MALAYA: Napoles gets celeb status Lacierda traces role in surrender
SHE must be a really big fish. It had to take presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda to arrange the surrender of Janet Lim Napoles, alleged brains of a P10-billion scam.

did lacierda get the 10M bounty for brokering the surrender of napoles? magaling pala syang broker and negotiator, sya dapat ipadala sa mindanao. ano ang papel ni dilg sec mar roxas - hindi naman PNP ang nakahuli? safety? sa atimonan massacre, mga pulis ang guilty! sigurado for 2016 ang dahilan - EPAL to the max!!

De Lima: kesyo nagpa plastic surgery daw, kesyo nagtatago sa 28 houses, keyso tatakas thru her 3 yachts, cancelled her passport, may HDO and WLO, naka-alarma sa Interpol, bank accounts frozen, a super body created to investigate
- tapos biglang SUMULPOT si napoles sa palasyo, escorted by her boss and mar roxas to crame - di kaya nagmukhang TANGA si DALDALIMA?

Dzmm:
Aminado si Sen. Jinggoy Estrada na sigurado siyang idadawit ni Janet Lim-Napoles sa multi-bilyong pork barrel scam.

Sa isang panayam, sinabi ni Estrada na posibleng naturuan na si Napoles ng sasabihin lalo't nasa kustodiya na ito ng gobyerno. Dagdag pa ni Estrada, malaki rin ang posibilidad na madawit sa scam ang iba pang mambabatas na kabilang sa oposisyon.

Why the queenly treatment for napoles and the harsh treatment for a former pres? No less than the balimbing dilg sec has become the anointed safe keeper of the so called scam queen!

MLA STANDARD: ALL RELEASES OF PORK BARREL LEAD TO MALACANANG, with Pres Benigno Aquino III having THE LAST SAY on who gets the grease, lawmakers and Palace officials said Thursday. UNDER MR. AQUINO, pork barrel allocations for Congress WENT UP from P7.89 billion in 2008 during the Arroyo administration to P24.62 billion in 2011 and P25.24 billion next year, said former Iloilo City congressman Augusto Syjuco. Former Pres Gloria Arroyo, he said, had allocated P7.89B in 2008, P9.67B in 2009 and P10.86B in 2010 for congressional pork, officially known as PDAF. "Pres Aquino IMMEDIATELY INCREASED the PDAF to 24.62B in 2012, P24.89B this year and P25.24B for 2014," said Syjuco.

MLA STANDARD: 'PALACE SCRIPTED JANET'S SURRENDER'
Give-away hint: Alleged special treatment accorded her
Malacañang drew flak from various sectors following late Wednesday night's surrender of businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged brains behind the pork barrel scam involving lawmakers. Critics branded the surrender as an "ill-designed script" and a "political drama" staged by the Aquino administration to show that the President was serious in investigating the pork barrel controversy.

INQUIRER: Interior Secretary Manuel "Mar" Roxas II on Thursday BRUSHED OFF CRITICISM that pork scam suspect Janet Lim-Napoles was getting "SPECIAL TREATMENT" even as he said she would be incarcerated in an AIRCONDITIONED CELL AT the Makati City jail.

JOJO ROBLES: You don't have to be a genius to figure out that Napoles' surrender has all the signs that SHE WILL BE EVENTUALLY CLEARED of conspiring with Congress, the Department of Budget and Management and a host of other Executive agencies and local governments that served as conduits for the pocketing of billions upon billions of legislative pork.

"No matter how the Palace spinners spin it, Napoles has always been a Palace favorite, This was why the businesswoman's letter to Aquino last April, complaining about the National Bureau of Investigation's alleged harassment of her brother Benjamin Lim, was so urgently acted upon by the President. That letter, which has supposedly gone missing, gave everyone an inkling of how close Napoles was to Aquino. And it bothers me that no one seems to have pursued the Aquino-Napoles relationship angle in the long-running story." - Jojo A. Robles. Manila Standard Today.

MLA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES - JANET DOES A PING, 2

A deal was hammered out to convince Napoles to surrender, THAT MUCH IS PLAIN. And the fact that Aquino - who cannot even be bothered to appear during calamities - PERSONALLY BROUGHT NAPOLES to the national police headquarters in Camp Crame is unsettling to those expecting that she should rot in jail for the rest of her life.

GMA7: De Lima on possibility of Napoles as state witness: Depende kung ano yung mga sasabihin niya. --- eto na, nangangamoy na!

GMA7: Sen: Miriam: Janet Lim Napoles, 'di kwalipikado para maging state witness dahil siya mismo ang mastermind ng PDAF scam.

ABSCBN: Sen. Estrada: Baka turuan ng "unscrupulous elements" si Napoles ng kanyang mga sasabihin para ilaglag ang oposisyon.

Naman eh. Nag surrender sina General Razon, Barias etc dahil pina aresto sila ng sandiganbayan. Parang sila na ang big fish para maplacate ang tao. LOKOHAN NA!

Fwd:
Its really different when you contribute to pnoy and you know him. Even if there is a warrant for her arrest without bail, Napoles went to malacanang and pnoy received her. He even escorted her to Camp Crame and cleared the room Napoles would stay. He made sure she was secure and out of danger. Hanep talaga si Napoles, pati presidente hawak nya!

ANC: a source has told wrmn radio pinoy ni new york that janet lim napoles was already in pnoy custody even before her surrender Wednesday night. lino celle now on anc phoner.

Tanong: Ano papel ng Sec. Mar Roxas sa kaso ni J. Napoles? Diba dapat ang DOJ ang gumalaw?

Sagot: Para ipakita sa mga tao na siya ang bida, malaking media mileage para sa 2016.

Opening salvo lang ni guingona malinaw na ang report ng blue ribbon. The objective is to shame and humiliate the target senators. Cayetano's call for them to participate just made the agenda clearer. (2 kings down - jpe and erap) (one to king to go - jojo binay) equals mar roxas for 2016!

ANC: ACT or Alliance of Concerned Teachers on Napoles surrender: "We somehow expected this because PNoy and cohorts who cannot give up their pork barrel stand to gain more from the media blitz. But then, the stink is overflowing to the rim... What we cannot stomach is the claim that we are PNoy's "allies" in the fight against corruption... We teachers together with thousands of Filipinos, who went to Luneta last August 26 showed our collective disgust against the pork barrel system and on the complicity of the President himself in the scandal."

may mga nagtatanong tuloy: nasa listahan kaya ng comelec ang mga napoles fake NGOs na nag-contribute sa campaign funds ng Team Pnoy during midterm elections 2013? and during 2010 pres election?

sa senate hearing, halatang-halata si coa chair grace pulido-tan na ayaw basahin o banggitin ang mga pangalan ng ibang senador na kasama sa coa report. kesyo nahihilo daw sya sa dami ng papeles at kailangan na nyang magpahinga??? Owwws?? wala sa script??

ANC: "It made me angry. The president or the secretary has not met with whistleblowers, but they chose to meet with the principal accused. This tells you the priorities of this government," Lozada said.

ANC: LOZADA - "The president, the 'daang matuwid president'? He has to be more prudent with the company he keeps. They did it in secret. We're receiving word among deal ang ginawa ni Napoles kay presidente. Ano ito pipiliin lang kung sinong pulitiko ang ituturo ni Napoles? She has all the records."

