Philippine Daily Inquirer articles from September 2008

Philippine Daily Inquirer archives from September 2008

Bomb suspect tapped as negotiator.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Julie S. Alipala, Inquirer Mindanao ZAMBOANGA CITYA SUSPECT IN THE BATASANG Pambansa bombing last year has been tapped to negotiate for the release of two humanitarian aid workers in Basilan. Former Mayor Hajarun Jamiri of...

Al-Hussaini, Tiu beef up Hapee roster.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo THREE OF THE BIGGEST UAAP STARS will team up for Hapee Toothpaste in a recruitment coup that is sure to bolster its Philippine Basketball League campaign after the departure of crack Filipino-American sensation...

Amparo writ on arrest of Gabriela member issued.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer Visayas BACOLOD CITYA REGIONAL TRIAL court has issued a writ of amparo against three police officials and a military official in connection with last weeks arrest of a member of Gabriela, a militant womens...

Bangko Sentral worker cited for saving funds.
September 30, 2008... Byline: TJ Burgonio FROILAN C. ROQUE WORKS IN A FACtory bursting with cash but still went out of his way to help save public funds. For nearly 25 years now, this machinist has been reporting for work at the Bangko Sentral ng...

RP basketball: Chaos is the name of the game.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Recah Trinidad WHAT, SIR, IS THE SECRET BEHIND the mad, mad following of basketball in the Philippines? Its not simple, everybody here has an idea of how the game should be played, I told the visiting freelance writer. ...

Pressures on RP to ratify ICC treaty.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Belinda Olivares-Cunanan LAST WEEK, A TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL conference was held in Makati Citys Renaissance Hotel on a subject not too well-known here: the International Criminal Court (ICC). The conference was organized and...

2 Benguet miners alive.
September 30, 2008... ITOGON, BENGUETJESSIE Panio along with a group of rescuers trudged the murky, smelly water inside the Level 700 tunnel here yesterday, searching for the remaining 14 local miners trapped there at the height of Typhoon Nina last week. ...

CHR did not get airmens side in bombing, says PAF.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Jeoffrey Maitem and Nash B. Maulana, Inquirer Mindanao CAMP SIONGCO, SHARIFF KABUNsuanThe military here has belied the initial findings of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) that showed the Philippine Air Force had fired at...

Giving.
September 30, 2008... WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I WAS AN ACCOMplice to my grandmothers crimes. Lola Sosing needed a lookout to alert her to the presence of Lolo Monding, an irrational guard. Whenever she got caught, a protracted war would break at home and that was...

Did you know.
September 30, 2008... ON SEPT. 27, 1853, Benito Legarda was born in Binondo, Manila. He was vice president of the Malolos Congress, and became a member of the Philippine Commission during the American occupation of the Philippines. He died in 1915 in France but...

Tainted products.
September 30, 2008... FROM THE 1930s TO THE 1950s, THE LABEL Made in Japan was practically a brand for cheap but low-quality goods. Since that time, Japans industries have made great advances in technology and quality control, and now Japanese goods are at par...

GMA wanted freedom deleted from MOA.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Leila B. Salaverria IT WAS PRESIDENT MACAPAGAL-ARroyos concern that led to the removal of the word freedom from the draft of the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain that the government was supposed to sign with the...

New Yorker plays tatluhan.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Sev Sarmenta AMERICANS IN Philippine basketball is nothing unusual. But, a 6-foot-3 Northwestern University magna cum laude graduate on a Fulbright scholarship to learn about Filipino basketball is not your usual American in...

GMA greets Muslims.
September 30, 2008... GREETING THE MUSLIM community on the occasion of the end of the month-long fasting month of Ramadan yesterday, President Macapagal-Arroyo expressed the hope the people would see that the government was bent on ending the decades-old conflict...

