Philippine Daily Inquirer articles from October 2010

Philippine Daily Inquirer archives from October 2010

Celdran pleads not guilty.
October 29, 2010... TOURIST guide Carlos Celdran donned his Jose Rizal suit anew for his arraignment yesterday at the Manila Metropolitan Trial Court (MTC) where he pleaded not guilty to the charge of offending religious feelings. In pleading not guilty before...

Chevy takes more aggressive stance in RP.
October 27, 2010... Byline: Abigail Ho TWO YEARS after going through the worst time in its corporate history, General Motors is now back with a vengeance and has set its sights on the lucrative Southeast Asian market, the Philippines included. For its...

Past and Furious.
October 27, 2010... Byline: Alvin Uy THE COVENANT Car Company Inc. (TCCCI) sent Chevy fans cruising down the memory lane when it recently held its first ever Chevy Motorama at the Music Hall of the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City in what was touted as the grandest...

Delays in ballot arrival worry poll execs.
October 25, 2010... BAGUIO CITYElection officials and teachers reporting for todays barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections are all set for the synchronized polls in Northern and Central Luzon, but the delayed delivery of election materials in some towns has...

Another P-Noy EO challenged.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Marlon Ramos PRESIDENT AQUINO is headed for yet another legal battle at the Supreme Court. A lawyer of Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) in Butuan City has asked the tribunal to declare as unconstitutional Mr. Aquinos...

4 arrested for bus bomb attack in Cotabato.
October 25, 2010... COTABATO CITYPolice arrested here on Saturday four suspects in the bus bomb attack in Matalam, North Cotabato, that killed 10 passengers and injured dozens others. A raiding team, mostly agents of the police Criminal Investigation and...

Baguio taps Japanese compost technology to end garbage crisis.
October 25, 2010... BAGUIO CITYIn what may be the summer capitals third attempt to end its garbage crisis, the newly formed City Development Council (CDC) approved on Wednesday the purchase of Japanese bio-composting technology to be used by November. The CDC...

Ex-world champ faces Banal Saturday.
October 25, 2010... TWO-TIME world champion Luis Alberto Perez of Nicaragua vowed to demolish world-rated AJ Bazooka Banal in their 10-round fight at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu this Saturday. The former IBF super flyweight and bantamweight champion,...

Battle over lump sums still on, say party-list solons.
October 25, 2010... Byline: TJ Burgonio and Redempto D. Anda, Inquirer Southern Luzon BY DANGLING P15 million in additional funds to party-list lawmakers, House leaders should not expect them to drop their opposition to the Aquino administrations P21-billion...

RP cagebelles rip Sporeans; Malaysia wins.
October 25, 2010... Byline: June Navarro THE PERLAS ng Pilipinas national squad showed an arsenal too awesome for Singapore to post a runaway 101-34 win yesterday at the start of the 7th Southeast Asian Basketball Association Womens Championship at the Ninoy...

Charice soars at concert.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Pocholo Concepcion, Entertainment AN ABUNDANCE of love and deep sense of gratitude swept both performers and audience at the David Foster and Friends concert on Saturday night at Araneta Coliseum. The show, attended by some 10,000...

Charlie 6 at Naia open.
October 25, 2010... PEOPLE flying in and out of Manila can enjoy better and hassle-free travel through the Ninoy Aquino International Airport with the opening of a newly upgraded taxiway, officials said. Opening the improved Naia Taxiway Charlie 6 means air...

A shifting orthodoxy on rice.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Robin Broad and John Cavanagh RICE IS central to Philippine culture, politics, the economy and most rural communities. We ask a Filipino woman whether it might be good for Filipinos to shift some of their rice consumption to root...

DENR to declare more mineral reservation sites.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Kristine L. Alave THE AQUINO administration, in a bid to raise more revenues from the mining industry, plans to declare more areas as mineral reservations in the provinces. Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said he had ordered the...

Did you know.
October 25, 2010... CARITAS MANILA, the leading social arm of the Archdiocese of Manila, was founded in 1953 by the late Archbishop Rufino Cardinal Santos, the first Filipino Cardinal. The institution was then known as the Catholic Charities. Schatzi Quodala,...

Dilema siblings pull off KDJM victory double.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Musong R. Castillo BROTHERS PATTY and Val Dilema steered long shots Indys Task and Lord of War to contrasting wins in the Klub Don Juan de Manila Juvenile championships yesterday after at the San Lazaro Leisure Park in Carmona,...

