SWS - Ratings dip for govt MAY 24-27 SURVEY - The May 24-27 poll found 63% of the respondents saying they were pleased with the government's general performance, compared to the 18% who said otherwise, for a "good" satisfaction rating of +44 (correctly rounded), DOWN from March's similarly  "good" +46%. It was the Aquino government's LOWEST net rating so far, well below its record +64 in September and November 2010. A palace official claimed the survey showed continued general satisfaction, while an analyst said it also reflected a growing impatience.

DZMM: CONGRESS ON CGMA 4PM NEWS - "VERY MUCH WELCOME" PA RIN SA DATING PANGULO AT PAMPANGA CONGW GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO SA MABABANG KAPULUNGAN, ITO ANG TINIYAK NI HOUSE MAJ LEADER NEPTALI GONZALES II KASABAY NG PAGLILINAW NA MIYEMBRO PA RIN NAMAN NG KAMARA SI CONGW ARROYO KAYA'T MAAARI ITONG PUMASOK SA TANGGAPAN NITO O DUMALO SA SESYON AT MGA PANGDINIG NG KOMITE. ANUMANG ARAW. NABATID NA BAGAMAT NA-HOSPITAL ARREST AT NAHAHARAP SA KASONG ELECTORAL SABOTAGE AT PLUNDER. UMABOT PARIN SA 26 ANG MGA NA-I-AKDANG HOUSE MEASURES NI CONGW ARROYO AT TUMATAYO RING MIYEMBRO NG SIYAM NA HOUSE COMMITTEES.

ISSUE: SYNDICATED ESTAFA - Magandang Umaga Pilipinas - DZRH) Commentaries by D. Macalma - Uncle ni Pangulong Aquino, kinasuhan ng Syndicated Estafa .
-Sino itong tiyuhin niya na ito?
-Sana Mr. President pati iyong mga opisyal niyo na talamak sa corruption dapat masampolan din.

ANC: Arroyo lawyer Christian Diaz tells Sandiganbayan the former president is not a flight risk, adding an arrest warrant at this time is unnecessary. Diaz added, Arroyo won't defy anti-graft court's hold departure order. 

INQUIRER: Senator Aquilino Pimentel III, poster boy of the 2007 electoral fraud victims, said he could not blame Mupas for his decision to grant bail. "Since there was only one witness against her, an alleged eyewitness, then the grant bail means that the judge isn't convinced that the evidence  (against Arroyo) is strong," Pimentel said. "I respect the judge's decision and it's a good sign that the judicial processes are working in our country," he added.  

STANDARD: REP DANNY SUAREZ - "We consider this a triumph for the rules of evidence, due process, and the courage of individual members of the judiciary in the face of a powerful presidency," Suarez told reporters.

PHILSTAR: Former first gentleman Mike Arroyo said he was at the hospital suite at the VMMC when the sheriff brought the release order in the morning. "We read the order together and we were both surprised and happy by the order," he said, adding he felt vindicated as from the start he believed there was no evidence to support the case against his wife. He said the former president ate plenty of champorado (cocoa rice porridge) after reading the order. "She lost so much weight, she's really thin".

INQUIRER: BOBI TIGLAO 11M bosses now WITHOUT work, NOT ENOUGH work
That there has been a worsening of the employment situation under Mr. Aquino isn't all surprising. In his first year in office, because of his Manichean mentality that everything about the past administration was evil, he withheld govt expenditures, and demanded to review every single contract signed before he took power. That severely cut govt expenditures, DISRUPTED the economic momentum of of the last years under PGMA, and the GDP drastically slowed down to a feeble 3.7 percent growth in 2011, resulting in much less employment opportunities.

ISSUE: CGMA BAIL Commentaries by D. Macalma
-Nagalit daw si Pang. Aquino ng malamang pinayagan ng Pasay RTC si GMA na makapagpiyansa.
-Ang balita, nagsisihan ngayon ang mga taga-DOJ at COMELEC. Aba'y ang sabi daw mahina ang ebidensiya niyo!
-Masyado kasing minadali ngayon mahina ang ebidensiya!

