ANC: sws: pnoy ratings fell in all areas - socioeconomic classes and gender.

wag naman nating sisihin ang pangulo na gustong MAGPAHINGA. in fact, kahit WEEKEND pwede syang magpahinga, pati holidays o kaya kahit SIMPLENG araw anytime of the week, pag gusto nya, pwede rin syang magpahinga. MAAWA naman kayo sa kanya dahil HINDI SYA SANAY SA HIRAP... sana'y mag-RESIGN na sya para MAKAPAHINGA sya ng TODO....kawawa naman!

Dzmm reporter:
> palasyo hindi umano nababahala sa resulta ng sws survey na nagsasabing bumaba ang net satisfaction rating ni pnoy.
> base sa sws survey noong dec 8 to 11 bumaba ng +55 ang satisfaction rating ng pangulo a pagbaba ng 12% mula sa +67.
> bumaba din sa 93% ang bilang ng mga pinoy na umaasang mas maganda sa kanila ang 2013.

P-noy's "do not disturb" posture betrays his ignorance of his oath to respond to call of duty as a 24/7 govt official. pathetic, but reveals the stuff he's made of.. his "barkkkada" style of resting delivers the message "ako ang boss nyo at 'wag nyo kong istorbuhin!!!"

ANC: anakbayan: aquino's 2012 achievement report nothing but hot air.

--- panic time si kapit-tuko DAR sec delos reyes! ginagaya ang boss nya na nagtuturo sa dating administrasyon. hoy! kaya ka inilagay sa pwesto para bilisan mo pagsasauli ng GINAWA ng dating pangulo. sumisipsip ka kay pnoy kaya BINABAGALAN mo! di biro na maraming sektor pati na ang CBCP na gustong lumayas ka na sa DAR!! kapalmuks to the MAX!! ---

--- panic time si kapit-tuko DAR sec delos reyes! ginagaya ang boss nya na nagtuturo sa dating administrasyon. hoy! kaya ka inilagay sa pwesto para bilisan mo pagsasauli ng GINAWA ng dating pangulo. sumisipsip ka kay pnoy kaya BINABAGALAN mo! di biro na maraming sektor pati na ang CBCP na gustong lumayas ka na sa DAR!! kapalmuks to the MAX!! ---

INQUIRER: the open letter of Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes to his department defending himself against a host of issues was met with disdain and rebuttals by a peasant group that is leading calls fro his resignation. The Negros Occidental based Task Force mapalad (TFM) said de los reyes message to DAR community explaining why he was being accused of poor performance was full of empty boasts."de los reyes may already be hallucinating, announcing record accomplishments when, in fact, there is nothing to gloat about," TFM said in a statement.

GMA News: SWS:Aquino rating DIPS but stays at 'very good' level- the latest SWS survey conducted Dec 8 to 11 showed Aquino getting a net satisfaction rating of + 55. While this was DOWN 12 POINTS from the +67 in August, the +55 was still considered "very good". The SWS survey said Aquino's scores FELL in ALL AREAS - socioeconomic, classes and gender

ABS CBN: CBCP seeks resignation of DAR chief - the social action arm of the catholic bishops' conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is asking department of agrarian reform (DAR) secretary virgilio de los reyes to step down from office.

Tribune: Olivares Political persecution form Noy- there went lady gaga again, saying the six month suspension of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and the filing of plunder charges against Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino Jr. will not ruin the chance in the coming mid term elections of the 12 senatorial candidates of the ruling Liberal Party in the vote rich areas of cebu and pangasinan. She is now the spokesman too of the LPs and evidently Mar Roxas? the LP candidates carrying their own? noynoy could not even come up with a full LP slate, despite the LP being the claimed ruling party.

Tribune: charlie manalo- in a statement, UNA secretary general Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco said no amount of calls from the LP for unity, respect of the rule of law and its "daang matuwid" line of governance can justify any illegal act and abuse of power in trying to force Governor Garcia out of office.

INQUIRER: CBCP to push probe of voting machines - the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) believes the computerized voting machines successfully used in the 2010 elections are flawed and he wants them thoroughly examined before these are used in next year's midterm elections.
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma's doubts about the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines echo those of Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III, who has been saying for some time that the voting machines are not perfect.

Archbp. Ramon Arguelles wrote: Merry RED RIBBON Christmas and Happy RED RIBBON New year! Let us launch on December 28, 2012 Feast of the Holy Innocents, the 1 M red ribbons for file movement. Let us show the RH people that the signing of the bill into law will not be taken by us just sitting down. All Pro-Lifers!Continue the fight!!! Tie red ribbons on cars, bags, gates, posts, schools, churches, everywhere life is threatened. This is a laity initiative which I wholeheartedly support. Please pass for life!

ANC: ISSUE: REP. GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO (4:39-4:40PM ANC ANC ALERTS) Coco Alcuaz- Rep Gloria Macapagal Arroyo file Bill requiring CCTVs in establishments.

MALAYA EDITORIAL: Garcia fights City hall and more- Could her suspension be politically motivated? there seems to be little doubt about this. Garcia lords it over a province which has the biggest voting population and lest we forget she is the candidates of the UNA for the congressional seat in the third district of Cebu. Con incidentally, it just so happens that the one who replaced her is Agnes Magpale, a member of the Liberal Party. She is also a sister of the former energy sec and incumbent Cabinet sec Jose Almendras. Need more be said?

as a political turncoat par excellence, ben evardone should shut his mouth and refrain from invoking rule of law to favor LP's gangsterism against garcia and espino. as the country's premiere railway system, he should be reminded that the LP bullet train bumped the rule of law many times over as they railroaded thru house terminal 188 a rushed impeachment proceeding against a chief justice, cyber crime law, sin tax law, and rh bill among others. evardone should stop his "overdone" antics with a "porky" agenda and quit "belly dancing" in front of PNOY to provoke pouring of more cholesterol to his already fat filled diet.

MLA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES - As for respect for the law, Toby Tiangco said this " also means extending courtesy to a co-equal branch of government" meaning the court of appeals, which Garcia has asked to rule on her suspension- and which the administration party should wait to decide on the matter. Besides, Tiangco said, the support shown by the UNA leaders to Garcia is a lot more acceptable than Roxas" attempt to influence the Sandiganbayan when he accompanied his party mate Grace Padaca when she posted bail for a graft case."

MLA STANDARD: UNA hits LP's bias in whipping erring execs
-THE opposition on Wednesday slammed the administration for treating erring local officials from the ruling Liberal Party with kid gloves while going after non LP executives such as Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia with hammer and tongs. Tiangco cited the suspension orders against former Isabela governor Grace Padaca and Caloocan mayor Recom Echeverri, both LP members, as proof. Although both were accused of corruption, Pres Benigno Aquino III practically exonerated Padaca before paying her bail, Tiangco said, The President even appointed the former gov as a commissioner in the Commission on Elections.

GMA News: SWS:Aquino rating DIPS but stays at 'very good' level- the latest SWS survey conducted Dec 8 to 11 showed Aquino getting a net satisfaction rating of + 55. While this was DOWN 12 POINTS from the +67 in August, the +55 was still considered "very good". The SWS survey said Aquino's scores FELL in ALL AREAS - socioeconomic, classes and gender.

MLA STANDARD: CEBUANO S: IT'S POWER GRAB
A growing number of cebuanos in Metro Cebu believe Malacanang's suspension of Gov Gwendolyn Garcia for six months for alleged abuse of authority was a clear power grab, according to results of a series of surveys released by a Cebu newspaper Cebu Daily News on Thursday. Those who believed it was political harassment and forced takeover grew from 34.95 percent to 40.98 percent, the newspaper said.

PHILSTAR: Senators and congressmen GIFTED THEMSELVES with BILLIONS in additional pork barrel funds BEFORE APPROVING the final version of the sin tax bill two weeks ago. They INSERTED in the reconciled version of the bill a new provision allocating a large part of additional revenues from higher taxes on tobacco and alcohol products to congressional districts nationwide. The new provision was carried in RA 10351m the revised sin tax law, which Pres Aquino signed Wed last week.

MLA STANDARD: Cracks showing in LP coalition- The allies of the ruling Liberal Party raised howls of protests on Wednesday against persecution by the Aquino Administration of the governors of Cebu and Pangasinan, an ominous sign party members said, that could lead to re-alignment of political forces before official campaigning for mid term elections next May. Nueva Ecija Rep. Rodolfo Antonino president of the NUP which coalesced with the LP and one of the signatories in the LP-led coalition covenant, said the "sloppy" treatment by Malacanang of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino could lead to "disintegration of the coalition"

PHILSTAR: Strong peso hurting Phl IT BPO industry BPAP - the strengthening Philippines peso is eroding the cost competitiveness of IT BPO industry, according to the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP). BPAP Pres and CEO Benedict Hernandez, said the combination of an appreciating peso and a has provided India with a meaningful cost advantage. "With the 30% difference in peso and Indian rupee exchange rate with the US dollar, the cost differential has substantially widened" Hernandez said "And that is much more difficult to manage."

INQUIRER: BOBI TIGLAO-Aquino's brazen blitzkrieg in Cebu Mr. Aquino's regime is not a rule of law, but a rule by law: the selective use of laws and legal technicalities to take out his enemies, which is what the case against Gracia is all about. It is also what the removal of former chief Justice Renato Corona (which was based on his understating of his assets) was all about, what the imprisonment of former President Arroyo (which is based on the "non-bailable" charge of electoral sabotage, which totally hinges on the sole testimony of an Ampatuan massacre suspect) is about.

Inquirer/Esplanada/pA4: Sources: Probers cleared Morato in PCSO case - Former PCSO director Manuel L. Morato has a "valid reason to be sore, if not mad as hell" at Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, according to Ombudsman insiders. Morales, they said, brushed aside a recommendation by a 5-member Ombudsman panel of investigators to dismiss the P356 million plunder and malversation of public funds charges against Morato and his corespondents in the (PCSO) case, now pending the Sandiganbayan.

ABS CBN: UNA's toby Tiangco says Garcia suspension i pure harassment. he says martial law is already being implemented in cebu and the Ip is behind it: "harassment is harassment. you cannot invoke rule of law and daang matuwid to justify an illegal act and abuse of power."

ANC: ex-pres. arroyo and dato arroyo file bill requiring commercial establishments to put up cctvs in their premises. the arroyos' house bill 6720 imposes a fine and a jail term for violators. they say it is imperative to secure such establishments to maintain peace and order, and protect life, liberty and property, and to promote general welfare of the public.

INQUIRER: Detained former Pres and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo wants to make it easier for former inmates to turn over a new leaf by becoming gainfully employed when they return to the outside world. Arroyo has co-authored a bill with her son Cam Sur Rep. Diosdado Arroyo that seeks to encourage private establishments to hire former prisoners. In doing so, it would easier for freed inmates to find and keep jobs in order to ease their return to mainstream society, they said.

