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 2008: Best. Summer. Ever.
Summer 2008 gave me the most memorable and life-changing experience, and it's not because of pool parties! Summer meant internship, and internship meant working as a contributor for and getting published in the country's leading news website Inquirer.net.
For three weeks excluding weekends, I and the rest of the interns did the rounds of the major news beats of the country and were required to submit at least one story per day while on the beat. Mine went as follows: Police, Congress, Senate, Justice, Malacañang and Defense. I was also assigned to the editorial desk where I became one of the editorial assistants for three days (hey, I had one tagline while I was an EA).
Here are the the stories I spewed during those days that earned a space in, er, cyberspace.
From the Police beat
From the Congress beat
From the Senate beat
From the Justice beat
From the Malacañang beat
From the Defense beat
From the Police beatManila cops go hi-tech (April 14, 2008)
Crooks watchout, Mamang Pulis has gone high-tech. Read more...Back to top
From the Congress beatSolons eye replacing text with pictures on cigarette packs (April 22, 2008)
A bill aiming to replace the current text warnings on cigarette packs with pictures on the effects of smoking will be discussed in teh committee on health Tuesday at the House of Representatives. Read more...
Leftist solons vs CARP, warn of worse food crisis (April 22, 2008)
A worse rice crisis could loom if the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) is extended, leftist lawmakers warned Tuesday as the House of Represnetatives prepared to deliberate proposals to extend the program. Read more...
House seeks probe of Cebu surgery scandal (April 22, 2008)
Following the surgery scandal in a hospital in Cebu, a resolution was filed at the House of Representatives on Tuesday seeking a joint inquiry into the incident. Read more...
Filipino veterans bill up for debate in US Senate --solon (April 22, 2008)
A bill granting benefits to an estimated 80,000 Filipino war veterans is now up for floor debates in the US Senate, a Filipino lawmaker said Tuesday. Read more...
Solons to Agri chief: Explain P250-B proposal vs rice crisis (April 23, 2008)
Lawmakers are asking Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap to explain his proposal for the government to allot P250 billion to resolve the rice crisis. Read more...
House eyes passage of 5-yr CARP extension before June 13 (April 24, 2008)
The House of Representatives will work for the passage of the proposed 5-year extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which Speaker Prospero Nograles hopes will be a better version of the existing program before Congress adjourns on June 13. Read more
Casiño to gay, lesbian solons: 'Come out and push passage of anti-discrimination bill' (April 24, 2008)
A leftist lawmaker on Thursday called on gays and lesbians in Congress to "come out" and push for the passage of the anti-discrimination bill. Read more...
House bill filed vs ‘identity theft’ (April 24, 2008)
Publishing a person's personal data retrieved from the Internet might soon be a crime, if a bill filed Thursday at the House of Representatives would be passed. Read more...
Solon seeks stronger Intellectual Property Code against piracy (April 25, 2008)
A bill seeking to amend the Intellectual Property Code to minimize if not totally eradicate piracy, especially through the Internet, has been filed at the House of Representatives. Read more...
Nograles doesn't care which cheaper drugs bill becomes law
As long as final version brings down cost, he says (April 25, 2008)
Even as lawmakers at the House of Representatives are complaining over the removal of some provisions in their version of the Cheaper Medicines Bill, Speaker Prospero Nograles said he did not want to nitpick on which version would become law, as long as it would mean lowering the prices of medicines. Read more...Back to top
From the Senate beatGov't warned vs a culture of dependency (April 28, 2008)
The P5 billion allocation of the Arroyo administration for the monthly allowances of families living below the poverty line only creates a "palaasa" (very dependent) culture, a senator said as he pushed for programs that would address irrigation and employment problems. Read more...
New charter hopes to make UP world class--Pangilinan (April 28, 2008)
Senate Majority Floor Leader Francis Pangilinan believes the University of the Philippines can finally address its woes in finances, faculty exodus, and keeping up with its Asian counterparts once its new charter is signed into law. Read more...
CATV operators want stiffer fines for signal theft (April 29, 2008)
Cable TV (CATV) operators on Tuesday clamored for higher penalties for signal theft, saying a syndicate of illegal and unregistered CATV operators has been earning millions of pesos from the crime. Read more...Back to top
From the Justice beatImmigration hailed for alleged human traffickers' arrest (April 30, 2008)
Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Marcelino C. Libanan has hailed immigration personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for a job well done in the arrest and detention of a foreigner suspected in being involved in human trafficking. Read more...
Arroyo accused of favoring employers over workers (May 1, 2008)
Militant groups denounced the 10 percent increase in the salaries of government workers and accused President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of favoring employers instead of workers. Read more...
Calatagan farmers to SC: enforce 20-year old ruling on land row (May 2, 2008)
Farmers and residents of Calatagan town, Batangas province urged the Supreme Court to implement its 20-year old decision granting them their land. Read more...
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From the Malacañang beatPalace denounces calls for lawmakers probe over Hanjin row (May 5, 2008)
Concerned that investigations might strain the country's relations with foreign investors, a Malacañang official has denounced calls by some opposition lawmakers to investigate the alleged bribery and extortion hounding the construction of a $2 billion shipyard by Hanjin Heavy Industries Inc. in Mindanao. Read more...
Hanjin here to stay--Palace (May 5, 2008)
Despite being embroiled in bribery allegations, Hanjin Heavy Industries, Inc. one of the country's biggest investors, is here to stay, Malacañang said Monday. Read more...
DSWD bent on pushing cash transfer program for poor families (May 6, 2008)
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Tuesday it is ready to go full steam with the controversial AHON-Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, insisting the program is not a "magic bullet" solution but one meant to help poor families in the face of rising crisis. Read more...
Arroyo urges support for gov’t petitions to cut power rates (May 6, 2008)
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo again urged people to support the government's petitions to reduce the rates charged by the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), which the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is set to deliberate Tuesday. Read more...
Amid inflation, food, oil crises, Palace renews call for unity to fight poverty (May 7, 2008)
Faced with a rising inflation that could threaten economic growth, Malacañang has renewed its call to the public to unite in uplifting the poor and do away with politicking, while urging the private sector to help in cutting back food prices and lower rates. Read more...
Palace dismisses concerns over unsigned cheaper drugs bill (May 7, 2008)
Malacañang has dismissed concerns over the alleged inaction on the cheaper medicines bill that Congress has passed, saying the Palace has yet to receive from the legislature the final version of the measure before President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo would sign it. Read more...
Arroyo OK with report clearing Hanjin of bribery--Palace (May 7, 2008)
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is satisfied with the report of the Department of Interior and Local Government that absolved a South Korean firm from alleged bribery, a senior Malacañang official said Wednesday. Read more...Back to top
From the Defense beatNothing ‘simple’ about Yano as he assumes top AFP post (May 8, 2008)
His surname in the Visayan vernacular may mean "simple," but there is nothing simple about the role played by Lieutenant General Alexander Yano, the incoming Armed Forces chief of staff, in the military campaign against the communist and Muslim rebels. Read more...Back to top
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Rachel Grace Hermosura is a 21-year old Journalism student from the University of the Philippines Diliman. She has been blogging for 4 years and currently maintains this website. For a lengthier and more substantive profile, click here.