FWD - DBM Sec Butch Abad says Pork Barrel will still continue til 2015! Tuloy ang ligaya ng mga Senador at Congressmen! Tuloy ang nakawan para 2016 Presidential Elections! PCOS ganoon pa rin sa pandadaya! Naloko na naman ang bayan! Ang galing nila manloko! Pabida si PNoy last Friday pero ganoon pa rin pala ang pork barrel! DBM rules! Sayang ang Pork Barrel ni Cong. Mrs. Butch Abad sa Batanes! Ang higpit ng kapit sa Budget ni Butch! Ayaw bumitaw! Huwag Magpaloko! Tama na! Sobra na! Sobrang Sakim at kababuyan na!

Listening to lacierda briefing. Question: is there no other way to get hold of napoles except thru the president. If this is not special treatment, is this special failure of arresting authorities?

Totoo ba na P700M ang napuntang pondo sa CEZA galing sa Pres. Social Fund matapos maimpeach si Chief Justice? Magkano naman kaya ang napunta sa Head Prosecutor na si Cong. Nelly Tupaz at mga alipores nito? Ito kaya ay na audit ng COA? Papaano kaya ang PDAF ng mga Senador at Kongresista pati na ang PSF ng Presidente mula 2010 hanggang kasalukuyan? Present din ba si Jannet Napoles o may ibang pangalan naman kaya?

Will Malacanang ever make an accounting of funds used by PNoy when he campaigned for LP in last elections. Si brilliantes tumahimik na after na magyabang na credible DAW and 2013 elections at tutugisin nya ang mga nagviolate ng campaign expenses.

Will Malacanang ever make an accounting of funds used by PNoy when he campaigned for LP in last elections.

Why has nobody asked Frank why his pdaf went to iloilo river beautification projects which any college engineering student can easily see were overpriced?

Answer: iloilo mayor jed mabilog is his nephew!

Why has nobody asked Drilon if he personally knows Napoles? When Napoles was asked to approve a pr solution, she answered, "I will have to ask Frank". Everybody within earshot were asking each other, "which Frank kaya yon?" alangan namang si frank sinatra o si frank chavez!

Bakit ba ang parang kriminal na hinahanap at dinidiin ay si Jannet Napoles lang? Hindi naman yata kaya nya gawin lahat ng ibinibintang kung walang kasama. Di ba sa pork barrel ng mga mambabatas galing ang pondo? At bago narerelease ang pondo, ito ay masusing pinagaaralan ng mga tauhan nila sa opisina at muling sinusuri ng COA Auditors na nag post audit, mga Kongresista at Senador na nag pondo pati na ang mga tauhan nila na sumuri at Nagrecomenda na approbahan ang proyekto bakit hindi nababanggit? Malinaw ang conspiracy, e bakit si Jannet Napoles lang at di kaalyado sa politiko ang pinagkakaisahan?

Tanong: Sila BSA, mar roxas, florencio abad, Drilon at mga miyembro ng LP noong 2007 to 2009 na pawang mambabatas noon, saan kaya ginastos ang kanilang pork barrel at kung ito kaya ay pumasa sa COA. Kung maayos nagastos nila ang pera ng bayan, pakiusap lang ipadyaryo nila ang mga projects na tinustusan at halaga ang kaukulang halaga nito pati kung sino ang Kontratista. Transparency ang tawag dyan!

Why has nobody asked Drilon if he personally knows Napoles? When Napoles was asked to approve a pr solution, she answered, "I will have to ask Frank". Everybody within earshot were asking each other, "which Frank kaya yon?"

There were 82 ngo's that shared P10b in pdaf. P2.2b went to 10 Napoles ngo's. Why has Malacanang not identified the other 72 ngo's. Whose pdaf went to which ngo? Who are the personalities behind each ngo. For all we know, there may be several Napoles-like pdaf networks. Napoles may not even be the big fish.

from source: On air at dzbb this morning - Jenny Napoles contributed millions to pnoy

Why are they quiet about henedina abad's P300M share of pdaf. How was it spent?

FWD - Jenny Napoles contributed millions to pnoy campaign. This was arranged by Jojo Ochoa...exposed by Lolit Solis thru Arnold Clavio radio program.

Dzmm: Junry and Korina Sanchez
Pres. Aquino announced a P10-m reward for any information leading for the arrest of Janet Napoles and brother... SAAN GALING ANG REWARD? SA PORK NYA?

If the DOJ and the OMB are really serious in their investigation on the Pork Scam, pls go to You Tube or Google the 50th B-day celebration of Atty. Gigi Reyes at the Shangrilla Hotel. There are pictures showing pork who the Special Guest of Honor is?, None other than his Excellency! The crux of the matter is that the party was said to be sponsored by a certain Jannet Napoles! Hanep talaga.

NEWS

1. DOJ: NBI is collating evidence on pork barrel scam
2. DOJ: COA report only a reference, not evidence
3. De Lima: Napoles and brother still in PH
4. Ombudsman: Pork barrel probe result will be credible
5. Ombudsman: Aquino allies won't be spared in pork probe
6. Palace: Napoles can't influence gov't pork barrel probe
7. When finally a Big fish is caught and "booked and jailed" then you know all of the above are true.

beware! pnoy released his two dobermans: morales and delima. this bloodline was trained to sniff only certain blood types. they do unusual tricks for their master no matter what. they usually roll and try to be cute in front of cameras during dog shows sponsored by the yellow canine clubs. they are known to disregard dog show rules and may even bite the crowds. proven bitches, they are immune to criticisms of judge and gallery. all they need is a thumbs-up gesture from their sleepy head open-mouthed master and they will attack viciously. they've done this before and  they'll do it again.

ang palusot ni virgie torres kung bakit sa nasa casino: hindi raw sya naglalaro, hinihintay lang nya ang friend nya at natuwa lang sya sa kulay ng mga lights ng slot machine!!! alam nyang bawal, sa napakalaking lugar na pwede syang maghintay, sa harap sya ng machine naupo? natuwa sa mga ilaw? aba mr pnoy, pakipadala si torres sa disneyland - dami dami and danda danda ilaw dun!!!!

ANC: Sen. Gringo Honasan: Abolishing the pork barrel will only transfer power and corruption from Congress to the executive department.

ANC: ANAKBAYAN: The plan of President Noynoy Aquino to 'overhaul' the PDAF system will actually lead to an "expanded, unlimited, and invisible" Aquino pork plan is an evil, deceptive ploy to bank on the people's anger against pork barrel and corruption in order to breed an animal more monstrous.

FWD - Hehehe smart guy this penoy - thinks we are all fools - he will abolish congressmen's and senator's pork but keep his pork intact!! Then he will have better control of congress by bribing them with his pork! Smart! Let's NOT let him get away again with his sweet talk'. ON with the MILLION MARCH...

Hiniling pala ni Ginoong Way Kurat Zamora sa COA na resibahin ang kanilang report tungkol sa kanya, ngunit pinanindigan ni Chairman Gracia Pulido-Tan na tama ang kanilang report at "hindi kami (COA) nagkakamali". Aba Mrs. Pulido, di ko alam Diyos pala ang gusto nyong paniwala ng  tao sa inyo. Paano ngayon at napatunayan na mali pala ang kinalabasan ng inyong report? Ang alam ko po na nagdidiyosdyosan ay ang demonyo. Siguro naman hindi kayo kasama sa nasaniban, nadala lang kayo ng paghanga sa Boss nyo. Sana matuto po kayong mahiya sa pamamagitan ng pagbibitiw nyo sa COA. Patawarin na kayo ng tunay na hindi nagkakamali!