Aquino blunders may embolden adventurists.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Amando Doronila NO FILIPINO leader since the 1986 People Power Revolution has entered office with a more resounding electoral mandate than President Aquino, and yet, doubts have started to emerge over the loyalty of the military to...

Blood and barangay.
October 25, 2010... SOME 50 million voters troop to the polling precincts today to vote in the nationwide barangay and youth elections, their way paved by a bloody trail of election-related brutality. In incident after violent incident that should shame the guns,...

Iloilo employees asked to refund bonuses through salary deduction.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Inquirer Visayas ILOILO CITYThe employees of the Iloilo provincial government would have to refund around P21 million in disallowed bonuses through salary deductions, according to a provincial capitol official....

QC eyes Payatas conversion.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Nancy C. Carvajal AFTER 30 YEARS of operating as an open garbage disposal site, the Payatas dump in Quezon City will be transformed into a modern trash facility before the end of the year. In a statement, Mayor Herbert Bautista...

More notes on the Bells of Balangiga.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Ramon Farolan IN AN earlier column on the bells, I mentioned that in September 1901 the church bells of Balangiga, a small fishing village in the southern end of Samar, were used to signal the start of an attack by Filipino rebels on...

Fish kill feared caused by chemical spills.
October 25, 2010... SAN PEDRO, LagunaLake authorities were looking into reports that the fish kill at the Laguna de Bay on Friday was caused by chemical spills from an alcohol distillery plant in Cabuyao town that burned down last week. This was after lake...

Groups defend Deles sincerity in peace efforts.
October 25, 2010... DAVAO CITYVarious peace advocacy groups here have expressed their support to embattled peace adviser Sec. Teresita Ging Deles, saying they are confident over the sincerity of her intentions in implementing the new administrations peace policies....

Iloilo town dads wont allow field testing of gene-altered eggplant.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Inquirer Visayas ILOILO CITYThe municipality of Sta. Barbara in Iloilo has blocked the testing of genetically modified eggplants, among the first local government units to do so against the controversial testing....

4,000 incumbents in todays barangay polls face ouster.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Jocelyn R. Uy A CLOUD is hanging over the candidacy of over 4,000 barangay captains seeking reelection for the nth time as the country holds barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections today. The Commission on Elections...

Religion and the RH bills.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas S. J. LET ME get back to religion in the RH bills because it is mainly religion which is causing much of the disagreement. There are two clauses in the Constitution dealing with religion: the non-establishment...

Katring now a storm, still far from RP.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Kristine L. Alave TROPICAL DEPRESSION Katring intensified into a storm yesterday, but it remained to be too far to affect the country and disturb the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections today, the state weather office said. ...

Free them.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Isagani Zarate THE DESIGNATION OF Health Undersecretary Alex Padilla, a known human rights lawyer, to head the government peace panel in talks with the National Democratic Front is a much welcome developmentand a positive step toward...

Meet the tag team of Radyo Inquirer 990.
October 25, 2010... WILFREDO WILLY Matawaran wanted to become a lawyer while Denevin Den Macaranas, a military officer. Today, the deep-voiced Willy gets to argue his case while the hefty Den is always ready with a battle plan. On the air, that is. ...

Man falls to death.
October 25, 2010... A 35-YEAR-OLD man fell to his death from the roof of a Manila motel under mysterious circumstances on Saturday, the police said. The victim, identified through a driver's license found on the body as Samson Sy Huang, reportedly fell from the...

Fire hits factory.
October 25, 2010... A THREE-HOUR fire gutted the factory of a plastic manufacturing firm in Valenzuela City yesterday, destroying its products and at least two of its delivery vehicles. The blaze hit the one-story warehouse of Bestan Enterprise on Bonifacio Street...

Give number coding a chance.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Miko Morelos AN OFFICIAL of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) yesterday urged the owners and operators of public utility buses (PUBs) to give the number coding scheme a chance. In the agencys weekly radio show...

US to give P34.7M more in aid to victims of Juan.
October 25, 2010... THE UNITED Stat-es will provide $800,000 (P34.7 million) more in disaster relief assistance to victims of Supertyphoon Juan, the US Embassy in Manila announced yesterday. The additional aid will come from the Office of Foreign Disaster...

NCRPO on full alert for Metro elections.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Miko Morelos THE NATIONAL Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) yesterday went on full alert as it prepared to deploy some 4,500 policemen to different parts of Metro Manila to secure the capital for todays synchronized barangay and...

