Philippine Daily Inquirer articles from October 2008, page 4

Philippine Daily Inquirer archives from October 2008

Senate orders Bolante arrest.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Christine O. Avendano and TJ Burgonio ARREST ON SIGHT! This was the order issued by Senate President Manny Villar last night against former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Joc-joc Bolante on his scheduled return from US...

Hoyas finishing touch doubted.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Roy Luarca JUST LIKE ANY OTHER FIGHTER, OSCAR DE LA HOYA isnt infallible. A noted boxing observer yesterday said he saw a major flaw in De La Hoyas recent fightshis inability to close the show in his favor. In his article...

Tacuyan RSC winner; Nietes up.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Dennis U. Eroa, Inquirer Libre GUADALAJARA, MEXICO LIGHTWEIGHT ROLANDO TACUYAN STOPPED his Hungarian foe Sunday to advance along with light flyweight Gerson Nietes Jr. in the First International Boxing Association (Aiba) Youth...

NBI arrests 2 suspected extortionists from BIR.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Ramon Tulfo AT NO TIME IN THE HISTORY of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and its predecessor, the Philippine Constabulary (PC), has the entire leadership come under fire for alleged misconduct. It never happened when my...

Yap surges to bag silver; Chan ahead.
October 28, 2008... Byline: George Lizares, Contributor EARL BENJAMIN YAP MADE UP FOR A shaky start with big rounds in the compound events pre-final and went on to nail the silver medal yesterday in the 3rd Asian Archery Grand Prix 2008 at the Ateneo Open...

Comics revival.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Don Valdez I CAN STILL REMEMBER THAT DAY. IT WAS ONE AFTERnoon in third year college, during the first semester, at the school cafeteria, and I was eating with my friend when I said I wanted to change the world. Well, I didnt say...

Greenspan shocks global markets.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Ron Nathan IN HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE the House, Alan Greenspan said: We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. He denied responsibility for the current global meltdown in equities and commodities and predicted that...

BSP eyes cut in banks dollar purchases.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao THE BANGKO SENTRAL NG Pilipinas plans to clamp down on banks purchases of dollars to curb speculative attacks against the peso and temper the freefall of the local currency given the global financial meltdown. ...

GSIS sells Meralco stake to San Miguel.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Sanchez-Lacson and Michelle V. Remo THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM IS SELLING its 27-percent stake in Manila Electric Co. to food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. at P90 a share, or more than double the...

Globe hits PLDT complaint vs Innoves Fort Boni plan.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Daxim L. Lucas A UNIT OF GLOBE TELECOM INC. has accused rival Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) of acting with monopolistic greed after the latter sought to bar the Ayala-owned firm from operating in the lucrative...

Govt rejects all bids for treasury bills.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Michelle V. Remo THE BUREAU OF THE TREASURY YESTERday rejected all bids for treasury bills after banks sought absurdly high interest rates given the jitters caused by the financial turmoil offshore. Now is really an abnormal...

Weathering global financial storm.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo THE LOCAL BUSINESS PRO-cess outsourcing sector is confident it can weather the current global financial storm and meet its 2008 growth target of 40 percent, generating revenue of about $7 billion. Top...

Spirits of the dead dont appear only on Halloween.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Jaime T. Licauco FOR AS LONG AS I CAN remember, every All Saints Day I get calls for interviews from radio and TV about ghosts, witchcraft and other mystical phenomena. This has become so regular and predictable that my children...

How to manage a waning sex drive.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Cory Quirino SEX IS FOR PROCREATIONWHAT God intended it for. But consenting adults also believe that sex is more than just physiological activity. It can, under right conditions, elevate a couples relationship to new levels of...

Reverse your age through exercise.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Mitch Felipe, Contributor Part 1 THERE ARE CERTAIN things in life you cannot control, like aging, but your lifestyle and physical appearance can still be modified. According to Daniel Kirschenbaums book, Weight Loss...

Ryan is going for the kill.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Jerome Gomez WHEN Pinoys would pay P10,000 per plate just to watch two largely unknown men slug it out onstage, as in last weekends fullhouse Black Tie Brawl in a Manila five-star hotel, you just know the mixed martial arts (MMA)...

Shooting breast cancerpainlessly.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Joy Rojas, Contributor THEY SAY PREVENTION IS the best cure when it comes to breast cancer. But when youre dealing with a disease that is eerily painless in its earliest stage and eludes detection during self-breast examination...