Greyhounds closer to Champs League berth.
September 30, 2008... UNIVERSITY OF NUEVA CACERES OUTLASTED Manuel S. Enverga University, 68-60, to capture the Region 3 (Quezon-Bicol) championship and move closer toward a Sweet 16 slot in the Smart-PLDT Philippine Collegiate Champions League over the weekend at...

Stone market helped Baguio grow.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Vincent Cabreza, Inquirer Northern Luzon BAGUIO CITYFEW PEOPLE are aware that the dilapidated city public market actually looks its age because it turned 100 years old this year. The old stone market of 1908 fueled the growth...

Human rights agency wants own crime lab.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Jocelyn R. Uy IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE TO USE POlice crime labs in cases where state agents are the suspects. So, Leila de Lima, chair of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), wants to have her own credible forensic center. ...

Journalists want Mike Arroyo to testify.
September 30, 2008... Byline: DJ Yap NOW THAT THE COURT OF APPEALS HAS permitted a Makati trial court to proceed with the case, the journalists who sued the Presidents husband, Jose Miguel Mike Arroyo, over alleged press freedom violations now want to compel...

Joyce Jimenez, 3 others hurt in road mishap.
September 30, 2008... ACTRESS JOYCE JIMENEZ AND HER three companions were injured when their vehicle rolled into a rice field in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, yesterday. Supt. Isagani Nerez, Pangasinan police director, said Jimenezs vehicle, a Toyota 4Runner,...

Back-pedaling to yesterday?
September 30, 2008... Byline: Juan L. Mercado PHYSICIANS, FROM NEVADA TO A CENTRAL Visayas town, reacted to the gutting of the Philippine Medical Associations Code of Ethics. Two Viewpoint columnsHeal yourself (Sept. 18) and When some doctors cha-cha (Sept....

Manalo wins but Gabica comes to grief.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Musong R. Castillo DESPITE HIS STRUGGLES WITH THE speed of the table, Marlon Manalo breezed through. But Antonio Gabica found no solution to his own woes. Manalo played good enough to subdue Tee Chee Soon of Brunei, 9-6, at...

4 charged in slay of 3 men.
September 30, 2008... FOUR men, including a former Army corporal, face robbery with homicide charges over the death of a lawyer who had just withdrawn P1 million from a bank and two policemen who had rushed to the scene in May. Assistant City Prosecutor Dennis...

Safe doors for QC fun houses pushed.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Marlon Ramos OWNERS OF ENTERTAINMENT ESTABlishments in Quezon City have 15 days to comply with a local ordinance prohibiting the use of steel doors and those that swing only inward or outward in their venues. In an order...

Muslim leaders seek US help for AFP.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Norman Bordadora MUSLIM LEADERS OF LANAO DEL NORTE want American troops to help the Philippine military in the event of renewed attacks by Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels after Ramadan. Lanao del Norte Rep....

NCAA probing refs near pullout from finals.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo THE NCAA BASKETBALL SEASON ISNT exactly over even after the coronation of the San Beda Red Lions as three-time champions. Despite affirming their support and faith in the integrity of the PBL referees, league...

New PNP chief bats for return to basic values.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Allison W. Lopez NEWLY INSTALLED PHILIPPINE NATIONAL Police chief, Deputy Director General Jesus Verzosa yesterday said he would institutionalize values formation among his men to reacquaint them with the values of humility,...

5 fishermen killed in blast.
September 30, 2008... Murder rap for village leader A BARANGAY chief and four other people were sued for murder and frustrated murder for attacking a police officer and a couple in Bagumbayan town following a row over a mining activity. SPO4 Vic Machas,...

5 fishermen killed in blast.
September 30, 2008... FIVE fishermen died when the explosives they were making blew up in Balud town in Masbate on Saturday. Senior Supt. Reuben Theodore Sindac, provincial police director, identified the fatalities as Noel Banez, 45; Genelito Banez, 37;...

P9-B budget for ARMM.
September 30, 2008... THE HOUSE subcommittee on appropriations has approved a P9.7-billion budget in 2009 for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, 11 percent higher than this years allocation. The new budget is seen to respond to the needs and demands of...

