24 ORAS: (6:52-6:53) NEWS BY PIA ARCANGEL RH BILL, LUSOT NA SA IKATLO AT PINAL NA PAGBASA NG KAMARA SA BOTONG 133-79-7. ISA UMANONG MALUNGKOT NA ARAW PARA SA SIMBAHAN AYON KAY ANTIPOLO ARCHBISHOP GABRIEL REYES. ARCH. REYES, NANINIWALA NA NA-PRESSURE LAMANG ANG MGA MAMBABATAS NA BOMOTO NG YES.

(8:33-8:37 Primetime - ANC) Interview with Rep. Mikey Arroyo by Ron Cruz - I voted against RH bill.
- I'm not a saint but I pride myself as a Catholic.
- As far as I'm concerned maybe the SC is an option. There's such a thing as right to life.
- Let's not dwell on party politics. Both sides had lobbied. It's part of policy-building.

ABS-CBN: Bishop: Palace 'corruption' behind RH bill nod
Antipolo Bishop Gabriel Reyes, chairman of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines' (CBCP) Episcopal Commission on Family and Life, said Malacañang had a direct hand in the measure. "What is very sad also is that Malacañang has pressured our congressmen to vote yes. Had Malacañang not pressured our congressmen in second reading, we would have won, majority is for the truth," Reyes said. He accused the Palace of committing "corruption" by allegedly "pressuring congressmen and dangling pork barrel in exchange for their vote."

TRIBUNE: Banayo a no-show at rice smuggling probe - Former National Food Authority (NFA) chief Angelito Banayo yesterday failed to show up for a Senate committee hearing on the alleged P500 million worth of rice smuggling in Subic, supposedly due to a hearth ailment. "As much as I wanted to attend the hearing scheduled for today (Dec. 17), I am constrained to ask for your indulgence as I underwent an invasive coronary procedure last Thursday, Dec. 13, at the Philippine Heart Center," said Banayo

MANILA TIMES: AFTER almost four months of boycotting the flag-raising ceremony, senior justices of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday attended this weekly rite after confirming the Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno was still out of the country. Employees of the High Tribunal cheered the justices upon seeing them at the flag ceremony for the first time since Sereno assumed her post on August 24. They even sang Christmas carols to manifest their warm reception of and support for the senior justices.

TRIBUNE: UNA links jueteng probe to Mar's politics
The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) has announced that it supports the campaign against jueteng which it said "should be relentless and devoid of politics. It should not be seasonal, nor should it be used for political ends." "We wish the administration success in its campaign, but we believe it can really succeed if it takes away politics as a motive," UNA secretary general Toby Tiangco said in a press statement.

ANC: Rep. Mitos Magsaysay, a staunch opposition figure against the reproductive health bill, claimed that some congressmen were told to be absent on Monday's vote on the measure. She said this was made so as the anti-RH lawmakers will not go against their party's stand. "It's not the true vote of the people," she said.

MLA STANDARD: Church unfazed, will fight up to SC
- The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on Monday said its fight against the RH bill was not yet over despite the bill's approval on third and final reading in the House Representatives on a vote of 133-79 with seven abstentions.

ANC: Mikey Arroyo hints at SC option vs RH bill - Party-list Juan Miguel-Arroyo on Monday hinted that people opposing the reproductive health (RH) bill might question it before the Supreme Court if it is passed into law. "As far as I'm concerned, maybe the Supreme Court is an option. There's such a thing as right to life," he said. "I'm not a saint but I pride myself as a Catholic.

MLA STANDARD: GARY OLIVAR
- Since the administration so far isn't doing anything yet to improve per capita incomes by raising the numerator, they're taking the easy way out by trying to reduce the denominator. To this end, in  the recent House debates over the RH bill, the President has unfortunately gone over the top by reportedly dangling the carrot to entice more votes for the bill.

MLA STANDARD: KIT TATAD - Aquino now the CHIEF CORRUPTOR of Congress - The exact price Aquino will have to pay is not easy to calculate. In using the vast powers of his office and the humungous pork barrel under his control to buy the congressmen's votes, the self-proclaimed "nemesis of corruption has become the chief corruptor of Congress, the principal promoter of graft - and a deeper and more virulent institutionalized form of graft and corruption at that. In the process, Aquino has revealed the utter vacuity and bogus character of his so-called "Daang Matuwid"). He has exposed these as a fraud.  

MANILA TIMES: ISSUE: CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM P3.7B cash dole-outs to poor families unverified - state auditors
- About P3.77 billion of the government's budget to help the poor was spent in undocumented dole-outs to recipients of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program in 2011, state auditors bared on Monday.

INTERAKSYON TV: The vote at the House of Representatives which allowed the controversial Reproductive Health bill to hurdle third reading on Monday was greeted with sharply opposed reactions. It was a victory for women, from the view of human-rights advocates; but a signal of a creeping dictatorship with the Executive meddling brazenly in legislative work, according to a leading prelate. Antipolo Bishop Gabriel Reyes warned that the government is slowly becoming in the affairs of the legislative branch, which paved the way for the third-reading approval.