ANC: ANTI-PORK PROTEST ORGANIZERS: In spite of President Aquino's pronouncement that it's time to abolish the pork barrel, there's no stopping what's been known as the million people march scheduled at Luneta on Monday. Ex-Budget Sec. Benjamin Diokno says, President Aquino's statement on the pork barrel is not enough. "Hindi pa rin sapat eh. How about yung presidential pork? Yung budget na yun kanya yun eh, pork niya yun, discretionary niya," Diokno said.

Here's another variation: PDAF to be renamed to Benigno Aquino Development Assistance Fund. In short, BADAF.

biglang atras si BSAIII! natakot na mauwi sa people power ang rally sa monday!!! at maraming MASASAGASAAN at MABUBULGAR na KAKAMPI NYA na sangkot sa PORK!!! huwag pabayaang mabaon sa limot ang DOTC inekon issue at virgie torres the casino queen! pati na imbestigasyon sa BOC padrinos!

BUSINESSMIRROR: PH won't meet 2015 goals vs poverty, hunger

MANILA -- With only two years to go before the 2015 deadline, the Phil government's effort to reduce poverty and hunger might not be enough to attain the poverty and hunger targets set under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In its "Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2013," the ADB said the Philippines, along with countries such as Bangladesh and India, might fall short of achieving MDG 1, which focuses on halving the proportion of people whose incomes are less than a dollar a day, achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people; and halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.

ANC: enrile: coa report on pdaf misleading. enrile also says he is ready to face probe. "if any of my pdaf is proven to have ended in my pockets, i will surrender all of my and my family's assets," enrile stressed.

ABS-CBN: Hong Kong hostage relatives sue PH
HONG KONG - Hong Kong survivors of a Manila hostage crisis and families of those killed sued the Philippine government Thursday to demand an apology and compensation, a day before the tragedy's third anniversary. The group took the case to a local court after accusing Manila of failing to respond to their demands over the 2010 drama, which cost the lives of eight tourists following a bungled rescue operation.

ABS-CBN: Tan blames DBM for a poor record-keeping Commission on Audit (COA) chair Maria Gracia Pulido-Tan defended her agency's audit findings on the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel amid reports of errors and inaccuracies. "We always base our finding on documents, and that was the document that was given to us by the DBM and we put full reliance on it," Tan told ABS-CBN News.

ABS-CBN NEWS: LTO chief ousted from Iglesia ni Cristo?
From a report by Anthony Taberna, ABS-CBN News - Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Virginia Torres has reportedly been ousted from religious group Iglesia ni Cristo after videos of her allegedly gambling surfaced recently, an ABS-CBN source said. Torres admitted that she is the woman in the video. She said it was taken on June 2012 at the Madison Arcade in Mandaluyong.

MLA STANDARD: Campaign fund for Mar stirs LP - Members of the ruling Liberal Party on Thursday grumbled about Interior Sec Mar Roxas and Budget Sec Florencio Butch Abad's use of P20 billion of the national budget to start campaigning for 2016 through bottom-up budgeting involving select civil society groups and local government units the underlying message was, it was for Mar's presidential bid in 2016. So the P20-billion budget would be distributed to LGU's with Mar no less on top of the distribution."

MLA STANDARD: SEN MIRIAM DEFENSOR: "Senator Pinky Lacson...is a former fugitive from justice who remains unpunished," Santiago said, using a nickname she coined to question Lacson's manhood. She added that he was "a poster boy" for people like businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, who went into hiding to evade arrest in the latest pork barrel scandal, because Lacson, too, had fled the country to avoid incarceration on murder charges in 2010.

ABS-CBN: Way Kurat: The damage has been done "Yung mga 1 million na tao na nadinig ang issue, 'yun din ba ang mga taong makikinig sa sorry? Na-realize ko, it's futile. Wala na eh, nasira na... Ngayon kahit saan ako pumunta, ang mga tao nakatingin sa akin," he told dzMM on Thursday. He added that he spoke to COA chair Maria Gracia Pulido-Tan and asked her to double check the records, but Tan defended the audit findings. "Sabi ko, sigurado ba kayo na sa akin 'yan sabi ko take a last glance, baka ma-realize niyo na mali. Sabi niya sa akin, hindi kami pwede magkamali," said Zamora.

Dzmm:
Dos por dos program:
Topic: coa special report

Taberna: dapat kung gagawa ng special audit ang coa, dapat pulidong pulido! Tulad niyan nagkaroon pala ng pagkakamali, nagkaroon tuloy ng wisdom ang mga mambabatas na kwestiyunin ang report!"

Dzmm:
Dos for dos program:
Topic: coa special report

Former rep manuel "way kurat" zamora: naniniwala ako na dahil nagkamali ang coa at sinabing nakatanggap ako ng P3 billion na pdaf, nangangahulugan noon na posibleng mas marami pang pagkakamali ang coa".

ANC: abs-cbn sources say the influential iglesia ni cristo has disowned lto chief virgie torres, after a video of her playing slot machines surfaced online. the inc prohibits all its members from gambling.

Gma news:

Australia warns nationals in Phl vs terror attack, sea travel, floods.

ANC: MIRIAM - The senator said that Lacson's son lost to the son of Sen. Ramon Bong Revilla in the last elections, therefore Lacson cannot be expected to be independent and objective against Revilla.

ANC: MIRIAM - "A policeman cannot be adviser to a Senate committee probing the pork barrel, because this is a question of law. He has no clue on how the law proceeds in these cases. After a cop finishes his investigation, the report is submitted to the prosecutor, not the other way around," she said.

ANC: Miriam on Senate pork probe - Santiago particularly scoffed at the idea that a former senator, whom she called "Pinky Lacson," should act as adviser or consultant to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee during its hearings, "because he is a former fugitive from justice who remains unpunished and serves as the poster boy for people like Napoles who has disappeared to evade a warrant of arrest, just like he did."

ANC: Miriam on Senate pork probe - Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago said that if the Senate proceeds with its public hearing on the COA report concerning billions of pesos in PDAF funds allocated by certain lawmakers to suspicious NGOs, "the result could be a freewheeling talkfest, if if not a total three-ring circus as senators vie for TV exposure."

ANC: A taxpayer urged the Mandaluyong City RTC on Thursday to stop the DOTC from proceeding with its Aug. 28 bidding for the multi-billion peso rehabilitation of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport -- the first airport project to be bid out under public-private partnership during the term of Pres. Benigno Aquino III. In his petition for injunction Danilo B. Cruz, a resident of Hagonoy, Bulacan, sought the immediate issuance of a TRO and/or writ of preliminary injunction against the DOTC's Bids and Awards Committee which has set the bidding for the P17.5-billion MCIA Passenger Terminal Building Project. Cruz said he file the taxpayer's suit due to "some serious and glaring violations of the law" committed by the DOTC.

ANC: PNOY IN CAVITE
President Aquino visited flood victims in Cavite Thursday. But noticeably, he was not joined by the incumbent governor, Johnvic Remulla nor by Vice Governor Jolo Revilla. Aquino was instead welcomed by partymate former Governor Ayong Maliksi who lost to Remulla in the last elelctions.

News: Pnoy said it's possible he may tap Sen. Lacson as independent investigator on the pork barrel scam.
INDEPENDENT??
-- why not deputize lacson instead to hunt for fugitive Napoles? he's an expert in evading arrest -- it takes one to know one.

a tale of the absent minded student and the always present professor - it's the cancelled laguna lake dredging project student!

