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PRESS SECRETARY AND PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN IGNACIO BUNYE SAID YESTERDAY THAT THE AFP HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO CONSULT THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES (CCCH) AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONITORING TEAM (IMT) ON HOW TO HOLD TOGETHER THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT WITH THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) TROOPS IN MAGUINDANAO, FOLLOWING THE FRESH FIGHTING BETWEEN PARAMILITARY TROOPS AND MILF REBELS LAST WEEK. IN A STATEMENT THE SECRETARY BUNYE SAYS PRESIDENT ARROYO HAS ALSO INSTRUCTED THE AFP TO WORK CLOSELY WITH GOVERNMENT RELIEF AGENCIES... Date Wednesday July 5th 2006: PRODUCTION SCRIPT ROLL Newsday OBB Reader – GREETINGS/HEADLINES THIS IS FYI-TV NEWSDAY … I AM MICHAEL COHEN HERE A BRIEF LOOK AT OUR STORYS ON WWW.FYITV.NET NEWSDAY ITEM 1 PRESIDENT ARROYO HAS DIRECTED THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) TO ENSURE THE SAFE RETURN TO THEIR HOMES OF THE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN MAGUINDANAO DISPLACED BY THE CLASHES BETWEEN GOVERNMENT TROOPS AND MUSLIM REBELS LAST WEEK. PRESS SECRETARY AND PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN IGNACIO BUNYE SAID YESTERDAY THAT THE AFP HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO CONSULT THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES (CCCH) AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONITORING TEAM (IMT) ON HOW TO HOLD TOGETHER THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT WITH THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) TROOPS IN MAGUINDANAO, FOLLOWING THE FRESH FIGHTING BETWEEN PARAMILITARY TROOPS AND MILF REBELS LAST WEEK. IN A STATEMENT THE SECRETARY BUNYE SAYS PRESIDENT ARROYO HAS ALSO INSTRUCTED THE AFP TO WORK CLOSELY WITH GOVERNMENT RELIEF AGENCIES AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ADDRESS THE PLIGHT OF EVACUEES AND ENSURE THEIR SAFE RETURN TO THEIR HOMES. BUNYE ASSURED THAT THE RECENT SERIES OF FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT TROOPS AND MILF REBELS ARE ISOLATED CASES AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE PEACE PROCESS IN MINDANAO, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT ASSESSED EARLIER AS BEING ALMOST COMPLETE. ITEM 2 IN COTABATO CITY RUBY SAHALI, SOCIAL WELFARE SECRETARY OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, SAID OF THE MORE THAN 4,000 FAMILIES DISPLACED BY FIGHTING BETWEEN MILITIAMEN AND MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT OR M-I-L-F REBELS IN MAGUINDANAO. THE EVACUEES CAME FROM THE TOWNS OF SHARIFF AGUAK, WHERE THE HOSTILITIES STARTED LAST WEEK, AND FROM MAMASAPANO, DATU PIANG, DATU UNSAY, DATU SAUDI, AMPATUAN, SULTAN SA BARONGIS AND SK PENDATUN TOWNS, WHERE IT SPREAD. SAHALI SAID MOST OF THE DISPLACED FAMILIES HAD RECEIVED FOOD PACKAGES FROM HER OFFICE AND FROM ARMM GOV. ZALDY AMPATUAN. SAHALI SAYS THE ARMM LEADERS HOPE THE CONFLICT WILL BE RESOLVED VERY SOON SO EVACUEES CAN RETURN HOME. CLASSES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. FARMERS, WHO HAD TO LEAVE THEIR FARMS BEHIND, FEAR LOSING THEIR HARVEST. MOST OF THE REFUGEES ARE HOUSED IN VARIOUS EVACUATION SITES. GEN. RAMON SANTOS, CHIEF OF THE GOVERNMENT’S CEASEFIRE PANEL, SAID EFFORTS WERE UNDER WAY TO SEPARATE THE WARRING GROUPS—MORO REBELS AND ARMED CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS, MOST OF THEM SUPPORTED BY THEIR MAYORS. ITEM 3 MALACAÑANG REMAINS COMMITTED TO PURSUING ITS ALL-OUT WAR AGAINST COMMUNIST REBELS EVEN IF EXILED LEADERS OF THE COMMUNIST-LED NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT HAVE ASKED NORWAY TO CONVINCE PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL- ARROYO TO RETURN TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. IN A STATEMENT, THE NDF SAID IT HAD SENT ITS TOP LEADERSHIP TO OSLO ON MONDAY FOR FOUR DAYS OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY. NORWAY HAD FACILITATED THE PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND THE NDF BEFORE NEGOTIATIONS WERE SCUTTLED IN 2004. THE DELEGATION IS COMPOSED OF NDF CHIEF NEGOTIATOR LUIS JALANDONI, FIDEL AGCAOILI, CONNIE LEDESMA, JULIE DE LIMA AND ASTERIO PALIMA. ALSO PRESENT IN THE CONSULTATIONS ARE NDF CHIEF POLITICAL CONSULTANT JOSE MARIA SISON, LAWYER ROMEO CAPULONG, NDF’S SENIOR LEGAL ADVISER AND NDF PANEL CONSULTANT DANILO BORJAL. ITEM 4 NORWAY SAID IT SEES “NO PROSPECTS” FOR THE RESUMPTION OF STALLED PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNIST REBELS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EXILED PHILIPPINES COMMUNIST UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION, THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT (NDF) ON TUESDAY ARRIVED IN OSLO FOR FOUR DAYS OF TALKS WITH NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS, THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT SAID. ITEM 5 IN BIZNEZ -THE PESO on Tuesday rallied for the fourth straight day to close at a five-week high of 52.66 to the dollar, boosted by bullish currency and stock markets across the region and by money inflows from overseas Filipino workers, The currency opened trading at an intra-day low of 52.91 to the dollar and hit an intra-day high of 52.64. It moved alongside the Thai baht and the Indonesian rupiah, which rose sharply, G A P – COMMERCIAL READER – PROGRAM ID ITEM 6 THE SUBIC BAY METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY (SBMA) ANNOUNCED IT HAD REGISTERED 27 NEW PROJECTS TOTALING $173 MILLION, MOSTLY IN FOREIGN INVESTMENTS, IN APRIL AND MAY. TEN OF THE PROJECTS ARE IN TOURISM, SEVEN IN SERVICES, SIX IN WAREHOUSING AND FOUR IN MANUFACTURING, SBMA CHIEF EXECUTIVE ARMAND ARREZA SAID IN A STATEMENT. THE FOREIGN INVESTMENTS TOTAL $169.5 MILLION AND THE DOMESTIC CAPITAL, $3.4 MILLION, ARREZA SAID. THE BIGGEST IS DELTA PRODUCTION PHILIPPINES CORP.’S $155.7-MILLION VENTURE IN MANUFACTURE, TRADING AND RENTAL OF ALUMINUM SCAFFOLDINGS AND RENTAL OF MACHINERY FOR SHIP REPAIR. SECOND IS YIENSON MANUFACTURING CORP.’S $12-MILLION PROJECT IN THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORT AND EXPORT OF SEMI-FINISHED AND FINISHED GOODS. ITEM 7 PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CO. (PLDT) AND THE SUPREME COURT HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT FOR THE TELECOM GIANT TO PROVIDE BROADBAND INTERNET LINKS BETWEEN THE HIGH COURT AND LOWER COURTS IN METRO MANILA. UNDER THE AGREEMENT, PLDT WILL PROVIDE ITS DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (DSL) INTERNET TO 400 SITES ALL OVER METRO MANILA. “THIS ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AND THE GROWING DEMAND FOR ACCESS BY THE JUDGES TO THE COURT’S E-LIBRARY AND FOR THE COURT CLEARANCE SYSTEM,” CHIEF JUSTICE ARTEMIO PANGANIBAN IN A STATEMENT. THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO HELP IN FACILITATION AND SUBMISSION OF REPORTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS. PANGANIBAN ADDED THAT PLDT’S BROADBAND ACCESS WOULD HELP ENHANCE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT, WHICH HAS SUPERVISORY POWER OVER ALL TRIAL COURTS, THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE SANDIGANBAYAN ANTI-GRAFT COURT AND THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS. ITEM 8 – BIZ WRAP LONDON: IN A MOVE THAT WILL AFFECT THOUSANDS OF POTENTIAL RECRUITS FROM INDIA, BRITAIN HAS SLAPPED A BAN ON RECRUITMENT OF OVERSEAS NURSES FROM OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU), IN ORDER TO GIVE PRIORITY TO DOMESTIC CANDIDATES. IT, HOWEVER, WILL NOT AFFECT THE FOREIGN NURSES ALREADY WORKING IN BRITAIN. UNDER THE NEW RULES, TO COME INTO FORCE NEXT MONTH, THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS) WILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE RECRUITMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE EU COUNTRIES ONLY WHEN IT CAN SHOW THAT