1st-APLUMA NEWS SUMMARY FOR NOV. 28, 2010
Posted by unang apluma on Saturday, November 27, 2010
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BROADSHEETS
PHIL. DAILY INQUIRER -- AFP seeks return of all mutineers
PHILIPPINE STAR -- P-Noy suspends OFW deployment to Korea
MANILA BULLETIN -- Palace bans OFWs to Korea
DAILY TRIBUNE -- Noynoy government can’t be trusted — Belgian firm
TABLOIDS
PEOPLE'S JOURNAL -- OFWs banned from Korea
ABANTE -- Nurse sa hulog baby, shoot sa NBI!
PILIPINO STAR NGAYON -- OFWs sa Korea bawal muna
PEOPLE'S TONIGHT -- Toxic Xmas goods
ISSUES MONITORING
On Congress
It’s the age of digital technology and a boost for transparency in government funds and spending information, but it is not known as yet whether the Aquino administration will support transparency though this manner. As the Senate deliberates the 2011 budget, Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago filed a bill that will make information on all government funding awards, grants, contracts, and loans available and searchable on a public Web site. (Philstar)
On Comelec
Poll watchdog Consortium on Electoral Reform (CER) urged President Aquino to appoint an information technology (IT) expert to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Another group, the People for Empowerment and Truth (PET), also urged the President to appoint a commissioner to the Comelec that could initiate guidelines and measures in resolving electoral protests more quickly. CER executive director Ramon Casiple proposed the IT expert should be appointed as Comelec commissioner to oversee the automated elections since it is “likely here to stay.” (Philstar)
On government bonus
President Aquino has authorized the granting of a P10,000 Productivity Enhancement Incentive to state employees on top of their Christmas bonus and 13th month pay. Under Administrative Order No. 3 signed on Nov. 25, Aquino said the government’s austerity measures have greatly contributed to keeping the fiscal deficit within target. “The economy has stabilized; investors’ confidence, trust and faith in the Philippine government have been restored; plans for the effective implementation of government programs such as on education, health, poverty alleviation, and job generation are pursued under the platform of good governance,” Aquino said in the order. (Philstar)
On P-Noy's lovelife
Malacañang is keeping mum on developments in President Aquino’s love life amid reports that he and his stylist Liz Uy have not started a romance despite having gone on several dates.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said she could not comment on the personal and private life of the President, which she stressed should be respected.GMANews.TV quoted the President as saying “sorry, we’re not showbiz” in a text message when asked about the issue. (Philstar)
On Korea
President Aquino has suspended the deployment of Filipino workers to South Korea while the government assesses the situation in the Korean Peninsula.This, as tensions continue to rise in the Korean Peninsula following North Korea’s artillery attacks Tuesday on a tiny island claimed by Seoul.Aquino made the decision upon the advice of his security cluster and of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Labor and Employment, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said over government-run radio station dzRB. (Philstar)
On JBC
resident Aquino has appointed former justice secretary Artemio Tuquero as member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), Malacañang said yesterday.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said Tuquero would represent the legal academe.Tuquero served as justice secretary during the time of former President Joseph Estrada and was also Court of Appeals justice. He is also the former dean of both the University of the East College of Law and Manuel L. Quezon University School of Law. (Philstar)
On education
Malacañang yesterday asked the restive student leaders in almost every part of the country to just bear with the country’s tight fiscal situation as “maximum tolerance” is being exercised by President Aquino’s security aides in view of the second lightning rally they staged just recently during his speaking engagement in Baguio City. According to deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte, security measures are being kept in preparation for these rallies by the students, denouncing Aquino’s cuts in the budget of state colleges and universities (SUCs) which she claims to be “infrequent.” (Philstar)
On Aquino government
All of President Aquino’s assurances to foreign and local investors he is trying to woo for his Public-Private Partnership projects, which are said to be composed of big ticket items, may have gone to naught, as he and his government have done a Gloria Arroyo, which is to cancel a clean contract.With no categorical explanation and no formal notification on its decision to cancel the multibillion-peso Laguna Lake dredging project, a counsel for the project’s Belgian contractor yesterday accused the Aquino administration of being highly untrustworthy, calling the Noynoy administration a government that can never be trusted. (Philstar)
On fuel
Malacañang reassured the public yesterday that there would be no shortage of fuel supply in the country that could lead to an increase in oil prices.Pilipinas Shell confirmed yesterday the shutdown of 35 gas stations in Taguig City, Pampanga, and Cavite, but government officials said there would be no gas shortage as half of Metro Manila’s supply would come from Petron Corp.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte told radio station dzRB that Shell and Chevron Philippines had also been exempted from the truck ban so they could continuously transport supply from their depot to their stations.(Philstar)
PHIL. DAILY INQUIRER -- AFP seeks return of all mutineers
PHILIPPINE STAR -- P-Noy suspends OFW deployment to Korea
MANILA BULLETIN -- Palace bans OFWs to Korea
DAILY TRIBUNE -- Noynoy government can’t be trusted — Belgian firm
TABLOIDS
PEOPLE'S JOURNAL -- OFWs banned from Korea
ABANTE -- Nurse sa hulog baby, shoot sa NBI!