TRIBUNE: 'Invisible' President issues list of excuses

The guessing game on what kept President Aquino busy during the critical period from Sunday to last Tuesday when practically the whole Metro Manila was under water, enough for him to disappear from public view went unresolved yesterday even as he claimed he was coordinating with government officials during the entire period of the calamity situation.

NEWS
Philippine stocks slumped 6.27% or 408 points as of just 9:43 a.m. More declines as "hot money" going back to USA & no long-term commitment to our economy? We need more foreign direct investments, not speculative funds.

dbm and coa should apologize to way kurat. dismissing it as a "clerical error" is not sufficient to repair the damage done to his name. it also raised the possibilities of "other errors" and suspicious that the selective report was only released for political agenda.

BUSINESS MIRROR: Moody's seen reassessing PHL

Analyst Richard Javad Heydarian, a lecturer in political science and development at Ateneo de Manila University, said that while the country's balance of payments continues to look impressive, Moody's seems to be concerned with the integrity of the Philippine financial markets, as well as its poor record of attracting greenfield investments.

Dzmm: Dos por dos program
Topic: noynoying

Taberna: "binabasa po namin ang mga natatanggap naming text, ang sabi ng isa". "Di kalabisan na hinahanap ng ating mga kababayan na hanapin ang ama ng bansa sa panahon ng kalamidad!"

Taberna: "Kung in place ang sistema di na kailangan ang pangulo pero may naghahanap talaga sa kanya eh!"

THE Houdini Presidency - NOW YOU SEE HIM, NOW YOU DON'T! bakit tuwing may kalamidad, ABSENT si BSAIII? pag dionne warwick concert, nandun sya; pag target shooting tournament, nandun sya; pag basketball game, nandun sya - ang katwiran; NAGMOMONITOR daw sya. sinabi ba ng tatay nya na "the Filipino is worth MONITORING for"?

INQUIRER: Philippines urged to focus on manufacturing

The manufacturing sector remains critical for Asian countries like the Philippines to prosper and avoid the middle income trap, according to a report of the Asian Development Bank. The ADB said the Philippines' shallow industrial base was nearly decimated by the ensuing internal and external crises. The Philippines remained constrained by narrow export specialization, import dependence, and a shallow knowledge base. The reasons include macroeconomic policies, flawed incentive structures and lack of nationalism among the "captains" of industries.

MLA STANDARD: Aquino flak for absence at height of floods

Pres Benigno Aquino III FINALLY showed up in Laguna on Tuesday to address the plight of those devastated by typhoon Maring, blaming two "big companies" for contributing to the flooding in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, but not after getting flak from several people who slammed via networking sites for his NON-APPEARANCE since last Monday.

MLA STANDARD: EMIL JURADO

Where was our President last Monday and Tuesday with the country needed him most? We need our leader during the worst of times, not after. If the President was under the weather, we could understand. But, if he was simply noynoying, or like his cacique ancestors just did not want to get his feet wet, that's another thing.

INQUIRER: Aquino stung by 'missing-in-action' allegations

A cheerful Aquino showed up at the evacuation centers, but he turned serious when asked by a television reporter to respond to the criticisms, especially on social media, regarding his silence and lack of visibility in the two days that heavy rain lashed and unleashed heavy flooding.

sinong reporter ng isang yellow newspaper ang nagpalaki ng storya ng pork sa fake NGOs upang upakan ang mga kalaban sa pulitika ng kanilang protektadong mataas na opisyal? na ikinatuwa at inaprubahan ng kanyang editor dahill matatakpan ang anomalya ng mga kamag-anak nito? nang sumambulat ang isyu at lumabas na marami pala sa kaalyado ng opisyal na ito ang kasangkot sa anomalya, ngayo'y nagpipilit na IBUHOS ang SISI sa nakaraang administrasyon?

clue: ang kanyang apelyido ay hawig sa "cabuktutan" o "cabahuan".

Dzmm:
President bs aquino III sinagot ang mga paratang na missing in action sya habang nananalasa ang habagat.

Depensa ng pangulo kahit hindi siya nakikita ng publiko, malimit naman daw niyang kinukulit ang dpwh, dswd at mmda para sa mga updates.

NINOY: "the filipino is worth dying for"

HUNGRY FILIPINOS: "PNOY is killing us all".

TRIBUNE: NINEZ CACHO OLIVARES - COVER UP

Any which way it is cut, the Commission on Audit (CoA) special audit report is very selective, and intended all along for the public to damn the non-allies of Noynoy and protect not only his congressional allies but Noynoy himself. The fact that the audit was limited to 2007-2009 was pretty suspicious in itself, considering that these were the Gloria Arroyo years and in during a period where Noynoy and his Liberal Party mates had cut their political ties with her. There was absolutely nothing done by the CoA during the Aquino years, despite the Noynoy administration being in power and position for three years already.

TRIBUNE: Noynoy's flagship anti-poverty scheme, the so-called conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, is targeting an expansion of coverage through the P63 billion that is being requested for its funding next year, P5 billion of which just for administrative expenses. Periodic surveys on self-rated poverty and hunger incidents would be good gauges on the dole-out scheme. The number of Filipino families who responded to such surveys, however, indicate that they felt to be in worse state than the previous year. Even the basic form of indicator, which is the incident of hunger, the program can be considered a miserable failure since those saying that they go hungry at least once a day have increased substantially, based on what a pollster - one whom the Palace says spends a lot of money on for support.

Dzmm:

Dps Valte: mga schedule ni president bs aquino III ngayong araw kanselado na din. Ngunit pnoy imo -- monitor daw ang sitwasyon sa ncr. --- Josh hinahanap ka ni Tito! ---

FWD - Who is at fault sa sobrang pagbaha ngayon other than nature? Si Pangulong BSA 111 who cancelled the Belgian contract to dredge Laguna Lake na dapat tapos na by now! What good has he done anyway that he gets away with anything and everything? Pls pass

This felt like being cheated twice over. First, by the ruthless plunder of state coffers by pork-crazy politicos. Second, by PDI's overwhelmingly selective revelations, which made it look like opposition senators, possible presidential contenders, and a few hitherto nameless and faceless congressmen had the exclusive franchise to the pork market, and that BS Aquino buddies and Liberal Party Bosses like Niel Tupas and Neptali Gonzales were like Adam and Eve before the Fall - free of the stain of original sin.

with PNOY going to HIS FOURTH YEAR in office, BUMABAHA pa rin sa metro manila, MATRAPIK pa rin sa edsa, hindi makapasok sa eskwela, may putukan at pagsabog pa rin sa mindanao, mataas pa rin ang bilihin, lalong DUMAMI nag NAGUGUTOM at walang trabaho, NAG-AAGAWAN pa rin sa PORK, mas dumami ang squatters at basura, walang investors na dumadating, tuloy ang PAGYAMAN ng mga Ayala, Sy, Tan, Cojaungco at Lopezes, puro presscons at press releases, panay ang PANANAKOT ng DOJ, BI at NBI, wala namang nahuhuli pero natatakasan pa. gumagastos ng MILYON sa propaganda pero walang maibigay na bonus sa mga empleyado ng PAGASA.

CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER (CCT) IS THE MOTHER OF ALL PORK!! asking a whooping P63 BILLION now, what happened to the 2011 30B and 2012 40B? if the program was EFFECTIVE, they should be asking for LESS! with the distribution under the discretion of Pnoy, Abad and Dinky - 63 BILLION PORK!!! yet FILIPINOS ARE POORER AND HUNGRIER THAN EVER!

questions to ask palace: did COA submitted advance copy of its report? did the palace pre-selected the years covered by the report that will be used in Tan's presscon? who received and read the report?

questions to ask Pulido-Tan: it took her 3 years just to cover discrepancies from 2007-2009? why was she quiet until Napoles made the headlines? why did she hide (during the presscon) other Pnoy allies in her submitted list and mentioned only those not in good terms with Pnoy? is COA now under OP?

