PRESS DIGEST - Philippine newspapers - June 9

MANILA, June 9 (Reuters) - These are the leading stories in Manila newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories.

- The number of confirmed H1N1 flu cases in the country has jumped to 46, health officials said. (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, THE PHILIPPINE STAR, THE MANILA TIMES)

- Government troops overran two main rebel camps of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Maguindanao province, just days after they took over another camp in the area, military officials said. (THE PHILIPPINE STAR)

- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has the highest disapproval rating and is the most distrusted official in the country, a Pulse Asia survey showed. (THE MANILA TIMES, PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, MALAYA, BUSINESSWORLD)

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BUSINESS

- The government will pursue its plan to sell the bulk of the Food Terminal Inc complex and a stake in the PNOC-Exploration Corp (PEC.PS) in the third quarter to help raise extra revenues and narrow the budget gap. (THE MANILA TIMES, BUSINESSWORLD)

- Automobile sales rose 4.6 percent in May from the previous month, but the number of vehicles sold in the first five months of the year was still lower than last year, according to industry groups. (THE MANILA TIMES, MANILA BULLETIN, THE PHILIPPINE STAR)

- Energy Development Corp (EDC.PS), the Philippines' biggest producer of geothermal power, said it has earmarked 9.6 billion pesos ($202 million) for capital spending this year. (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER)

($1 = 47.64 Philippine pesos)

(Reporting by Karen Lema; Editing by Valerie Lee)