Try this self-massage.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Emmarose Policarpio, Contributor IF YOU CANT GET TIME OFF TO GO TO a spa, doing massage strokes on yourself is a wonderful way to boost your energy level instantly. It is useful for people who spend hours before the computer, or...

Carlo J. Caparas, superheroes on seven-peso stamps.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Dolly Anne Carvajal SAM MILBY BRUSHES OFF THE RUMOR that the new girl in his life is a Kapamilya talent whose initials are MM. Not true, says Sam. Perhaps hes not ready to find someone who would take Anne Curtis place yet. ...

Suspected Esperat slay brains at large.
October 27, 2008... GENERAL SANTOS CITYTHE SUSPECTED masterminds in the 2005 murder of journalist Marlene Esperat remain at large despite the warrants issued by a court last week for their arrest. The Inquirer tried but failed to reach Chief Supt. Felizardo...

Govt admits profiling of evacuees.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Jocelyn R. Uy BAGUIO CITYTO PREVENT MORO rebels and their families from availing themselves of government hospitality and staying in evacuation centers in central Mindanao, social workers have resorted to profiling evacuees, a...

2nd aid workers abductors air demand.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Julie S. Alipala, Inquirer Mindanao ZAMBOANGA CITYAFTER MORE than a month of an eerie silence, the kidnappers have contacted the family of humanitarian worker Merlie Mendoza, according to Father Angel Calvo, president of Nagdilaab...

Alert worker stops group of robbers in Pasig.
October 27, 2008... Byline: DJ Yap A GROUP OF ROBBERS RAIDED the offices of a consumer goods distributor in Pasig City Saturday night but left empty-handed when an employee managed to escape and seek help from bystanders, the police said. The botched...

All quiet on Hoya front.
October 27, 2008... WHILE MANNY PACQUIAO HAS ALREADY LOGGED two full weeks of sparring at the Wild Card, Oscar De La Hoya is just starting to get it on at his mountaintop training camp in Big Bear, California. But Golden Boy Promotion vice president and De...

Binarao stirs Taguig.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Marc Anthony Reyes ERNESTO BINARAO HIT A THREE-RUN home run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Taguig Patriots turned back the Manila Sharks, 4-3, yesterday to grab a piece of the lead in Baseball Philippines Series 4 at...

RP under-19 booters off to Malaysian tilt.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas THE PHILIPPINE WOMENS UNDER-19 squad left for Kuala Lumpur yesterday to see action in the Asian Football Confederation Womens Under-19 Qualifiers beginning Tuesday. The RP footbelles, who trained for three...

P10-M bribe charge costs lawyer P30K.
October 27, 2008... A LAWYER WHO accused Supreme Court Associate Justice Dante Tinga of accepting a P10-million bribe from a businessman in a land case has been fined P30,000 by the high tribunal. In a decision handed down on Oct. 24, the Supreme Court found...

Cebus Siso bags fifth straight national junior tennis crown.
October 27, 2008... SALLY MAE SISO DID VISAYAS PROUD AFter clinching her fifth championship in as many appearances in the 2008 Milo Junior Tennis Cup recently. Siso, who hails from Cebu, swept her three assignments in the single round-robin national finals...

Why RP is making waves in world billiards.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Manolo R. Inigo FILIPINO CUE ARTISTS ONCE AGAIN PROVED that you win in billiards not only through inborn grace and intelligence, but most of all through experience. Former double world champion Ronnie Alcano, lead player of...

Did you know.
October 27, 2008... FOUND on the 25-kilometer Pasig River is an island called Isla de Convalescencia (Island of Convalescence). This is where Hospicio de San Jose, an institution for orphans, abandoned children and the elderly, is located. Cyril L. Bonabente,...

Divers recover 12 bodies from sunken ferry.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Kristine L. Alave IT WASNT A PRETTY SIGHT. SOME limbs had been detached. Flesh was decomposing. Still, several bodies remained intact. Divers retrieved 12 bodies in all yesterday inside the capsized MV Princess of the Stars...

GMA as banker.
October 27, 2008... A BANKER IN THE SENSE OF A DEALER OF A DECK of cards, that is. Before she left for China to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting, President Macapagal-Arroyo left instructions with Cabinet officials to create New Deal-style emergency work programs....

GMA as banker 2.
October 27, 2008... ONE OF THE MEASURES THE GOVERNMENT IS studying closely is an initiative to increase deposit insurance coverage. Currently, the government-owned Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation insures each deposit account up to as much as P250,000....