NPA: 17 killed, not 13.
September 30, 2008... COMMUNIST rebels on Saturday claimed 17 soldiers had died in gun battles in the jungles bordering Surigao del Sur and Davao Oriental since Thursday. The information, however, could not be independently confirmed. Roel Agustin II,...

Negros town chief axed.
September 30, 2008... NEGROS Occidental police chief, Senior Supt. Rosendo Franco, has ordered the relief of Supt. Norberto Boston as police chief of Victorias City after four inmates escaped from the Victorias City police lock-up cell on Tuesday. Also...

3 rebels captured.
September 30, 2008... AN ARMY soldier was wounded while three suspected communist rebels were captured during two gun battles in Sipalay City on Wednesday. First Lt. Ronald Putol, civil military operations chief of the 61st Infantry Battalion, said the first...

JPE: Villar made C-5 insertion.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Gil Cabacungan Jr. SEN. JUAN PONCE ENRILE, CHAIR OF THE SENate finance committee, confirmed yesterday that Senate President Manuel Villar had asked him to insert P200 million for the C-5 road extension project. But on whether...

Pro golf tours ICTSI Valley Challenge on.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Musong R. Castillo ANTIPOLOLOCAL PROFESSIONAL GOLF gets its long-sought shot in the arm starting today when 90 players, led by the back-to-form Cassius Casas, tee off in the ICTSI Valley Challenge at the Valley Golf and Country...

Pudes, Palencia book Milo 42K finals stints.
September 30, 2008... SANTIAGO CITYALUNES PUDES broke away from his rivals halfway through the race en route to a well-executed victory in the 32nd Milo Mara-thon leg here on Sunday and a place in the national finals of the countrys premier foot race. Pudes...

Five youth pugs to train in Cuba.
September 30, 2008... Byline: June Navarro FIVE FILIPINO BOXERS ARE LEAVING FOR Havana, Cuba, next week for a month-long training before seeing action in the 1st Aiba Youth World Boxing Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico on Oct. 25 to Nov. 1. Bannered...

Footnote to a debate.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Conrado de Quiros BY THIS TIME, THE FIRST DEBATE BETWEEN Barack Obama and John McCain would have been analyzed to death. Im writing this a day after the debate, when two one-night polls have just given Obama the edge. According...

Who can we trust?
September 30, 2008... Byline: Rina Jimenez-David THE US MEDIA REPORT THAT THE BAILOUT plan, recently approved by both the White House and congressional leaders after contentious negotiations over the weekend, is deeply unpopular. David Herszenhorn and...

Rookie Rivera wrests lead.
September 30, 2008... ROOKIE KARTER MILO RIVERA LEANED on a strong start to wrest the solo lead in the Formula SL Novice class in the recent fifth leg of the 2008 Shell Helix Karting Super Series at the Boomland Track in Pasay City. Rivera wound up third in...

4 soldiers hurt chasing Kato.
September 30, 2008... A LIEUTENANT AND THREE ENLISTED personnel were wounded during intense fighting yesterday in Maguindanao after a sighting of wanted Moro rebel commander Ameril Ombra Kato and his followers prompted the military to step up operations in the...

High fuel prices spark run for transport alternatives.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Tessa R. Salazar, Motoring MOTORISTS HAVE TURNED TO LPG-run vehicles and gasoline-sipping motorcycles and mini cars to cut down on their fuel expenses. One of them is Henry Lopez, a graphics artist and website designer. ...

Red Lions nail NCAA 3-peat.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas GREATNESS DELIVERED. San Beda extended its reign in the NCAA mens basketball tournament to a third year with a convincing 85-69 triumph over Jose Rizal U yesterday in the rubber match of their best-of-three...