TRIBUNE: COA REPORT COVERS UP NEW, BIGGER PORK SCAMS SOLON SAYS AQUINO'S FAVORED PARTYLIST GOT P4.05B

The release of the Commission on Audit (CoA) special report on the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) was calculated to enrage the people on particular lawmakers who have received excessive funds during the previous administration, but it actually was meant to cover up irregularities in the PDAF's release under  the watch of President Aquino, a member of the independent House minority bloc said yesterday. Abakada Rep. Jonathan dela Cruz said the CoA REPORT WHICH was released by CoA Chairman Grace Pulido Tan herself last Friday was INTENDED TO DIVERT public attention from BIGGER PDAF IRREGULARITIES UNDER AQUINO'S TERM. However, during the deliberation for the 2011 budget sometime in 2010, AKBAYAN PARTYLIST, a staunch ally of Aquino, got its pork complete with gravy, the trimmings and the side dishes, as it WAS GRANTED a P4.05-BILLION FUND for this marginalized constituents in agrarian reform communities.

MLA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES - CoA has decided, apparently on its own, TO LIMIT ITSELF to investigating PDAF allocations from the YEARS 2007 TO 2009. WHY CoA Chairman Grace Pulido-Tan thought people would be satisfied with SUCH A LIMITED AUDIT, only she can explain. But Pulido-Tan has apparently fallen into the same trap (or hewed to the same strategy, take your pick) where ONLY LAWMAKERS WHO SERVED IN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION - and who are now identified with the opposition - are guilty of misusing their PDAF allocations.

MLA STANDARD: GARY OLIVAR - THE WITCH-HUNT CONTINUES

Why the timing of the special audit, and WHY IT WAS CONFINED ONLY TO THE CLOSING YEARS OF THE ARROYO ADMINISTRATION, doesn't seem to have been explained by Mrs. Tan, an Aquino appointee. If one were inclined to be more suspicious than this columnist is, one might think that THIS IS A HAM-HANDED ATTEMPT TO DISTRACT THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION from a smear operation (the Napoles expose) that got out of hand (because of the unexpected breadth of its disclosures), and try to REFOCUS PUBLIC INDIGNATION on the administration's favorite hate object, the former President.

nasaan na ang COA report ng 2010-2013.. If ngayon lang lumutang si Napoles, nasaan siya noong 2010-2013?

PHILSTAR: DICK PASCUAL

President Noynoy Aquino has served notice that, UNDER HIS WATCH, THE PORK BARREL STAYS. Naturally. He needs the pork TO CONTROL salivating senators and congressmen (majority of them anyway) and DO HIS BIDDING. Then the senators and the congressmen in his pocket, in turn, move TO PROTECT THEIR PALACE PATRON in SYMBIOTIC PROSTITUTION. Where does that leave the people, who have been FOOLED THE PAST THREE YEARS into thinking THEY ARE THE BOSS?

BLOG MANILA TIMES Three points:

1.) I am beginning to think that Pnoy and his cohorts have been folling us all the while. Otherwise, why are records of his PDAF and that of his cohorts not released to the COA team? what is he hiding from the public???

2.) I now understand why the FOI bill will NEVER PROSPER . . . the PDAF fraud is the very reason.

3.) Why doesn't Pnoy initiate a COA audit on the PDAF expenditures in his term from 2010-2013???
Josef Raymund, josef_raymund@yahoo.com

MANILA TIMES: BOBI TIGLAO - AQUINO ALLIES EXCLUDED FROM COA REPORT

I wouldn't doubt the COA data on these senators. However, how did President Aquino - a senator from 2007 until he  was elected President in 2010, which covers the year 2002 to 2009 which were the subject of the COA's investigation - use his pork barrel? For that matter, how did the senators now known to be Aquino loyalists and allies use theirs? Foremost among these are Aquino side-kick Mar Roxas, senator from 2004 to 2010, the Cayetano siblings Alan and Pia, Francis Escudero, Francisco Pangilinan, Antonio Trillanes, Loren Legarda, Rodolfo G. Biazon, and even Jamby Madrigal. Were these legislators saints?

TRIBUNE: NINEZ CACHO OLIVARES

As stated by Lacierda, Transport chief Jun Abaya "will provide the due process. We'll look into it first. Of course, she will be asked. That is the process, you cannot just ax her immediately. "REALLY? But didn't Noynoy immediately ax the NIA chief, without due process? And were Gloria Arroyo and the rest of the former PCSO officials given due process prior to the filling of plunder charges against them? But there Lacierda went again, hypocritically saying the public can assured that Torres would not be given special treatment. Yet the past tells a different story, when it comes to presidential cronies, and in this instance, Torres. Recall that even in the early days, Noynoy chose not to sack Torres, and instead sacked his then Transport chief, Ping de Jesus, since he wanted her fired for insubordination. And even when there has been a great delay in the delivery of license plates and even has never been reprimanded by Noynoy.

Ms. DOJ Sec. You are not a Law Maker to change the Law on HDO. Wala pong pagkakatulad ang HDO at Warrant of Arrest para masabing magka pareho ang epekto. Ang HDO po ay para hindi makaalis ang tao sa bansa at walang kulong, ang Warrant po ay para hulihin at ikulong. Yan po isa sa maraming pagkakaiba. Pagusapan naman natin ang Citizen's Arrest. Huwag maniwala na maari ninyong arrestuhin si Napoles kung saan man makita. Isa sa mga elemento ng Citizen's Arrest ay personal mo nakita ang taong aarestuhin mo na gumagawa ng Krimen. Huwag kang sumama sa katangahan. Mag ingat at baka sa huli ikaw ang makulong.

MANILA TIMES: JOJO ROBLES

But I hope Napoles enjoys living on the run, something some people said she should have experienced early on, when she was charged with making a killing by supplying the military with substandard Kevlar helmets. As for remaining uncaught, I think that's already a given; just ASK Ping Lacson.

MANILA TIMES: National debt rises to P5.45 trillion August 16, 2013

The debt of the national government (NG) rose to P5.4 trillion as of end-June 2013, which is 1.6 percent, or P87 billion higher from the previous month's level. Data from the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) showed that of the total debt, P1.95 trillion, or 35.8 percent, was from foreign creditors while P3.5 trillion, or 64.2 percent, was sourced from domestic creditors.

People are saying the Inquirer headline of 28 houses owned by Napoles is wrong, because she owns 2 more houses which they failed to count --- the Upper House and the Lower House. Mwahaha!

According to Sec. De Lima, "Flight is deemed an admission of guilt" (PDI 16, Aug. '13).

This is a very serious statement to ignore. If she believes in her statement, will she ask to reopen the case of the Senator for mistrial? It may seem too late but, will she not even try? If not, then it just shows that she is consistent on her inconsistency! Mabuhay ang Daang Matuwid Lumiko na may paninindigan sa kasinungalingan, katangahan at Katarantaduhan!

MANILA TIMES: RIGOBERTO TIGLAO 
They're boasting Ochoa gets P10 million monthly

The two are boasting here at Customs that they are giving Executive Secretary Ochoa P10 million monthly. As a result Ochoa's reputation here is so bad, even if they're probably just using his name.

