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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 |
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2 Magdalós get life in jail
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Court gives seven others 12 years for 2003 failed
coup
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A Philippine court on Tuesday sentenced two junior Army officers to
life in prison for their part in a failed coup against President
Gloria Arroyo in 2003.
Seven other officers involved in the plot were
given jail terms of up to 12 years, the court said. All nine
belonged to the so-called Magdaló group of junior military
officers. They had been on trial for more than five years.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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President Arroyo assures
country’s rice supply ‘secure’
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President Gloria Arroyo on Tuesday assured an edgy public that rice
supply was adequate.
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Too much focus on ‘water-hungry’
rice varieties
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Because most rice researchers are focused on
“water-hungry” varieties, the country will experience a shortage
of the staple once the looming water crisis wreaks havoc on the
countryside.
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‘I did not benefit from Biofuels’ Law’ –Zubiri
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SENATOR Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday reacted to the Vera Files
article accusing him and his family of benefiting from the Biofuels
Law, stressing that while his family descended from sugar planters,
they never benefited from this law, as the article released implied.
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$20-M medical and wellness
center inaugurated in Subic
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SUBIC BAY Freeport: A $20-million medical facility was inaugurated
here Tuesday by Dr. Solita Monsod, who will serve as chairman of the
center.
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Fil-Am wins Pulitzer for reporting
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Jose Antonio Vargas, a 27-year-old Filipino-American, was awarded
the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on an astonishing shooting
spree in the United States, media reports said on Tuesday.
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Senators ask Supreme Court to
reconsider executive privilege
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The Senate on Tuesday filed before the Supreme
Court its long-awaited motion for reconsideration on a high note,
confident that the High Tribunal would reverse its 9-6 decision
favoring the petition of Higher Education Chairman Romulo Neri, who
had invoked executive privilege in his refusal to make another
testimony before the Senate.
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SPECIAL
REPORT: FOOD
SECURITY
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Dismantling the rice cartel
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“Rice is an P80-billion local industry. Those
who control the local production, as well as the importation of rice
will surely control local and national politics, since rice is a
highly sensitive and politically explosive product,” said Fernando
Hicap, national chairman of the farmer-affiliated Pambansang Lakas
ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya).
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