MLA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES - Erap was also the victim of similar bullying when Aquino's mother Cory sent General Alfredo Lim of the Northern Police District to pry Estrada out of the San Juan municipal hall after Cory assumed the presidency. Erap gave up the fight only when Lim said the Erap's supporters would die in a bloodbath. Will history repeat itself and shall we see the current Aquino succeed in doing the same thing that his mother did to Erap, this time to Gwen Garcia? The Cebuano supporters of Garcia don't seem to think so - and as for history, Cebu's successful resistance to invaders goes all the way back to Lapu-Lapu.

RMN: ISSUE AQUINO ADMINISTRATION
- Babangon sa hukay ang tatay ninyong peryodista kapag nalaman niya na sa inyongAdministrasyon ay mayroong acting Gobernor na pinapaupo at pinasara and media outlet?
- Tama po ba iyan mga kasama?
- Hindi ho ako mangingiming ubusin ang aking boses dito para lang igiit na hindi tama iyon at makatuwiran dahil kung ganyan at ganyan ay nakakatakot!
- Mukhang totoo nga.
- Anong susunod sa MAR ROXAS LAW?
- Ano ang susunod sa Martial Law at Mar Roxas Law na tinatawag sa Cebu?
- Ito ang mga bagay-bagay na nakakabahala ngayon.

GMA News TV Balitanghali: Tension erupted when the daughter of Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia was refused entry at the Capitol. Atty. Christina Garcia-Fransco was angered when guards asked for identification. Gov. Garcia, meanwhile, said she will not honor suspension. 

DZMM: Isang malakihang protesta ang ikinakasa ng Piston sa pagpasok ng Bagong Taon kaugnay ng panibagong Oil Price Hike. Sinabi ni Piston Natl President George San Mateo na garapalan ang naturang hakbang ng mga kumpanya ng langis dahil itinyempo ng mga ito ang oil hike sa panahong tiyak na marami ang bibiyahe. Kinundena rin ng Piston ang pagiging inutil anila ni Enerrgy Sec Jericho Petilla at pakikipagsabwatan anila ni PNoy at binansagan nilang Big Three Cartel sa bansa.

MLA STANDARD: Stop case vs Arroyo - Pampanga Residents of the second district of Pampanga have asked the Supreme Court to stop the trial in the Sandiganbayan against their representative, former President Gloria Arroyo, and allow her to perform her duties as member of Congress, their lawyers said on Sunday. The residents said the issue of "undue deprivation of representation" is guaranteed by law and that their representative was deprived of due process when she was arrested a day before a hearing was set on her motion questioning the Ombudsman's findings of probable cause against her.

TRIBUNE: Leila to CJ: Consult JBC before firing psychologist
It looks like CJ Lourdes Sereno has done it again: Firing 4 court psychologist without as much as consulting the JBC, which is no different from Sereno coming up with a falsified resolution she had wanted the SC en banc never agreed to her plan of reopening the Regional Court Administration Office in the Visayas. The heartless decision of CJ Sereno to terminate the employment of 4 psychologist employed by the JBC days before Christmas is part of a call to "cleanse" the screening process, the collegial body said yesterday.

ABS-CBN: Economy fails to boost holiday cheer among Pinoys
- Based on a survey done by the Social Weather Stations, 64% of adult Filipinos expect a happy Christmas, unchanged from the same levels in 2011. The expectation of happy Christmas, in fact, declined from 69% in 2010.

ABS-CBN: Top Story: Binay, Enrile go to Cebu to support Garcia - Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile have both left for Cebu in order to give their support for suspended Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia.

ABS-CBN NEWS:
- "The intervenors stand to benefit or be prejudiced with respect to the outcome of the case at hand because it is our representation to the House of Representatives that is unduly affected in this case. The intervenors humbly submit that they have as much interest in this case because of the issue of undue deprivation of representation as guaranteed under the law," they stressed. They said that if evidence is weak, the high court should immediately be resolved "so that she could devote her time to serving her constituents in her district," read their seven-page petition filed through lawyer Vinalyn Potot-Baluran. 

ABS-CBN NEWS: Arroyo supporters ask SC to stop Sandiganbayan trial
- The constituents of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo have asked the Supreme Court to stop her trial before the Sandiganbayan linking her to the alleged plunder of P366 million in PCSO funds. Petitioners Rico Ocampo, Eugene Paul Ponio, Marcelo Valencia and Joaquin Manalac filed a motion for intervention before the high court on Friday. They are all voters from the 2nd district of Pampanga, where Arroyo is district representative.

INQUIRER: Ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona is confident the Department of Justice (DOJ) will throw out the P150-million tax evasion case against him, his daughter and son-in-law after the panel handling their case had completed its preliminary investigation on Friday. Speaking to reporters after appearing at the DOJ for the last hearing of the tax evasion case filed against his family by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Corona described the complaint against him as "an endless series of double counting of accounts." "That kind of complaint by the BIR is for propaganda. It is not for a court of law," Corona said.

Aksyon: 1/ doj sec de lima surprised at news cj sereno fires sc psychologist; say any action should be sc en banc; una blames dilg sec roxas for worsening political crisis in cebu, says they condemn any use of force to remove garcia.

ANC: ex-chief justice renato corona attends the last hearing this year of his tax evasion case at the doj. corona maintain his innocence and calls the case weak and mere propaganda.

Pnoy politics GANGLAND STYLE - Pnoy calling for unity - after RAILROADING cybercrime bill, sin tax bill, RH bill, and an impending divorce bill, trying to boot out espino and garcia causing uproars in pangasinan and cebu - AND HE WANTS UNITY? What a hypocrite !

ANC: una: dilg sec. mar roxas and liberal party are escalating tensions in cebu by dispersing supporters of gov. gwen garcia.

MANILA STANDARD: EMIL JURADO
I was speechless upon hearing President Aquino's CALL FOR UNITY to anti-life and pro-life sectors. This after both chambers of Congress passed the reproductive health bill. In the first place, WHO was it WHO DIVIDED THE NATION with his unwavering support for a measure that would control the population in the name of maternal care, universal health care and free choice?

DZMM: ISSUE: CEBU GOV. GWENDOLYN GARCIA SUSPENSION ORDER - by A. Calda
UNA, inakusahan si DILG Sec. Roxas at LP nang pagpapatindi ng tensyon sa Cebu. Ayon kay UNA Sec. Gen. Toby Tiangco, mistulang garrison ang Provincial Capitol dahil binubuwag ng DILG at ng LP ang lahat ng suporta kay Gov. Garcia. Aniya, huwag gumamit ng pwersa at sa halip ay bigyan ng pagkakataon si Garcia na gumamit ng legal na paraan para labanan ang suspension order.

Dzmm reporter:
> umakyat na sa 36 magsasaka ang naospital matapos hindi kayanin ang hunger strike na sinimulan noong lunes sa dept of agrariran reform.
> ayon kay jerry cahilig tagapagsalita ng task force mapalad na pumasok sa tanggapan ni sec gil de los reyes noong biernes pananakit ng tiyan ang iniinda ng mga magsasaka na dinala sa east avenue medical center.

MANILA STANDARD: KIT TATAD
the most glaring constitutional disconnect now stares us in the face. While the constitution says the State is the protector of the life of the unborn from conception, the proposed law prescribes birth control to all, and makes the State the main provider and promoter of contraception. while the Constitution guarantees religious freedom, the proposed law attacks the Catholic majority's right to exercise that freedom.

---Mr. Mar Roxas
karuMARdumal ang style mo! itinuturo mo ang isang patay na at hindi makapagsalita. kaya pala atat ka sa pwesto ni Robredo - pinaraan mo pa kunwari sa palasyo para di ka mapagbintangan! sa 2013pa lang, gusto mo nang ipuwesto mga bata mo para sa 2016! gusto mo nang mag-MARtial law! Mr. Palengke, Mr. Botika, Mr. Padyak - utak mo lubak-lubak---

ANC: It's a black Christmas for health workers at ph orthopedic center. they went to DOH to hang black lanterns to express their dismay for not getting their hazard pay.

DZMM Reporter:
>literal na binato ng itlog ng grupong buklurang mangagawang pilipino ang mga litrato ng mga senador na nagsusulong na maipasa ang sin tax bill.
>sa kanilang kilos protesta sa mendiola sinabi ni bmp sec gen gie relova na bahagi ito ng kanilang pagkondena sa pangulo at mga senador dahil sa karagdagang pasanin na iniatang ng  mga ito sa taumbayan dahil sa regrisibo a ipinapasang katangian ng nasabing batas.
>ayon pa kay relova ang pagpirma ni pnoy sa sin tax law ang pinakamatindi nang pagkakasala nito sa mamamayang pilipino.

ANC: member of kmu, kadamay picket doj and sc to denounce demolition of informal settlers in metro manila.

DZMM:
>umalma ang grupong water for all refund movement sa panibagong pagtataas sa singil sa tubig ng maynilad at manila water.
>sinabi ni warm president Rodolfo Javellana panibagong dagok sa mga consumer ang nabalitang p1.26 na dagdag sa kada cubic meter simula 2013.
>inihayag ni javellana na hindi nagkaroon ng pagdinig ukol sa dagdag singil.

1 tanong lang ! A recycled trash! ! ! What is Puno going to do at the Department of Agriculture as Usec of livestock? ? ? HelLO ! ! ! Aber, welcome smugglers sa matuwid na daan ! ! !

ANC: house minority expects palace to suspend more local officials not allied with administration as election nears.

itanong kay valte: palagi silang hugas kamay sa furlough request ni cgma at panay turo sa sandigan - pero ang mga prosecutors ang ayaw pumayag at humaharang. noong bumiyahe si padaca, sang-ayon kagad sila! bakit hindi nila ginamit yung katwiran na baka ma-akusahan na may pinapanigan.

ISSUE: POLITICS (7:55-8:11 - Banner Story - DZIQ) by J. Maderazo and A. Dela Cruz  Interview with Cong. Mitos Magsaysay
- Nakikita po natin na kung saan po may katunggali ang Liberal party lalo na kapag Governor iyon ang timing ng pag-detention dahil tinatapat po na mas malapit na po ang election period.
- Well, I heard that there will be more suspensions not only on the level of Governor but even sa mga Mayors.
- I cannot conclude to you pero marami na akong narinig na isususpende nila.
- Hindi pantay-pantay ang implement ng hustisya iba ang hustisya sa kalaban at iba din ang hustisya sa kakampi.