US Embassy sets poll watch.
October 27, 2008... THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY WILL HOLD an Election Watch on Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in two venuesSM Mall of Asia in Manila and SM Mall in Cebu City. The embassy said in a statement that Ambassador Kristie Kenney and Deputy Chief of...

Empress Glo finds peace in China.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Christian V. Esguerra HANGZHOU (VIA PLDT) She may not be that popular back home, but here in one of ancient Chinas imperial retreats, President Macapagal-Arroyo received treatment fit for an empress. Ms Arroyo left the rigors...

Far Eastern, RTU pluck athletics plums.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas DUMAGUETE CITYFAR EASTERN Us gold-medal machine hummed to life yesterday with the Tamaraws coming from behind to claim their third straight mens athletics title in the 13th Philippine National University Games at...

Farmers with mobile phones seen key to good climate data.
October 27, 2008... LA TRINIDAD, BENGUETPROVIDING the countrys farmers with access to mobile phones would play a critical role in the governments bid to come up with a local data bank on climate change, a National Anti-Poverty Commission consultant said. ...

The Bradley Effect.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Ramon J. Farolan ON SATURDAY, ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE CEMETERIES AS the nation marks All Saints Day. I have always advocated that we save this annual pilgrimage for another day, a memorable day so that it truly means something...

Four new sparkplugs for Magnolia quintet.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo A VERSATILE VETERAN AND A coachs son will be among the new sparkplugs for Magnolia Purewater (formerly San Mig Coffee) in the coming PBL PG Flex Linoleum Cup. Dylan Ababou will lead three University of Santo...

Gloom only in media.
October 27, 2008... FORECASTS OF THE retrenchment of overseas Filipino workers are played up only in the Philippine press and are not likely to happen in the Middle East, labor ministers from two Middle East countries assured visiting Labor Secretary Marianito...

Another look at the reproductive health bill.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J. IN MY COLUMN TWO WEEKS AGO I TOUCHED on sex education as required by the proposed reproductive health bill. Let me elaborate. Modern society recognizes the indispensable role which the modern state...

The moral vote.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Antonio J. Montalvan II IT IS A SUBJECT MATTER THAT MUST BE CONtinually revisited. In the Philippines, even if it has consistently ended as a losing proposition, the issue of legislating a reproductive health bill only emphasizes...

Low press freedom rating a matter of perception.
October 27, 2008... Byline: TJ Burgonio SECRETARY CERGE REMONDE YESterday downplayed the drop suffered by the Philippines in the worldwide press freedom index compiled by an international media watchdog, saying it was a matter of perception. The...

Robbers take P107,000 from school paper staff.
October 27, 2008... THIEVES broke into the office of the school paper of De La Salle University on Taft Avenue, Manila, yesterday morning, taking around P107,000 worth of cash and electronic gadgets. Several staffers of the Pahayagang Plaridel, including the...

1 dead, 1 hurt in attack.
October 27, 2008... A MAN on a motorcycle fired on two women in Paranaque City yesterday, killing one and wounding the other. Police said Zenaida Gino was killed while Monique, also surnamed Gino, was taken to the hospital where she remains under observation for...

3 dead, 5 hurt in road mishap.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Julie M. Aurelio THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLEDincluding a 4-year-old girlwhile five others were hurt when a jeep plowed into a market in Payatas, Quezon City, on Saturday night. Menita Naguit, 42; her daughter Cassandra, 4, and...

Microsoft exec draws inspiration for OFW program from Filipino maid.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon CITY OF SAN FERNANDOALmost nightly since 2001, Lori Forman saw her Filipino maid, Paula Fausto, and her son, Joey, chat for 20 minutes on the Internet. With a webcam between them, the...

Oil prices falling but Meralco rates rising.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Neal H. Cruz OIL PRICES ARE DROPPING BUT MERALCO rates are going up. Dont you find that strange and suspicious? Oil prices have plunged to $61 a barrel, the lowest in 17 months, forcing the oil cartel, the Organization of Oil...

Neri, Miranda nail Milo 21K victories.
October 27, 2008... YEARS OF FRUSTRAtion finally ended for Ramil Neri and Judelyn Miranda when they topped yesterdays Butuan eliminations of the 32nd National Milo Marathon. Neri, who wound up seventh overall in the Iligan City leg last year, clocked one...

Palace: Delay will hamper JDV.
October 27, 2008... Byline: TJ Burgonio and Christian V. Esguerra AFTER BELITTLING THE IMPEACHMENT COMplaint against President Macapagal-Arroyo, Malacanang officials are now questioning the credibility of its latest endorserformer Speaker Jose de Venecia....