BUSINESSMIRROR: 18 million Filipinos live below P50/day, says ADB study

The percentage of the Philippine population considered to be poor is higher than  the Southeast Asian average, based on a study of the Asian Development Bank and the National University of Singapore, titled Ending Asian Deprivations. The report said around 17.71% of the populace, or close to 18M Filipinos-based on the estimated 98 million Phil population-still live BELOW $1.25 a day (about P50), which is the internationally accepted poverty line. This is DEPRESSING considering that the combined wealth of the 50 RICHEST families in the country already equaled 25 PERCENT of Philippine gross domestic product (GDP).

INQUIRER: "Flight is deemed an admission of guilt."
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Thursday drew this conclusion after Janet Lim-Napoles and her brother Reynald Lim eluded a posse of National Bureau of Investigation agents sent to 28 known addresses of the siblings.
--- SO SHE'S SAYING LACSON WAS GUILTY? ---

GIGIL NA GIGIL si daldalima at bumubula ang bibig sa galit!! INUUNA kasi ang PAGDALDAL SA MEDIA - ayun, ngayon ang pala hahanapin si napoles, TINAGUAN tuloy sya!!

ABS-CBN NEWS: KBP:
Journalist examination 'unconstitutional.

GMA news
Palace has directed DOTC Sec Abaya to look into the reported casino gambling of LTO Chief Virginia Torres.
--- then WHAT? just LOOK? ---

DZMM: Pasada sais trenta program
Topic: virgie torres video

Karen Davila: "sa memorandum order number 8 na pinalabas ng malacanang sinasabi na bawal sa lahat ng mga kawani at opisyal ng pamahalaan na pumunta at magsugal sa mga casino, ito ang tanong anong gagawin ng pagcor kung liberal party member or kaalyado ni pangulong aquino ang naglalaro!"

Vic Lima: "paging pagcor chief naguiat, magandang hapon po!"

GMA news
Palace has directed DOTC Sec Abaya to look into the reported casino gambling of LTO Chief Virginia Torres.
--- then WHAT? just LOOK? ---

DZBB super radyo
P-Noy hindi makadadalo sa inagurasyon ng Alluling Bridge sa Ilocos Sur dahil sa masamang pakiramdam ng Pangulo. Pnoy suffers from allergy attack, cancels Ilocos trip.

ABSNEWS 08/15 3:23 PM

A June 2830 SWS survey said 22.7 of 1,200 respondents nationwide claimed to have nothing to eat in the second quarter of the year. The 22.7 figure, which represents an estimated 4.9 million households, is higher than the first quarter record of 19.2 (3.9 million households).

BUSINESSWORLD: Hunger worsens

HUNGER HAS RISEN among Filipino families, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a new report, particularly worsening among the poor. A June 28-30 survey had 22.7% of 1,200 respondents nationwide claiming to have experienced having nothing to eat in the last three months, compared to 19.2% in the first quarter.

dumami na ang mahirap, dumami pa ang corrupt.

JOKE OF THE CENTURY - Aquino administration ay malinis daw? Walang mahirap kung walang corrupt.... HAHAHAHA!

DZBB: Super Radyo
Issue: Pork barrel
Senator Bongbong Marcos: Walang duda Malacanang ang nasa likod ng pagdidiin sa oposisyon sa pork scam may political color? very clear!

Huwag ng umasa, walang imbestigasyon lalo na suspension para kay LTO Casino Queen. Katulad lang yan ni Sec. AK 47 alias Pirated DVD King! O ano say nyo?

2 weeks of napoles and pork issue, dumating at umalis bagyong labuyo, iniimbestigahan sa senado ang dfa at dole sa sex for flight, daldalima hugging the headlines re nbi investigation - NATABUNAN na ang DOTC ballsy eldon lichauco vitangcol inekon extortion! ano na status ng imbestigasyon DAW?
-- ang pinapausok ngayon ng palasyo ay CHINA VISIT
- BWISET!!!

Dzmm: Failon ngayon program:
Topic: video of virgie torres playing slot machine -

Failon: "kumakalat po sa internet ngayon ang paglalaro ng slot machine ni lto chief virgie torres, and tanong po dito ito po ba ay iimbestigahan ng appointing authority? Ng civil service commission?"

Failon: "Pano mapapatupad ng pagcor ang mga panuntunan sa pagbabawal sa pagpasok sa mga casino kung sila mismo ay lumalabag dyan? Iba talaga ang kaibigan!"

What is the position of the Ombudsman on the matter of Asec. Torres' video clipping showing her in the Casino playing the Slot Machine (yon lang kaya, e yong hindi nakuha sa video paano na?). Will her admission be considered as declaration against interest?

TRIBUNE: DOJ INDEPENDENCE A JOKE
De Lima claims that the DoJ-NBI probes are non-partisan and all based on evidence. But as everyone knows, she and poll Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr., rushed an election sabotage case against former Pres Gloria Arroyo, despite the fact that no evidence existed - except for the  claim of one Maguindanao administrator of the governor, that she had asked for a 12-0 victory for her senatorial team, which was clearly NOT PROOF OF THE CHEATING in 2007. But if that is evidence, then WHY has not de Lima charged NOYNOY AS HE CAMPAIGNED FOR A 12-0 VOTE, and worse, massive ELECTORAL FRAUD WAS COMMITTED in 2013. As things are turning out in the court of law, there has been NO EVIDENCE at all against Arroyo. So how the heck can De Lima CLAIM that the DoJ-NBI probes are INDEPENDENT AND NON-PARTISAN? Her record certainly does not show this at all.

ABS-CBN NEWS TV PATROL:
Kumalat sa internet ang isang videong nagpapakita umano kay LTO chief Virginia Torres na tila nagsusugal sa isang casino. Exclusive, nagpa-Patrol si Atom Araullo. TV Patrol, Agosto 14, 2013, Miyerkules.

LTO CHIEF ADMITS GOING TO CASINO - Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Virginia Torres has admitted going to a casino after a video clip of her playing at a slot machine went viral. Torres said she played with the slot machine after having dinner with a friend.

She said she was AMUSED WITH THE MACHINE'S LIGHTS. Ariel Ronquillo, assistant commissioner for legal affairs of the Civil Service Commission, said government workers should be role models. The Civil Service Commission said Torres could be suspended for up to 6 months if she is found violating government regulations against going to a casino.

ABS-CBN NEWS TV PATROL:
Kumalat sa internet ang isang videong nagpapakita umano kay LTO chief Virginia Torres na tila nagsusugal sa isang casino. Exclusive, nagpa-Patrol si Atom Araullo. TV Patrol, Agosto 14, 2013, Miyerkules.

INTERAKSYON TV 5: KAMPIHAN? MARCOS BLASTS DE LIMA FOR EXCLUDING AQUINO ALLIES IN PORK PROBE
Why is Justice Secretary Leila de Lima excluding the political allies of President Aquino in the investigation into the P10-billion pork barrel scam? Or at the very least, why is she keeping the political opposition in limbo over the same probe? These are the questions of Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in response to reporters seeking his comments into the allegations that he and Senators Juan Ponce-Enrile, Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada, Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan, and Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. were involved in the scam reportedly.

ANC: LTO CHIEF CASINO QUEEN' -- THE TITLE OF A YOUTUBE VIDEO UPLOADED ON YOUTUBE BY A CONCERNED CITIZEN. THE VIDEOS SHOWS A WOMAN IN FRONT OF A SLOT MACHINE AT A CASINO -- LATER IDENTIFIED AS LTO CHIEF VIRGINIA TORRES.