3:08 DWFM CGMA CHRISTMAS FURLOUGH APPEAL: DESISYON NG SANDIGANBAYAN NA IBASURA ANG KAHILINGAN NI CGMA NA MAKAPAGBAKASYON SA PAMPANGA, IKINALUNGKOT NG OPOSISYON NG KAMARA. REP DANILO SUAREZ, SINABING MAITUTURING NA HEARTLESS DECISION ITO DAHIL LANTARANG HINDI BINIGYAN NG KONSIDERASYON ANG KALAGAYAN NI CGMA BUKOD PA NA DATING PANGULO ITO, BABAE AT MIYEMBRO NG KONGRESO. SUAREZ SINABI RIN NA HINDI NAMAN SECURITY THREAT SI CGMA AT MAY SAKIT ITO NA DAPAT IKONSIDERA NG SANDIGANBAYAN. SUAREZ, IDINAGDAG PA NA LANTARAN ANG PAGIGING MAHIGPIT NG GOBYERNONG AQUINO KAY CGMA GAYUNG AKUSADO PA LAMANG ITO AT HINDI PANAHAHATULAN SA KINAKAHARAP NA KASO.

ANC: defiant cebu governor says palace suspension order a power grab. governor garcia refuses to step down.

DZMM: Tulad ng RH Bill...mariin ding tinututulan ng Minorya sa Kamara ang Divorce Bill. Giit ni Minority Leader Danilo Suarez na mitsa na naman ito ng sigalot sa pagitan ng simbahan at Kongreso. Ayon kay Suarez, mga bata ang tiyak na labis na magdurusa bukod pasa makakasira sa kulturang Pilipino ang Divorce Bill.

DZMM: Labis na ikinalungkot ng Minorya sa Kamara ang pagtanggi ng Sandiganbayan sa hiling na Christmas Furlough ni CGMA. Sinabi ni Min Leader Danilo Suarez na nakalulungkot isipin na maraming konsiderasyon ang tila binalewala ng Sandigan sa hindi pagkakaloob sa dating Presidente ng hirit na tatlong linggong Hospital Vacation.

ANC: enrile snubs pnoy signing of 2013 budget

ANC: una call suspension of gov. garcia a power grab in cebu. una says govt power is being used to harass the administration's political foes.

No Christmas furlough for Arroyo, et all (abs cnb news 2:28pm)
Former president GMA and  3 other co-accused in a plunder case will remain in detention during the holidays after the Sandiganbayan junked their request for a Christmas furlough.

Dzmm reporter:
> inakusahan ng united nationalist alliance si dilg sec mar roxas ng pang aagaw ng kapangyarihan kaugnay ng suspensyon kay cebu gov gwen garcia.
> ayon kay una sec gen toby tiangco na dahil sa suspension order hahalili rito ang vice gov na si agnes magpale ng liberal party.
> binigyang diin ni tiangco na malinaw itong pang aagaw sa kapangyarihan ni garcia.

ISSUE: INTERVIEW WITH REP. TOBY TANGCO (12:50-12:53 pm) DATELINE PHILIPPINES ANC) TJ Manotoc/Gigi Grande - This is definitely a power grab; it's so obvious. You don't have to read between the lines; the lines are so clear. LP would want to benefit from Gov. Garcia's suspension.

anc: just in: sandigan denies xmas furlough for cgma.

Holduper: Pili ka, wallet mo o pasabugin utak mo?

P-noy: Ikaw na bahala..basta pareho yang walang laman!

INQUIRER: Malaysia gaming firm threatens to sue PCSO - Philippine Gaming Management Corp. (PGMC), the local gaming unit of Malaysian conglomerate Berjaya, has accused the state-run PCSO of working relentlessly to bring down the Malaysian-led company.  PGMC legal counsel Jose Bernas accused the PCSO management of favoring a rival local lottery equipment provider at PGMC's expense.

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GMA NEWS: The booming PHL's missing link - foreign investors Guillermo Luz poked holes in the Philippines' fairytale economic revival.
- While foreign funds have poured into Philippine assets this year, driving the main stock index up around 30 percent to a succession of record highs and lifting the peso, foreign direct investment (FDI) remains embarrassingly low.

PEOPLES JOURNAL: LINGAYEN-DAGUPAN Archbishop Socrates Villegas yesterday said the controversial Reproductive Health bill would be a moral time bomb wrapped as a Christmas gift if President Benigno Aquino signs it into law. Villegas said the proponents of the RH bill may have won through the tyranny of numbers but it does not mean that they are right. "It is only a matter of  time and then we will see more violations of "Thou shall not kill" and "Thou shall not commit adultery" among our families, our youth and children," the prelate warned.

ABS-CBN NEWS: PHILIPPINES IN GLOBAL TOP 10 'DIRTY MONEY' LIST - Total illicit outflows increased by 11 percent from the prior year, Global Financial Integrity, a Washington-based group that campaigns for financial accountability, said in its latest report released on Monday. "Astronomical sums of dirty money continue to flow out of the developing world and into offshore tax havens and developed country banks," said Raymond Baker, director of Global Financial Integrity. All the countries in the top 10, which this year saw India, Nigeria, the PHILIPPINES and Nigeria joins the ranks, face significant problems with CORRUPTION, and in most there are vast gaps between rich and poor citizens as well as internal security problems.

TEDITORIAL: The burden of proving the threat of the bill articulated by the Church shifts to government to realize the promise of the bill that pushing contraception harder will quicken a decline in population already evident and give everybody a high standard  of living as a result. The proposition will be put to the test that MORE PEOPLE mean LESS PROGRESS and more progress demands less people even if Germany conquered Europe 2 times by having the HIGHEST BIRTH RATE, and today with the biggest population, DOMINATES the economy of all Europe. The offensive will shift to the Church and the defense to government. Once implemented, every day that passes, it will be legitimate to ask, DID YOU STOP A BIRTH LAST NIGHT? And are you therefore RICHER THIS MORNING?

ANC: jobless growth: while economy jumped to 7.1%, unemployment rose to 6.8%. jobless Filipinos now 2.76 million, up from 2.64. people with jobs fell to 37.7 million from 38.6.

GMA NEWS TV Kape at Balita: CBCP supports Arroyo petition for Christmas furlough. Bishop Reyes asks that Arroyo's anti-RH vote won't be use against her.

INQUIRER: GOV'T DEBT RISES BY 2% IN OCTOBER
The government's debt stock reached P5.36 trillion in October, rising by P146.3 billion, or 2.8 percent, from the September level, largely due to a net issuance of domestic securities as well as the sustained strength of the peso. Also, the amount of outstanding obligations as of the end of October was 9.4 percent, or P461 billion, higher than the level posted in the same month of 2011. And if the burden were to be spread among the 96 million Filipinos in the country today, based on the National Statistical Coordination Board's account, each person would have been saddled with a debt burden of P55,827.

ABANTE: ARNOLD CLAVIO: Sa ilalim ng Arroyo Administrasyon, bilang saradong katoliko, nangako sa dating Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa harap mismo ni Pope John Paul II sa Vatican na 'di niya susuportahan na maipasa ang RH bill nang tyansa ng RH bill nang maluklok si Pangulong Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III. Sa taas at lakas ng kanyang popularidad, maraming politiko ang nagbaligtaran. Dagdag pa na kaalyado ng Pangulo ang ilang party-list, tulad ng Akbayan, na nagsusulong sa RH bill. Naninindigan pa rin ako na walang karapatan tayong nabubuhay ngayon sa mundong ito na panghimasukan o pakialaman ang buhay ng susunod na henerasyon. May karapatan silang mabuhay!

BUSINESSWORLD: PROF BEN DIOKNO
I know that in addition to poor budget prioritization, there is a problem with Executive Department's poor 'absorptive capacity' (a.k.a. incompetence). I know that public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives have not moved because of deeper and more complicated problems, such as restrictive constitutional provisions which discourage foreign direct investments, lack of credibility, policy inconsistency, and failure to honor contracts.

BUSINESSWORLD: THE PHILIPPINES accounts for one of the highest amounts of ILLEGALLY TRANSFERRED MONEY among developing countries, an international advocacy group found. In a study conducted by GLOBAL FINANCIAL INTEGRITY (GFI) released  yesterday, the Philippines ranked SIXTH OUT of 143 developing countries in terms of CUMULATIVE ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS.

BUSINESSWORLD: UNEMPLOYMENT AT 6.8%; 2.8M WITHOUT JOBS
Unemployment was higher than the 6.4% recorded a year earlier, data from the quarterly Labor Force Survey of the National Statistics Office showed. In absolute terms, the number of jobless Filipinos as of October was 2.8 million, the same as July's but up from the 2.6 million a year ago. GDP (gross domestics product) was high but the pattern of growth is not job intensive. It is worrisome because we are not creating jobs," said Rene E. Ofreneo, director of the Center for Labor Justice.

INQUIRER BREAKING NEWS: Ombudsman presses graft raps vs Padaca - Dec 19, 2012, 5:38 AM - The Office of the Ombudsman is pressing for the prosecution of Comelec Commissioner Ma. Grace Cielo Padaca for alleged graft and malversation when she was Isabela governor, and is opposing Padaca's motion invoking her immunity from suit.

TRIBUNE: House Speaker Feliciano "Sonny" Belmonte yesterday expressed support to the petition of former President now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for a two-week Christmas furlough. At a press briefing, Belmonte bared he does not object to Arroyo's motion for temporarily release from detention to spend the Christmas season with her family and constituents in Pampanga. "It's only for a few days," said Belmonte as he pointed out that she will be "under guard" anyway.

Aksyontv: cbcp favors Christmas furlough for pampanga rep gloria arroyo; cbcp chairman bishop gabriel reyes said she deserves it as she served the country; bishop reyes said politics and money ensured rh bill passage.

CBCP FORUM: BISHOPS SUPPORT XMAS FURLOUGH FOR GMA - Catholic bishops have expressed support to the move of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for a Christmas furlough. In the Catholic Bishop's Conference (CBCP) Forum, Antipolo City Bishop Gabriel Reyes, Chairman of the CBCP's Episcopal Commission on Family and Life, said the Sandiganbayan should allow Arroyo to spend Christmas and New Year with her family since she is a former president and she did many good things to the country.

INQUIRER: The fight isn't over yet, so said Sen Pres Juan Ponce-Enrile just hours after the Senate passed the Reproductive Health bill on third and final reading Monday night. "Itong pangyayari ngayong gabi e palagay ko hindi ito ang hangganan ng paligsahan dito sa issue na ito," he said. "Meron pang third stage yan. Yung bicameral conference committee kaya abangan."

ABS-CBN: Mikey noted that there was a lower population growth rate during the Arroyo administration, which espoused birth spacing. "This, without my mother pushing for artificial birth control as had been done in previous years. Rather, she focused on responsible parenthood, respect for life, birth spacing, female education and empowerment and informed choice. She emphasized informing about modern natural family planning to correct the bias in previous years which taught only artificial birth population," he said.

ABS-CBN: Former Pres Gloria Macapagal Arroyo cast her vote against the Reproductive Heath (RH) Bill when it was put a vote on 3rd reading at the House of Rep. Her vote was relayed by her son, Ang Galing Pinoy Rep. Mikey Arroyo, who likewise voted no. The youngest Arroyo,  Dato Arroyo of Camarines Sur's 2nd district, also voted no. In explaining his negative vote, Mikey Arroyo read his mother's position on the bill, which Mikey adopted as his own. Mikey said, "She wishes to vote NO, and I adopt her explanation as my own."