PHILSTAR: ERNIE MACEDA The National Press Club was unhappy over the lack of mention of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. UP Professor Ben Diokno and Rep Mitos Magsaysay asked where the President wil secure the funds to build the many infrastructure projects and budgetary increases announced. The CBCP branded as not true state of the nation  pictured in the speech and criticized the lack of a clear program to provide jobs and alleviate poverty. CBCP reiterated its opposition to RH bill. But the most debated was the President's claim that crime has gone down from over 500,000 in 2009 to 246, 958 in 2011.

The height of hypocrisy is when De Lima told JBC that she would not be beholden to PNoy if she gets appointed as cj. How can she not be when she has acted as pnoy's Doberman all these months? (says Emil Jurado of Mla. Standard)

nakakatawang nakakaawa ang pahayag ni chairman brilliantes na parang MINDALI raw ni judge mupas ang desisyon ng bail sa kaso na WALONG BUWANG naka-detain si cgma. NAKALIMUTAN kaya nya na nagkuntsabahan sila ng DOJ at MINADALI sa LOOB ng 5 ORAS ang pag file ng kaso???

STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES
-Alinman sa pinagmamalaki niyang pagtubo ng kalakal, hanapbuhay at iba pang "economic indicators" ay bunga lamang ng mga repormang sinimulan noon pang nakaraang administrasyon - kahit hindi niya kailanman aaminin na ito ang totoo. Ang pagtaas ng GDP (na umatras noong siyang nagsimulang manungkulan at di pa nakakabalik sa nakaraang antas), ang tibay ng stock market, ang pagpuri ng mga foreign ratings agencies at paglago ng BPO sector ay nagsimula lahat sa kinamumuhian nyang nakaraang rehimen, na sumailalim pa sa malawakang krisis sa pandaigdigan  ekonomiya -na sana'y di maranasan ni Aquino.

MANILA TIMES: With the Pasay Court granting Mrs. Arroyo her temporary liberty, it is also possible that the Sandiganbayan allow the former leader to post bail, a court official said. Sandiganbayan spokesman Renato Bocar said that the anti-graft court can also allow the lawmaker to post bail if evidence presented against her in the plunder complaint is weak. "That is the assessment of the court. If the evidence against Mrs. Arroyo is wanting or weak, she can be given the chance to also post bail like what happened in the Pasay RTC," said.

ABS-CBN: Sen Pres Juan Ponce Enrile doesn't find it surprising that Arroyo was allowed to post bail. "Kahit sa capital offense, pag mahina ang ebidensya nakakapag-bail," he said "Kung sa bail nga mahina na ebidensya, sa kaso pa kaya?" Sen Panfilo Lacson said.

"nakakalungkot na may grupo ng militante na nagtangkang manakot at maging violente sa pagharang ng van ng pamilya ng dating pangulong gloria macapagal arroyo sa kanyang paglabas sa VMMC na may mga nakasakay na mga bata at nga kababaihang tagapag-alaga. maging ang ilang pribadong sasakyan ay pinilit na harangin at tinangkang sirain upang maipakita lamang sa kamera ang kanilang pahayag. ito ba ang mga partylist na madalas na mga kritiko ng human rights violations? ipinakita nila na hindi sila "marginalized" o naaping sektor kundi sila ang nangungunang lumalabag sa karapatang pantao. kanila rin ipinakita na wala silang balak na igalang ang batas samantalang sila diumano ay mambabatas o gumagawa ng batas. hindi po masama na maging kritiko ngunit dapat lang po ay nasa maayos na paraan at hindi nanggugulo sa katahimikan na pati mga musmos at kababaihan ay idinamay. ang pagtutol at protesta ay hindi lisenya upang manakit o manakot ng kapwa."

INQUIRER: Senator Panfilo Lacson blamed the DOJ and Comelec for the ill-prepared electoral sabotage complaint the he believed forced Mupas to grant bail to Arroyo. "Bail posits the existence of a weak electoral sabotage case filed by the DOJ and Comelec. One lesson learned here is - we cannot build up strong case through press releases and media interviews."