2 suspected thieves shot dead as cops foil rob.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Julie M. Aurelio POLICEMEN SUCCESSFULLY thwarted a robbery attempt after shooting dead two hold up suspects who were tailing a passenger vehicle along the Alabang Zapote Road in Las Pinas City yesterday. Authorities said the...

Victory for press freedom.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Ramon Tulfo THE COURT OF APPEALS, APPArently wanting to pacify the media which had been a monkey on its back lately, has ruled unfavorably against the Presidents husband, Jose Miguel Arroyo, in his fight with the media. The...

Underground river leads online poll.
September 30, 2008... THE PUERTO PRINCESA SUBTERRANEAN RIVER NATIONAL PARK in Palawan is topping the New 7 Wonders of Nature online poll, according to the live ranking results on its website yesterday. Tourism Secretary Ace Durano said that as of yesterday...

Why Davao City missed lanzones during Kadayawan.
September 30, 2008... DAVAO CITYWHERE HAVE ALL the lanzones gone when the city celebrated its Kadayawan harvest festival last month? According to the city agriculture office, a really alarming level of infestation by scale insects, including mealy bugs, was to...

Ang ganda ng Pilipinas.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Ma. Gabriela C. Tatad IT WAS ALMOST 6 A.M. AS OUR CAR SPED ALONG THE near-empty streets of Quezon City, we watched the sky begin to lighten, streaks of deep pink and purple rushing through it. The clouds were fixed in a way I had...

Will a compromise bailout suffice?
September 30, 2008... Byline: Ron Nathan I AM IN A DIFFICULT POSITION having to write an article without knowing all the details of the bailout. All I have at the moment is a statement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that a deal has been reached in principle...

Govt to borrow P61B in Q4.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Michelle V. Remo THE GOVERNMENT IS SCHEDuled to borrow P61 billion from the domestic capital market in the fourth quarter to plug the budget deficit it will register during the period. Portion of the programmed borrowings...

Tampinco who?
September 30, 2008... Byline: Conrado R. Banal III THANKS TO ITS CONTRACT WITH THE LTO, this company called Stradcom is making a big killingat the expense of the public, of course. LTO is the Land Transportation Office, which licenses the millions of...

Business revives call for lower electricity rates.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo LOCAL BUSINESS CHAMBERS are renewing the drive to bring down electricity rates, saying this remained the key issue in achieving global competitiveness and lowering the cost of doing business in the country. ...

Insurance firms seen to benefit from tight regulation.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Michelle V. Remo, Dona Pazzibugan and Doris C. Dumlao NOT A SINGLE PHILIPPINE INSURANCE company has exposure to bankrupt US investment firm Lehman Brothers, the Insurance Commission yesterday said. Vida Chiong, deputy...

Malampaya oil set to flow.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Ronnel W. Domingo STATE-RUN PNOC-EXPLORATION Corp. said oil from Malampaya off Northwest Palawan was expected to flow by the third quarter of 2010 after the Department of Energy approved last week a participation agreement with...

Mindoro ties up with Avocet for Batangas project.
September 30, 2008... CANADIAN FIRM MINDORO RESOURCES has tapped British gold producer Avocet Mining for a possible partnership in developing the Archangel project in Batangas. In a statement, Mindoro Resources said it had signed a memorandum of understanding...

Philodrill sets stock rights offer.
September 30, 2008... OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION FIRM THE Philodrill Corp. slated its 1:4 stock rights offering for Nov. 3 to 28. In a disclosure, Philodrill said it hoped to raise P383.7 million from the offering of 38.37 billion shares at one centavo each. The...

Pre-need plan sales down 21% as of Aug.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Sanchez-Lacson SALES OF PRE-NEED PLANS DECLINED BY 21 percent to P10.6 billion as of August this year, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. SEC data showed that the drop in sales was most pronounced...

Treasury bill rates drop.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Michelle V. Remo TREAURY BILL RATES DROPPED YESTERday as the capital market react positively to news that the US government will inject some $700 billion into the battered financial system. The news has assured the market...

