The main headline (Woman held in terror plot. US: foiled bomb attempt has hallmarks of al-Qaida) is an update on the terror plot where a bomb shipment was intercepted before it reached the US. The report did not explain why it is bigger news than the return of the President from Hanoi.
The other news:
Labor dep’t OKs layoff of 2,600 PAL workers - a report on a Labor ruling where the company PAL was given both positive and negative news treatment.
Security stepped up at NAIA - a report which attempts to connect the US terror alert to the country, although the report itself says there is no connection. The president and the administration is given a bit of space in the news but perhaps not enough to be considered a positive treatment.
Gov’t infra plan under cloud - a report that would have been thought to be negative to the administration, discussing the Public Private Partnership supposedly pushed by the government, that also tied President Aquino's name with the positive economic numbers in the first half of the year. Aquino +1.
Philippines: Burma vote may hurt ASEAN - a report seemingly showing President Aquino's concern for human rights and democracy in our neighbor countries. Aquino +1.
2 comics lead big US rally for sanity - a report on a rally in the US led by TV comedians cum satirists.
Final battle occurs at the point of death - a feature report on the fight between good and evil from the Catholic point of view. Catholic Church +1.
Funerals for heroes imagined by La Tondeña - a feature report on a recollection of Tondo, a sub-district in Manila, by one of its daughters.
Perhaps for fear of death or life after it, being All Saints' Day and All Souls Day season, the Inquirer puts the Catholic Church together with the President on the positive side of things today as the scores would show:
Aqiuno: 2
Catholic Church: 1
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