SUITABLE CANDIDATES ARE NOT AVAILABLE LOCALLY. UP TO 12,000 OVERSEAS NURSES FROM NON-EU COUNTRIES COME TO BRITAIN EVERY YEAR — MOSTLY FROM INDIA, PAKISTAN, THE PHILIPPINES AND A HOST OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES. IN 2004-2005, THE LARGEST CONTINGENT OF NON-EU FOREIGN NURSES CAME FROM INDIA. OUT OF THE 11,477 RECRUITED, ITEM 9 – LIGHT STORY EW JERSEY WOMAN HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO TWINS AT THE AGE OF 59 — 18 MONTHS AFTER HAVING HER LAST BABY. LAUREN COHEN, WHO TURNS 60 ON AUGUST 11, BECOMES THE OLDEST WOMAN IN AMERICA TO BEAR TWINS, AND EQUALS THE WORLD RECORD SET BY AN UNNAMED BRITISH WOMAN ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1993. MS COHEN GAVE BIRTH TO A BOY AND A GIRL, NAMED GREGORY AND GISELLE, AT THE NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL ON MAY 22, A HOSPITAL SPOKESMAN SAID. “I’M HAPPY. I COME OUT HEALTHY, AND THE TWO BABIES CAME OUT HEALTHY,” MS COHEN SAID AT LEAVING THE HOSPITAL. MS COHEN, WHO HAS A 27-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, RENÉE, BY AN EARLIER MARRIAGE, DECIDED TO START ANOTHER FAMILY AFTER AFTER MARRYING A MUCH YOUNGER HUSBAND, FRANK GARCIA, WHO DID NOT HAVE CHILDREN. GAP 3 FOREIGN HIGHLIGHTS: FOREIGN 1 NHK said Japanese government officials were trying to determine whether a missle test launch by North Korea was the new long-range ballistic missile that had been readied for launch recently. North Korea had been thought to be preparing a test-launch of its Taepodong 2 missile, which is believed to be able to reach parts of the United States. The reclusive communist state launched the missile at 3:32 a.m., or 2:32 p.m. Tuesday EDT, and it crashed into the Sea of Japan several minutes later, public broadcaster NHK reported. FOREIGN 2 A WOMAN WHO WAS MARLON BRANDO’S CAREGIVER, COMPANION AND SELF-DESCRIBED “MAJOR DOMO” OF THE HOUSEHOLD IN THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE HAS SUED HIS EXECUTORS INCLUDING PRODUCER MIKE MEDAVOY CLAIMING SHE IS A VICTIM OF FRAUD, DECEIT AND A BROKEN ORAL CONTRACT WITH BRANDO TO GIVE HER A HOUSE. ANGELA BORLAZA ACCUSED MEDAVOY AND FELLOW EXECUTORS LARRY J. DRESSLER AND AVRA DOUGLAS OF EXECUTING A CODICIL TO BRANDO’S WILL 13 DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH ON JULY 1, 2004, WHICH TRANSFERRED POWER TO THEM FROM THE FORMER TRUSTEES WHO WERE HIS LONGTIME ADVISERS. BORLAZA CLAIMED BRANDO WAS SUFFERING FROM “A PLETHORA OF DISEASES” AND WAS TOO ILL TO SIGN ANYTHING. SHE SUGGESTED HIS SIGNATURE WAS FORGED READER – CLOSING MUSIC / EXTRO AND THAT’S A RAP OF NEWS ON FYI – TV . NET I’M MIKE COHEN HAVE GREAT FRIDAY ROLL FYI CBB Date Wednesday July 5th 2006: PRODUCTION SCRIPT ROLL Newsday OBB Reader – GREETINGS/HEADLINES THIS IS FYI-TV NEWSDAY … I AM MICHAEL COHEN HERE A BRIEF LOOK AT OUR STORYS ON WWW.FYITV.NET NEWSDAY ITEM 1 PRESIDENT ARROYO HAS DIRECTED THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) TO ENSURE THE SAFE RETURN TO THEIR HOMES OF THE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN MAGUINDANAO DISPLACED BY THE CLASHES BETWEEN GOVERNMENT TROOPS AND MUSLIM REBELS LAST WEEK. PRESS SECRETARY AND PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN IGNACIO BUNYE SAID YESTERDAY THAT THE AFP HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO CONSULT THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES (CCCH) AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONITORING TEAM (IMT) ON HOW TO HOLD TOGETHER THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT WITH THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) TROOPS IN MAGUINDANAO, FOLLOWING THE FRESH FIGHTING BETWEEN PARAMILITARY TROOPS AND MILF REBELS LAST WEEK. IN A STATEMENT THE SECRETARY BUNYE SAYS PRESIDENT ARROYO HAS ALSO INSTRUCTED THE AFP TO WORK CLOSELY WITH GOVERNMENT RELIEF AGENCIES AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ADDRESS THE PLIGHT OF EVACUEES AND ENSURE THEIR SAFE RETURN TO THEIR HOMES. BUNYE ASSURED THAT THE