De Oro top BIR exec hangs tough, refuses to quit.
October 27, 2008... CAGAYAN DE ORO CITYA top revenue official here continued to hang tough in his position despite massive calls for his resignation or ouster from leading business groups in the city. Mustapha Gandarosa, embattled Bureau of Internal Revenue...

Puerto sites bid for wonders title gets boost.
October 27, 2008... PUERTO PRINCESA CITYTHE Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, currently entrenched in the No. 1 spot in the ongoing online poll for the seven new wonders of the world, got a further boost of endorsement over the weekend from the...

Bolantes great escape.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Manuel L. Quezon III IN THE CLOUD CUCKOO-LAND WHERE MIRIAM Defensor-Santiagos consciousness dwells, where might makes right and the letter trumps the spirit of the law, the best she can offer the electorate is to whinny like an...

Sound and fury.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Conrado de Quiros MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO WAS BALLIStic, which might not entirely owe to her natural predisposition to it. Because of the nature of our investigation this morning, we shall hold Secretary [Ronaldo] Puno and...

BI rakes in P1.6B.
October 27, 2008... THE BUREAU OF Immigration (BI) yesterday said it had collected almost P1.6 billion from immigration fees paid by foreigners during the first nine months of the year, thus helping the agency surpass its revenue target for 2008, three months...

NPA rebels spring 7 comrades from jail.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Delfin T. Mallari Jr., Inquirer Southern Luzon LUCENA CITYA BAND OF 40 New Peoples Army (NPA) guerrillas swooped down on the Quezon provincial jail here on Saturday evening and freed seven comrades in a daring 10-minute operation...

Residents seek probe of P378M barangay funds.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Marlon Ramos RESIDENTS OF A POSH SUBDIVISION IN Makati City have called on the the chair of Barangay San Lorenzo to account for P378 million worth of barangay funds which are allegedly missing. During a barangay assembly on...

SBC Alabang tossers, Miriam cagebelles rule.
October 27, 2008... SAN BEDA COLLEGE ALABANG topped junior volleyball while Miriam College collared basketball titles at the expense of La Salle schools in the 39th WNCAA tournament at the St. Scholasticas College gym over the weekend. SBCA bagged the...

Senators split on validity of Bolante arrest order.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Christine O. Avendano CAN THE SENATE ORDER THE ARrest of former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Jocjoc Bolante upon his return to the country tomorrow? Senators yesterday expressed various opinions, including asking the...

Lady Stags blast Ateneo tossers.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo MAKING THE MOST OUT OF HER RETURN, SUZANNE ROCES scored on consecutive aces and crucial kills in the final set to power San Sebastian to its first victory of the conference, a 24-26, 25-13, 25-19, 25-18 decision...

Take leave, PNP chief urged.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Christine O. Avendano and Nikko Dizon DIRECTOR GENERAL JESUS Verzosa of the Philippine National Police must go on leave while being investigated by the PNP itself in connection with the undeclared 105,000 euros (P6.9 million) that...

Tigers, Giants rip foes.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Musong R. Castillo GAMES WEDNESDAY (Araneta Coliseum) 5 p.m.Air21 vs Alaska 7:30 p.m.Red Bull vs Talk N Text EVEN WITH JUST ONE GOOD LEG, ASI Taulava carried Coca-Cola past Rain or Shine, 112-96, yesterday as the...

Vizcaya folk see crisis as ally vs mining.
October 27, 2008... BAYOMBONG, NUEVA VIZCAYALEAD-ers of tribal communities here expressed relief that the economic meltdown plaguing the international business community was working in their favor to drive out foreign mining companies in the province. Peter...

What Went Before.
October 27, 2008... ON JULY 2, 1995, THREE NEW PEOples Army (NPA) members escaped from a detention center in Camp Gen. Simeon Ola in Albay. Blandino Nunez, Bienvenido Paladin and Angeles Avila reportedly destroyed the lock of their cell while the lone guard...

Atlas extends term of $20-M loan.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Amy R. Remo ATLAS CONSOLIDATED MINING and Development Corp. said it has executed an agreement amending the $20-million loan facility with Spinnaker Capital Group. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Friday,...

BSP says impact of crisis on RP unwarranted.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao THE UNABATED SELLDOWN OF PHILIPPINE STOCKS, BONDS and currencies given the worst financial meltdown seen in the United States and Europe in 80 years is not warranted, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said. BSP...