STANDARD: The court's First Division, led by Justice Efren dela Cruz, said it would not issue a new arrest order for the former President. Her lawyers have filed a petition to defer such an issuance until the Office of the Ombudsman has replied to their motion for reconsideration against the plunder case.

INQUIRER: JUDGE JESUS MUPAS "The court believes that the prosecution failed to establish with the required quantum of proof that conspiracy exist on the part of accursed Arroyo," said Judge Jesus Mupas of Pasay City RTC Branch 112 . Mupas said the credibility of a former Maguindanao provincial administrator, Norie Unas, the only witness to implicate Arroyo in the case, was "tainted with doubt."

ANC: House Minority: Bail for ex-pres. Arroyo a triumph for justice; Sen. Koko Pimentel, who filed the poll sabotage case vs Arroyo says he respects court decision; Enrile not surprised by court decision; Arroyo lawyers prepared for her defense on Sandiganbayan plunder case. 

DZMM: mas marami ang pro CGMA group kaysa anti CGMA at kapansin pansin na malakas at maingay na pagbubunyi ng mga ito kahit megaphone lang kontra malalaking sound systems ng mga militanteng anti-gloria group.

ANC: House minority leader lauds court decision to grant Arroyo bail, but not surprised because poll sabotage case really weak.

DZMM: Naniniwala ang Minorya sa Kamara na wala nang dahilan para di pa mapalaya kahit pansamantala si CGMA. Sinabi ni House Deputy Minority Leader Mitos Magsaysay na dapat nang mapalaya ang dating Pangulo at irespeto ang desisyon ng korte...Aniya makatarungan lang na makalabas na ng VMMC si CGMA lalu pa't kung In Order na ang lahat ng kaukulang dokumento.

Anthony Taberna on ABS-CBN: Re Pagbaba ng kaso ng krimen "Kailangang pang biktima ang mga follow-up para gawin ng pulis ang trabaho nila? Nakakalungkot lang po ng bisperas ng SONA ni Pangulo nang nangyari ang pamamaril kay Nixon at sa kanyang pamilya? Hindi po natin kukuwestyunin ang pagbaba ng crime rate nonng 2011. E siyempre po, ikinumpara noong 2009. E mas mababa talaga ang noon sa ngayon. Inilihim din kaya ni Sec. Robredo ang report ng NCRPO na lumobo ng 36% ang krimen? 'Yan po ang totoong state of the nation
--nakakatakot. Ang report niyo po, Malacañang, hindi truthful.'

dzmm reporter:
>nire respeto ng malakanyang ang desisyon ng pasay rtc na payagang makapiyansa si cgma.
>sinabi ni sec lacierda na naghahanda na sila sa bagong development na ito at umaasang pansamantala nang makakalaya ang dating pangulo.
>ipapaubaya na lamang daw nila sa comelec ng gumawa ng anumang hakbang kung aapela sa pasay rtc.

DZMM: Hindi na ikinagulat pa ng Minorya sa Kamara ang papayag ng korte na makapagpiyansa si CGMA sa kasong Electoral Sabotage. Sinabi ni Minority Leader Danilo Suarez na mahina naman talaga ang naturang kaso sa simula pa lamang. Umaasa naman si Suarez nahindi mamadaliin ng Sandiganbayan ang pag-iisyu ng arrest warrant laban kay CGMA sa kaso nitong plunder para pigilin ang pansamantalang paglaya ng dating Pangulo.

Dzmm reporter:
>sinabi ni atty. Ferdie Topacio na malaking tagumpay ang pagpayag ng pasay rtc na makapagpiyansa si cgma.
>inihalintulad pa nito sa malabnaw na sabaw na kulang sa sahog ang kaso vs. cgma.
>ikinagalak naman ni exfgma ang desisyon ng korte sa pagsasabing maitutuon na ng dating pangulo ang atensyon sa pagpapagamot.