RECENT SERIES OF FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT TROOPS AND MILF REBELS ARE ISOLATED CASES AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE PEACE PROCESS IN MINDANAO, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT ASSESSED EARLIER AS BEING ALMOST COMPLETE. ITEM 2 IN COTABATO CITY RUBY SAHALI, SOCIAL WELFARE SECRETARY OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, SAID OF THE MORE THAN 4,000 FAMILIES DISPLACED BY FIGHTING BETWEEN MILITIAMEN AND MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT OR M-I-L-F REBELS IN MAGUINDANAO. THE EVACUEES CAME FROM THE TOWNS OF SHARIFF AGUAK, WHERE THE HOSTILITIES STARTED LAST WEEK, AND FROM MAMASAPANO, DATU PIANG, DATU UNSAY, DATU SAUDI, AMPATUAN, SULTAN SA BARONGIS AND SK PENDATUN TOWNS, WHERE IT SPREAD. SAHALI SAID MOST OF THE DISPLACED FAMILIES HAD RECEIVED FOOD PACKAGES FROM HER OFFICE AND FROM ARMM GOV. ZALDY AMPATUAN. SAHALI SAYS THE ARMM LEADERS HOPE THE CONFLICT WILL BE RESOLVED VERY SOON SO EVACUEES CAN RETURN HOME. CLASSES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. FARMERS, WHO HAD TO LEAVE THEIR FARMS BEHIND, FEAR LOSING THEIR HARVEST. MOST OF THE REFUGEES ARE HOUSED IN VARIOUS EVACUATION SITES. GEN. RAMON SANTOS, CHIEF OF THE GOVERNMENT’S CEASEFIRE PANEL, SAID EFFORTS WERE UNDER WAY TO SEPARATE THE WARRING GROUPS—MORO REBELS AND ARMED CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS, MOST OF THEM SUPPORTED BY THEIR MAYORS. ITEM 3 MALACAÑANG REMAINS COMMITTED TO PURSUING ITS ALL-OUT WAR AGAINST COMMUNIST REBELS EVEN IF EXILED LEADERS OF THE COMMUNIST-LED NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT HAVE ASKED NORWAY TO CONVINCE PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL- ARROYO TO RETURN TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. IN A STATEMENT, THE NDF SAID IT HAD SENT ITS TOP LEADERSHIP TO OSLO ON MONDAY FOR FOUR DAYS OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY. NORWAY HAD FACILITATED THE PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND THE NDF BEFORE NEGOTIATIONS WERE SCUTTLED IN 2004. THE DELEGATION IS COMPOSED OF NDF CHIEF NEGOTIATOR LUIS JALANDONI, FIDEL AGCAOILI, CONNIE LEDESMA, JULIE DE LIMA AND ASTERIO PALIMA. ALSO PRESENT IN THE CONSULTATIONS ARE NDF CHIEF POLITICAL CONSULTANT JOSE MARIA SISON, LAWYER ROMEO CAPULONG, NDF’S SENIOR LEGAL ADVISER AND NDF PANEL CONSULTANT DANILO BORJAL. ITEM 4 NORWAY SAID IT SEES “NO PROSPECTS” FOR THE RESUMPTION OF STALLED PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNIST REBELS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EXILED PHILIPPINES COMMUNIST UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION, THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT (NDF) ON TUESDAY ARRIVED IN OSLO FOR FOUR DAYS OF TALKS WITH NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS, THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT SAID. ITEM 5 IN BIZNEZ -THE PESO on Tuesday rallied for the fourth straight day to close at a five-week high of 52.66 to the dollar, boosted by bullish currency and stock markets across the region and by money inflows from overseas Filipino workers, The currency opened trading at an intra-day low of 52.91 to the dollar and hit an intra-day high of 52.64. It moved alongside the Thai baht and the Indonesian rupiah, which rose sharply, G A P – COMMERCIAL READER – PROGRAM ID ITEM 6 THE SUBIC BAY METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY (SBMA) ANNOUNCED IT HAD REGISTERED 27 NEW PROJECTS TOTALING $173 MILLION, MOSTLY IN FOREIGN INVESTMENTS, IN APRIL AND MAY. TEN OF THE PROJECTS ARE IN TOURISM, SEVEN IN SERVICES, SIX IN WAREHOUSING AND FOUR IN MANUFACTURING, SBMA CHIEF EXECUTIVE ARMAND ARREZA SAID IN A STATEMENT. THE FOREIGN INVESTMENTS TOTAL $169.5 MILLION AND THE DOMESTIC CAPITAL, $3.4 MILLION, ARREZA SAID. THE BIGGEST IS DELTA PRODUCTION PHILIPPINES CORP.’S $155.7-MILLION VENTURE IN MANUFACTURE, TRADING AND RENTAL OF ALUMINUM SCAFFOLDINGS AND RENTAL OF MACHINERY FOR