Charity begins at home.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Tina Arceo-Dumlao RURAL AREAS DO NOT HAVE a monopoly on poverty. Business districts, like the one in Makati City, may boast of the most modern of buildings and the latest in information technology, but these ultra urban areas...

COA audit on Meralco seen done by January.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Abigail L. Ho THE COMMISSION ON AUDITS SCRUTIny of the books of the Lopez-led Manila Electric Co. is expected to be completed by January. Meralco regulatory management office head Monico Jacob said the audit was now going on,...

Coco exports slid in Sept.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Amy R. Remo EXPORTS OF PHILIPpine coconut products dropped sharply by 42.3 percent in September to the lowest volume this year of 83,339 metric tons, preliminary data from the United Coconut Associations of the Philippines...

Dissecting the glass ceiling.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Abigail Lim and Gina Hechanova, Contributors FROM SERVING AS THE CHIEF PRIESTESS of a tribe to fighting in the revolution, Filipino women have played an important role in our country. In fact, Filipino women enjoy a relatively...

RP exports to Japan up 5.4%.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo MERCHANDISE EXPORTS TO JAPAN REmained stable in the eight months to August, growing 5.4 percent to $6 billion in the runup to the Senates ratification of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement...

Fast-food chain helps abused women, artists, inmates.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Yolanda Sotelo, Inquirer Northern Luzon DAGUPAN CITYIF YOU HAPpen to enter the Jollibee branch at Lucao District here and you see tote bags for sale, do not think the fast-food giant has diversified its business. Princess...

Financial crisis for dummies.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Ma. Salve Duplito, Inquirer.net IN RECENT WEEKS, business stories have been catapulted to the front pages because of the global financial crisis, bringing with them a lexicon of terms unfamiliar even to the average newspaper...

Impact of financial crisis on Asian consumers.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Ed Fuentes, Contributor THE CURRENT FINANCIAL crisis that has hit the US and Europe may slow down the growth of markets across Asia, including the Philippines, but Asian economies would be able to survive and maintain positive...

Invest for long term, Philam tells clients.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao PHILAM ASSET Management Inc., the mutual fund arm of the Philamlife group, urged investors to ride out the turbulent markets and keep their managed funds as long-term investments. Our advice to our investors...

The real estate puzzle.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Cielito F. Habito AMID OUR ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN since the start of the year even well before the US financial meltdown ensued, there is one industry that has defied the general trend, even doing better this year so far compared to...

Retooling for the postfinancial crisis.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Felicito C. Payumo Warren Buffett ma-naged to stay out of trading of derivatives. He did not understand them but viewed them with suspicion. He called them weapons of financial mass destruction. In good times, one cannot know...

Mining prospects in RP attract Hyundai.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Amy R. Remo THE PHILIPPINES CONTINUES to be a mining investment hotspot in the region as more foreign firms have expressed interest in developing the countrys mineral resources. Just weeks after Manila hosted the Asean mining...

Not everybodys doing bad these days.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Margie Quimpo-Espino THIS NOTION IS NOT newwhen times are bad consumers downscale. Downscale refers to buying less of the same goods or services one used to pay for. So if a family used to eat in fancy restaurants they now...

So you want to have your own firm? Size yourself up.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Myrna Rodriguez Co, Contributor One of the questions most frequently asked of us during entrepreneurship conferences and training programs is: What is the best business to get into? Half in jest, we would reply: We wouldnt be here...

Treasury urged to issue more bond warrants.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Doris C. Dumlao THE BUREAU OF THE TREASURY was urged to issue more bond warrants to protect holders of its foreign currency bonds, mostly Philippine banks, from the lingering global financial turbulence. Fiscal authorities...

Uniform tax for cigarettes pushed.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Michelle V. Remo THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE HAS submitted a proposed bill to the House of Representatives imposing a uniform excise tax of P14 a pack on nearly all cigarette brands starting 2010, and adjusting the rate annually to...

Volatile trading seen.
October 27, 2008... STOCK MARKETS ARE IN FOR ANother roller coaster ride this week as global markets crumbled on fears that a long and painful recession would resonate across world economies, analysts said. I guess prudence dictates that investors stay at...

Lascanos thread the flow of life.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Reuben Ramas Canete, Contributor THE COMMUNAL GROUND of natural observation, aesthetic simplification and emotional delineation upon which both Rico and Chachu Lascano thrive as partners in art, continues in the exhibition titled...