Dzmm reporter:
>p1 milyon ang inirekomendang piyansa ng pasay rtc para sa pansamantalang paglaya ni cgma kaugnay ng electoral sabotage case.
>inaasahan naman na anytime ay magpapatawag ng presscon ang pasay rtc upang ipaliwanagang ang desisyon nila.
>papunta na  sa pasay rtc ang mga adogado ng dating pangulo upang maglagak ng piyansa

TRIBUNE: Noy's 'well-packaged' Sona hollow inside-economist Benjamin Diokno, a former budget secretary, said "he has specific details on certain social programs but he missed the big picture." "Sadly, started and ended with GMA (Gloria Macapagal Arroyo) bashing," Diokno said.

DZMM: Pinayagan na ng Pasay RTC Branch 112 ang mosyon ni Rep.GMA na makapag-piyansa sa kanyang electoral sabotage case habang denied naman ang motion tobail ni dating election officer Lintang Bebol.

ANC: Fil-activists in the US unsatisfied by PNoy SONA.They say Aquino failed to touch on human rights issues."We seen an increase in human violations and an increase in milirary intervention", says Anakbayan USA.BAYAN USA adds,PNoy failed to address poverty and healthcare in the Philippines.

Dzmm reporter: robert mano
-Hindi dapat maging kampante si pangulong noynoy aquino sa performance ng bansa.
-Ayon kay university of asia and the pacific fellow dr. Emilio antonio Jr na bagamat performing na ngayon ang ekonomiya ng bansa ay mas mababa pa rin ito sa potensyal ng bansa.
-Sinabi pa ni dr antonio dapat ay double digit na ngayon ang gdp growth ng bansa.
-Idinagdag pa ni dr antonio na dapat magsagawa rin ng scientific evaluationsa mga programa ng bansa gaya na lamang ng conditional cash transfer program. Kung marami anya ang totoong nakikinabang sa programang ito, dapat at nakikita ito sa resulta ng mga isinasagawang poverty survey.
-Anya dapat pagtuunan ng pansin ni pnoy ang naturang mga problema kung nais nitong makamit ang pagiging tiger economy ng bansa.

TEDITORIAL: But, as the best speechwriter this country has ever had, let me say that the SONA was not a speech by any stretch of the imagination but a narrative, rambling as all his SONAs have been, longer than they needed to be, and not just overly detailed but in parts trivial in that respect. His speech is the longest after Marcos' three-hour self-indulgence in 1969. Yet I think it could have gone on longer, if he had explained the good things he has done for which he is unfairly taking flack, rather than wasted words answering the fictitious proposition that he should forgive and forget a so-called lost decade, a decade than in fact, laid the firm fiscal foundations of any process he may finally achieve by 2016.

TEDITORIAL: But, as the best speechwriter this country has ever had, let me say that the SONA was not a speech by any stretch of the imagination but a narrative, rambling as all his SONAs have been, longer than they needed to be, and not just overly detailed but in parts trivial in that respect. His speech is the longest after Marcos' three-hour self-indulgence in 1969. Yet I think it could have gone on longer, if he had explained the good things he has done for which he is unfairly taking flack, rather than wasted words answering the fictitious proposition that he should forgive and forget a so-called lost decade, a decade than in fact, laid the firm fiscal foundations of any process he may finally achieve by 2016.

PHILSTAR: DICK PASCUAL - TRUE SONA: The national question of the day is "What is the true state of the nation"? I have been reading on the subject and was glued to the TV yesterday, but found no satisfactory answer. The true state of the nation is not what the President tells the perfumed crowd in the Congress. It is what every Filipino feels in his guts and long to tell the President. How will the average Filipino digest the story statistics and PowerPoint presentation of President Noynoy Aquino in his State of the Nation Address yesterday?  

BLOG: It's a "scratch my back and I'll scratch your's, kind of thing...moral integrity? Ahh..com'on! sa palagay mo alam o sumagi man sa isip ng mga politikong yan ang sinasabi mong moral integrity? ni ang salitang hiya..oh..oh..di nila alam yan..kaya di nila ramdam..example na lang yan Cayetano family...isusuka nila tapos kakainin nila... not even lower forms of animals do that.