(8:20-8:22 SRO DZMM) NEWS BY JON IBANEZ
REP. MIKEY ARROYO, NANINIWALANG HINDI NA KAILANGAN NG RH BILL PARA MARESOLBA ANG PROBLEMA SA KAHIRAPAN SA BANSA. ARROYO, SINABING NAGING MATAGUMPAY ANG KANIYANG INA NOONG PRESIDENTE PA ITO NA MAPABABA ANG PAGLOBO NG POPULASYON NG WALANG RH BILL. REP. MITOS MAGSAYSAY, SINABI NAMAN NA 25 KONGRESISTA NA BUMOTO KONTRA RH BILL NOONG SECOND READING ANG HINDI NA DUMALO SA IKATLO AT PINAL NA PAGBASA DAHIL UMANO SA PULITIKA AT PANANAKOT NG LIDERATO NG KAMARA PARTIKULAR NI REP. NEPTALI GONZALES II NA NAGBIGAY BABALA SA MGA KAPARTIDO NITO NA HINDI SUSUPORTA SA NATURANG PANUKALA.

24 ORAS: (6:52-6:53) NEWS BY PIA ARCANGEL RH BILL, LUSOT NA SA IKATLO AT PINAL NA PAGBASA NG KAMARA SA BOTONG 133-79-7. ISA UMANONG MALUNGKOT NA ARAW PARA SA SIMBAHAN AYON KAY ANTIPOLO ARCHBISHOP GABRIEL REYES. ARCH. REYES, NANINIWALA NA NA-PRESSURE LAMANG ANG MGA MAMBABATAS NA BOMOTO NG YES.

(8:33-8:37 Primetime - ANC) Interview with Rep. Mikey Arroyo by Ron Cruz - I voted against RH bill.
- I'm not a saint but I pride myself as a Catholic.
- As far as I'm concerned maybe the SC is an option. There's such a thing as right to life.
- Let's not dwell on party politics. Both sides had lobbied. It's part of policy-building.

ABS-CBN: Bishop: Palace 'corruption' behind RH bill nod
Antipolo Bishop Gabriel Reyes, chairman of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines' (CBCP) Episcopal Commission on Family and Life, said Malacañang had a direct hand in the measure. "What is very sad also is that Malacañang has pressured our congressmen to vote yes. Had Malacañang not pressured our congressmen in second reading, we would have won, majority is for the truth," Reyes said. He accused the Palace of committing "corruption" by allegedly "pressuring congressmen and dangling pork barrel in exchange for their vote."

TRIBUNE: Banayo a no-show at rice smuggling probe - Former National Food Authority (NFA) chief Angelito Banayo yesterday failed to show up for a Senate committee hearing on the alleged P500 million worth of rice smuggling in Subic, supposedly due to a hearth ailment. "As much as I wanted to attend the hearing scheduled for today (Dec. 17), I am constrained to ask for your indulgence as I underwent an invasive coronary procedure last Thursday, Dec. 13, at the Philippine Heart Center," said Banayo

MANILA TIMES: AFTER almost four months of boycotting the flag-raising ceremony, senior justices of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday attended this weekly rite after confirming the Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno was still out of the country. Employees of the High Tribunal cheered the justices upon seeing them at the flag ceremony for the first time since Sereno assumed her post on August 24. They even sang Christmas carols to manifest their warm reception of and support for the senior justices.

TRIBUNE: UNA links jueteng probe to Mar's politics
The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) has announced that it supports the campaign against jueteng which it said "should be relentless and devoid of politics. It should not be seasonal, nor should it be used for political ends." "We wish the administration success in its campaign, but we believe it can really succeed if it takes away politics as a motive," UNA secretary general Toby Tiangco said in a press statement.

ANC: Rep. Mitos Magsaysay, a staunch opposition figure against the reproductive health bill, claimed that some congressmen were told to be absent on Monday's vote on the measure. She said this was made so as the anti-RH lawmakers will not go against their party's stand. "It's not the true vote of the people," she said.

MLA STANDARD: Church unfazed, will fight up to SC
- The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on Monday said its fight against the RH bill was not yet over despite the bill's approval on third and final reading in the House Representatives on a vote of 133-79 with seven abstentions.

ANC: Mikey Arroyo hints at SC option vs RH bill - Party-list Juan Miguel-Arroyo on Monday hinted that people opposing the reproductive health (RH) bill might question it before the Supreme Court if it is passed into law. "As far as I'm concerned, maybe the Supreme Court is an option. There's such a thing as right to life," he said. "I'm not a saint but I pride myself as a Catholic.

MLA STANDARD: GARY OLIVAR
- Since the administration so far isn't doing anything yet to improve per capita incomes by raising the numerator, they're taking the easy way out by trying to reduce the denominator. To this end, in  the recent House debates over the RH bill, the President has unfortunately gone over the top by reportedly dangling the carrot to entice more votes for the bill.

MLA STANDARD: KIT TATAD - Aquino now the CHIEF CORRUPTOR of Congress - The exact price Aquino will have to pay is not easy to calculate. In using the vast powers of his office and the humungous pork barrel under his control to buy the congressmen's votes, the self-proclaimed "nemesis of corruption has become the chief corruptor of Congress, the principal promoter of graft - and a deeper and more virulent institutionalized form of graft and corruption at that. In the process, Aquino has revealed the utter vacuity and bogus character of his so-called "Daang Matuwid"). He has exposed these as a fraud.  

MANILA TIMES: ISSUE: CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM P3.7B cash dole-outs to poor families unverified - state auditors
- About P3.77 billion of the government's budget to help the poor was spent in undocumented dole-outs to recipients of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program in 2011, state auditors bared on Monday.

INTERAKSYON TV: The vote at the House of Representatives which allowed the controversial Reproductive Health bill to hurdle third reading on Monday was greeted with sharply opposed reactions. It was a victory for women, from the view of human-rights advocates; but a signal of a creeping dictatorship with the Executive meddling brazenly in legislative work, according to a leading prelate. Antipolo Bishop Gabriel Reyes warned that the government is slowly becoming in the affairs of the legislative branch, which paved the way for the third-reading approval.

ANC: antipolo bishop gabriel reyes on passage of rh bill: "there is still the supreme court. we will question the constitutionality of the rh bill."

DZMM: Umaasa pa rin ang Minorya sa Kamara na pagbibigyan ng korte ang hirit na Xmas Furlough ni CGMA. Sinabi ni House Min Leader Danilo Saurez na wala silang nakikitang matinding dahilan para hindi payagan ang hiling ng dating Pangulo...lalu pa't napagbigyan naman na ito noong nakaraang taon. Paliwanag ni Rep Suarez na malabo namang maging banta si CGMA dahil na rin sa kasalukuyang lagay ng kalusugan nito. Nauna nang sinabi ni Lingayen-Dagupan Arch Emeritus Oscar Cruz na wala nang kakayanang tumakas ni CGMA dahil bukod sa mahina ay may taglay pa itong karamdaman. Ayon kay Arch Cruz..pwede namang maging makatao kay CGMA kahit nahaharap pa ito sa ibat-ibang kaso lalu pa't panahon naman ng Kapaskuhan.

dzmm teleradyo: Ginamit ni Ang Galing Pinoy Rep Mikey Arroyo ang kanyang oras upang ipaliwanag ang NO VOTE nya at dating Pangulo at Pampanga Rep CGMA. Aniya, naniniwala silang mag-ina na hindi kailangan ng RH Bill para maresolba ang problema ng kahirapan sa bansa. Ipinagmalaki rin ni Rep Arroyo na nagawang mapigilan ng bansa noong pamumuno ng kanyang ina ang paglobo ng populasyon ng walang RH Bill.

Aksyontv: mikey arroyo reads no vote statement of pampanga rep gloria arroyo.

ANC: bugallon mayor rodrigo orduna denies directly implicating fg mike arroyo, ex-dilg sec. ronaldo puno, and ex-pnp chief jesus versosa to jueteng. orduna told anc he had no personal interaction with the three. "hindi ko sila inaakusahan. hindi ko sila direktang nakausap," orduna saind on anc.

ISSUE: JUETENG (6:57-6:59 - Kabayan - DZMM) Commentaries by Noli De Castro - Dito sa nangyayari sa Pangasinan lalo't kasama si DILG Sec. Mar Roxas noong nagbulgar itong si Mayor Ricardo Ordona ng Bugallon, Pangasinan sa isang press conference.
- Ang hamon ngayon ay na kay Mayor Ordona, dapat siguro hindi lamang mag-focus kay Gov. Espino dahil impossible naman na si Gov. Espino lang ang binibigyan mo?
- Kung ang operation mo ay buong probinsya ng Pangasinan, siyempre makikinabang nga iyong Gobernador pero imposible ring hindi nakikinabang ang bawat bayan ng Pangasinan at kung mayroon ding jueteng sa lahat ng bayan sa Pangasinan.
- And I suppose mayroon dahil provincial Governor ang binibigyan mo kamo.

DZMM TELERADYO: Tiwala pa rin si Minority Leader Danilo Suarez na pagbibigyan ng korte ang hiling na xmas furlough ni CGMA. Sinabi ni Suarez na wala silang nakikitang mabigat na dahilan para tanggihan nag hiling lalu pat napagbigyan naman noong nakaraang taon ang dating Pangulo. Nauna nang sinabi ni Archbishop Oscar Cruz na hindi naman banta si CGMA dahil mahina na ito at may sakit pa.

Maari rin namang maging Humane kay CGMA ang pamahalaan kahit pa kinasuhan ito sa ibat-ibang korte.

ABSNEWS 12/17 3:04 PM Senior justices of the Supreme Court on Monday attended the flag ceremony of the SC for the first time since President Benigno Aquino III appointed Maria Lourdes Sereno to the chief justice position. However, Sereno was not around to see the scene.

ANC: Teachers ask deped to expedite release of bonuses.

ANC: Arroyo lawyer ferdinand topacio calls jueteng allegations against ex-first gentleman malicious and without basis. he also challenges arroyo's accusers to come up with evidence.

Dzmm reporter:
> umapela sa lingayen dagupan archbishop emeritus oscar cruz sa pamahalaang aquino na pagbigyan ang hirit na xmas furlough ni cgma.
> sinabi ni cruz, persecution na ang ginagawa ng pamahalaan at hindi na prosecution.
> ayon kay cruz, maaari namang maging humane ang pamahalaan kay ginang arroyo kahit pa una na itong sinampahan ng kaso.
> anya walang kakayanang tumakas ni cgma na bukod sa may sakit ay mahina na.
> ayon pa kay cruz hindi masamang magpalipas ng pasko sa pampanga si cgma upang makasama naman nito ang mga kapamilya, samantalang maaring mag deploy ang pamahalaan ng pulis kung duda pa din ang mga ito.

