Detran has been relieved from his post for a still unknown reason. I was not aware of circumstances of his relief, Mayor Celso Lobregat told reporters as he...

Scot-free, GMA heads for home.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Michael Lim Ubac LOS ANGELES VIA PLDTWITH the latest impeachment complaint against her now as good as dead, President Macapagal-Arroyo returns to the country today from a weeklong visit to the two South American nations of Peru...

30 abused OFWs return home, are treated to welcome party.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Cynthia D. Balana IT WAS MORE THAN THEY EXpected. Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) with documented cases of abuse from their foreign employers who returned home to their loved ones not only got free plane tickets home but a...

Ombudsman denies foot-dragging Nani case.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Alcuin Papa THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN has denied that its alleged foot-dragging on the case of former justice secretary Hernando Perez led to the dismissal of the corruption case by the Sandiganbayan. Assistant Ombudsman...

Ombudsman may call regional agri officials.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Alcuin Papa THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN MAY issue subpoenas to regional directors of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to explain the alleged involvement of former undersecretary Jocelyn Joc-joc Bolante in the P728 million...

One dead as boat sinks off Batanes.
November 27, 2008... BASCO, BATANESONE PERSON WAS confirmed dead, three others were missing while 16 passengers were rescued from a chartered ship that sank in the Balintang Channel 25 miles off Sabtang Island on Tuesday night. The MV Mark Jason was carrying...

PCGG loses coco case by default.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Alcuin Papa THE GOVERNMENT HAS LOST ANother coconut levy case when the Sandiganbayan dismissed a complaint against businessman Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda, and six other people...

Peace caravan from Baguio arrives in Mindanao.
November 27, 2008... CAGAYAN DE ORO CITYMindanao peace advocates welcomed the arrival of the peace caravan here with a brief march and motorcade around the city yesterday. Participants in the Peoples Caravan for Peace and Solidarity were happy to finally...

Pinoys nip Argentinians.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Ernesto A. Gonzales Final standings: MEN: 19 pointsArmenia; 18Israel; 17United States, Ukraine; 16Russia, Azerbaijan, China, Hungary, Vietnam, Spain, Georgia; 15Netherlands, Germany-1, Bulgaria, England, India, Slovenia;...

Puno: Judiciary to decide issue on GMA term extension.
November 27, 2008... PRESIDENT MACAPAGAL-ARroyos allies in the legislature may try to extend her term, but it will ultimately be an issue for the judiciary to decide, Chief Justice Reynato Puno said yesterday. Asked to comment on the resolution of Batangas...

Whats in it for them?
November 27, 2008... Byline: Manuel L. Quezon III WHENEVER THE POLITICAL CRISIS COMES UP in conversation, the discussion usually turns into a debate over whether President Macapagal-Arroyo wants to serve out the remainder of her term (until 2010), or has...

Different world.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Conrado de Quiros I SAW POCH CONCEPCIONS ARTICLE A couple of weeks ago and was glad to know vinyl is alive and, well, grooving. For those who are having senior moments and cant remember them, or those who are having junior...

Resurgent Wizards tackle Stunners today.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas MAGNOLIA PUREWATER HOPES TO build on a sensational victory Tuesday as the Wizards clash with Burger King Stunners today in the 2009 PBL PG Flex Linoleum Cup at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. The...

Salvage of sunken cargo ship completed.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Inquirer Visayas ILOILO CITYOPERATIONS TO salvage the wreck of a cargo ship that sank off Antique was completed on Tuesday, according to the Coast Guard. Commodore William Melad, Coast Guard District...

San Mig shows Air21 whos boss.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Musong R. Castillo SAN MIGUEL COACH TANQUINGCEN SWORE THAT THEY werent even thinking of Air21 last night, their mindset being just to come out of the dugout and do all the right things. Apparently, they did everything right....

SC restrains proclamation of Quezon plebiscite result.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Norman Bordadora THE SUPREME COURT HAS BARRED THE Commission on Elections from proclaiming the results of a plebiscite scheduled in Quezon next month regarding its division into two provinces. The high court issued a...

Seeds march into quarters.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas TOP SEEDS PJ TIERRO AND BAMBI ZO-leta cruised to the quarterfinals after pulling off easy victories yesterday in the 2008 PCA Open Tennis Championships at the PCA shellcourts in Manila. Tierro proved too...

SC seen as next battleground in fight vs Cha-cha.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Edson C. Tandoc Jr. and Miko Morelos WITH ANOTHER IMPEACHMENT complaint headed for the archives, the Supreme Court looms as the next battleground in the fight against constitutional amendments intended to extend the term of...

