Tuesday, March 19, 2013

MLA STANDARD: 10 royal houses joining Kirams Common goal: To avenge kin's death in Sabah
- The Sabah crisis will grow worse as other royal houses join forces with the Kirams to avenge the death of their relatives Lahad Datu, a group of Muslims scholars warned Monday, as the Sulu unilateral ceasefire and ordered its followers to carry out a guerrilla war against the Malaysians.
MLA STANDARD: Binay's party to Rome held briefly at NAIA
- The immigration officer insisted they cannot bypass the electronic record appearing in the hold departure list of the immigration. He told Binay that is was only Immigration Comm Ricardo David who has the authority to bypass the electronic record of the hold-departure list. Binay contacted David who, in turn, said only Justice Sec Leila de Lima has the authority to clear any passenger with an existing HDO. De Lima eventually instructed the immigration officers to allow Mrs. Binay to board the flight.
TRIBUNE: CHARLIE MANALO - NOW HE WANTS TO TALK
- "Could any Malaysian prime minister so easily agree to let go of a land that for so their laws? Why must Noynoy always take into consideration the position of the Malaysians everytime he opens his mouth? Whose interests is he really trying to protect? And since he has already stated that no Malaysian leader would easily let go of Sabah, could he now compel the Malaysian government to send a representative to the negotiating tabel? And what condition will he impose on the Kirams to sit as well? Lay down their arms?
TRIBUNE: EDITORIAL: Baguio bombs out for Team PNoy
- Only about 700 people attended the rally at the Melvin Jones Open Field where the administration coalition expected around 5,000 people to attend. The 700 participants were already a generous but still Franklin Drilon, campaign manager for Noynoy's candidates, claimed to reporters that 3,000 attended the Team PNoy rally which prompted one incredulous newsman to ask Drilon if most of the people in his estimate were still buying Baguio beans on the way to the rally. 
INQUIRER: UP Manila chancellor, vice chancellor called to resign in wake of student suicide
- The faculty of the Dept of Behavioral Sciences in UP Manila on Monday called on the school's chancellor and vice chancellor to resign following the death of 16-year-old freshman Kristel Tejada. "We strongly appeal to the conscience of Chancellor Manuel Agulto and Vice Chancellor Josephine de Luna to show their solidarity and humility to the aggrieved family of Kristel Tejada and other victims of their repressive policy by rendering their irrevocable resignation," said the statement read by sociology professor Jocelyn del Mundo.
ANC: PH markets close at 6,536.18, down 1.7% or 118 pts. This is the biggest 1-day loss for the PSEi since June.
WITH BOTH PHILIPPINES AND MALAYSIA JAILING KIRAM'S FOLLOWERS, IS THE SULTANATE OF SULU NOW STATELESS AND WILL HAVE TO FLY THEIR OWN FLAG??
NOYNOY: LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE - OR RATHER WHAT YOU FAILED TO DO!!!
TRIBUNE: UNA BETS DEPLORE UP-Manila's stringent policy on tuition
- Senatorial candidates of the UNA yesterday deplored the policy of  the University of the Philippines-Manila on the non-payment of tuition which led to the suicide of one of its students.
TRIBUNE: LP in 2010, but in 2013 Pampanga goes UNA, vows Candaba mayor
- The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) yesterday started its second foray in Pampanga province where the Liberal Party (LP) won in the 2010 elections. Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo vowed to personally campaign for the UNA senatorial slate and pledged to deliver a 9-0 win in Pampanga this coming elections.
TRIBUNE: Sulu sultan to haul Aquino to int'l court
- The family of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III plans to charge the governments of Pres Aquino and Malaysia before the International Court of Justice for failing to protect Filipinos caught between the Malaysian authorities and Kiram's brother Raja Muda's forces. Jose Aspiras, counsel for the Kirams, meanwhile, said aside from elevating the Sabah issue to the UN, the family is also studying the possibility of suing the Phil govt for its failure to protect Filipinos in Sabah.