Barangay polls encourage squatting.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Neal H. Cruz TODAY, FILIPINO voters will troop to the polling places to choose 42,025 barangay chairmen, 294,175 councilmen (kagawad) and as many Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairmen and councilmen. The government will spend at least...

Bill seeks insurance for journalists.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Inquirer Visayas ILOILO CITYParty-list lawmakers have filed a bill seeking mandatory additional insurance coverage for Filipino journalists on field assignments. House Bill No. 2842 (Journalists Insurance Act...

Can LA accommodate one more star?
October 25, 2010... Byline: Sev Sarmenta GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND Most of those who work in Washington D.C. (and this includes Filipinos who were born here or moved over because of work opportunities) live in the nearby cities like this quaint one. Imagine...

RP Patriots grab ABL lead, down Thai Slammers.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo THE PHILIPPINE Patriots finished strong in downing the Chang Thailand Slammers, 54-48, to grab the solo lead in the AirAsia Asean Basketball League Saturday night at the Nimibutr National Stadium in Bangkok. Anthony...

Malice in Wonderland.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Conrado de Quiros I JOIN the civilized world in being aghast at the Supreme Courts decision to get back at the UP professors who exposed the plagiarism done by one of its justices. The plagiarism was bad enough, an embarrassment to...

Recto: Cut number of Edsa buses by half.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. CUTTING HALF the number of public buses on Edsa (Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue) will ease traffic in Metro Manilas main artery and boost volume of train riders along the route. With this proposal, Sen. Ralph...

Rivera third in World Cup.
October 25, 2010... TOULON, FRANCEEngelberto Biboy Rivera ran into a red-hot Michael Schmidt of Canada in the semifinals Saturday and settled for the bronze medal in the 46th Qubica-AMF Bowling World Cup. Rivera, the 2006 World Masters champion, failed to keep...

SK polls today may be the last.
October 25, 2010... THE SANGGUNIANG Kabataan (SK) elections today may be the countrys last if senators will have their way. They claim that these youth councils have become a drain on government resources and a breeding ground for bad politics. Senate President...

Ginebra rips Derby Ace; hot Bolts score.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Musong R. Castillo BARANGAY Ginebra used a torrid start to secure its first win streak in the PBA Philippine Cup eliminations by bringing down defending champion Derby Ace, 93-82 last night at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao. The Gin...

Subanen tribe stops mineral exploration.
October 25, 2010... MIDSALIP, Zamboanga del SurThe Subanen tribe in this frontier town has gained victory over its fight to prevent a mineral exploration in the Pinukis mountain range. On Friday, the workers of Construction and Drilling Specialists Inc. (CDSI)...

This years MMFF to highlight indie films.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Tina G. Santos GOOD NEWS for independent filmmakers. This years Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) will highlight not only commercial and big-budgeted films, but also indie movies. According to lawyer Francis Tolentino, chair of...

Time to focus for Manny.
October 25, 2010... NOW ITS time to get focused. Were in Los Angeles. Celebrated American trainer Freddie Roach declared this shortly after pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and his team arrived to a warm welcome from scores of Filipino fans at the Los Angeles...

Tough sked awaits RP 5 after Saudis.
October 25, 2010... Byline: June Navarro THERES NO reprieve for the Smart Gilas national team even if it hurdles Saudi Arabia in the opening round of the Guangzhou Asian Games basketball competitions next month. Under the Asiad schedule, the survivor of the...

SC urged to forgo sanctions vs UP profs.
October 25, 2010... LET THE SIDESHOW pass and move on. Sen. Edgardo Angara yesterday said the Supreme Court should just move on and drop its plan to sanction law professors of the University of the Philippines for accusing a magistrate of plagiarism. Even if...

Use motorists tax solely to build roads, says Enrile.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. THE AQUINO administration plans to tap the P10-billion-a-year road users tax collected from motorists for building roads rather than maintenance and beautification as part of its massive infrastructure...

WHAT WENT BEFORE: 3 executive orders, 3 challenges.
October 25, 2010... PRESIDENT Aquino issued three executive orders on July 30, and all three have been challenged in the Supreme Court. Executive Order No. 1 created the Philippine Truth Commission, a body that will investigate reports of graft and corruption of...