Roach: Hoya is not going to last.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Francis T. J. Ochoa LOS ANGELESALL THAT TALK ABOUT Oscar De La Hoya hedging on his retirement plans and possibly signing up for another megabuck bout? Forget about it. As far as Freddie Roach is concerned, Manny Pacquiao is...

Strike cripples Albay.
November 27, 2008... PUBLIC TRANSPORT WAS VIRtually paralyzed in Albay and about 70 percent of public transport was halted in Sorsogon. George San Mateo, Piston secretary general, claimed that 70 percent of vehicular traffic was paralyzed in Naga City and 90...

Getting mining rights a privilege.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Ramon Tulfo PANGASINAN REP. JOSE DE Venecia accuses President Gloria of bribing him and his colleagues in the House of Representatives to the tune of P100 million in October 2007, so the impeachment case against her would be...

Unioil cuts gas price by P6/liter, diesel by P4/liter; Big 3 mum.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo and Inquirer Southern Luzon UNIOIL PETROLEUM PHILIPPINES Inc. yesterday slashed prices of gasoline by P6 a liter and of diesel by P4 a liter as it trailed other oil firms in previous rounds of price cuts. ...

Midnight talk.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Meg Manzano THE CLOCK HAD JUST STRUCK 12, BUT THERE I WAS, still sitting at the dining table with six adults. Three of them were drinking dark beer, the others, black coffee. It was a night like any other, except for the fact...

New airline to start Clark-Macau service.
November 27, 2008... SPIRIT OF MANILA, A NEW ALL-Filipino-owned airline, will start flying from the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in Clark, Pampanga to Macau next month. The airline, which will be managed by a group composed of former officials of...

Boyongan project viable, Philex says.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo PHILEX GOLD, A SUBSIDIARY OF Philex Mining Corp., has determined that it would be profitable to develop the Boyongan copper-gold deposit in Surigao del Norte. Philex Gold said in a report that the...

Imports inched up 2.5% in Sept. to $4.86B.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Michelle V. Remo THE COUNTRYS IMPORTS ROSE 2.5 PERCENT YEAR-ON-YEAR in September to $4.86 billion, the National Statistics Office announced yesterday. The NSO said electronics imports fell 26 percent to $1.74 billion from...

Coconut output to grow 11% in 09, PCA estimates.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Amy R. Remo PHILIPPINE COCONUT PRODUCtion may likely expand by 11 percent to 2.77 million metric tons in copra terms next year, according to the Philippine Coconut Authority. PCA Deputy Administrator Arturo J. Liquete said in...

Excise tax on soft drinks pushed.
November 27, 2008... THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE prefers the imposition of an excise tax on soft drinks over the plan emanating from the House of Representatives to tax sweeteners for these carbonated beverages. In a position paper submitted to the Lower House,...

ICTSI secures P6.85B in loans.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Riza T. Olchondra INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERminal Services Inc. announced yesterday that it had secured medium-term loans amounting to P6.85 billion from local lenders. In a statement, the listed port operator said the loans...

Mindanao to forge closer ties with the Middle East.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Joji Ilagan-Bian THE MINDANAO CHAMBERS OF Commerce sent a full delegation of businessmen representing all the major cities and provinces of the island to the recently concluded 34th Philippine Business Conference held in Manila...

Premier Capital buys 10% stake in PSE.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Sanchez-Lacson PREMIER CAPITAL VENTURE Corp., an investment house chaired by San Miguel Corp. vice chair Ramon S. Ang, has acquired a 10-percent stake in the Philippine Stock Exchange last week for P334 million, sources...

RHI seeks partners in projects.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Sanchez-Lacson ROXAS HOLDINGS INC. YESTERDAY SAID it would likely complete its corporate reorganization by January 2009. To boost its business prospects, RHI chair Pedro Roxas said the company had also tapped...

S&P sees RP growth slowing to 3.3-3.8%.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao GLOBAL CREDIT WATCHDOG STANDARD & Poors sees a rebound in Asia-Pacific stock markets in 2009 despite a potential increase in corporate defaults alongside a significant deterioration of the global economy. ...

Waterfront gets 3-month debt reprieve from PNB.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK HAS given the Gatchalian familys hotel chain Waterfront Philippines Inc. until Feb. 19 next year to pay P739.6 million in past due loans to avoid the foreclosure of its flagship hotels in...

Two exceptional breakfasts.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Micky Fenix IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO arrive for breakfast, early morning. From the Cagayan de Oro airport, we went directly to the venue, a wet market which residents have named Cogon. Several long tables and chairs were set...