GMA NEWS TV Balitanghali: Senior Supreme Court Justices attend the flag raising ceremony this morning. Incidentally, Chief Justice Sereno is out of the country.

ISSUE: PAGCOR/KAUZO OKADA (9:30-9:45 - Failon Ngayon -DZMM) Commentaries by T. Failon
- Okada - Ito hong foreigner na ito ay binigyan po ng lisensiya ng PAGCOR para mag-operate ng casino.
- Ngayon, nagkaroon na po ng pagdinig dito.
Itong foreigner na ito na si G Kazuo Okada, atin lamang inuulit, walang question sa kabutihan daw ho ng proyektong ito, ang akin nga po lamang ay tadtad na ho ito ng kontrobersya kasama na ang usapin tungkol sa suhulan, kung papaano ito nakakuha ng lisensiya para mag-operate ng casino.
- Ano ba ang mayroon sa Hapon na ito at pagkalakas-lakas niya kay Bong Naguiat?

TRIBUNE: UP ANALYST: TAGGING PANGASINAN GOV AS JUETENG PROTECTOR POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
Dr. Perla Legaspi, former director of the UP Center for Local and Regional Governance and former vice chancellor of UP Diliman, also questioned the timing of Orduna's expose, especially now that the 2013 mid-term elections are fast approaching. "Bakit kasi ngayon lang siya lumabas? Obvious na obvious na politika lang talaga at ang layunin ay sirain ang imahe ni Espino dahil balita ko malakas ang incumbent governor doon," Legaspi, who is now the program head and professor at Lyceum-Northwestern University, said.

INQUIRER: Atty. Ferdie Topacio said. "All this guilt by association and baseless finger-pointing and blame-laying has to stop," he added. Topacio dared Orduña to present evidence against Arroyo "instead of wasting time and energy making up fantasies."

INQUIRER: Atty. Fedie Topacio said: "It is regrettable that once again, without any proof other than the say-so of certain individuals ... the name of former FG Jose Miguel Arroyo is being linked to illicit activities." He said Orduña's claim that Arroyo had benefited from jueteng payoffs "is not only utterly lacking in factual bases, but is malicious and downright criminal." "It besmirches the name of Arroyo, whose name has been endlessly maligned but whose involvement in any illegal activity has yet to be proven in any proceedings in his entire life." Topacio said.

Dzmm reporter:
> binansagan ni sen tito sotto na dikta ng dayuhan ang rh bill para sa millennium development goal.
> sa ilalim ng mdg target daw ang population control sa mga 3rd world countries kasama ang pilipinas.
> hirit ni sotto bakit ang panukalang naghahati sa bansa ang sinertipikahan bilang urgent ng pangulo at bakit hindi ang freedom of information bill.

JOURNAL: ARROYOS CALL FOR SSS MEMBERSHIP FOR SELF-EMPLOYED, ENTREPRENEURS - Cam Sur Rep. Diosdado "Dato" Arroyo and Pamp. Rep. Gloria M-Arroyo have filed House Bill 6718, which proposes that self-employed workers and small-scall businessmen should be covered by the SSS programs and be allowed to enroll as members of the SSS under Republic Act 8282 or the Social Security Act of 1997. The 2 solons said it is not only the duty of the State to protect the rights but  also to enhance the welfare of these specialized workers. "Self-employment and entrepreneurship truly spurs economic activity and development," Arroyo said.

ISSUE: TYPHOON PABLO AFTERMATCH (6:54-6:56 - Kabayan DZMM) Commentaries by N. De Castro
- Tama ho si Pangulong Aquino, "hindi panahon ng sisihan." Hindi nga ho panahon ng sisihan Mr. President pero DAPAT TALAGANG MAY MANAGOT.

Dzmm reporter:
> napasok ng may 80 magsasaka ang dar office sa quezon city.
> nais makausap ng grupo si sec virgilio de los reyes kung saan iginiit ng mga ito na agad ipatupad ang carp na una nang pinangako ni pnoy.
> suportado naman ng dar employees ang mga magsasaka at sabay sabay na hiniling ang pagbibitiw ng kalihim na hadlang umano sa pagpapatupad ng carp.

Dzmm reporter:
> hinimok ng karapatan southern tagalog chr chairman etta rosales na magpakatotoo hinggil sa tunay na human rights situation sa bansa.
> ayon sa grupo hindi sila naniniwala na mayroong 96 cases lang sa panahon ng aquino administration sa kabila ng mga reklamo laban sa afp.
> nagkakampo ngayon sa chr ang karapatan st.

DZMM: IPINAKITA LAMANG NG PAGSESERTIPIKA NI PANG NOYNOY AQUINO BILANG URGENT SA RH BILL NA HINDI TALAGA KAYANG KUMBINSIHIN NG MGA SUMUSUPORTA SA RH BILL ANG MGA KONGRESISTANG TUTOL SA NASABING PANUKALA. ITO ANG TAHASANG SINABI NI HOUSE DEP MIN LEADER AT ZAMBALES REP MILAGROS MAGSAYSAY BILANG REAKSYON SA GINAWANG PAGSERTIPIKA NI PANGULONG AQUINO SA RH BILL BILANG URGENT.

ANC: rep suarez: with rh now certified as urgent, it is no longer a conscience vote but an order from  the president.

INQUIRER: ANTI-RH LAWMAKERS ACCUSE 4 PALACE OFFICIALS OF LOBBYING DURING VOTING - Led by Interior Sec. Mar Roxas, the group included Budget Sec Florencio "Butch" Abad, Pres Spokesman Edwin Lacierda and Sec. Ricky Carandang, according to a number of House members who spoke with the Inquirer. "They were lobbying for a yes vote," CDO Rep. Rufus Rodriguez protested in an interview moments after the result was announced at around 2 a.m. on Thursday

Dzmm flash report!
> pnoy certifies rh bill as urgent.

---lumabas ang tunay na kulay!!!

INQUIRER: ANTI-RH LAWMAKERS ACCUSE 4 PALACE OFFICIALS OF LOBBYING DURING VOTING - Speaking on condition of anonymity, another administration congressman said Roxas particularly "looked a little concerned" when anti-RH votes were making a late surge toward the end of the five-hour nominal voting. "Towards the end of the vote when it was close, I personally heard Mar say, 'Sino pa bang pwedeng pauwiin dyan?'" the senior House member told the Inquirer. "Mar looked a little concerned, moving from his table to the table occupied by his staff where they had a tally."

INQUIRER: ANTI-RH LAWMAKERS ACCUSE 4 PALACE OFFICIALS OF LOBBYING DURING VOTING - Antipolo Bishop Gabriel Reyes, who watched the entire proceedings, lamented the supposed pressure coming from Malacañang.
"In this fight against this bill, the dice is loaded against those who are against the bill because Malacañang is pressuring them," he told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno CALLED FOR UNITY in the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday after fellow justices last Tuesday voided her order creating a new judicial office in the Visayas. THIS MESSAGE should be addressed TO HER INSTEAD to keep her from DOING things ON HER OWN without the knowledge of her PEERS. unity while acting on her own?

TRIBUNE: MIKEY'S AGP, 9 OTHER PARTY-LISTERS GET SC RELIEF
Ten more party-list organizations, including the group of Rep. Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo have obtained relief from the Supreme Court (SC), a day before the high tribunal goes on recess for the holidays. Ang GALING PINOY PARTY-LIST (AGP) where Arroyo is among the latest batch of party-list groups granted a status quo ante (SQA) order by the high court. According to the SC, it saw the need to enjoin the Com-mission on Elections from disqualifying AGP so as not to deprive it the fair chance to campaign should the high court eventually grant its petition and uphold its qualification.

ABSNEWS 12/13 8:06 PM
The Supreme Court granted the group of former presidential son Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo, Ang Galing Pinoy, its petition for a status quo ante order against the Commission on Elections' ruling to disqualify them from joining next year's polls.

DZMM: Susugod sa Malakanyang ang mga Public School Teacher at iba pang empleyado ng gobyerno bukas. Itoy upang iprotesta ang pagtapyas ng kalahati sa kanilang Performance Bonus. Giit ni Act Partylist Rep. Antonio Tinio na hindi makatwiran ang naturang hakbang lalo pa at malapit na ang Pasko.

ISSUE: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BILL (10:26-10:34 - Rated K. - DZMM) by Korina Sanchez Interview with Ret. Arch Oscar Cruz
- Ang Simbahan po ay hindi tatahimik sa isyung ito dahil mayroon po siyang tungkulin na ipangaral ang Ebanghelyo.
- Makinig man o hindi ang tao sila na ang bahala.
- Ang Simbahan dapat magsalita at kumilos kapag ang pinag-uusapan na ay ethics at moralidad.

(3:37-3:38 TODO-TODO WALANG PRENO DZMM) NEWS BY DENNIS DATU
RELIEF GOODS, HINDI NARARAMDAMAN NG MGA RESIDENTE NG NEW BATAAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY SA KABILA NG PAULIT-ULIT NA PAGSASABI NG PAMAHALAAN NA SAPAT ANG RELIEF GOODS AT NATUTUTGUNAN ANG PANGANGAILANGAN NG MGA RESIDENTENG SINALANTA BAGYONG PABLO. MARAMING RESIDENTE NG NEW BATAAN, NAMAMALIMOS PA RIN SA KALYE PARA MAY MAKAIN; RELIEF GOODS NA DUMARATING SA NEW BATAAN, MULA SA MGA NGO AT PRIBADONG KOMPANYA AT ANG MGA RELIEF GOODS MULA SA DSWD AY DUMATING LAMANG NOONG ARAW NA DUMALAW SI P-NOY.

ISSUE: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BILL (1:28-1:29 - Relasyon R5) by H. Talete
Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles, umapela kay Pangulong Aquino na huwag sayangin ang pork barrel ng mga Kongresista para lang maipasa ang Reproductive Health Bill.

there are still 67 solons who need to attend and vote on Monday for the continuation of the 3rd reading principle.

ANC: rep mitos magsaysay: too early for pro-rh lawmakers to celebrate. she says the final reading may have a different outcome noting that the close vote shows the rh bill is not overwhelmingly popular.

ANC: anti-rh groups accuse malacanang of influencing house vote on rh bill. they say proof is the presence of palace officials at plenary during voting.

Dzmm reporter:
>ipinagtangol ni pnoy ang pagdalo ng ilang members of the cabinet sa botohon ng rh bill sa kamara kahapon.
>una nang nakita sa gallery kahapon sina sec butch abad, mar roxas at edwin lacierda.
>ipinapakahulugan na ang pagsaksi ng mga ito sa botohan at ngangahulugan na nagla lobby talaga ang pamahalaan sa mga kongresista.