Worker wins P5.7-M illegal dismissal case against SMC.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer Visayas BACOLOD CITYThe National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) in Bacolod City has ordered San Miguel Corp. (SMC) to immediately pay over P5.7 million to a forklift operator it had illegally dismissed 15...

Youth voters fed, entertained, given cash in exchange for votes.
October 25, 2010... VIRAC, CatanduanesThe whole island province was celebrating its 64th foundation anniversary and the 30 youngsters on board two air-conditioned vans, who arrived in this capital municipality last Friday (Oct. 22), could easily be mistaken for...

Adidas bullish on RPs retail scene.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Daxim L. Lucas HOW SHOULD a company take control of a market that has long been dominated by its rivals monolithic brand? At the same time, how does an apparel firm expand its presence in a potentially lucrative market segment that...

Asia Pac ad spending seen to grow by 11.4%.
October 25, 2010... BUILDING ON the growth momentum of economies that were hardly affected by the global recession, advertising spending in the Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) is seen expanding by 11.4 percent this year. According to British media services...

Biz Buzz.
October 25, 2010... Byline: the staff The price of love A TYCOON and his uber-controversial girlfriend visited a jewelry store in the lobby of a five-star Makati hotel recently. The girl fancied a pair of drop earrings laden with diamonds and dark blue...

Truck and feared.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Conrado Banal IT SEEMS our government wants to help foreign motor companies here to make even more money - at the expense of everybody else. So our brilliant DTI thinks that, in the process, it cannot avoid but kill hundreds, maybe...

Bull run to continue, ING predicts.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Daxim L. Lucas INVESTORS IN the local bourse remain relatively conservative with many still on a wait-and-see stance despite the Philippine Stock Exchange having reached historic highs, according to the countrys largest equity-based...

Subsidies to GOCCs declined in first 9 mos.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo THE GOVERNMENT handed out a total of P9.674 billion in subsidies to state-owned and -controlled corporations and financial institutions in the nine months to September as Malacanang continues to rein in spending. ...

Philippine exports to Japan up 23%.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Abigail L. Ho THE VALUE of local goods shipped to Japan jumped 23.4 percent to almost $5.1 billion in the first eight months, from nearly $4.1 billion in the same period last year. According to data from the Japan External Trade...

Globe nears 100% link-up with Digitel landlines.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Paolo G. Montecillo THE NETWORKS of Ayala-led Globe Telecom Inc. and rival Gokongwei-owned Digitel Telecommunications Philippines Inc. are almost completely interconnected, helping bring down voice call rates for both firms landline...

Japanese car maker steps up efforts to reduce carbon footprint.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Abigail L. Ho RECOGNIZING THAT vehicles are big contributors to pollution, Honda Cars Philippines Inc. is stepping up efforts to reduce its own carbon footprint by implementing various environment-saving measures in its Sta. Rosa,...

Large population may boost economic growth, says BSP.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo A LARGE population can be a blessing to the Philippines if this is harnessed to drive up domestic demand, especially at a time when emerging economies assume greater role in world economic recovery, according to...

Malampaya group denies shortchanging govt.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Amy R. Remo STRESSING THAT all was within the bounds of the law, the consortium operating the $4.5-billion Malampaya gas project in offshore Palawan strongly disputed allegations that it had shortchanged the government by as much as...

Mang Inasal CEO bullish on growth with Jollibee.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Inquirer Visayas ILOILO CITYWhile saddened by the parting with his child, the president and chief executive officer of the popular Mang Inasal fastfood chain has assured his franchisees that the sale of the...

The next four billion.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Lydia P. Sarmiento William Bill Kramer was in town recently upon the invitation of Fundacion Codespa, a Spanish NGO operating here in the Philippines, which assists marginalized communities through enterprise development. During a...

Market breather seen amid Cebu Pac IPO.
October 25, 2010... LOCAL SHARES may take another breather this week after reaching record levels last Friday, before making another push to new highs as the fourth quarter progresses. The main indexs movement may also be tempered as blue chips are ignored by...

Motivating staff, increasing loyalty.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Lilia Borlongan-Alvarez, Contributor THERES a story about a very loyal employee who dedicated his 10 most productive years to a manufacturing company but his accomplishments went by without so much as a whimper. After it dawned on him...

Newly formed company to tap Russian tourists.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Paolo G. Montecillo A LOCAL company plans to bring in more high-spending Russians to the Philippines to help develop the countrys tourism industry, which has been lagging behind its neighbors in the region. At a recent briefing,...