ANC: antipolo bishop gabriel reyes on passage of rh bill: "there is still the supreme court. we will question the constitutionality of the rh bill."

DZMM: Umaasa pa rin ang Minorya sa Kamara na pagbibigyan ng korte ang hirit na Xmas Furlough ni CGMA. Sinabi ni House Min Leader Danilo Saurez na wala silang nakikitang matinding dahilan para hindi payagan ang hiling ng dating Pangulo...lalu pa't napagbigyan naman na ito noong nakaraang taon. Paliwanag ni Rep Suarez na malabo namang maging banta si CGMA dahil na rin sa kasalukuyang lagay ng kalusugan nito. Nauna nang sinabi ni Lingayen-Dagupan Arch Emeritus Oscar Cruz na wala nang kakayanang tumakas ni CGMA dahil bukod sa mahina ay may taglay pa itong karamdaman. Ayon kay Arch Cruz..pwede namang maging makatao kay CGMA kahit nahaharap pa ito sa ibat-ibang kaso lalu pa't panahon naman ng Kapaskuhan.

dzmm teleradyo: Ginamit ni Ang Galing Pinoy Rep Mikey Arroyo ang kanyang oras upang ipaliwanag ang NO VOTE nya at dating Pangulo at Pampanga Rep CGMA. Aniya, naniniwala silang mag-ina na hindi kailangan ng RH Bill para maresolba ang problema ng kahirapan sa bansa. Ipinagmalaki rin ni Rep Arroyo na nagawang mapigilan ng bansa noong pamumuno ng kanyang ina ang paglobo ng populasyon ng walang RH Bill.

Aksyontv: mikey arroyo reads no vote statement of pampanga rep gloria arroyo.

ANC: bugallon mayor rodrigo orduna denies directly implicating fg mike arroyo, ex-dilg sec. ronaldo puno, and ex-pnp chief jesus versosa to jueteng. orduna told anc he had no personal interaction with the three. "hindi ko sila inaakusahan. hindi ko sila direktang nakausap," orduna saind on anc.

ISSUE: JUETENG (6:57-6:59 - Kabayan - DZMM) Commentaries by Noli De Castro - Dito sa nangyayari sa Pangasinan lalo't kasama si DILG Sec. Mar Roxas noong nagbulgar itong si Mayor Ricardo Ordona ng Bugallon, Pangasinan sa isang press conference.
- Ang hamon ngayon ay na kay Mayor Ordona, dapat siguro hindi lamang mag-focus kay Gov. Espino dahil impossible naman na si Gov. Espino lang ang binibigyan mo?
- Kung ang operation mo ay buong probinsya ng Pangasinan, siyempre makikinabang nga iyong Gobernador pero imposible ring hindi nakikinabang ang bawat bayan ng Pangasinan at kung mayroon ding jueteng sa lahat ng bayan sa Pangasinan.
- And I suppose mayroon dahil provincial Governor ang binibigyan mo kamo.

DZMM TELERADYO: Tiwala pa rin si Minority Leader Danilo Suarez na pagbibigyan ng korte ang hiling na xmas furlough ni CGMA. Sinabi ni Suarez na wala silang nakikitang mabigat na dahilan para tanggihan nag hiling lalu pat napagbigyan naman noong nakaraang taon ang dating Pangulo. Nauna nang sinabi ni Archbishop Oscar Cruz na hindi naman banta si CGMA dahil mahina na ito at may sakit pa.

Maari rin namang maging Humane kay CGMA ang pamahalaan kahit pa kinasuhan ito sa ibat-ibang korte.

ABSNEWS 12/17 3:04 PM Senior justices of the Supreme Court on Monday attended the flag ceremony of the SC for the first time since President Benigno Aquino III appointed Maria Lourdes Sereno to the chief justice position. However, Sereno was not around to see the scene.

ANC: Teachers ask deped to expedite release of bonuses.

ANC: Arroyo lawyer ferdinand topacio calls jueteng allegations against ex-first gentleman malicious and without basis. he also challenges arroyo's accusers to come up with evidence.

Dzmm reporter:
> umapela sa lingayen dagupan archbishop emeritus oscar cruz sa pamahalaang aquino na pagbigyan ang hirit na xmas furlough ni cgma.
> sinabi ni cruz, persecution na ang ginagawa ng pamahalaan at hindi na prosecution.
> ayon kay cruz, maaari namang maging humane ang pamahalaan kay ginang arroyo kahit pa una na itong sinampahan ng kaso.
> anya walang kakayanang tumakas ni cgma na bukod sa may sakit ay mahina na.
> ayon pa kay cruz hindi masamang magpalipas ng pasko sa pampanga si cgma upang makasama naman nito ang mga kapamilya, samantalang maaring mag deploy ang pamahalaan ng pulis kung duda pa din ang mga ito.