Dzmm: Secretary leila de lima nanindigan na hindi isasapubliko ang pangalan ng mga mambabatas na sabit sa P10 billion pork barrel scam. Katwiran ni de lima malalaman naman ang pangalan ng mga ito sakaling maisampa na nila sa ombudsman ang kaso. HANEP! PAG KALABAN DI PA NGA NAIIMBESTIGAHAN, NASA MEDIA NA ANG PANGALAN!!! AT MAY WLO AND HDO KAAGAD!!

PHILSTAR: Boo Chanco
Yes indeed, this pork barrel scam may define the P-Noy presidency. History may remember his watch as the time when public officials were raiding the National Treasury in the tens of billions of pesos and the President considered it as all in a day's work.

BUSINESSMIRROR: Poor export performance imperils jobs - The country's merchandise exports have not been performing well the past few months and higher unemployment and underemployment loom in the coming months. Former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that while the contraction in export growth would not make a significant impact on the economic growth in the second quarter and the first half of 2013, it would likely impact on the job market. The country's merchandise exports contracted 4.4 percent to $25.59 billion in the first six months of the year, according to a report released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Tuesday.

BUSINESSMIRROR: Manufacturing output growth slows to 9.9% in June-NSO
The growth of the Philippine's manufacturing output slowed to 9.9 percent in
June, according to the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (Missi) released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Tuesday. Data showed the sector's Volume of Production Index (VoPI) in June is slower that the 21.7-percent growth i May and 10.8 percent in June 2012.

Dzmm:
Failon ngayon program:
Topic: pork barrel

Failon: "ang problema sa ating bansa ambagal ng justice system! Kaya asahan natin na yang mga sangkot dyan ay muling makakatakbo sa halalan at mananalo!"

Failon: "ang pork barrel sa ating bansa ay ginagamit na parang dog food, upang mapasunod ng malakanyang ang mga aso!"

Dzmm:
Failon ngayon program:
Topic: human rights/salvage victims

Failon: "antindi ng report ng reporter natin ano? Yun bikitma natagpuang walang ulo at mga binti! Itinaon pa naman yan sa pagdiriwang ng human rights day. Sa ibang bansa top story ang investigation ng mga ganyan pero dito sa atin mukhang nagiging ordinaryo nang mga kaso ang mga summary execution!"

INQUIRER: Fr. Ranhillo Aquino, dean of San Beda law school, proposed Tuesday that the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) create an independent legal group that would serve as a watchdog against corruption in government as part of the Church's advocacy for good governance. "After a while, this issue [on the pork barrel scam] will slowly end and we don't want that to happen. Even in the Church, the advocacy against corruption is not sustained so why not the CBCP have a legal luminary study the issue [and] investigate?" Aquino said over Church-run Radio Veritas on Tuesday.

INQUIRER: Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles also on Tuesday called on Filipinos to press for a thorough investigation of Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged mastermind of the P10-billion pork barrel scam, in the Senate just like what it did with former Chief Justice Renato Corona and retired Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia. Arguelles said Napoles should be called to the Senate and face an exhaustive investigation by lawmakers, which he added should be aired live for transparency and so that "the public can be the judge too." He also wondered why senators were quiet all of a sudden on the issue. "Do they have something to be afraid of that Napoles might reveal? Why all of a sudden are they all quiet on this P10-billion pork barrel scam?" he said.

ANC: MNLF founding Chairman Nur Misuari declares independence to protest GPH-MILF peace talks.

question on foreign relations:
why can't we be friends to both the US and China? why do we have choose one over the other? why are other countries friends to both? bullies? ALL superpowers are bullies and that includes UK, Russia, France and Japan. who bullied whom first? mishandling deaths of HK hostages with no apologies? sending a warship to board wayward Chinese poachers? shooting a Taiwanese fisherman? and we condemn China for being a bully? now don't bring patriotism into the picture. patriotism is not about false pride. it is about exhausting all efforts for the well being of our republic. and we beg for clemency for convicted drug mules caught in their country? and we gloat over the remittances sent by ofws working for them? ano ba talaga gusto natin?

Come on Chiz'. What are you talking about? Where have you been? As if you did not know the "DOUBLE STANDARD" you and your co-conspirators have been doing. You were an active participant during CJ's impeachment. Too late to play innocent. Panindigan mo ang consequences sa ginawa mong pagpapatalsik kay CJ Corona. Hindi makakalimutan ng sambayanan ang zarsuela ng Palasyo, Senado at Representante. Kaya ka naghuhugas ng kamay, nagbabalak ka para sa 2016. Sorry, wala kang pagasa. Baka si Mang Pandoy pa mas maraming boto!

PHILSTAR: CITO BELTRAN
Taxes are not meant to fund the public relations and imaging building of politicians and their families. Congressional power of the purse means Congress has the right to study budgets, government plans and the proper utilization of tax money. The power of the purse does not mean it gives you Mr. Senator, the power to give it ti yourself or spend it for your political promotion any way you see fit. That Mr. Senator is not Congressional power of the purse. That is abuse of power and I will not sit idly while you justify yourself or wash your hands!

CHIZ ESCUDERO: "I am frustrated and share the people's disgust in the 'non-investigation' of the PDAF scandal. I hold the belief that the Senate passed upon a golden opportunity to show and prove to our people that the 'upper chamber' has the moral ascendancy to bring to its logical conclusion P-Noy's fight against corruption," Escudero said. "He said that after impeaching and convicting Corona on a mere "non declaration" of assets in his SALNs (statements of assets, liabilities and net worth), "I cannot help feeling that there is a seeming double standard in how we are pursuing our common fight against graft and grafters in the government."

Dzmm:
Dos por dos program:
Topic: pag asa budget

Baja: "gusto namin makausap ang pag asa upang linawin ang balita, totoo ba ito? Na kung kailan bumabagyo saka naman kinaltasan ang budget ng pag asa na umaabot ng P206 million?"

Baja: "sa dami ng mga ahensya, ito pang pag asa na pinakamahalaga ang binawasan ng budget!"

ANC: Bayan Muna says, it's impossible for President Aquino not to have any pork barrel for himself in the proposed 2014 budget. Ano kinaiba ng President's Social Fund sa PDAF? "Bakit pork barrel tawag sa mga congressman at senador pero di pork yung sa presidente?

GMA News - Balitanghali: - Comelec office sa Kabacan, North Cotabato, pinasabugan! --
--- ask Pnoy: malapit na ba talaga KATAHIMIKAN sa mindanao? ---

INQUIRER: GLORIA ARROYO, SON FILE BILL TO PENALIZE ECONOMIC SPYING
- Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has teamed up with her son in crafting a bill that would punish "economic espionage." "We need to advance the development and lawful use of Philippine proprietary economic information by protecting it from theft, wrongful destruction or alteration, misappropriation and conversion by foreign governments and their agents or instrumentalities," the authors said in the bill's explanatory note. "The development, protection and lawful exchange of such information is essential to the competitiveness of critical segments of Philippine business and industry."

Philstar p.13 Shooting Star by Bobbit Avila: "Did Pres. Benigno 'PNoy' Aquino really say as reported during an ambush interview in Subic that the so-called 'scams' happening in his regime paled in comparison with those that occurred under the Arroyo administration? If the friends or allies of the former Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo committed corruption, they are damned and hauled to jail. But if the friends of PNoy Aquino commit them... it's called Daang Matuwid. Honestly, the magnitude of the crime is irrelevant!"