SHIP REPAIR. SECOND IS YIENSON MANUFACTURING CORP.’S $12-MILLION PROJECT IN THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORT AND EXPORT OF SEMI-FINISHED AND FINISHED GOODS. ITEM 7 PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CO. (PLDT) AND THE SUPREME COURT HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT FOR THE TELECOM GIANT TO PROVIDE BROADBAND INTERNET LINKS BETWEEN THE HIGH COURT AND LOWER COURTS IN METRO MANILA. UNDER THE AGREEMENT, PLDT WILL PROVIDE ITS DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (DSL) INTERNET TO 400 SITES ALL OVER METRO MANILA. “THIS ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AND THE GROWING DEMAND FOR ACCESS BY THE JUDGES TO THE COURT’S E-LIBRARY AND FOR THE COURT CLEARANCE SYSTEM,” CHIEF JUSTICE ARTEMIO PANGANIBAN IN A STATEMENT. THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO HELP IN FACILITATION AND SUBMISSION OF REPORTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS. PANGANIBAN ADDED THAT PLDT’S BROADBAND ACCESS WOULD HELP ENHANCE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT, WHICH HAS SUPERVISORY POWER OVER ALL TRIAL COURTS, THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE SANDIGANBAYAN ANTI-GRAFT COURT AND THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS. ITEM 8 – BIZ WRAP LONDON: IN A MOVE THAT WILL AFFECT THOUSANDS OF POTENTIAL RECRUITS FROM INDIA, BRITAIN HAS SLAPPED A BAN ON RECRUITMENT OF OVERSEAS NURSES FROM OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU), IN ORDER TO GIVE PRIORITY TO DOMESTIC CANDIDATES. IT, HOWEVER, WILL NOT AFFECT THE FOREIGN NURSES ALREADY WORKING IN BRITAIN. UNDER THE NEW RULES, TO COME INTO FORCE NEXT MONTH, THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS) WILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE RECRUITMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE EU COUNTRIES ONLY WHEN IT CAN SHOW THAT SUITABLE CANDIDATES ARE NOT AVAILABLE LOCALLY. UP TO 12,000 OVERSEAS NURSES FROM NON-EU COUNTRIES COME TO BRITAIN EVERY YEAR — MOSTLY FROM INDIA, PAKISTAN, THE PHILIPPINES AND A HOST OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES. IN 2004-2005, THE LARGEST CONTINGENT OF NON-EU FOREIGN NURSES CAME FROM INDIA. OUT OF THE 11,477 RECRUITED, ITEM 9 – LIGHT STORY EW JERSEY WOMAN HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO TWINS AT THE AGE OF 59 — 18 MONTHS AFTER HAVING HER LAST BABY. LAUREN COHEN, WHO TURNS 60 ON AUGUST 11, BECOMES THE OLDEST WOMAN IN AMERICA TO BEAR TWINS, AND EQUALS THE WORLD RECORD SET BY AN UNNAMED BRITISH WOMAN ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1993. MS COHEN GAVE BIRTH TO A BOY AND A GIRL, NAMED GREGORY AND GISELLE, AT THE NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL ON MAY 22, A HOSPITAL SPOKESMAN SAID. “I’M HAPPY. I COME OUT HEALTHY, AND THE TWO BABIES CAME OUT HEALTHY,” MS COHEN SAID AT LEAVING THE HOSPITAL. MS COHEN, WHO HAS A 27-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, RENÉE, BY AN EARLIER MARRIAGE, DECIDED TO START ANOTHER FAMILY AFTER AFTER MARRYING A MUCH YOUNGER HUSBAND, FRANK GARCIA, WHO DID NOT HAVE CHILDREN. GAP 3 FOREIGN HIGHLIGHTS: FOREIGN 1 NHK said Japanese government officials were trying to determine whether a missle test launch by North Korea was the new long-range ballistic missile that had been readied for launch recently. North Korea had been thought to be preparing a test-launch of its Taepodong 2 missile, which is believed to be able to reach parts of the United States. The reclusive communist state launched the missile at 3:32 a.m., or 2:32 p.m. Tuesday EDT, and it crashed into the Sea of Japan several minutes later, public broadcaster NHK reported. FOREIGN 2 A WOMAN WHO WAS MARLON BRANDO’S CAREGIVER, COMPANION AND SELF-DESCRIBED “MAJOR DOMO” OF THE HOUSEHOLD IN THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE HAS SUED HIS EXECUTORS INCLUDING PRODUCER MIKE MEDAVOY CLAIMING SHE IS A VICTIM OF FRAUD, DECEIT AND A BROKEN ORAL CONTRACT WITH BRANDO TO GIVE