3M reaches out to more buyers.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Tina Arceo-Dumlao FILIPINOS do not realize it, but they encounter a product manufactured by Minnesota-based 3M Corp. at least 16 times a day. Starting at home, you wash dishes with a Scotch Brite scouring pad. Preparing breakfast?...

Telco-type war seen in digital cable TV industry.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Paolo G. Montecillo CABLE TELEVISION providers have lost tens of billions of pesos in the last decade due to signal theft. Industry players estimate that the ratio of legal to illegal subscriptions is one-is-to-one. Some have...

Ballet Manilas all-Filipino Le Corsaire dazzles.(Dance review)
October 25, 2010... Byline: Joseph O. Cortes, Contributor IT IS DIFFICULT to believe that a number of the dancers who performed in Ballet Manilas recent production of Le Corsaire were all first-timers. This pirate ballet may not have the most plausible of...

Ballet kick-offs leave audiences wanting more.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Elka Krystle R. Requinta, Contributor OPENING THE ballet season this year are productions that retraced a companys evolution, paid homage to heroes and launched promising stars. All were done in good taste; all (surprisingly) were...

Leading classical musicians reap Aliw Awards.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Pablo A. Tariman, Contributor FILIPINO CLASSICAL musicians with solid world-class credentials topped the 23rd Aliw Awards on a stormy Monday night at the Manila Hotel. Leading the distinguished awardees were pianist Cecile Licad,...

Rachelle Gerodias debuts in Korea.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Pablo A. Tariman, Contributor AFTER HER triumphant Liu ("Turandot) in Vienna, soprano Rachelle Gerodias made her debut as Rosina ("Barber of Seville) at the Daegu Opera House in Korea on the occasion of the 8th Daegu International...

Tribal drums, dances and Miss Universe.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Amadis Ma. Guerrero, Contributor TO THE intoxicating beat of tribal drums, dances and chantsplus encouraging words from Ma. Venus Raj, Miss Universe fourth runner-upthe Indigenous Peoples Month has been joyfully launched. (It is also,...

Mindanao, island of museums.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Antonio J. Montalvan II, Contributor IT IS the last of public institutions to have come of age. When museums began as colonial undertakings, native peoples were exoticized for their otherness, many of whom were exhibited as live...

Book catalogue to UST exhibit of rare books and historical treasures a visual feast.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Macario Ofilada, Contributor NEXT YEAR, 2011, the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas of Manila, the oldest institution of higher learning in Asia, will celebrate its 400th year of existence. It is appropriate that this...

Campus productions tackle cruel nature of life, memory, death.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Walter Ang, Contributor IN OUR world of sensory overload through various mediums, desensitization to real life is a constant threat, if not result. Last month, the University of the Philippines College of Arts and Letters put up three...

Smoky Mountain is unidentified setting of British authors novel.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Dexter R. Matilla, Contributor THE THREE young boys in Andy Mulligans young adult novel Trash (published by David Fickling Books of the UK), dont need to be introduced as Filipinos. In fact, despite the repeated mention of Smoky...

Max Eigenmanns babys father still a mystery.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Dolly Anne Carvajal WHOS the dad of Maxene Eigenmanns coming baby? My bar owner friend admitted to me that he is possibly the father. I salute my friend for being man enough, unlike other guys who still demand for a DNA test. Im...

Five finalists to compete for Soundskool crown.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Tony Maghirang, Contributor ITS NOW down to five finalists. The challengers for the Soundskool 2010 best college band crown have been trimmed down to five unsigned upstarts from Metro Manila and Southern Luzon. They are AJKA from...

From obese to foxy lady.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Marinel R. Cruz ACTRESS Iza Calzado, whose new svelte figure is currently featured on a billboard on Edsa, said shes still a long way to go from achieving her ideal physique. I still want to be more compact and muscular, much like...

Meet the new censors board chief.(Television program review)
October 25, 2010... Byline: Bayani San Diego Jr. GRACE Poe-Llamanzares would willingly downplay her show-biz pedigree (as daughter of action king Fernando Poe Jr. and movie queen Susan Roces). But shed be the first to admit that shes a film buff and product of...

Thanks for the movie memories.
October 25, 2010... Byline: Nestor U. Torre SO MANY show biz icons have been leaving us of late that there appears to be a traffic jam as far as tributes to the dear departed in the biz are concerned. In just one year, weve had to bid goodbye, farewell and...