Lucban hardinera.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Norma Chikiamco, Contributor WHILE MOST MEAT LOAVES have ground meat as base, theres a kind of meat loaf in Lucban that instead uses diced pork. Called hardinera, its unique in other ways as well. For one thing, its cooked in a...

Basic and gourmet goods under one roof in QC.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Anne A. Jambora RUSTANS SUPERMARket has opened its 23rd branch, this time on the lower ground level of Il Terrazzo building, Tomas Morato and Scout Madrinan Streets in Quezon City. Residents and workers can expect a healthy...

Murphys Law.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Lea Salonga MURPHYS LAW: IF ANYTHING CAN go wrong, it will. Murphys Law seems to govern a lot of what can (and does) happen in a theatrical production. Thats even after long and thorough preparations when all the technical...

Commitment used to be the good guy.
November 27, 2008... Byline: the Inquirer and Inquirer.net Entertainment staff HAS-BEEN ACTRESS LOST FAME AND fortune because she was known to be unprofessional. Now that shes hooked a Wealthy Beau, HA is trying to stage a comeback with WB...

From big steaks and pan de red to dark choco mousse.
November 27, 2008... Byline: Reggie Aspiras CHEFS ANDREW CHUA AND Jeremiah Go are grilling the largest steak, the 1.3-kg Tomahawk Chop, at their week-old restaurant along Tomas Morato called 145F. The restaurant is named after the internal temperature of...

OIC says Mindanao violence worsening.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Cynthia D. Balana THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ISlamic Conference (OIC) has expressed deep concern over increasing violence in Mindanao as a result of continued military operations against Moro guerrillas. In a statement issued by...

Adivay: Preserving culture of Benguet.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Delmar Carino, La Trinidad, Benguet THE GODS, THE UNSEEN AND BENGUETS FOREFATHERS WOULD have loved to join the celebration. Indeed, the Adivay, the provinces annual cultural festival, lived up to its call of sharing and...

After US bailout, Citigroup allays depositors fears.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao CITIGROUP YESTERDAY ASsured its clients and depositors in the Philippines that they would continue to be served and protected a day after the international banking giant was bailed out by the United States...

Agri execs give lie to Bolante claim on funds.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Christine O. Avendano and Edson C. Tandoc Jr. REGIONAL DIRECTORS OF THE Department of Agriculture (DA) yesterday turned the tables on Jocelyn Joc-joc Bolante, saying he was actually hands-on in the implementation of a project...

Air21, SMB settle scores.
November 26, 2008... Byline: PBA board decides today whether to uphold protest THIS GAME WILL SELL ITSELFFOR A reason most obvious to the two protagonists and to their respective fans. We want to prove to everyone that we beat them the last time, Air21...

Wasted historical treasures.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Ambeth R. Ocampo WITH THE DEPOSIT AND ORGANIZATION OF the Doreen G. Fernandez papers in the Ateneo Library of Womens Writings (Aliww), Doreen has finally come home to rest in the university and the university library she loved...

Archers eye PCCL Last 8 berth vs USC cagers.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo LA SALLE RETURNS TO THE HARDCOURT for the first time since bowing to fierce rival Ateneo in the UAAP Finals. Still bannered by JV Casio and Rico Maierhofer, the Green Archers battle the Cebu-based University...

RP chessers end Olympiad stint versus Argentinians.
November 26, 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;...

Cops put up Manila Shield ahead of Metro protests.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Nancy Carvajal POLICE HAVE THROWN A SECURITY SHIELD around Metro Manila in anticipation of massive street actions protesting the revelations coming out of the various hearings being conducted in both houses of Congress. At...

Be counted, young voters urged.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Kristine L. Alave YOUNG FIRST-TIME voters could make or break a presidential candidates chances in the coming elections, with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and poll watchdogs anticipating an increase in their number by...

Dengue cases down except in Metro, CL.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Dona Pazzibugan DENGUE CASES HAVE GONE DOWN IN ALL regions in the country except in the National Capital Region and in Central Luzon (Region III), according to the Department of Health. The latest disease surveillance report...

Did you know.
November 26, 2008... IN THE 1950s, the Philippine government implemented housing projects outside Manila to decongest the city. The housing areas were meant mainly for government employees, and are identified by their project numbers to this day, like Project 6...

Tale of two whistle-blowers.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Amando Doronila THE BOMBSHELL DROPPED BY FORMER Speaker Jose de Venecia exposing the alleged bribery attempts by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to buy congressional support to kill a sham impeachment complaint invites...