Thursday, August 2, 2012

ANC: House to decide on RH bill Tuesday, but vote may be marred by absences and abstentions. Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales says majority lawmakers are divided, and he doubts PNoy will be able to sway them to support the controversial measure.
ANC: Doctors advice ex-pres. Arroyo to take complete bed rest after experiencing severe lumbar and cervical pain. Len Bautista-Horn says Arroyo may have been stressed after returning to work in Pampanga.
INQUIRER EDITORIAL: PNOY AND THE MEDIA
The point is: Criticize us when we fall short of journalism's own standards. But leave us to exercise our own news judgement. It's imperfect, it's vulnerable to pressure - but government thinking is no substitute for it. That is why the media enjoy a privileged position in our constitutional tradition; they serve as a countervailing weight in an intricate system of checks and balances. And that, truly, is good news.
GMA NEWS: Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was rushed to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center, her spokesperson Elena Baustista-Horn said Friday morning. The incumbent Representative of the second district of Pampanga complained of acute cervical and lumbar pain as she was brought to the VMMC.
ANC: Headstart and Morning@ANC top story: ex-pres. Arroyo rushed to Veterans Hospital past midnight today. Her spokesperson Elena Baustista Horn says Arroyo suffered from a neck strain in efforts to get a melon out of her throat. Horn adds Arroyo has been told to get complete bed rest.
ANC: Palace admits, its preparation for and response to disasters still lacking.
INTERAKSYON TV5: MBC to PNoy: Cha-cha would be good, but what of FOI, RH Bill, and other priority measures? The Makati Business Club on Thursday said it will back efforts aimed at amending the economic provisions of the Constitution, but wants the Aquino administration to first push for the passage of priority legislations.
Dzmm Teleradyo: Muling isinugod sa VMMC si dating Pangulo at ngayo'y Pamp Rep Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo matapos muling makaramdam ng pananakit ng likod kagabi. Ayon sa tagapagsalita nitong si Elena Bautista-Horn, may bumara sa lalamunan ng dating pangulo matapos maghapunan at sumakit ang bandang likod nito kaya isinugod sa ospital para magpa-check up.
On Dobol B Sa News TV: Elena Bautista-Horn says doctors advised CGMA to take a rest.
INQUIRER: President Benigno Aquino told reporters Thursday the presidential legal team was helping Justice Secretary Leila de Lima fight a petition to disbar her before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP). "Our legal staff is working on it, helping her," Mr. Aquino said.
Dzmm reporter: Inamin ng pangulong noynoy aquino na tinutulungan na ng legal team ng palasyo si justice sec leila de lima kaugnay ng kinakaharap nitong disbarment case sa integrated bar of the phils. Tugon ito ng pangulo sa isang ambush interview kung ano ang magiging komento niya ngayong nasa peligro kung mapapasama sa jbc short list  ang kalihim. Sinabi ng pangulo na mainam na hintayin na muna ang proseso sa jbc bago siya magbigay ng iba pang komento.
president admitted in an ambush interview that palace lawyers are helping de lima. When asked, "may mga problema yata si de lima?" referring to her problems as cj nominee where there are petitions to disqualify her as well as disbarment cases against her. Pnoy replied: "tinatrabaho ng ating legal staff. Tinutulungan sya (then biglang kambyo) Siguro hintayin na lang natin ang proseso ng jbc before i make a comment. Kasi i have to wait for their list before i decide."
ABS-CBN: "We believe it was a proper moment to inform ABS-CBN TV Patrol on the actuation's of their anchorman... We believe the President was not in error when he made and decided to make that speech on the 25th anniversary of TV Patrol." -Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda.
ANC: Aquino admits Palace legal team is helping De Lima overcome obstacles to CJ nomination. Aquino: "Tinatrabaho ng ating legal staff, tinutulungan siya. Hintayin na lang natin ang process ng JBC before I make a comment kase I have to see their list before I can decide."
DWIZ: WEST PHILIPPINE SEA (1:07-1:10) - Sec. Voltaire Gazmin, sinabing sa pinakahuling monitoring ng AFP at DND ang dalawang barko ng China ay nananatili pa rin sa paligid ng Panatag Shoal.
DZMM: PUSPUSAN NA ANG PAKIKIPAGPULONG NI ZAMB CONGW MITOS MAGSAYSAY SA KANYANG MGA ABOGADO PARA ILATAG ANG KASO LABAN KAY SEC ABAD DAHIL SA PAG-IPIT NG KANYANG PDAF SA NAKALIPAS NA 2 TAON NG ADMIN - AQUINO. "MALINAW NA PAGLABAG SA GENERAL APPRORIATIONS ACT, ANG DALAWANG TAON NANG HINDI PAGPAPALABAS NG KANYANG PDAF O "PORK BARREL".
DZMM: PAGCOR ISSUE IPINA-ALALA NG MINORYA SA KAMARA SA PAGCOR NA TUNGKULIN NITO ANG PAG-REGULATE SA SUGAL AT HINDI ANG HIKAYATIN NA MAGSUGAL ANG MAMAMAYAN PARA LAMANG MAPA-ANGAT ANG "INCOME GENERATION" NG PAMAHALAAN SA SUSUNOD NA TAON. GINAWA NI HOUSE MIN LEADER DANILO SUAREZ ANG HAKBANG SA IKALAWANG ARAW NG BUDGET DELIBERATION NG KAMARA...KUNG SAAN, NABATID NA TARGET NG PAGCOR NA MAKALIKOM NG 45-POINT-30 BILLION PESOS MULA SA KASALUKUYANG 42-POINT-63 BILLION SA LAYONG MAPATAAS DIN ANG REVENUE NA IBIBIGAY SA NATL GOVERNMENT.