STANDARD: VAL ABELGAS: He didn't mind bashing the sitting Chief Justice, the former Vice President, and a ranking government official in public, and yet cries foul each time his actions are criticized. Aquino wants a different standard for himself, and another one for media?

STANDARD: VAL ABELGAS - Aquino's aversion to the FOI bill is understandable considering that since he took office in 2010, he ahs been blaming media each time his approval rating slips. He raised the bar on government officials when he vowed to fight corruption and to follow a "daang matuwid," and yet he cannot tolerate the media's exposing venalities in government. If he truly believes his Cabinet and his agencies are following the straight path, why is Aquino so afraid of a Freedom of Information Act?

GMA NEWS: PALACE DEFENDS PURCHASE OF SMARTPHONE FOR CCT PROGRAM - A report on The Daily Tribune had said the COMMISSION ON AUDIT instructed implementing officials to justify the necessity of ACQUIRING 30 SAMSUNG GALAXY SMARTPHONES COSTING P342,400 AND P428,750 worth of 2011 planners that were only delivered in May 2011. The Tribune report said the COA also questioned the use of P2.75 million worth of SUPPOSED "ADVOCACY MATERIALS" that were neither "responsive nor supportive" of program objectives.

GMA NEWS: 24 ORAS US DIPLOMAT KILLED IN MAKATI CITY STABBING INCIDENT.
American diplomat died after a stabbing incident in Makati City Saturday morning, an exclusive report on "24 Oras" said. It also said the American Embassy in Manila confirmed that the victim was one of its diplomats but it did not immediately identifying him. GMA News' Saleema Refran said the incident took place along Kalayaan Avenue in Bel-Air Village before dawn, and that the victim passed away in a hospital at about 7:20 a.m.

TRIBUNE: COA: DSWD CCT BENEFICIARIES DROP; P3.77-BILLION STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR DISBURSEMENTS
The CoA said that the decline in  the number of beneficiaries raises DOUBTS on the capacity of the DSWD to achieve the objectives of the program, which was allocated some p21-billion in 2011.

TRIBUNE: THE COA REPORT DISCLOSED THAT THE DSWD HAD INCURRED A WHOOPING P3.77 BILLION IN UNACCOUNTED DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE CCT FUNDS; DEFICIENT SUPERVISION OVER THE REGISTRATION OF QUALIFIED  HOUSEHOLDS; QUESTIONABLE AND EXTRAVAGANT PURCHASES USING PROGRAM FUNDS.