Do you have the hurried woman syndrome?
September 30, 2008... Byline: Margie David Collins, Contributor IN RECENT butt-clenching days, we have seen the humbling of masters of the universe on Wall Street, the deracination of venerable banking institutions, the transfer of unspeakable sums of money...

Extreme spa treatments around the world.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Emmarose Policarpio, Contributor Part 2 British Columbia FACIALS ARENT JUST FOR OUR faces anymore. All of our body parts need equal love, including our derriere. Susurrus Spa in Poets Cove Resort & Spa on Pender...

How to control ones fear of aging.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Cory Quirino HERE ARE MY answers to your questions on health, beauty and wellness. Happy reading! I am a woman in my late 40s and my greatest fear is to reach the big 5-0. Help me delay the aging process. The bad news is...

Candaba marks Our Lady of Mercys feast day.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Josephine Darang PAMPANGA ARCHBISHOP Paciano Aniceto officiated the Concelebrated Mass to honor Nuestra Senora dela Merced (O ur Lady of Mercy) last Sept. 24, 6 p.m. at the Virgins Church in Bahay Pare in Candaba, Pampanga. ...

What is Bikram yoga?
September 30, 2008... Byline: Tristan Choa, Contributor DESPITE THE MANY WHO FIND practicing in a hot room with other sweaty people repulsive, there is a growing number who swear by Bikram Yoga. Why is Bikram yoga one of the more popular forms in the US...

Scathing, smoking Weeds.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Oliver M. Pulumbarit, Contributor THE SECRET LIVES OF UNHAPPY suburbanites are exposed in the wicked weekly comedy-drama Weeds, about an enterprising widow who sells marijuana to some of her neighbors. Mary-Louise Parker...

Loveless Dennis admits being a womanizer.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Dolly Anne Carvajal DENNIS TRILLO IS LOVELESS RIGHT now. Siguro next time I fall di na ako magiging masyadong babaero, Dens says, laughing. He top-bills Regal Films 48th anniversary offering, Mag-ingat Ka sa Kulam, with Judy...

More pogi points for Ogie.
September 30, 2008... Byline: Nestor U. Torre TWENTY YEARS AGO, THEN NEWBIE singer Ogie Alcasid threw his hat into the show biz ring by way of initial gigs in small watering holes, along with a number of then unheralded talents. If memory serves, we caught...

PhilHealth finds hospital padding claims.
September 26, 2008... Byline: Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Inquirer Visayas ILOILO CITYTHE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORP. (PhilHealth) has found a Bacolod City hospital guilty of fabricating claims for cataract surgeries conducted on patients recruited through...

Airports on alert.
September 26, 2008... Byline: Tarra Quismundo SHOCKWAVES OF THE PAKISTAN HO-tel suicide bombing earlier this week has reached Manila as airport authorities raised the security alert at all air terminals in the capital as a precautionary measure. Alfonso...

Al-Hussaini, Eagles rule UAAP awards.
September 26, 2008... Byline: Cedelf P. Tupas THEY WERE ACCOLADES THAT WILL ONLY make sense if it came with the ultimate prize. Ateneo emerged the biggest winner in the UAAP Season 71 awards with six Blue Eagles, led by Most Valuable Player Rabeh...

Paging Angelina Jolie; MILF seeks stars help.
September 26, 2008... Byline: Jeoffrey Maitem, Inquirer Mindanao KORONADAL CITY Will Angelina Jolie please step up and help solve the separatist insurgency in Mindanao? Thats what the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) wants the Hollywood star to do....

GMA approves rehabilitation of Sorsogon Bay.
September 26, 2008... SORSOGON CITYPRESIDENT MACAPAgal-Arroyo has approved the rehabilitation of the Sorsogon Bay through an executive order creating the Sorsogon Bay Rehabilitation and Development Council. She issued Executive Order 750 in acting upon the...

