Saturday, June 26, 2010

June 26, 2010

As if to say that the killing of a potential witness in a gruesome massacre is really deplorable, the Inquirer Front Page today has as its main headline the US Ambassador's statement.


In the news itself however, (US envoy deplores killing. MILF sheltered key Maguindanao massacre witness), doubts are cast on the identity of the slain person and the circumstances which the same person was killed. The news report also gave an angle on the participation of the MILF, raising more questions on the value of the supposed witness and the events leading to his killing. The real losers in this report are the lights of truth and justice which goes dimmer after every press coverage.

In other news in the front page today:

Estrada to Binay: Lead antigraft agency or you’re ‘NPA’ - looks like a press release coming from VP-elect Binay's camp. Binay +1.

Luistro to review DepEd sex ed program - features an interview with the incoming DepEd Secretary but only on sex education.

Transparency Int’l tells Noy: Create body to jail thieves - another one of those unsolicited advise given to President-elect Aqiuno. I can't read whether this news is negative or positive to the incoming President.

Aquino vows weekly presscon, wants ‘honeymoon for 6 yrs’ - says President Aquino will be open to the public. Aquino +1.

Taste test: Arroyo chefs, waiters, staff ready banquet for Aquino - deals on the issue on the job tenure of Malacanang staff supposedly numbering a thousand.

Arroyo leaves P340-B budget deficit, ‘highest in RP history’ - features interviews with Sens. Escudero and Angara with contrasting view on the budget deficit, making the news both negative and positive to the outgoing President. We can say though that the news report is negative to Arroyo because Sen Escudero's side is given prominence in the title. Arroyo -1.

There is another news about the ongoing Soccer World Cup which report I did not find on inquirer.net, but seems to be exclusively about the sports event.

President Arroyo seems not too much of a bad girl today on the Inquirer Front Page, while both Binay and Aquino still enjoys positive coverage:

Binay: 1
Aquino: 1
Arroyo: -1

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