The main headline today talks of a split (Water crisis splits gov’t. Palace rules out state of calamity) in government. Well it just means that there are people in government, or more specifically in congress that are pushing for more drastic action while there are others not keen on making so much fuss on the issue. Basically, this piece reports on the administration's insistence that there is no water crisis. In fact, Spokeperson Lacierda even downplayed the problem and said that solutions are easy and in place. We can wonder if he can say that directly to people who do not have water for a week now. The news report is devoid of any real argument, as it just allowed some people to generally have their say.
The other news reports in the Phil. Daily Inquirer Front Page today are as follows:
Mikey Arroyo takes oath but ‘sikyu’ case goes to SC - even if this news report gave Mikey Arroyo space for his rebuttals, it reeked of negativity towards him through interviews with other politicians who are known critics of the former President. Arroyo (Mikey) -1. COMELEC -1.
53% of Maynilad water is lost; Manila Water, only 13% - this report asked a question but did not answer it. Of course, the answer would have been that the Lopez group who previously controlled Maynilad (the present owners, DMCI-MPIC group, took control of it only in 2006) for nine years did not do its job, which the report did not point out.
Malabon mob desperate for a bath, busts pipe - reports of more field stories on the water crisis.
US prof rues SC misuse of his work vs ‘sex slaves’ - an insistent report on the SC's supposed plagiarism. SC-1.
Aquino may use nuke power; Napocor men now training - a report on an interview with Napocor President Tampinco who seems bent on pushing for Nuclear Energy, but carefully keeping President Aquino out of it.
‘Heartist’ of Table of Hope for street children dies; 43 - a report on the death of an artist.
Filipino maid inherits P200M from boss - an AFP (Agence France-Presse) report on a Filipina maid in Singapore that gave a somewhat negative treatment of the Philippines as a whole when the report said: "The maid, who arrived here in 1986, refused to be named in public for fear of possible threats to her life in the Philippines, where wealthy people have been kidnapped for ransom and some killed by their abductors."
Charice botox causes Net uproar - a news report that looks like a PR drive for Charice' future appearance in the hit US TV series "Glee".
The scores today seems to have linen up in negative territory the usual suspects:
Arroyo (Mikey) : -1
SC: -1
COMELEC: -1
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