HER A HOUSE. ANGELA BORLAZA ACCUSED MEDAVOY AND FELLOW EXECUTORS LARRY J. DRESSLER AND AVRA DOUGLAS OF EXECUTING A CODICIL TO BRANDO’S WILL 13 DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH ON JULY 1, 2004, WHICH TRANSFERRED POWER TO THEM FROM THE FORMER TRUSTEES WHO WERE HIS LONGTIME ADVISERS. BORLAZA CLAIMED BRANDO WAS SUFFERING FROM “A PLETHORA OF DISEASES” AND WAS TOO ILL TO SIGN ANYTHING. SHE SUGGESTED HIS SIGNATURE WAS FORGED READER – CLOSING MUSIC / EXTRO AND THAT’S A RAP OF NEWS ON FYI – TV . NET I’M MIKE COHEN HAVE GREAT FRIDAY ROLL FYI CBB tag:odeo.com,2006-07-04,1436504 Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:35:01 -0700 no mikeinmanila http://odeo.com/episodes/1374099-FYI-Newsday A Twice Daily Audiostream of news from Manila in the Philippines on www.fyitv.net A Twice Daily Audiostream of news from Manila in the Philippines on www.fyitv.net A Twice Daily Audiostream of news from Manila in the Philippines on www.fyitv.net tag:odeo.com,2006-06-24,1374099 Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:29:55 -0700 no mikeinmanila News, Philippines, manila http://odeo.com/episodes/1369915-News-in-Englsih tag:odeo.com,2006-06-23,1369915 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:35:51 -0700 no mikeinmanila http://odeo.com/episodes/1367326-Bomb-attack-kills-Five-in-Mindanao Bomb explodes near a public market in a southern Philippine town today as a convoy carrying a provincial governor was passing, killing five people and wounding 10 others. The governor, Andal Ampatuan, was unhurt, said local army commander This is not the first time the Governor was the target of attacks. December 2002, a bomb explosion killed the governor’s son, Saudi, who was the mayor of Datu Piang town. A year earlier, Ampatuan survived an assassination attempt when assailants opened fire on his convoy. That same year, he survived another ambush. Ampatuan’s son, Zaldy, is the governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Bomb explodes near a public market in a southern Philippine town today as a convoy carrying a provincial governor was passing, killing five people and wounding 10 others. The governor, Andal Ampatuan, was unhurt, said local army commander This is not the first time the Governor was the target of attacks. December 2002, a bomb explosion killed the governor’s son, Saudi, who was the mayor of Datu Piang town. A year earlier, Ampatuan survived an assassination attempt when assailants opened fire on his convoy. That same year, he survived another ambush. Ampatuan’s son, Zaldy, is the governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Bomb explodes near a public market in a southern Philippine town today as a convoy carrying a provincial governor was passing, killing five people and wounding 10 others. The governor, Andal Ampatuan, was unhurt, said local army commander This is not the first time the Governor was the target of attacks. December 2002, a bomb explosion killed the governor’s son, Saudi, who was the mayor of Datu Piang town. A year earlier, Ampatuan survived an assassination attempt when assailants opened fire on his convoy. That same year, he survived another ambush. Ampatuan’s son, Zaldy, is the governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, tag:odeo.com,2006-06-23,1367326 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:12:04 -0700 no mikeinmanila http://odeo.com/episodes/1342088-Mt-Bulusan-erupts MOUNT BULUSAN VOLCANO ERUPTED WITH ASH CLOUDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE PHILIPPINE PROVINCE OF SORSOGON RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED BY AUTHORITIES SUNDAY, THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY OR PHIVOLCS LED BY IT’S DIRECTOR RENATO SOLIDUM SAID THE EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE AT 3:55 P.M AND THAT IT WAS MOSTLY A ASH CLOAD ERUPTION BUT WANRED MORE EXPLOSIONS AND EMMISIONS COULD COME FROM THE VOLCANO.. HE SAID THAT RESIDENT VOLCANOLOGISTS REPORTED THE BULUSAN