1ST-APLUMA NEWS SUMMARY FOR OCT. 3, 2010
Posted by unang apluma on Saturday, October 2, 2010
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BROADSHEETS
PHIL. DAILY INQUIRER -- Aquino, bishops set bigger dialogue
PHILIPPINE STAR -- Aquino seeks dialogue with Catholic bishops
MANILA BULLETIN -- Most of IIRC report adopted
DAILY TRIBUNE -- Noynoy not budging
TABLOIDS
PEOPLE'S JOURNAL -- Bishops, Aquino meet set
ABANTE -- Katoliko iimpis!
ABANTE TONITE -- Murder at suicide pinagsabay
PEOPLE'S TONIGHT -- TF Bar Ops 2010 seeks more witnesses
PILIPINO STAR NGAYON -- P-Noy namigay ng PhilHealth cards sa Tondo
ISSUES MONITORING
On Congress
Mediamen may land in jail by using the words “Muslim terrorist or Muslim bandits” in their writing and broadcasting jobs once a measure criminalizing such act is enacted into law. Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara and Lanao del Sur Rep. Pangalian Balindong, authors of House Bills 431 and 1103, said the measures will stop media practitioners from using the words Muslim in describing a suspected person who has committed an unlawful act. Balindong noted that there were occasions where criminal suspects and persons convicted of criminal acts are being described as “Muslim criminals, Muslim terrorists, Muslim drug pushers, Muslim bandits and Muslim holdup men.” (Tribune)
On RH Bill
As the debates heat up on the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill that is threatening to split President Aquino and the Catholic Church, Aquino said yesterday he is standing firm on his position to provide Filipino couples “informed choices” in family planning. “The State has an obligation to educate all of its citizens as to their choices. The State is not empowered by any law to dictate upon any couple as to how they should plan their family,” Aquino said at the sidelines of the nationwide distribution of Philhealth cards to indigent families held yesterday morning at the President Corazon C. Aquino High School in Baseco Compound, Port Area. (Tribune)
President Aquino is seeking a dialogue with Catholic bishops and other religious leaders on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill even as he stands firm on his position that Filipino couples must be free to choose the way to manage their families but must exercise responsible parenthood. “The state has an obligation to educate all of its citizens as to their choices. The state was not empowered by any law to dictate upon any couple how they should plan their family,” Mr. Aquino told reporters in an ambush interview at the President Corazon C. Aquino High School in Baseco, Tondo where he distributed Philippine Health Insurance cards to residents. Many Catholic bishops have criticized the decision of the government to distribute contraceptives and educate couples both on artificial and natural birth control methods. (Philstar)
On IIRC report
President Aquino yesterday said he is likely to adopt recommendations by the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) to charge top officials over a hostage fiasco that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead. The government’s official response to the recommendations by a panel of investigators into the bungled hostage rescue will be announced next week, amid mounting public pressure for his fledgling administration to act on the report. “We’re going to release the action plan, the implementation plan, sometime mid of next week,” Aquino told reporters. (Tribune)
On pork barrel
Members of Congress are assured of at least P25 million each in additional pork barrel allocation in 2011. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson gave the assurance in a meeting recently with members of the House appropriations committee, which wrapped up hearings on the proposed P1.645-trillion national budget for next week. The money will come from billions in annual collections from the road user’s tax, officially called the motor vehicle user’s charge (MVUC), administered by the Road Board chaired by the DPWH secretary. (Philstar)
On jueteng
President Aquino remains mum on what he intends to do with Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Rico Puno but said yesterday that he has already received the comprehensive plan on how to eradicate jueteng. Puno drew flak for the bungled negotiations during the Aug. 23 hostage crisis and was accused of receiving bribe money from jueteng operations. The President said he would give Puno due process amid calls to sack him. The undersecretary, on the other hand, had expressed his readiness to submit his courtesy resignation if he has become a burden to the administration.(Philstar)
On P-Noy's first 100 days
Groups raised their voices yesterday disputing a self-assessment of Malacañang giving President Aquino’s administration an above-passing grade on its first 100 days, with the fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) describing the administration’s performance thus far as “as a long running nightmare and comprehensive failure.” Leaders of the left-wing group cited among Aquino’s failures during his initial days in office was the lack of progress in the prosecution of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo and her allies who were widely being held liable for plunder and corruption, political killings, election fraud and agrarian injustice during Arroyo’s nine-year term. (Philstar)
PHIL. DAILY INQUIRER -- Aquino, bishops set bigger dialogue
PHILIPPINE STAR -- Aquino seeks dialogue with Catholic bishops
MANILA BULLETIN -- Most of IIRC report adopted
DAILY TRIBUNE -- Noynoy not budging
TABLOIDS
PEOPLE'S JOURNAL -- Bishops, Aquino meet set
ABANTE -- Katoliko iimpis!
