1st-APLUMA NEWS SUMMARY FOR JAN. 8, 2011
Posted by unang apluma on Friday, January 7, 2011
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BROADSHEETS
PHIL. DAILY INQUIRER -- On-cam killer captured
PHILIPPINE STAR -- Noy sees better life for Pinoys in 2011
MANILA BULLETIN -- Roxas next 'Little President'?
DAILY TRIBUNE -- Noy bashes critics before diplomats
TABLOIDS
PEOPLE’S JOURNAL -- Troubleshooter
ABANTE -- Dagdag-buwis?
PILIPINO STAR NGAYON -- Guingona pasok din sa Vizconde
PEOPLES TONIGHT -- Guingona backs Vizconde
ISSUES MONITORING
On Congress
Iloilo Rep. Ferjenel Biron has single-handedly derailed the confirmation of Energy Secretary Rene Almendras by the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA). CA sources told The STAR yesterday that the commission’s energy committee was ready to endorse Almendras two weeks ago before Congress started its Christmas recess had Biron withdrawn his opposition to the energy secretary’s confirmation. “The DOE chief would have been among the Cabinet members confirmed before the recess,” a member of the House-CA panel said. (Philstar)
On 2011
President Aquino assured Filipinos of a “better life” this year under his administration, notwithstanding the challenges and uncertainties faced by the nation. “There will be challenges ahead – from an uncertain outlook for the global economy, to a noisy minority who want to rekindle the malicious practices of the past,” Aquino said during the traditional vin d’honneur at Malacañang yesterday that was attended by members of the diplomatic community and political, business and economic leaders. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An also attended the event. (Philstar)
On Mar Roxas
President Aquino disclosed yesterday that former Sen. Manuel Roxas II would definitely join his Cabinet as a “troubleshooter” by June when the one-year ban on the appointment to government of losing candidates in the elections last May expires. “He (Roxas) might be one of my chief troubleshooters. There’s something that needs more intense attention that I’m asking him to do, that is, if he is willing,” Aquino told reporters shortly after the New Year vin d’honneur. Aquino said he and Roxas are still in the process of detailing how his former running mate could help the government, especially since they agree on how the reform agenda could be pushed in the shortest possible time. (Philstar)
On NAIA 3
Malacañang said yesterday that just compensation for the builders of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 should finally be resolved under the Aquino administration. “On my own, (I) took the initiative and called up (Transportation) Secretary Ping (Jose de Jesus) and told him that in my belief, it’s about time that under this new administration there must be a firm stand, a calculation of what is really fair and reasonable compensation for this,” Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said over radio dzRH. (Philstar)
On PAO chief
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is looking into the issue of whether Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta and her deputies can be removed from office for lack of Career Executive Service (CES) eligibility. “We are carefully studying that issue. At the end of the day it should be the law that should be the basis,” CSC chairman Francisco T. Duque III said yesterday. Duque made the statement after noting that the CES Board is moving to have the officials of PAO replaced for not having security of tenure. (Phistar)
On camps
Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima bared yesterday that the administration of President Aquino is contemplating on privatizing the headquarters of the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Quezon City to further pump prime the economy. In a briefing at Aquino’s New Year vin d’honneur at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang, Purisima told Palace reporters that privatizing Camp Crame of the PNP and Camp Aguinaldo of the AFP is one of the options they are thinking. (Philstar)
On revamp
Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. denied yesterday that he would be affected by an impending Cabinet revamp. President Aquino has not yet announced who among members of his official family would be replaced or transferred, he added. Ochoa said the issue on revamp should not be a big deal because Aquino had expressed full confidence in his Cabinet secretaries. (Philstar)
On calamities
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje has warned that more landslides and flashfloods are expected in disaster-prone areas such as Southern Leyte following a forecast from the weather bureau of more rains until February. “With incessant rains being experienced in the Visayas and Mindanao in the past weeks, we expect the soil to have been fully saturated. With forecast of more rains until next month, it is a matter of time that more landslides and flashfloods would take place in disaster-prone areas,” Paje said. He again called on local executives of La Niña-affected areas to take heed of the warnings on geological hazards issued by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB). (Philstar)
On Vizconde case
Former Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. has rallied behind Lauro Vizconde in a bid to convince the Supreme Court (SC) to reverse its decision last month acquitting Hubert Webb and six others previously convicted for the massacre of Vizconde’s family in 1991. Guingona, the justice secretary when the case was undergoing preliminary investigation, went to the SC yesterday and filed a motion to intervene, asking the magistrates to reverse their decision last Dec. 14, 2010. (Philstar)
On Gen. Garcia
Former Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Jaro, Iloilo Archbishop Angel Lagdameo warned the people yesterday that the plea bargain agreement with dismissed Gen. Carlos Garcia would weaken the country’s justice system. Lagdameo told CBCPNews, the official news provider of the CBCP, that General Garcia should serve his prison sentence if he would be found guilty of plunder. (Philstar)
PHIL. DAILY INQUIRER -- On-cam killer captured
PHILIPPINE STAR -- Noy sees better life for Pinoys in 2011
MANILA BULLETIN -- Roxas next 'Little President'?
