GMA NEWS TV Kape at Balita and Balitanghali: Ret. Archbishop Oscar Cruz says the Church will speak out if the President's policies are not in line with the Christian faith.

RMN: ISSUE: PHILIPPINE ECONOMY Commentaries by M. Balabas
- Saan napupunta ang sinasabi ni Pangulong Aquino na billions of pesos na savings?
- Talaga namang magkaka-savings kasi hindi mo ginagamit ang pera!
- Wala na po tayo sa political campaign, nandito na po tayo sa actual na trabaho!
- Kung ako lang gusto ko ng matuwid na daan pero kaakibat niyan ang mga tuwid na gawain na makatotohanan!
- So ang ibig kong sabihin mga kasama, magtrabaho tayo!

INTERAKSYON TV: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday stopped the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from disqualifying four party-list groups to run in the May 13, 2013 mid-term elections. During the en banc deliberations of the SC, the justices issued a status quo ante order (SQA) against Comelec and granted the petitions of the four party-list groups, namely Ako Bicol, APEC, 1CARE and Alliance on Rural Concerns, to bar Comelec from implementing its disqualification order. 

PHILSTAR: PHILIPPINE DEBT HITS $126.89 B AS OF SEPTEMBER
The government's debt rose to $5.213 trillion (about $126.89 billion) as of September due to the increase of domestic debt, the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) said Tuesday. According to the data released by the agency, the debt of the country increased by P31.94 billion) in September.

RMN: ISSUE: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS Commentaries by M. Balabas
- Sinasabi ng BSP na bumaba ang ating Foreign Direct Investments ng 83%, napakataas ng ibinagsak!
- Ito po iyong mga mayayaman na pumupunta sa ating bansa para maglagak ng puhunan dito sa atin.
- Paano masasabi ng ating Pangulong Aquino na gumaganda ang ating ekonomiya Hindi po ba?
- Tingnan ninyo kapag ang ating Pangulo ay nanggaling sa ibang bansa, siyempre pangangalandakan na naman ang billion dollars na investments.
- Ipinaliwanag ni Apo Diokno na pledges lang ang mga iyan at hihintayin pa natin na mag-materialize iyan na maging negosyo.
- Hangga't pledges pa lang ang mga iyan wala iyang epekto sa atin!

DZIQ: ISSUE: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS (7:43-7:57 - by J. Susi)
- Interview with former Budget Sec. Benjamin Diokno - Bumagsak ang ating foreign direct investments, ito and kailangan ng ating bansa.
- Nakakabahala ito sapagkat lagi nating sinasabi na maganda ang ekonomiya natin, ngayon ito ang proof na walang pumapasok na investments sa Pilipinas.
- Mukhang hindi pa rin nai-impress ang mga foreign investors sa mga ginagawa ng ating Gobyerno taliwas ito sa sinasabi ng ating Gobyerno na bilib na bilib sa atin ang ibang bansa.

MLA STANDARD: DON'T FOOL FARMERS, NOYNOY TOLD by Christine F. Herrera
- Senator Joker Arroyo on Monday warned the Aquino administration against betraying and fooling the coconut farmers for the second time involving the P57.6-billion coconut levy funds. Arroyo, along with Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares, said the Aquino government was giving the same promise that the Martial Law regime did 30 years ago as far as the coco levy funds were concerned. "The farmers were fooled once, they will not be fooled once, they will not be fooled once, they will not fooled twice," Arroyo stressed. "They were suckers before, they are afraid they will be suckers now if the Alcala prescription is allowed.

PHILSTAR: GOV'T FOCUSED ON SIN TAX, LEAVES RH, FOI TO LAWMAKERS
For the Aquino administration, the 2013 national budget and the sin tax measure need more urgent legislative action that reproductive health (RH) and freedom of information (FOI) bills.

RMN: ISSUE: POVERTY (8:05-8:26 - Commentaries by M. Balabas - Ngayon sinasabi ni Pang Aquino na gumaganda ang ating buhay pero alam niyo ba ayon sa March 2012 survey na isinagawa ng SWS, ipinapakita doon na mas lalo pang lumala ang gutom sa Pilipinas. Tumaas ng 11.1 million households ang nagsasabi na sila ay maralita. - So, how can we now say na gumaganda na ang buhay natin?

TRIBUNE: INVESTMENTS SHRINK 82% IN AUGUST TO $13M.
The BSP admitted the low FDI inflows were a sign of investors' WORRY to bring in more capital to the country. Just recently, Aquino issued EO 98 which expanded the so-called negative list in local business that earned several complaints from foreign trade groups.

TRIBUNE: INVESTMENTS SHRINK 82% IN AUGUST TO $13m
Instead of PULLING IN foreign investments, the administration of President Aquino seems to be sending a signal DRIVING AWAY capital as indicated by the latest BSP figures showing foreign direct investments DISSIPATING 83 percent to a mere $13 million a year ago that brought FDI in the year to August to $1 billion, one of the LOWEST among developing countries in the Asian region.

ANC: Ex-PCSO Chairman Manoling Morato files motion at Sandiganbayan requesting for a house arrest. Morato is currently confined at St. Luke's due to heart problems.