ANC: The camp of FG Mike Arroyo files a motion to quash the graft case filed against him over the botched NBN-ZTE deal. Lawyers say, the Sandiganbayan has no jurisdiction on Mr. Arroyo, who is not a public official, adding the contract has already been canceled and abrogated.

GMA News:
SWS: 1 of 5 Pinoy families claim going hungry despite decrease in self-rated poverty. Despite a slight decrease in self-rated poverty, about one out of five Filipino families - or about 4.3 MILLION - claimed to have experienced HUNGER or having NOTHING to eat in the last three months, slightly more than those who said so last May, pollster Social Weather Stations said in a new survey.

SC upholds joint DOJ-Comelec poll fraud probe vs GMA, junks her petition as moot since case already on trial, justice (carpio) confirms.

INQUIRER: Vice President Jejomar Binay has branded Commission on Audit Commissioner Heidi Mendoza an "attack dog" of his opponents. Binay noted how Mendoza brought the media when she testified at the Sandiganbayan Wed. on the graft charges filed against his wife, former Makati Mayor Elenita Binay, and other city officials. "She's really geared up. She brought along the media and I think she was able to attain the attention of media. "According to Binay, when she conducted her direct examination, she tried to make it appear that she has presented the evidence."

MLA STANDARD: Luli Arroyo not running
The camp of Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday declared that the former president is seeking re-election for the second district of Pampanga next year as planned and her daughters has no plan to run in her place. Arroyo's spokeswoman Elena Baustista-Horn made the clarification after Arroyo's ally House Minority Leader and Quezon Re. Danilo Suarez claimed that Arroyo's daughter Luli may run in her place if her health does not improve.

KIT TATAD: "What is most pathetic though is that while other countries have recognized our young and robust population as an irreplaceable resource, and are wishing they had what we have, our dysfunctional politicians think it is a cancer that must be taken out. Thus while the others are trying to do everything to increase maternal fertility and childbirth, our mindless politicians are trying their best to empty the cradle in every home through their stupid obsession with "reproductive health" and zero or below-zero population growth.

SWS: HUNGER UP AMONG FAMILIES
In the latest release of its Third Quarter Social Weather Survey findings, the SWS said 21% or an estimated 4.3 million households experienced having nothing to eat in he last three months, UP FROM 18.4% in May. This compares to the 47% (est. 9.5 million families) who said they were mahirap or poor in the same survey, down from May's 51%, and the SWS said both results -- its poverty report was published just this Monday -- were not incompatible.

MALAYA: So it;s back to Panatag? DFA chief says China reneged on agreement
- THE Philippine government may soon send back its ship to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal if China does not comply with an earlier agreement between the two countries to pull out their vessels from the hotly-contested rock formation in the West Philippine Sea, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario.

Aksyontv: palace spokesman lacierda said arroyo, marcos people welcome in administration coalition as long as they support pres aquino agenda; elenita binay lawyer ready to show weakness in testimony of coa audit on makati city hall project, VP Binay says mendoza is an attack dog; pampanga rep arroyo spokesperson len horn said luli arroyo not interested in politics.

DZMM: HACKERS ISSUE: Ayon kay Sec. Ricky Carandang, isa itong uri ng vandalism at hindi sila makakakuha ng simpatya dahil dito.
---MR. RICKY, hindi kaya mas VANDALISM ang magpakalat ng FAKE TEXTS from your mac brigade?