TV PATROL: Misuari predicts disagreements due to agreement - Nagbabala si dating ARMM Gov at Moro National Liberation Front  Chair Nur Misuari na imbes nakapayapaan, gulo ang idudulot ng framework agreement na nilagdaan sa pagitan ng pamahalaan at Moro Islamic Liberation Front . Nagpa-Patrol, Henry Omaga Diaz. TV Patrol, Oktubre 15, 2012, Lunes.

ANC: kabataan rep mon palatino: 2013 budget passed by house is the height of pnoy's deception. it is loaded with pork, dole outs and bonuses and is more an election budget than a national budget.

PHILSTAR: ERNIE MACEDA - MORE HUNGRY CITIZENS... Confirming SWS surveys, of high levels of hungry people in the country, the Washington based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) reported that the Global Hunger Index (GHI) in the Philippines INCREASED from 11.5% in 2011 to 12.2% in 2012. The IFPRI report came on the heels of a United Nations study that 6 million Filipino children are malnourished. A related statistic is the fact that the 2.9 million Filipinos are unemployed and 8.5 million are underemployed.

MLA STANDARD: LP JUNKS PARTY ORIGS IN FAVOR OF WINNABLES
On Monday, a veteran politician who has been with the party for the past 40 years, and whose family had been affiliated for three generations, declared he would openly campaign for the rival UNA's senatorial candidates to protest the LP leadership's "crooked policy." Former Sen Victor Ziga, a member of the LP national exec committee, brought his son Ricky to VP Jejomar  and former Pres Joseph Estrada's UNA for endorsement. "I am protesting the LP's distorted principle of junking the LP originals and tapping last-minute turncoats as official candidates nationwide," Ziga told the Manila Standard.

INQUIRER: BIR MISSES 9-MONTH TARGET BY 3.5%
According to BIR data released on Monday, September collection was 4 percent, or P2.9 billion, LOWER than the P73.9-billion goal for the month. Tax inflow last month brought revenues for the nine months to September to P772.5 billion, missing the target of P800.3B by 3.5 percent, or P29.8B.

ANC: Sen. Recto resigns as chairman of Ways & Means Committee, withdraws sin tax report.