TV PATROL: (6:32-6:36) NEWS BY RON GAGALAC COMVAL - MGA RESIDENTE, PAKIRAMDAM UMANO AY KULANG PA RIN ANG DUMARATING NA TULONG KAHIT NAGSIMULA NA ANG PAGDATING NG TULONG MULA SA IBANG BANSA; NANANAWAGAN DIN NA HUWAG ITUON SA RELIEF GOODS ANG IBINIBIGAY NA TULONG KUNDI PROGRAMA PARA SA PANGMATAGALANG KABUHAYAN.

Dzmm reporter:
>"hindi pa tapos ang laban sa reproductive health bill."
>ito ang tinuran ng lingayen dagupan arcbishop emeritus oscar cruz kaugnay sa pagpasa ng kontrobersyal na panukala sa 2nd reading sa kamara.
>sinabi ni cruz tuloy pa rin ang pakikipaglaban ng simbahang katoliko para hindi maging ganap na batas ang rh bill.
>hinala ng obispo nakalusot sa 2nd reading ang panukala dahil isinangkala ng malacanang ang pork barrel ng mga mambabatas para sumuporta ang mga ito.

TYPHOON PABLO (5:28-5:29 AFTERNOON DELIGHT DZRH) COMMENTARY BY DEO MACALMA AND NINO PADILLA

DEO: NAKAKALUNGKOT DAHIL MARAMI PA RIN TAYONG KABABAYAN SA COMPOSTELA VALLEY AT DAVAO ORIENTAL ANG HINDI PA NARARATING NG RELIEF GOODS. PAGING DSWD SECRETARY DINKY SOLIMAN. ANO ANG NANGYAYARI SA ATING RELIEF OPERATION MADAM? BAKIT MARAMI PANG MGA LUGAR ANG HINDI PA NAGBIBIGYAN NG PAGKAIN, MGA DONASYON MATAPOS SILANG SALANTAIN NG BAGYONG PABLO?

DZMM: Inamin ng isang Kongresista na hindi niya binasa ang nilalaman ng RH Bill nang kanya itong lagdaan. Ayon kay Pampanga Rep Aurelio Gonzales na pumirma siya sa panukala noon dahil sa pakikisama sa mga kapwa Kongresista bunsod ng kanyang pagiging bagitong Mambabatas. Bukod dito, malaki rin aniya ang tiwala at respeto nya kay Rep Edcel Lagman, Principal Author ng RH Bill. Pero bumoto siya kagabi ng NO dahil sa dikta ng kunsensya at pagtalima sa huling habilin sa kanya ng kanyang mga magulang.

"contrary to some media reports, ay naabot na po ng DSWD. So lahat ng mga munisipalidad ng ComVal ay narating na ng ating DSWD at nagbibigay na ng relief operations po," paliwanag ni Lacierda.
- SINUNGALING na naman ang media?

INQUIRER: BOBI TIGLAO-SC in crisis: What did they expect?
- The crucial questions remain. If she had claimed that the Court en banc had decided on the regional office, when it in fact did not, didn't she commit fraud? Is the highest court of the land closing its eyes to a clear case of fraud, certainly worse than plagiarism, just to save its head's face?

Dzmm reporter:
> bumalik sa mendiola ang grupong bukluran ng manggagawang pilipino para muling ipanawagan kay pangulong aquino na huwag lagdaan ang sin tax bill.
> ayon kay bmp sec gen gie relova abot langit ang kanilang pagkundena sa naging desisyon ng bicameral conference committee na aprubahan ang halos P35 bilyong target na kita sa dagdag buwis sa sigarilyo at alak.
> taliwas anya ito sa 1987 constitution kung saan nakasaad na dapat paunlarin ang sistema ng pagbubuwis hindi paburan ang regresibong sistema na lalong nagpapahirap sa taumbayan.

ANC: thousands of govt workers stage national day of protest on pay and benefits cut. simultaneous rallies held in metro manila, bacolod, iloilo, tacloban and cebu. courage says P5k bonus is proof palace is drastically reducing, withholding much-needed benefits for 1.4M state workers. bonus last year was P10k.

ANC: pablo death toll now at 902, more than 2,600 injured. diarrhea epidemic, dehydration threaten survivors. reports still coming in of disorganized distribution of relief goods.

(9:20-9:25 am - NEWS TO GO - GMA NEWS TV) Kara David
Bishop Pabillo, nagulat pero natuwa na maraming bumoto na tutol sa RH Bill. Bishop, nananawagan na magsalita na ang ilan pang Anti-RH Bill na mambabatas.
Bishop Pabillo: RH Bill, hindi na kailangan.

Dzmm reporter:
>"hindi pa tapos ang laban sa reproductive health bill."
>ito ang tinuran ni lingayen dagupan archbishop emeritus oscar cruz kaugnay sa pagpasa ng kontrobersyal na panukala sa 2nd reading sa kamara.
>sinabi ni cruz tuloy pa rin ang pakikipaglaban ng ng simbahang katoliko para hindi maging ganap na batas ang rh bill.
>hinala ng obispo nakalusot sa 2nd reading ang panukala dahil isinangkala ng malacanang ang pork barrel ng mga mambabatas para sumuporta ang mga ito.

And proof of that is the presence of mar roxas and butch abad in last night's session.

Dzmm reporter:
> pnoy todo tanggi ma brinaso ng malacanang ang mga kongresista upang suportahan ng mga ito ang kontrobersyal na rh bill.
> una nang sinabi ni lingayen dagupan archbishop emeritus oscar cruz na ginamit ng palasyo ang pork barrel para bumoto ang mga ito pabor sa panukala.

Dzmm Reporter (Nueva Vizcaya) - Kasabay ng isinasagawang botohan ng mga kongresista sa kontrobersial na RH Bill, humabol naman si Bishop Ramon Villena ng diosesis ng Bayombong at nanawagan para sa isang mataimtim na panalangin upang hindi maipasa ang naturang bill na ayon sa kanya ay kontra sa kagustuhan ng Panginoon. Sa ipinalabas na statement ni Bishop Villena, binatikos din nito si Pres. Noynoy Aquino at sinabing isang itong diktador dahil sa ginagawa daw nitong pag-pressure sa mga kongresista para pumabor sa pagpasa sa RH Bill. Sinabi ni Villena na walang karapatan si Pnoy na pakialaman ang mga gawain sa kongreso dahil independent boy daw ito at huwag niyang ulitin sa kongreso ang ginawa niyang pakikialaman noon sa judiciary.

ANC: COMM. MENDOZA CONFIRMATION (4:20-4:21) by Karmina Constantino - The CA subcommittee on constitutional commissions deferred until further notice the confirmation hearing of COA Comm. Heidi Mendoza. An emotional Mendoza defended her competence and integrity before the panel after two oppositions, Arturo Besana and Abraham Sarmiento, showed up to challenge her confirmation. Besana complained of Mendoza's arrogance, implying she had a hand in the case filed against him by former military budget officer George Rabusa.

ISSUE: CA CONFIRMATION (1:02-1:03 - Isumbong mo kay Tulfo - DWIZ) by C. Bueno
Bigo si COA Commissioner Heidi Mendoza na makalusot sa Commission on Appointments dahil nais pa ilang Mambabatas na ma-evaluate ang mga ibinigay na dahilan ng 2 oppositors para sa kompirmasyon ni Mendoza.

ANC: CA grills Heidi Mendoza, Competence, 'self promotion' questioned.

Dzmm reporter:
> manila archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle nanindigan kontra rh bill.
> sinabi na hindi siya pulitiko o ekonomista at pinangangalagaan lamang ang kapakanan ng mga sumasampalataya.

ANC: arroyo presses sc to stop plunder proceedings on the alleged misuse of pcso funds. arroyo points to 3rd division tro issued in October for co-defendant nilda plaras.

Dzmm reporter:
> todo tanggi si lt. gen. jorge segovia pinuno ng eastern mindanao command sa napaulat na nagkakagulo na sa pamamahagi ng mga relief goods sa mga apektadong lugar.
> una nang napaulat na bukod sa nag aagawan sa mga relief goods, nagugutom na ang mga kababayan nating hindi maabot ng relief operations.

SWS Nov 29 to Dec 3, 2012 with 1,200 respondents.
1. Legarda, 68%.
2. Escudero, 61.
3. Cayetano A, 58.
4. Villar C, 51.
5. Ejercito JV, 49.
6-7. Pimentel, 46.
6-7. Enrile, 46.
8. Honasan, 43.
9-10. Binay N, 41; Zubiri, 41;
11. Trillanes, 40;
12. Gordon Richard, 37;

13. Angara, 35;
14. Madrigal, 30;
15. Magsaysay Jun, 29;
16. Maceda, 25;
17. Aquino, 24;
18. Hontiveros, 21;
19. Magsaysay M. 14;
20. Llamanzares, 13.

GMA NEWS TV Balintanghali: PNOY promises NEDA review of APECO project. Casiguran farmers and fishermen express dismay at the President's response.

INQUIRER: SC ROW: JUSTICES REVOKE SERENO ORDER
A court insider told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that the resolution creating the committee to be led by Associate Justice Jose Portugal Perez would "supersede" Sereno's controversial order. "By making this resolution, everything will be put on hold," the source said, referring specifically to Sereno's appointment of Geraldine Faith Econg, the court's head of the program management office, as head of RCAO-7 in Cebu City.

ANC: casiguran farmers, fishermen. tribesmen not optimistic despite dialogue with president aquino. they ask 'does the president really care for us?'

TRIBUNE EDITORIAL: Funny, but the more Noynoy and his aides keep on talking about their treading the straight path, the more data, especially from Transparency International (TI), that ranked the Philippines at 34 percent, out of a hundred percent in the corruption index, show that the propaganda of the NOYNOY'S STRAIGHT PATH ISN'T BEING BOUGHT by foreign investors. What this means is that the Philippines under Noynoy and his claimed STRAIGHT PATH has become one of the MOST CORRUPT countries in the world.

TRIBUNE: NO LPS MAKING IT TO TOP 12 - For a president who is being claimed in surveys as being very popular among Filipinos, especially the so-called masa, Noynoy does not seem to be possessed of a strong endorsement factor, as seen in the latest per-election survey on senatoriables. What is really glaring to many is that the few LP senatorial bets who are also Noynoy's choice haven't been rating in the surveys, such as former Sen Jun Magsaysay, former Sen. Jamby Madrigal and Noynoy's cousin, Bam Aquino, along with Noynoy's favorite Akbayan bet, former party-list Rep. Rissa Hontiveros-Baraquel.

ANC: some of the protesting farmers appear on anc complaining that after marching from casiguran for two weeks they saw no solution to apeco from pres. aquino.

INQUIRER: DESPERATE AND STARVING on Tuesday clambered onto trucks distributing food and used clothing as local and international groups continued to deliver much-needed relief goods to villages hit by Typhoon "Pablo" last week. AND THE PRESIDENT FOUND TIME TO WATCH ELTON JOHN.

