PHILSTAR: MACEDA
The much publicized energy summit called by the President Aquino last Friday in Davao City, ended in no new measures to address the rotating blackouts immediately. The President in effect brushed aside unanimous recommendations from all sectors attending the summit. Despite opposition from the conferees, the only solution offered by the President is the use of power barges now privately owned which could charge high rates at P8 to P11 per kilowatt hour from the present O3.

MLA STANDARD: Quit now, don't wait, solons urge Almendras "Secretary Almendras should no longer wait to be told [to resign] when he knows how ineffective he has become in handling the power crisis," said Agham Rep. Angelo Palmones, who comes from Cotabato. CDO Rep. Rufus Rodriguez criticized Almendras for supposedly doing nothing about the power crisis now gripping Mindanao and crippling commerce on the island since Pres. Benigno Aquino III assumed office two years ago.

ISRAELI DOCTOR: In Israel, the medicine is so advanced, we cut off a man's testicles, put them on another man & in 6 weeks, he is looking for work.
GERMAN DOCTOR: In Germany, we take part of a brain from one man & in 4 weeks time, he is looking for work.
PILIPINO DOCTOR: You all are way behind us. Last year, we took a man with no brains & no balls & made him President. Now, the whole country is looking for work! Goodluck to all....

MLA STANDARD - JOJO ROBLES
Just before Holy Week, a gaggle of three (yes, three helicopters forming the official party of Aquino arrived at the Birthday party of a Southern Luzon congressman. This was certainly high praise for the neophyte lawmaker, who basked in the glory of being important enough to deserve such an extravagant visit from Aquino while power outages were bedeviling 22 million people in Mindanao.You have to wonder though, who's paying for the fuel of all three helicopters Aquino uses like they were mere Nissan Safaris belonging to the Presidential Security Group. And who owns the choppers - and what  they expect to get in return from Aquino.

MANILA TIMES: Lagman sacked COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Augusto Lagman was sacked by President Benigno Aquino 3rd from his post so as not to antagonize Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and get his vote of conviction against Chief Justice Renato Corona.
In a four-page confidential letter to Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes dated April 16, 2012, a copy of which was obtained by The Manila Times, Lagman said that Malacañang planned to ease him out of the Comelec in order not to have a "tug-of-war" with Enrile who strongly opposed Lagman's appointment to the commission.

PHILSTAR: DICK PASCUAL De Lima appears obsessed with the Abalos case, frequently talking about it. She has preempted the Comelec's decision on the clearing of Radam and Martirizar whose disclosures had resulted in 12 counts of poll sabotage against the former Comelec Chairman. The justice secretary seems to have arrogated unto herself the duty of speaking on behalf of the Doj-Comelec panel and propagating the line that the testimonies of Radam and Martirizar provide the quantum of evidence needed to nail down Abalos.

PHILSTAR: "PNOY STANDS FIRM ON POWER COST"
- it sends a message to all: AKO ANG BOSS NYO!!

gumastos at nag-aksaya ng oras sa energy summit - may desisyon na pala bago magumpisa. another drama-publicity ni penoy! parang kinagalitan at tinakot pa ang mga taga mindanao:
KUNG GUSTO NYONG WALANG BROWNOUT, MAGBAYAD KAYO NG MALAKI!!! kaya nga nag summit, para humanap ng solusyon para ma-resolba ang krisis at makatulong ang gobyerno - MALIWANAG NA TAMAD MAG-ISIP O WALANG ISIP!!

Dzmm reporter:
>mistulang sinopla ni pnoy and tagapagsalita nitong si usec valte.
>Una na kasing sinabi ni valte na hindi na maiiwasan ang paghihiwalay ni pnoy at vp binay sa 2016 dahil mula ang mga ito sa magkaibang partido at plata porma de gobyerno.
>sinabi ng pangulo na nanatiling masigla ang working relationship nya kay vp binay dahil sa ambag nito sa pagpapatakbo ng kanyang administrasyon.
>una nang umani ng batikos si valte mula sa mpc dahil sa "no comment, i will check and i will get to you" statements at mistulang kawalan ng impormasyon sa mga isyu.

NEAL CRUZ: THERE IS something very strange going on in the Department of Justice and the Commission on Elections on the electoral sabotage case against former Chair Benjamin Abalos. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima keeps saying that two of Abalos' co-accused in the case - Lilian Radam, former South Cotabato election supervisor, and Yogi Martirizar, former election supervisor of North Cotabato - would be dropped from the case and used as state witnesses against Abalos. On the other hand, Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes and Commissioner Rene Sarmiento deny that the poll body is withdrawing the criminal charges against them.

PLS READ THIS!! http://www.polbits.com/ by bel cunanan
-FB contributor worries about seamy implication of DOT's unimaginative and copied new slogan.
- A senator buys two loft units in plush Mandaluyong condo.
-Will ABS-CBN America's Nadia Trinidad's investigation into charina's Roseville apartment get same prominence as Raissa's claims?
-Pundits agog over Binay's quick seize of prospective 2013 candidates.

P-Noy on enerrgy crisis: kung gusto nyo ng walang brownout - magbayad kayo ng MAHAL! therefore P-noy will say: on unemployment - kung gusto nyo ng trabahao, EH DI MAGHANAP KAYO! on hi gas prices - kung mataas ang petrolyo, MAGLAKAD KAYO! on tuition fees - kung hindi nyo kaya, 'WAG KAYONG MAG-ENROLL!! on hunger - kung wala pambili, 'WAG KAYONG KUMAIN! hacienda luisita - kung hindi nyo kayang bayaran, ISAULI NYO SA AMIN! on KKK - kung hindi nyo sila gusto, MANIGAS KAYO!

FWD - 4/15/12 TRIBUNE BANNER. Corona: Threatened 2 surrender in the form of resignation or retirement... Surrender means destruction of the ideals set forth by the Constitution. pls pass

DZBB: MINDANAO POWER CRISIS Commentary of Mike Enriquez
-Porblema pa rin ang kuryente, mayroon pong kuryente sa Pilipinas, sapat po ang kuryente sa Pilipinas, mahal nga lang.
-Isa na sa pinakamahal sa South East Asia, lalo pang magmamahal.
-Kasi ang sabi po ng gobyerno "gusto niyo magkaroon ng kuryente? Magbayad kayo ng mahal".

DZMM: Mga MANOK ni PNOY sa 2013 Elections.. Mangangamote dahil sa isyu ng Power Shortage sa Mindanao! Ayon kay Maguindanao Rep Simeon Datumanong.

ANC: COURAGE hits BIR for filling tax case vs Rep. Pacquiao, calling it political harassment. COURAGE believes, PNoy govt going after Pacquiao because he did not sign impeachment complaint vs Chief Justice Corona.  

NEAL CRUZ: The justice secretary has arrogated unto herself the job of speaking on behalf of the DOJ-Comelec panel, thus pulling the rug from under Chair Brillantes. (The Comelec is an independent constitutional body.) More than that, Radam and Martirizar have already been arraigned and 23 warrants of arrest have been issued against them. So why is De Lima doing this? 

former senator aquilino pimentel on DE LIMA:
- Senate President Aquilino "Nene" Pimentel Jr., agreed with his son's position, because turning a principal suspect as state witness will lead to the dismissal of the poll fraud case against Radam and Martirizar. It's like making the trigger man in a murder case a state witness just to pin down the alleged matermind of the crime," said the former senator.