PILIPINO STAR NGAYON -- OFWs sa Korea bawal muna
PEOPLE'S TONIGHT -- Toxic Xmas goods
ISSUES MONITORING
On Congress
It’s the age of digital technology and a boost for transparency in government funds and spending information, but it is not known as yet whether the Aquino administration will support transparency though this manner. As the Senate deliberates the 2011 budget, Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago filed a bill that will make information on all government funding awards, grants, contracts, and loans available and searchable on a public Web site. (Philstar)
On Comelec
Poll watchdog Consortium on Electoral Reform (CER) urged President Aquino to appoint an information technology (IT) expert to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Another group, the People for Empowerment and Truth (PET), also urged the President to appoint a commissioner to the Comelec that could initiate guidelines and measures in resolving electoral protests more quickly. CER executive director Ramon Casiple proposed the IT expert should be appointed as Comelec commissioner to oversee the automated elections since it is “likely here to stay.” (Philstar)
On government bonus
President Aquino has authorized the granting of a P10,000 Productivity Enhancement Incentive to state employees on top of their Christmas bonus and 13th month pay. Under Administrative Order No. 3 signed on Nov. 25, Aquino said the government’s austerity measures have greatly contributed to keeping the fiscal deficit within target. “The economy has stabilized; investors’ confidence, trust and faith in the Philippine government have been restored; plans for the effective implementation of government programs such as on education, health, poverty alleviation, and job generation are pursued under the platform of good governance,” Aquino said in the order. (Philstar)
On P-Noy's lovelife
Malacañang is keeping mum on developments in President Aquino’s love life amid reports that he and his stylist Liz Uy have not started a romance despite having gone on several dates.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said she could not comment on the personal and private life of the President, which she stressed should be respected.GMANews.TV quoted the President as saying “sorry, we’re not showbiz” in a text message when asked about the issue. (Philstar)
On Korea
President Aquino has suspended the deployment of Filipino workers to South Korea while the government assesses the situation in the Korean Peninsula.This, as tensions continue to rise in the Korean Peninsula following North Korea’s artillery attacks Tuesday on a tiny island claimed by Seoul.Aquino made the decision upon the advice of his security cluster and of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Labor and Employment, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said over government-run radio station dzRB. (Philstar)
On JBC
resident Aquino has appointed former justice secretary Artemio Tuquero as member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), Malacañang said yesterday.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said Tuquero would represent the legal academe.Tuquero served as justice secretary during the time of former President Joseph Estrada and was also Court of Appeals justice. He is also the former dean of both the University of the East College of Law and Manuel L. Quezon University School of Law. (Philstar)
On education
Malacañang yesterday asked the restive student leaders in almost every part of the country to just bear with the country’s tight fiscal situation as “maximum tolerance” is being exercised by President Aquino’s security aides in view of the second lightning rally they staged just recently during his speaking engagement in Baguio City. According to deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte, security measures are being kept in preparation for these rallies by the students, denouncing Aquino’s cuts in the budget of state colleges and universities (SUCs) which she claims to be “infrequent.” (Philstar)
On Aquino government
All of President Aquino’s assurances to foreign and local investors he is trying to woo for his Public-Private Partnership projects, which are said to be composed of big ticket items, may have gone to naught, as he and his government have done a Gloria Arroyo, which is to cancel a clean contract.With no categorical explanation and no formal notification on its decision to cancel the multibillion-peso Laguna Lake dredging project, a counsel for the project’s Belgian contractor yesterday accused the Aquino administration of being highly untrustworthy, calling the Noynoy administration a government that can never be trusted. (Philstar)
On fuel
Malacañang reassured the public yesterday that there would be no shortage of fuel supply in the country that could lead to an increase in oil prices.Pilipinas Shell confirmed yesterday the shutdown of 35 gas stations in Taguig City, Pampanga, and Cavite, but government officials said there would be no gas shortage as half of Metro Manila’s supply would come from Petron Corp.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte told radio station dzRB that Shell and Chevron Philippines had also been exempted from the truck ban so they could continuously transport supply from their depot to their stations.(Philstar)
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