DAILY TRIBUNE -- Noy bashes critics before diplomats
TABLOIDS
PEOPLE’S JOURNAL -- Troubleshooter
ABANTE -- Dagdag-buwis?
PILIPINO STAR NGAYON -- Guingona pasok din sa Vizconde
PEOPLES TONIGHT -- Guingona backs Vizconde
ISSUES MONITORING
On Congress
Iloilo Rep. Ferjenel Biron has single-handedly derailed the confirmation of Energy Secretary Rene Almendras by the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA). CA sources told The STAR yesterday that the commission’s energy committee was ready to endorse Almendras two weeks ago before Congress started its Christmas recess had Biron withdrawn his opposition to the energy secretary’s confirmation. “The DOE chief would have been among the Cabinet members confirmed before the recess,” a member of the House-CA panel said. (Philstar)
On 2011
President Aquino assured Filipinos of a “better life” this year under his administration, notwithstanding the challenges and uncertainties faced by the nation. “There will be challenges ahead – from an uncertain outlook for the global economy, to a noisy minority who want to rekindle the malicious practices of the past,” Aquino said during the traditional vin d’honneur at Malacañang yesterday that was attended by members of the diplomatic community and political, business and economic leaders. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An also attended the event. (Philstar)
On Mar Roxas
President Aquino disclosed yesterday that former Sen. Manuel Roxas II would definitely join his Cabinet as a “troubleshooter” by June when the one-year ban on the appointment to government of losing candidates in the elections last May expires. “He (Roxas) might be one of my chief troubleshooters. There’s something that needs more intense attention that I’m asking him to do, that is, if he is willing,” Aquino told reporters shortly after the New Year vin d’honneur. Aquino said he and Roxas are still in the process of detailing how his former running mate could help the government, especially since they agree on how the reform agenda could be pushed in the shortest possible time. (Philstar)
On NAIA 3
Malacañang said yesterday that just compensation for the builders of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 should finally be resolved under the Aquino administration. “On my own, (I) took the initiative and called up (Transportation) Secretary Ping (Jose de Jesus) and told him that in my belief, it’s about time that under this new administration there must be a firm stand, a calculation of what is really fair and reasonable compensation for this,” Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said over radio dzRH. (Philstar)
On PAO chief
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is looking into the issue of whether Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta and her deputies can be removed from office for lack of Career Executive Service (CES) eligibility. “We are carefully studying that issue. At the end of the day it should be the law that should be the basis,” CSC chairman Francisco T. Duque III said yesterday. Duque made the statement after noting that the CES Board is moving to have the officials of PAO replaced for not having security of tenure. (Phistar)
On camps
Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima bared yesterday that the administration of President Aquino is contemplating on privatizing the headquarters of the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Quezon City to further pump prime the economy. In a briefing at Aquino’s New Year vin d’honneur at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang, Purisima told Palace reporters that privatizing Camp Crame of the PNP and Camp Aguinaldo of the AFP is one of the options they are thinking. (Philstar)
On revamp
Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. denied yesterday that he would be affected by an impending Cabinet revamp. President Aquino has not yet announced who among members of his official family would be replaced or transferred, he added. Ochoa said the issue on revamp should not be a big deal because Aquino had expressed full confidence in his Cabinet secretaries. (Philstar)
On calamities
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje has warned that more landslides and flashfloods are expected in disaster-prone areas such as Southern Leyte following a forecast from the weather bureau of more rains until February. “With incessant rains being experienced in the Visayas and Mindanao in the past weeks, we expect the soil to have been fully saturated. With forecast of more rains until next month, it is a matter of time that more landslides and flashfloods would take place in disaster-prone areas,” Paje said. He again called on local executives of La Niña-affected areas to take heed of the warnings on geological hazards issued by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB). (Philstar)
On Vizconde case
Former Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. has rallied behind Lauro Vizconde in a bid to convince the Supreme Court (SC) to reverse its decision last month acquitting Hubert Webb and six others previously convicted for the massacre of Vizconde’s family in 1991. Guingona, the justice secretary when the case was undergoing preliminary investigation, went to the SC yesterday and filed a motion to intervene, asking the magistrates to reverse their decision last Dec. 14, 2010. (Philstar)
On Gen. Garcia
Former Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Jaro, Iloilo Archbishop Angel Lagdameo warned the people yesterday that the plea bargain agreement with dismissed Gen. Carlos Garcia would weaken the country’s justice system. Lagdameo told CBCPNews, the official news provider of the CBCP, that General Garcia should serve his prison sentence if he would be found guilty of plunder. (Philstar)
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