PHILSTAR: SC JUSTICES VOID ORDER OF SERENO
Justices of the Supreme Court (SC) overruled yesterday Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno's order creating a new judicial office in the Visayas. An SC member told The STAR they agreed in full-court session to decentralize administrative functions, but not immediately as Sereno had unilaterally directed in Administrative Order No. 175. The  AO created the Judiciary Decentralized Office (JDO) and reopened the Regional Court Administration Office (RCAO) in Cebu City.

Ted Failon on DZMM: "Ang hirap sa binatang Presidente, kapag gabi na, barkada na ang mga kasama. Buti sana kung puro good influence."

PHILSTAR: ERNIE MACEDA
Relief and resources are QUITE SLOW in reaching the isolated towns of Banganga, Cateel and Boston. When President Aquino and his party visited, THEY USED 7 HELICOPTERS WHY WEREN'T THEY USED TO DELIVER EMERGENCY RELIEF TO THE ISOLATED BARANGAYS?

OKADA OK dealing with NAGUIAT
OKADA NOT OK dealing with GENUINO
MAY KAKAMBAL BA SI OKADA???

MLA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES
This appears to be the mandate of the Office of the Ombudsman, which is being shamelessly misused by the Aquino administration to persecute its political foes. And the unfounded and thoroughly irresponsible case filed against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the officials she appointed to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office might as well be Exhibit A of this government's vengeful ways.

MLA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES
Justice delayed is supposedly justice denied. And if you are an enemy of this administration, your day in court will be put off indefinitely, to keep you detained and to deprive you of any semblance of justice - or even of an appropriate defense.

MLA STANDARD: EMIL JURADO - THE HARASSMENT CONTINUES
Instead of going after Ongpin, the DBP should target accounts which have been long unpaid. Why not go after delinquent borrowers, or those who have had to restructure their loans numerous times. The P3-billion Lopez loans from DBP have been WRITTEN OFF. Why? Buddy Zamora's loan has also reminded DELINQUENT. Why is the DBP not running after him?

MLA STANDARD: EMIL JURADO
DBP employees accused Nuñez of using the planes of Salvador Zamora, his former boss (and a big borrower from the DBP) to provinces, at times just to play golf. Zamora was a contributor to President Aquino's campaign in 2010. The complaint detailed the date Nuñez used Zamora's planes and the places he went to. But Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has not lifted a finger to act on this complaint. Why? STRAIGHT PATH, MY FOOT.

ANC: davao oriental and comval typhoon survivors still not reached by assistance more than a week after pablo hit. Hospital staff also running out of supplies and medicines.

TRIBUNE: CHARLIE MANALO
And several years back, when Noynoy was not contemplating on seeking the presidency yet, I had interviewed a farmer from Hacienda Luisita who claimed that on the day the Luisita Massacre was perpetrated, Noynoy had entered the gates of the sugar estate and several minutes later, his bodyguards came back and started shooting at the farmers manning the barricades at the Luisita gates.

TRIBUNE: CHARLIE MANALO
Wasn't it during the incumbency of his mother, the late President Cory Aquino when scores of peasant were killed and hundreds more hurt in the infamous Mendiola and the Lupao Massacres which occurred less than a month apart each? And the only crime they have committed was to ask for the implementation of a genuine agrarian reform.

GMA NEWS: PHL'S 2012 EXPORTS TARGET NO LONGER REACHABLE
Slower merchandise exports growth in Oct. has cemented expectations that the government's 10% target for the year will not be met, an industry official said Tues. "That means meeting the target of 10% is unlikely," Sergio R. Ortiz-Luis, president of Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (PhilExports), told GMA News, reacting to government to government data released this morning. "...[Hitting the target is] getting dimmer now, with electronics not sustaining its growth," said Ortiz-Luis, who is also vice chairman of the joint public-private Export Development Council.

BUSINESS WORLD: LUIS V. TEODORO
If Mr. Aquino's deed don't match his words in the press freedom and free expression domains, neither do they match his words as far as human rights are concerned. Doubtless the celebration of Human Rights Day this Monday, Dec. 10, will be one more occasion during which Mr. Aquino will dish out the usual cliches about his commitment to human rights, complete with reminders that his parents were  themselves victims of human rights violations. And yet, human rights violations are not only continuing but have even escalated in scope and number since he came to power in 2010.

INQUIRER: The Supreme Court has revoked the November 27 resolution issued by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno allowing the reopening of the Regional Court Administration Office (RCAO). During Tuesday deliberation, court insiders said the justices wanted a conduct of a thorough study first before the RCAO is opened again.

Dzmm reporter:
> ipinawalang bisa ng mga mahistrado ng korte suprema ang kontrobersyal na resolusyon ni cj maria lourdes sereno na may petsang nov 27.
> kaugnay ito ng ipinalabas na resolusyon ni sereno na muling nagbubukas ng regional administration office at sinasabing ilegal.
> tinangka pa umanong ipaliwanag ni sereno ang paglalabas ng resolusyon ngunit nanaig pa din ang ibang mahistrado.

SIN TAX BILL (3:08-3:10 Aksyon Breaking-Askyon TV) by Mae Anne Los Banos

Ilang grupo mag-rally para pigilan ang pagratipika ng Sin Tax bill ngayong hapon.

ANC: sc revokes sereno resolution on reopening of regional court administration office in region 7, calling it illegal and unauthorized.

BEFORE PABLO: USec. Benito Ramos, head of the NDRRMC: "we might just attain our target of zero casualty, given the kind of preparations".

AFTER PABLO: Top Story: 714 dead, 890 missing due to 'Pablo' - NDRRMC.
---INUNA kasi ang PROPAGANDA!

aksyontv: update on rallyists at mendiola, pres aquino has bad human rights record; sen enrile to look into nomination of officer in jonas burgos case to top  spy post.

GMA NEWS: PHL exports expand at a slower 6.1% in Oct.
- Philippine exports grew slower 6.1 percent in October, dragged by plummeting shipments of apparel and clothing accessories, the NSO reported Tuesday. While electronics grew in terms of value, the NSO said "outward shipments were down by 2.1 percent compared to same month of last year's recorded shipments."

INQUIRER: Churches slam inaction on human rights
- The largest alliance of Protestant and non-Roman Catholic churches in the Phils has scored the government  for the continuing impunity and non-enforcement of human rights in the country. This developed as thousands of protesters held a rally on Mendiola to mark International Human Rights Day on Monday. In a statement, the National Council of churches in the Philippines (NCCP) noted that there were 132 cases of extrajudicial killings with "zero prosecution" in the present administration and that military officers charged or implicated in abductions or torture were instead promoted.  

Dzmm reporter:
> ibinunyag ng ilang obispo na ginagamit ng malacanang ang pork barrel funds para ma pressure ang mga anti rh bill na mambabatas bago ito bumoto.
> ayon kay cbcp episcopal commission on family anf life chairman at antipolo bishop gabriel reyes na ginagamit ng palasyo ang naturang pondo.
> sinabi naman ni novaliches bishop emeritus teodoro bacani na hindi tamang gamitin ng malacanang o dbm ang kanilang kapangyarihan para i hostage ang mga pondo ng mga tutol sa panukala upang bumoto sila pabor dito.

INQUIRER: Former NFA chief, slain columnist linked to rice smuggling in PH
- Former National Food Authority Lito Banayo and slain veteran columnist Nixon Kua have been dragged into the Senate's investigation into the alleged rice smuggling in the country.

DZMM Report >>> Dating NFA Administrator Lito Banayo...ipatawag ng Senado kaugnay ng Rice Smuggling.
Nais ng mga Senador na malaman mula mismo kay Banayo ang ginawa nito Banayo ang ginawa nito upang mapigilan ang smuggling ng bigas  nang ito pa ang Administrator ng NFA.

ISSUE: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY (1:01-1:03 pm - BREAKING NEWS - AKSYON TV) Gerard Garcia
Nasa dalawang libong raliyista at mga pulis sa Mendiola, nagkagirian; mga raliyista, ginunita ang International Human Rights day.

ANC: karapatan: 129 victims of extra-judicial killings; 467 illegal arrests; 72 cases of torture; 12 enforced disappearances under pnoy administration.

News over radio; cash donations for typhoon victims are missing; De lima spent P500th not for the victims but for personal use daw. (Radio news). Kapal talaga. And she dares accuse others of corruption.

ISSUE: KILUSAN PARA SA PAMBANSANG DEMOKRASYA PROTEST (8:40-8:41 - Super Balita sa Umaga Nationwide - DZBB) flash report by C. Villarosa
Dinagsa ng militante ang kanto ng Recto ng protesta at sabay-sabay na humiga sa kahabaan ng Morayta. Ang mga militante ay nagmula sa grupong Kilusan para sa Pambansang Demokrasya, plano ng grupo na magmartsa hanggang sa Mendiola pero sila ay hinarang sa kanto ng Morayta at Recto.

ISSUE: SIN TAX BICAMERAL CONFERENCE (10:38-10:39 - Rated K - DZMM) by X. Cayabyab
Nagmartsa mula sa Manila Film Center patungong Sofitel Phil. Plaza, CCP Complex, Pasay City ang hindi bababa sa 400 militante bilang pagkondena sa Sin Tax Bicameral Conference. Ayon kay Buklurang Manggagawang Pilipino NCR Sec. Gen. Gie Relova, katraydoran umano sa Sambayanang Pilipino ang pagkakapasa ng Sin Tax Reform Bill at labag ito sa konstitusyon. Aniya, mamamatay ang industriya ng tabacco at alcohol at marami ang mawawalan ng trabaho.

ISSUE: PROTEST-DOLE (8:58-8:59 - Damdaming Bayan - DZRH) by B. Gonzales
Nagkulay pula ang tanggapan ng DOLE dahil sa pinagbabato ito ng pintura ng mga militanteng grupo ng galing sa Northern Tagalog.

News over the radio; cash donations for typhoon victims are missing; De lima spent P500th not for the victims but for personal use daw. (Radio news)

DZRH: (7:35-7:40 - Damdaming Bayan - DZRH) by D. Macalma ang J. Taruc
- pati pala ang Pangulong Noynoy Aquino ay nanuod din sa concert ni Elton John kaya lang ang sabi mukhang NAGTAGO ang Presidente kasama si Sec. Mar Roxas
-- ANG MGA ELITISTANG ITO AY WALANG DELIKADESA AT DEDMA SA KASALUKUYANG DINARANAS NG MGA KAPUSPALAD NG BIKTIMA NG BAGYONG PABLO. SOBRANG GARAPAL!!!!

DZBB: ISSUE: PROTEST - HUMAN RIGHTS (9:13-9:14 - Saksi sa Dobol B- DZBB) by A. Gatus
Nagtipon- tipon sa bahagi ng Commission on Human Rights ang mga militanteng estudyante para magpahayag ng labis na pagkadismaya sa patuloy ng paglabag ng karapatang pantao na nararanasan sa ating bansa. Kabilang sa kanilang programa ang paghiga ng 2 estudyante na kunyari ay biktima sila ng karahasan.

