Anthony Taberna on ABS-CBN: RE: Pagpapautang sa IMF maganda ang imahe ng Pilipinas sa mga bansa sa Europa sa ating pagpapahiram. Pero hindi naman ho 'ata maganda na habang nagpapautang tayo sa ating kaliwa (na kamay) ay nangungutang naman tayo sa kanan. 'Wag ho natin kakalimutan na bahaging ginagamit natin sa PPP ay galing 'din sa utang. Ano ho ba ang kailanganng gawin para matigil ang KABALIWANG ito?"

GET REAL: It is not an exaggeration therefore when people say that PNoy does not have compassion. Judging by the way he has been treating GMA for the last several months while she is ill, one can be forgiven for thinking that PNoy's set of values does not include showing kindness or benevolence even to a fellow human being
- something that an openly religious person like him should be doing. Maybe he was ABSENT when his Catholic school taught the lesson on empathy. It seems PNoy is suffering from TUNNEL VISION and can only focus on pursuing  his vendetta for the SC's decision to distribute his family's Hacienda Luisita, a move that was set in motion by GMA during her term.

PHILSTAR: ERNIE MACEDA - JPE WEIGHS IN... It is clear that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is still sick and in pain. Ask the Physical Rehabilitation doctors of GMA. Why is the Comelec so dead set on sending her to a regular jail? Sen. Pres.  Juan Ponce Enrile is correct when he called on the Administration to show compassion to the former President.

MANILA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES - LIES
How can any government, to say nothing of one that supposedly trades in transparency and honesty, make such major blunders in so short a time and not expect to get flak? How can anyone except the most die-hard of Aquino supporters not see that this President is grievously ill-advised, horrendously uninformed and in all likelihood thoroughly incompetent to deal with the crises that have beset it almost from Day One - and which will likely plague it until the end of its days?

MANILA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES - LIES
Lie 1: The Philippines can spare $1 billion for the IMF's bailout program for Europe
Lie 2: The Chinese have left Scarbrough Shoal
Lie 3: A foreign journalist who went missing is in league with the Abu Sayyaf bandits whom he voluntarily sought, probably because he was acting as a courier of funds for the Al Qaida terror network

PHILSTAR: DICK PASCUAL - GMA PRE-PAID IT: The Aquino administration must tell the people that it is able to lend $1 billion to the IMF, because then President Gloria Arroyo pre-paid in full in 2006 the country's debt with the IMF. The BSP has justified the $1 billion loan to the IMF, saying it is good policy to help European economies in financial crisis before the problem worsens and engulfs other countries, including the Phils. While this explanation is well taken in some quarters, it is not enough to quell questions over the Philippines' offering $1 billion to Europeans when Filipinos themselves, especially the poor, are in need.

PHILSTAR: DICK PASCUAL - GMA PRE-PAID IT: The Aquino administration must tell the people that it is able to lend $1 billion to the IMF, because then President Gloria Arroyo pre-paid in full in 2006 the country's debt with the IMF. The BSP has justified the $1 billion loan to the IMF, saying it is good policy to help European economies in financial crisis before the problem worsens and engulfs other countries, including the Phils. While this explanation is well taken in some quarters, it is not enough to quell questions over the Philippines' offering $1 billion to Europeans when Filipinos themselves, especially the poor, are in need.

DZBB: BSP LOAN TO IMF: INTERVIEW WITH PROF. BENJAMIN DIOKNO- ANG AKIN LANG AY BAKIT HINDI NA LANG IPAHIRAM YANG ONE BILLION DOLLARS SA ATING BANSA? 0.3% LANG ANG INTERES SA IMF SAMANTALANG UUTANG TAYO SA ADB NA 4% ANG INTERES.
-BAKIT HINDI NA LANG UTANGIN NG GOBYERNO SA BSP YANG NATUTULOG NA PONDO? BAKIT MAGPAPAHIRAM KUNG NANUGNGUTANG KA PA RIN? KUNG KAILANGAN TALAGA NATING MAGPAUTANG, KAILANGAN IPALIWANAG MONG BAUTI SA TAUMBAYAN.

DZBB: BSP LOAN TO IMF: INTERVIEW WITH PROF. BENJAMIN DIOKNO- ANG AKIN LANG AY BAKIT HINDI NA LANG IPAHIRAM YANG ONE BILLION DOLLARS SA ATING BANSA? 0.3% LANG ANG INTERES SA IMF SAMANTALANG UUTANG TAYO SA ADB NA 4% ANG INTERES.
-BAKIT HINDI NA LANG UTANGIN NG GOBYERNO SA BSP YANG NATUTULOG NA PONDO? BAKIT MAGPAPAHIRAM KUNG NANUGNGUTANG KA PA RIN? KUNG KAILANGAN TALAGA NATING MAGPAUTANG, KAILANGAN IPALIWANAG MONG BAUTI SA TAUMBAYAN.

DZMM Reporter:
> hindi naging transparent ang pagpapautang ng pamahalaang Aquino ng $1 billion sa imf.
>sinabi ni Sen. Gringo Honasan na marami ang nagulat sapagkat nakapagpautang na pala ang pamahalaan sa imf.
>sinabi ng senador na dapat inuna na lamang ang mga kababayan nating nagugutom o nagamit na lamang sana ang pondo sa poverty alleviation.

ANC: Albay Gov. Joey Salcedo to oppose PNoy's new mining policy. He says, other local officials are with him, and are ready to challenge the mining EO in court. Salceda asserts, the new policy disregards the autonomy of local govts to enact their laws on mining.

ABS-CBN NEWS: Former Chief Justice Reynato Puno on Monday said it is important for the next chief justice to have court experience as a judge.

INQUIRER: Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero the congressional representative to the JBC, told Radyo Inquirer that a psychological test was essential in studying the character of an applicant. PAKIBASA NGA SEC DE LIMA and COMM K. HENARES!