ABANTE TONITE -- Murder at suicide pinagsabay
PEOPLE'S TONIGHT -- TF Bar Ops 2010 seeks more witnesses
PILIPINO STAR NGAYON -- P-Noy namigay ng PhilHealth cards sa Tondo
ISSUES MONITORING
On Congress
Mediamen may land in jail by using the words “Muslim terrorist or Muslim bandits” in their writing and broadcasting jobs once a measure criminalizing such act is enacted into law. Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara and Lanao del Sur Rep. Pangalian Balindong, authors of House Bills 431 and 1103, said the measures will stop media practitioners from using the words Muslim in describing a suspected person who has committed an unlawful act. Balindong noted that there were occasions where criminal suspects and persons convicted of criminal acts are being described as “Muslim criminals, Muslim terrorists, Muslim drug pushers, Muslim bandits and Muslim holdup men.” (Tribune)
On RH Bill
As the debates heat up on the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill that is threatening to split President Aquino and the Catholic Church, Aquino said yesterday he is standing firm on his position to provide Filipino couples “informed choices” in family planning. “The State has an obligation to educate all of its citizens as to their choices. The State is not empowered by any law to dictate upon any couple as to how they should plan their family,” Aquino said at the sidelines of the nationwide distribution of Philhealth cards to indigent families held yesterday morning at the President Corazon C. Aquino High School in Baseco Compound, Port Area. (Tribune)
President Aquino is seeking a dialogue with Catholic bishops and other religious leaders on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill even as he stands firm on his position that Filipino couples must be free to choose the way to manage their families but must exercise responsible parenthood. “The state has an obligation to educate all of its citizens as to their choices. The state was not empowered by any law to dictate upon any couple how they should plan their family,” Mr. Aquino told reporters in an ambush interview at the President Corazon C. Aquino High School in Baseco, Tondo where he distributed Philippine Health Insurance cards to residents. Many Catholic bishops have criticized the decision of the government to distribute contraceptives and educate couples both on artificial and natural birth control methods. (Philstar)
On IIRC report
President Aquino yesterday said he is likely to adopt recommendations by the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) to charge top officials over a hostage fiasco that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead. The government’s official response to the recommendations by a panel of investigators into the bungled hostage rescue will be announced next week, amid mounting public pressure for his fledgling administration to act on the report. “We’re going to release the action plan, the implementation plan, sometime mid of next week,” Aquino told reporters. (Tribune)
On pork barrel
Members of Congress are assured of at least P25 million each in additional pork barrel allocation in 2011. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson gave the assurance in a meeting recently with members of the House appropriations committee, which wrapped up hearings on the proposed P1.645-trillion national budget for next week. The money will come from billions in annual collections from the road user’s tax, officially called the motor vehicle user’s charge (MVUC), administered by the Road Board chaired by the DPWH secretary. (Philstar)
On jueteng
President Aquino remains mum on what he intends to do with Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Rico Puno but said yesterday that he has already received the comprehensive plan on how to eradicate jueteng. Puno drew flak for the bungled negotiations during the Aug. 23 hostage crisis and was accused of receiving bribe money from jueteng operations. The President said he would give Puno due process amid calls to sack him. The undersecretary, on the other hand, had expressed his readiness to submit his courtesy resignation if he has become a burden to the administration.(Philstar)
On P-Noy's first 100 days
Groups raised their voices yesterday disputing a self-assessment of Malacañang giving President Aquino’s administration an above-passing grade on its first 100 days, with the fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) describing the administration’s performance thus far as “as a long running nightmare and comprehensive failure.” Leaders of the left-wing group cited among Aquino’s failures during his initial days in office was the lack of progress in the prosecution of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo and her allies who were widely being held liable for plunder and corruption, political killings, election fraud and agrarian injustice during Arroyo’s nine-year term. (Philstar)
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