The headline (PULSE ASIA SURVEY. Aquino’s rating hits 79%. VP Binay, 4 Cabinet execs rate high, too) is a report that confuses its readers as to government official's approval ratings and net ratings, as to what what is going up or down, and what is good and what is not. In the end, after so much confusion, one is bound to just stick to what is proclaimed in the headline. Aquino +1. Binay +1.
The other Front Page news today:
Hanoi miracle: Filipino booters make history - a report on the Filipino team's, composed of foreign sounding surnames, win in football, in Vietnam, against the Vietnamese! The report gave President Aquino space for his congratulatory remarks. Aquino +1.
Filipino game maker lives out boyhood fantasy - a report from AFP about a Filipino computer games design company.
Release of Morong 43 ‘good’ for talks—bishop - although being pushed for the release of suspected rebels, the administration comes out unscathed in this report where bishops say good things about the recently announced ceasefire. NPA +1..
Prize-winning pump improves farmers’ lives - a report on a prize winning invention.
Honasan’s name on mutineers list; senators surprised - the President's amnesty proclamation is full of stupid mistakes but they are only minor. Aquino -1.
TELLING THE FILIPINO STORY TO THE WORLD. Interviews with killer, torturer - a report saying that the Philippine courts (including the Supreme Court) are wrong on the Abadilla case, favoring the theory that it was the NPA who killed the intelligence officer. The report also mentioned that torture exists during Pres. Ramos' tenure. Inquirer +1. SC -1. NPA +1. PNP -1. Ramos -1.
TELLING THE FILIPINO STORY TO THE WORLD. Newbie on the beat covers the Peninsula Manila siege - a journalist's story during a coverage of the Peninsula Hotel take-over by mutinous officers. Inquirer +1.
The scores:
Inquirer: 2
NPA: 2
Aquino: 2-1=1
Binay: 1
SC: -1
Ramos: -1
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