FWD - INVITATION FROM THE CBCP-ECFL: Pls join our Bishops in praying for the non-passage of the RH Bill.
WHAT: Holy Mass and Procession to Batasan
WHEN: Wed, Dec. 12, Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe
WHERE: St. Peter's Parish Church, Commonwealth Ave, QC
TIME: Mass starts at 12 noon. Procession to Batasan immediately follows. For convenience, bring snacks and umbrellas. If possible, wear red. Pls invite others. God bless.

Dzmm reporter:
> muling nagprotesta ang ilang militante sa maynila para ihayag ang pagtutol sa nailay pang aapi sa mga mangagawang pilipino
> sumugod sa morayta ang kilusan para sa pambansang demokrasya giit ang kanilang pagkontra sa neoliberalismo.
> ito anila ang nag aalis ng paghihigpit at regulasyon sa bansa na dahilan ng malawakang pang aapi at pagsasamantala sa mga manggagawa.

GMA NEWS TV Balitanghali: Human Rights Day celebration at CHR, greeted by protests led by Karapatan.

DZBB: Labis ang pagkadismaya ng VACC sa panibagong insidente ng pagkakatakas ng isang lider ng robbery hold-up group ang nakatakas sa NBP. Ayon kaya VACC Founding Chairman Dante Jimenes, kailangang may managot sa pangyayari na ito sa pagtakas ni Ricky Canabero, lider ng Ozamis Robbery Group. Paliwanag ni Jimenez, hindi katanggap-tanggap ang mga kapabayaan ng mga taga-NBP kaya nagkaroon ng security lapses kaya nakatakas si Canabero. Mungkahi ni Jimenez, isailalim sa pangangasiwa ng militar o pulisya ang NBP upang lalong mabantayan ang piitan.

Radyo 5: ISSUE: PROTEST - HUMAN RIGHTS - Sumugod ang mga militanteng kabataan sa harapan ng Comm on Human Rights ang tinatayang 50 miyembro na kinabibilangan ng College Editors Guild of the Philippines, Anakbayan, League of Filipino Students. Kinondena ng mga militanteng kabataan ang pamumuno ni CHR Chairperson Eta Rosales na walang aksyon sa mga nangyari sa paglabag ng karapatang pantao.

DZXL: (6:49-6:52) Comm by. M. Balabas - Alam mo Mr. Pres Noynoy, okay naman ang sinasabi mo na mga pag-iimbestiga.
- Lagi na lang kung may nangyaring sakuna sasabihin ni Pang Aquino na "mag-iimbestiga ako at wala po tayong sinasanto kahit kapartido ko, wala po tayong sinasanto." Nandiyan nga si Pol Adviser on Peace Process Sec. Ronald Llamas, anong masasabi nyo ngayon?
- A47 bumibili ng pirated DVD anong masasabi niyo ngayon? Mr. President Aquino?
- Tapos ang mga kalaro mo si Cong. Neil Tupas noon may letter complain sa kay Ombd Conchita Carpio-Morales.
- Anong nangyari sa imbestigasyon? Wala naman.

ANC: health workers hold funeral march to doh to denounce privatization of govt hospitals. teachers also hold Xmas carol at dbm to press for their Xmas bonus.

ANC: desaparecidos: "palace statement that the human rights situation will improve is like making us believe that Santa Claus is skinny and will come this Xmas in a yellow suit."

Pacquao lost 2 times already during pnoy's term. And today was the first time he ever got knocked out. Malas talaga si penoy kay pacquiao. Buti pa panahon ni GMA ang dami ng championship belts.

how come a day or two before typhoon Pablo made the landfall, we heard Usec Benito Ramos, head of the NDRRMC bragging to broadcaster Mike Enriquez on a live interview over DZBB (which was beamed worldwide) that "we might just attain our target of zero causality, given the kind of of preparations."

INQUIRER; OJ TOLD TO REMIT P73-M VICTIMS' COMPENSATION FUND TO NATIONAL TREASURY - COA: "We understand the predicament of the agency, however, we uphold our position that management has no reason to maintain the collections; hence, the same should be remitted to the Bureau of Treasury..." CoA said. It noted that since it is not remitted to the national treasury, it has been easy for the DoJ to use it for expenses other than its purpose. CoA documents showed that there were a total of P5,503,766.63 expenses taken from the VCF "which are not related to the purpose for which it was established."

DZMM: Umapela sa Prosekusyon ang panig ng depensa kaugnay ng Bail Hearing sa Kaso hinggil sa sinasabing anomalya sa Intel Funds ng PCSO. Giit ni Atty Peter Bantilan, abugado ni dating PCSO Chairman Sergio Valencia na ipinakita ng pagkaka-antala ng pagdinig ang kawalan ng kahandaan ng Prosekusyon sa kaso.

ABANTE- Tax revolt, sigaw vs sin tax - Kasabay ng pagsalang ng Sin Tax bill sa bicameral conference committee, mahigit 5,000 militanteng manggagawa at manininda ang sumugod sa labas ng Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso sa Batasan Pambansa upang igiit ang pagbasura sa nasabing panukala.

DWIZ: ISSUE: ROCK CONCERT AT AGHAM ROAD Q.C.
- Naglunsad sa Agham Road, OC ng isanng Rock Concert ang mga maralitang kabataan sa pangunguna ng Sining ng Kabataang Lumalaban o SIKLAB bilang bahagi ng kanilang protesta laban sa lumalaking paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa ilalim ng Aquino Administration. Ayon sa Coordinator ng Rock Concert, nais nilang ipakita na maging ang mga maralitang kabataan ay may pagnanais rin na matigil na ang lumalalang kaso ng paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa ilalim ng Aquino Administration.

Dzmm Reporter:
> palasyo umalma sa pahayag ng isang obispo na tinatamaan ng trahedya ang bansa tuwing pinag uusapan ang rh bill.
> una nang sinabi ni manila auxiliary bishop broderick pabillo na mistulang may mensaheng ipinaparating ang panginoon sa pamamagitan ng maraming kahirapan na nagaganap sa bansa.

DZMM: Nagpaliwanag ang kampo ni CGMA hinggil sa hiling na Xmas Furlough. Sinabi ni Atty Anacleto Diaz, abugado ni CGMA na maraming dapat asikasuhin sakaling payagang lumabas ng ospital kabilang na ang ipagkakaloob na seguridad dito. Umaasa naman ang mga Arroyo na pagbibigyan ng korte ang nasabing kahilingan para makapiling ng dating Presidente ang kanyang pamilya na bihira nang mangyari nang ma-Hospital Arrest ito.

on lacson gloating after sc's decision andsaying he cannot forget the name arroyo:
- guilty or not, the public will never forget his name as permanently attached to kuratong baleleng massacre and dacer-corbito double murder case. no court decision can erase the history and shame he brought to the annals of the senate as a fugitive lawmaker-lawbreaker.

MANILA TIMES: The camp of former pres and now Rep. Gloria Arroyo of Pampanga province urged the Sandiganbayan to go easy on imposing restrictions on the detained lawmaker. Lawyer Raul Lambino, Arroyo's spokesman for legal affairs, made the call a day after the former leader asked the anti-graft court to allow her family and constituents in her hometown Lubao, Pampanga. "If ever she will be allowed to go [to lubao], the conditions that come with it should not be impossible to achieve.

INQUIRER: Among other things, De Castro implied, Sereno's order usurped the justices' duty to administer all the courts and their personnel, and also undermined the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) whose job it is to assist the high tribunal in its administration.

INQUIRER: CJ Ma. Lourdes Sereno has been asked by an associate justice to recall or amend her controversial administrative order that created a Judiciary Decentralized Office and allowed the reopening of a Regional Court Administration Office (RCAO) in Cebu City. Assoc. Teresita Leonardo-de Castro said the AO had been objected to by the justices of the Supreme Court and this fact was not reflected in Sereno's order.

ANC: PNoy appointee arrested over bribery charges! This is PRC Commissioner Po who was arrested yesterday. He underwent inquest today. De Lima says he immediately informed the President, who said this unacceptable.

Dzmm reporter:
> palasyo hindi kukontrahin ang hirit na tatlong linggong Christmas furlough ni cgma.
> ayon kay sec lacierda ipapaubaya nila sa sandiganbayan kung nararapat bigyan ng hospital leave ang dating pangulo.

ANC: abs-cbn source says leonen to handle petition of ex-pres. arroyo seeking junking of pcso plunder case.

INQUIRER: PHILIPPINES REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT
COUNTRIES - SURVEY - The Philippines is still perceived as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, getting a score of 34 on a scale of 1 to 100 with 100 being very clean, according to the latest CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL. TI-Phil Pres Rosalinda Tirona said the 2012 CPI, which covered data gathered between Dec. 2010 and Sept 2012, showed that the Philippines has to take more action to improve how things are done in the country. One of these actions is the "immediate" passage of the freedom of information bill (FOI), Tirona said. 

MLA STANDARD: Palace dangles 'pork' against Church lobby
With only 6 session days left before Congress goes on a Christmas break, the Palace countered heavy lobbying by Catholic bishops by WARNING lawmakers that they would NOT get up to P280 million in pork barrel each if they fail to support the RH bill, the Manila Standard learned Wed. The P280 million constitutes the last tranche of pork for this year, and the first tranche for 2013 that will be released in advance to skirt the election ban, which begins in the third week of January.

INQUIRER: ARROYO URGES FELLOW SOLONS TO PRIORITIZE 'PABLO' VICTIMS - Former Pres Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wed urged fellow members of the House of Representatives to "set aside legislative work" to extend help to those affected by Typhoon Pablo (international name Bopha). In a statement, Arroyo who now represents the 2nd District of Pampanga, said the "government should always be at the forefront of trying times like this." The former President, who is presently under hospital arrest for charges of plunder, said that helping distressed countrymen should come first.

Aksyontv: 1/ pampanga rep arroyo appeals to colleagues to help pablo victims; 2/ arroyo camp ask court to allow her to spend Christmas and new year in lubao.

ANC: associate justice leonardo de castro rebukes chief justice sereno over resolution to revive regional court administration office in region 7.

INQUIRER: SC CJ Ma. Lourdes Sereno Wed skipped the tribunal's full court session reportedly to avoid a showdown with fellow justices to revive a project funded by the ADB that the SC scrapped a few years ago. Sereno had reportedly "revived on her own" the project establishing a Regional Court Administration Office (RCAO) in Cebu even if  the procedure stipulates that this should be approved by the high court en banc. A well-placed source told the Inquirer that Sereno's action displeased other justices who were bent on questioning her decision at Wednesday's en banc (full court) session. However, SERENO CALLED IN SICK.