SPEWED DARK GRAY ASH CLOUNDS TWO KILOMETERS INTO THE SKY. HE ALSO SAID THAT MINOR EARTHQUAKES WERE MONITORED WITH THE ERUPTION. THE NATURE OF THESE MICRO-EARTHQUAKES [MIGHT] BE ASSOCIATED WITH MAGMA MOVEMENT, SOLIDUM SAID IN MEDIA REPORTS. AUTHORITIES SAID NO LAVA CAME OUT WITH THE EXPLOSION, THE VOLCANO’S EIGHTH SINCE TUESDAY. SOLIDUM REITERATED HIS WARNING TO RESIDENTS LIVING AT THE FOOT OF BULUSAN TO EVACUATE FROM THE VOLCANO’S FOUR-KILOMETER DANGER ZONE. EARLIER SUNDAY PRIOR TO THE ERUPTION 40 FAMILIES LIVING ON THE SLO... MOUNT BULUSAN VOLCANO ERUPTED WITH ASH CLOUDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE PHILIPPINE PROVINCE OF SORSOGON RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED BY AUTHORITIES SUNDAY, THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY OR PHIVOLCS LED BY IT’S DIRECTOR RENATO SOLIDUM SAID THE EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE AT 3:55 P.M AND THAT IT WAS MOSTLY A ASH CLOAD ERUPTION BUT WANRED MORE EXPLOSIONS AND EMMISIONS COULD COME FROM THE VOLCANO.. HE SAID THAT RESIDENT VOLCANOLOGISTS REPORTED THE BULUSAN SPEWED DARK GRAY ASH CLOUNDS TWO KILOMETERS INTO THE SKY. HE ALSO SAID THAT MINOR EARTHQUAKES WERE MONITORED WITH THE ERUPTION. THE NATURE OF THESE MICRO-EARTHQUAKES [MIGHT] BE ASSOCIATED WITH MAGMA MOVEMENT, SOLIDUM SAID IN MEDIA REPORTS. AUTHORITIES SAID NO LAVA CAME OUT WITH THE EXPLOSION, THE VOLCANO’S EIGHTH SINCE TUESDAY. SOLIDUM REITERATED HIS WARNING TO RESIDENTS LIVING AT THE FOOT OF BULUSAN TO EVACUATE FROM THE VOLCANO’S FOUR-KILOMETER DANGER ZONE. EARLIER SUNDAY PRIOR TO THE ERUPTION 40 FAMILIES LIVING ON THE SLOPES OF MOUNT BULUSAN IN SORSOGON WERE SET TO FORCED BY POLICE TO BEGIN EVACUATION TO SAFER AREAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON SUNDAY LED BY THE MAYOR OF CASIGURAN TOWN MAYOR EDWIN HAMOR TOLD REPORTERS HE HAD ORDERED LOCAL POLICE UNITS TO START THE EVACUATION OF RESIDENTS FROM IM-LA-GA-DIAN VILLAGE AS THE VOLCANO WAS SHOWING INCREASED ACTIVITY. PRIOR TO THE ERUPTION 4 VOLCANIC QUAKES HAD BEEN REPORTED. BUT OFFICAILS SAY THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS AS THE RESIDENTS THERE REFUSED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES MAYORHAMOR TOLD REPORTERS IN THE AREA.THAT THE ORDER TO FORCE EVACUATIONS SUNDAY BEFORE NOON CAME FROM THE PRESIDENT TO MOVE PEOPLE ON THE VOLCANO SLOPES TO MUCH SAFER AREAS. HE HAD PLEADED WITH PEOPLE THERE THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO SACRIFICE LIVES IN CASE OF A MAJOR ERUPTION. OVERALL IN A MAJOR ERUPTION AN ESTIMATED 50,000 PEOPLE IN SIX TOWNS OF SOROGON PROVINCE WOULD BE EVACUATED IN THE EVENT OF A LARGER ERUPTION ACCORIDNG TO ARNEL CAPILI OF THE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE. MOUNT BULUSAN VOLCANO ERUPTED WITH ASH CLOUDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE PHILIPPINE PROVINCE OF SORSOGON RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED BY AUTHORITIES SUNDAY, THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY OR PHIVOLCS LED BY IT’S DIRECTOR RENATO SOLIDUM SAID THE EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE AT 3:55 P.M AND THAT IT WAS MOSTLY A ASH CLOAD ERUPTION BUT WANRED MORE EXPLOSIONS AND EMMISIONS COULD COME FROM THE VOLCANO.. HE SAID THAT RESIDENT VOLCANOLOGISTS REPORTED THE BULUSAN SPEWED DARK GRAY ASH CLOUNDS TWO KILOMETERS INTO THE SKY. HE ALSO SAID THAT MINOR EARTHQUAKES WERE MONITORED WITH THE ERUPTION. THE NATURE OF THESE MICRO-EARTHQUAKES [MIGHT] BE ASSOCIATED WITH MAGMA MOVEMENT, SOLIDUM SAID IN MEDIA REPORTS. AUTHORITIES SAID NO LAVA CAME OUT WITH THE EXPLOSION, THE VOLCANO’S EIGHTH SINCE TUESDAY. SOLIDUM REITERATED HIS WARNING TO RESIDENTS LIVING AT THE FOOT OF BULUSAN TO EVACUATE FROM THE VOLCANO’S FOUR-KILOMETER DANGER ZONE. EARLIER SUNDAY PRIOR TO THE ERUPTION 40 FAMILIES LIVING ON THE SLOPES OF MOUNT BULUSAN IN SORSOGON WERE SET TO FORCED BY POLICE TO BEGIN EVACUATION TO SAFER AREAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON SUNDAY