Ateneo, La Salle golfers up.
September 26, 2008... ATENEO AND LA SALLE IMMEDIATELY went after each others necks as they opened their respective campaigns in the 8th Samsung Interscholastic golf championships at the executive course of the Valley Golf and Country Club. The Blue Eagles and...

Banca capsizes; 1 killed.
September 26, 2008... COTABATO CITYA village secretary went missing and was presumed dead when the banca she was riding in capsized while crossing the swollen Rio Grande de Mindanao in Midsayap, North Cotabato, a belated report reaching here said yesterday. ...

Beware, criminals now use hypnotism.
September 26, 2008... Byline: Alcuin Papa CRIMINALS ARE NOW MORE creative in preying on their victims, employing new methods which include, believe it or not, hypnotism, an anticrime group said yesterday. In an interview with the Inquirer, Tessie Ang See...

RH bill row spreads to budget hearing.
September 26, 2008... Byline: Norman Bordadora THE ROW IN THE HOUSE OVER THE RE-productive health bill pending before the plenary appears to have extended to the budget panels subcommittee hearings on the proposed P1.4-trillion budget for 2009. Taking the...

The Band of Blue dethrones Green Archers.
September 26, 2008... Byline: Jasmine W. Payo IT WAS A CHAMPIONSHIP THAT marked a regime change for the countrys most fabled and fancied school rivalry. In a remarkable group effort by this band in blue, the Ateneo Blue Eagles dethroned the La Salle Green...

Captives may be freed before Ramadans end.
September 26, 2008... Byline: Julie S. Alipala, Inquirer Mindanao ZAMBOANGA CITYKIDNAPPERS WANT to negotiate the release before the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan of humanitarian workers Merlie Mendoza and Esperancita Hupida along with a nurse held...

CHR, lawyers press OK of Rome Statute.
September 26, 2008... Byline: Jerome Aning THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN Rights and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines renewed their call for the ratification of the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court to protect Filipinos and punish those who...

Comelec to hold plebiscite on Quezon split Nov. 29.
September 26, 2008... Byline: Delfin T. Mallari Jr., Inquirer Southern Luzon LUCENA CITYTHE COMMISsion on Elections will hold a plebiscite on the proposed division of Quezon province into two separate political units on Nov. 29, according to Rep. Danilo...

A changing of the guard?
September 26, 2008... Byline: Denis Murphy IN A SMALL RENTED ROOM IN BASECO THAT serves as the office of the peoples organization Kabalikat, some 20 leaders, mostly women, waited for the arrival of two young princes of Philippine politics, Senators Mar Roxas...

2 Davao del Sur politicians reconcile.
September 26, 2008... Byline: Eldie S. Aguirre, Inquirer Mindanao DIGOS CITYPOLITICAL TENSION EASED in Davao del Sur after allies-turned-rivals, Gov. Douglas Cagas and Digos Mayor Arsenio Latasa, finally reconciled. The two, former law partners who are...

Did you know.
September 26, 2008... OF THE 701 Metro Manila child abuse victims served by the social welfare department in 2007, a total of 120 had been abandoned, while 145 had been neglected. Cyril L. Bonabente, Inquirer Research

Dureza hospitalized.
September 26, 2008... NEW YORK CITYPRESS SECRETARY Jesus Dureza was admitted to the New York Presbyterian Hospital after he complained of severe stomach pains late Wednesday night (early Thursday in Manila). An official statement from the Office of the Press...

Insert here.
September 26, 2008... NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, SEN. PANFILO LACSONS recent double-insertion allegation against Senate President Manny Villar is politically motivated. But it is also an invitation to a civics education. In the budget for the Department of Public...

Egg sandwiches could have caused food poisoning.
September 26, 2008... Byline: Allison W. Lopez and Amy R. Remo SALMONELLA COULD HAVE caused the suspected food poisoning of 112 pupils of the Jose Corazon de Jesus Elementary School in Tondo, Manila. Dr. Eric Tayag, chief of the Department of Healths...