LED BY THE MAYOR OF CASIGURAN TOWN MAYOR EDWIN HAMOR TOLD REPORTERS HE HAD ORDERED LOCAL POLICE UNITS TO START THE EVACUATION OF RESIDENTS FROM IM-LA-GA-DIAN VILLAGE AS THE VOLCANO WAS SHOWING INCREASED ACTIVITY. PRIOR TO THE ERUPTION 4 VOLCANIC QUAKES HAD BEEN REPORTED. BUT OFFICAILS SAY THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS AS THE RESIDENTS THERE REFUSED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES MAYORHAMOR TOLD REPORTERS IN THE AREA.THAT THE ORDER TO FORCE EVACUATIONS SUNDAY BEFORE NOON CAME FROM THE PRESIDENT TO MOVE PEOPLE ON THE VOLCANO SLOPES TO MUCH SAFER AREAS. HE HAD PLEADED WITH PEOPLE THERE THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO SACRIFICE LIVES IN CASE OF A MAJOR ERUPTION. OVERALL IN A MAJOR ERUPTION AN ESTIMATED 50,000 PEOPLE IN SIX TOWNS OF SOROGON PROVINCE WOULD BE EVACUATED IN THE EVENT OF A LARGER ERUPTION ACCORIDNG TO ARNEL CAPILI OF THE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE. tag:odeo.com,2006-06-18,1342088 Sun, 18 Jun 2006 03:50:31 -0700 no mikeinmanila News, Philippines, volcano, eruption, bulusan, mt. http://odeo.com/episodes/1259149-Malaysia-Arrest-12-Report-confrims-links-to-Al-Qaeda-of-Darul-Islam tag:odeo.com,2006-05-31,1259149 Wed, 31 May 2006 02:11:07 -0700 no mikeinmanila http://odeo.com/episodes/1249327-MikeinManila-May29th Just a summery of world news feel free to use… Just a summery of world news feel free to use… Just a summery of world news feel free to use… tag:odeo.com,2006-05-29,1249327 Mon, 29 May 2006 07:54:27 -0700 no mikeinmanila http://odeo.com/episodes/1235278-May-25-2006-summery-of-world-news juat a reading of news… from many far off places… juat a reading of news… from many far off places… juat a reading of news… from many far off places… tag:odeo.com,2006-05-25,1235278 Thu, 25 May 2006 10:06:02 -0700 no mikeinmanila News, World http://odeo.com/episodes/1227210-New-RP-US-security-pact planned new securty agreement to augment mutual defence treaty planned new securty agreement to augment mutual defence treaty planned new securty agreement to augment mutual defence treaty tag:odeo.com,2006-05-23,1227210 Tue, 23 May 2006 04:39:10 -0700 no mikeinmanila Philippines, filipino, pacom, us-philippines, rp-us http://odeo.com/episodes/1220799-MikeinManila-at-large A summery of world news stories from Inter-radio.con A summery of world news stories from Inter-radio.con A summery of world news stories from Inter-radio.con tag:odeo.com,2006-05-22,1220799 Mon, 22 May 2006 05:37:55 -0700 no mikeinmanila News, globalheadlines, worldnews, newsoftheday http://odeo.com/episodes/1219299-car-thieves-hitting-vacation-travelers-on-highways Advice to motorists as a surge in ‘quck robberies’ and snatching in highway reststops rising… Advice to motorists as a surge in ‘quck robberies’ and snatching in highway reststops rising… Advice to motorists as a surge in ‘quck robberies’ and snatching in highway reststops rising… tag:odeo.com,2006-05-20,1219299 Sat, 20 May 2006 21:51:27 -0700 no mikeinmanila Philippines, manila, highwayrobbiers, lifeinthephilippines, thephilippines, slex, metro, nlex http://odeo.com/episodes/1218982-audio-newscast-voice-sample just a practise session and test of audio quality on this system. just a practise session and test of audio quality on this system. just a practise session and test of audio quality on this system. tag:odeo.com,2006-05-20,1218982 Sat, 20 May 2006 19:31:24 -0700 no mikeinmanila http://odeo.com/episodes/1217257-a-retrun-to-english-news-and-comentary tag:odeo.com,2006-05-20,1217257 Sat, 20 May 2006 09:47:28 -0700 no mikeinmanila http://odeo.com/episodes/1217179-JUST-READING-MY-BLOG-STARTS-15SECS-AFTER-PLAY tag:odeo.com,2006-05-20,1217179 Sat, 20 May 2006 08:11:30 -0700 no mikeinmanila http://odeo.com/episodes/1216034-NULL tag:odeo.com,2006-05-20,1216034 Sat, 20 May 2006 04:39:35 -0700 no mikeinmanila http://odeo.com/episodes/1215986-NULL tag:odeo.com,2006-05-20,1215986 Sat, 20 May 2006 04:27:20 -0700 no mikeinmanila