BAKIT palaki nang palaki ang hinihinging BUDGET ni PNOY? di ba DAPAT marami nang NAIPATAYONG classrooms, tulay, kalsada, airports, farm to market roads at DAPAT KONTI na ang MAHIRAP, at MARAMI na ang MAY TRABAHO? MALAKI DAW ang improvement ng EKONOMIYA so di ba dapat KUMOKONTI na ANG GASTOS ng gobyerno? SAAN NAPUNTA ang budget SA TATLONG TAON na siya ang NAKAUPO? ibig sabihin - WALANG NANGYARI dahil PANAY ang HINGI nya ng MAS MALAKI!!!

Pnoy on CJ Corona's SALN: walang special treatment kahit sino!
Pnoy on Senate and HOR's
SALNs: di pwedeng PAKIALAMAN ng yan dahil CO-EQUAL branch yan!

TRIBUNE EDITORIAL: The call for the removal of the pork barrel in government became stronger as an offshoot of the P10 billion scam on the use of the PDAF which is the version of the pork barrel in Congress. Noynoy apparently is still enjoying the numerous financial perks, an issue that Gloria has been WIDELY AND PERIODICALLY BASHED on the head by the SELF-RIGHTEOUS MOB that now seems to be only too tolerant of the practice being carried out today by Noynoy, the argument being that the intentions are DIFFERENT NOW and then. THAT'S PURE BS OF THE HYPOCRITICAL YELLOW TYPE.

TRIBUNE EDITORIAL: CLEAR HYPOCRISY
What about EQUAL TREATMENT? Corona was removed from office as a result of his FAILURE TO FULLY DISCLOSE HIS ASSETS in his SALn and now the BIR is having a HARD TIME requesting, even supplicating, for them to voluntarily provide their SALns. The Palace said that since the Legislative and the Executive are co-equal branches of government, the BIR  as part of the Executive CANNOT ENCROACH ON THE INDEPENDENCE of members of Congress in compelling them to submit their SALns. The statement, however, was A COMPLETE TURNAROUND from the Palace stand on the Judiciary, the third co-equal branch of government, during the Corona impeachment trial.

MLA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES: And, for the record, there have been at least FIVE BOMBINGS hat have been reported in Mindanao. These took place in Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato City, Midsayap, Datu Piang and Sharif Saydona Mustapha. In all these cases, all the palace's Prevaricator-in-Chief, Edwin Lacierda, could say is that the incidents "ARE STILL BEING INVESTIGATED." Goodness knows WHEN he investigations will end - or IF THEY'VE actually started already.

MLA STANDARD: ROD KAPUNAN - In the meantime, as we continue to incur annual budget deficit our foreign debt continues swell now standing at $59 billion or roughly equivalent to P2.537 trillion in the peso is denominated at P43 to a dollar. As one progressive economist observed, there is no way the country could ever extricate itself from its deepening budget deficit. Our practice of borrowing to artificially maintain the balance is nothing more but "kiting" intended only to postpone our day of reckoning. Only the greedy oligarchs will continue to get rich while the rest will sink deeper into the pit of poverty forever blinded by the promise of freedom and democracy.

MLA STANDARD: EMIL JURADO - Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who has been under hospital arrest for year now, certainly does not need hospital surroundings to recover from her debilitating ailment. If the Aquino administration can APPEAL TO other government to spare the LIVES OF FILIPINOS CONVICTED OF ILLEGAL DRUG TRAFFICKING, I cannot see why it cannot be more humane and considerate towards A FORMER PRESIDENT whose HEALTH IS DETERIORATING.

"DAANG SINUNGALING"
BULLETIN:
MLA STANDARD: AQUINO NEW ERA OF PEACE COMING ??HUH??

NEWS: "Three groups are likely behind the recent bombings in Mindanao, President Benigno Aquino III confirmed Thursday."

NEWS: "On Wednesday morning, seven soldiers were wounded after an improvised bomb exploded along the road of Barangay Nabundas, Shariff Saydona, Mustapha town. Later in the afternoon, a bomb exploded on Lintukan bridge at the border of Datu Piang and Datu Salibo."

NEWS: "On Monday, a powerful bomb which was heard for kilometers killed nine people and injured 30 others in Cotabato City, as a city administrator aboard a bulletproof vehicle was passing through the area. Meanwhile, last July 26, a blast tore through a crowded bistro in Cagayan de Oro City and killed eight people, including a provincial board member of Misamis Oriental."

MLA STANDARD: UNDER PNOY, 'FREEST MEDIA' REPUTATION VANISHING
"The Philippines has a reputation for having one of environments in Asia, but that reputation disappears bit-by-bit with every killing of a journalist," HRW deputy director for Asia Phelim Kine said in a statement posted in the group's website. "President Aquino needs to realize that this problem won't go away on its own," Kine added, noting that the Aquino administration announced reforms that could result in more effective criminal investigations, but HAS NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED them.

"DAANG MAKAPAL" BULLETIN:
ABS-CBN: 'PRESIDENT HAS P1-TRILLION PORK BARREL'
Former National Treasurer Leonor Briones and Bayan Muna partylist Rep. Neri Colmenares want the executive department to explain the lump sum items  in the national budget which they believe are the President's version of lawmakers' pork barrel funds. Briones, who has been studying national budget through the years, estimates the lump sums under the President's discretion to amount to around P1 trillion. Briones said the power of the President to realign funds in the budget makes the whole national budget his "pork". By her reckoning, only half of the national budget is detailed.

MANILA TIMES: ARROYOS WANT ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE CRIMINALIZED
Mother and son lawmakers Gloria and Diosdado Ignacio "Dato" Arroyo proposed the criminalizing of economic espionage in the House of Representatives. The Arroyos made the proposal under their House Bill 1377 or Economic Espionage and Protection of Proprietary Information Act of 2013 which aims to protect and ensure the development of proprietary economic information as an integral part of the nation's commerce and economic development.

PRES BS AQUINO claimed that the 10 BILLION-PESO SCAM is NOTHING compared to the P728-MILLION fertilizer fund scam during the time of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Apparently, the Philippine President is NOT GOOD WITH HIS NUMBERS either. He thinks that "BILLION" is lower than "MILLION".

INQUIRER: ARREST OF AQUINO ALLIES FOR PORK SCAM STOPPED
The Sandiganbayan HAS SUSPENDED the implementation of the arrest warrant against former Cebu Rep. Clavel Asas-Martinez, former Bogo Mayor Celestino Matinez III, Ma. Ceilo Martinez and for others who are facing malversation and graft charges for the misuse of her pork barrel. Interestingly, the anti-graft court ordered on July 31 the arrest of Lanao del Norte Rep. Abdullah Dimaporo in connection with another malversation case. Dimaporo is NOT A POLITICAL ALLY of Aquino.

TUWID NA DAAN PARA SA KALABAN
BSAIII: "Hindi tama ang fertilizer scam"

BALUKTOT NA DAAN PARA SA KAKAMPI
BSAIII: "there's nothing wrong with PDAF"

SENATE NOT INVESTIGATING PORK SCAM
HOUSE NOT INVESTIGATING PORK SCAM
End of Story: Tuloy ang Ligaya!

INQUIRER: DORONILA
President Aquino's administration, which has bannered TRANSPARENCY AS AN OBSESSIVE CREED, is not on the carpet for this ASTRONOMICAL LEAKAGE OF PUBLIC FUNDS. Mr. Aquino has given the DOJ the green light to get to the bottom of the scandal, which, in terms of the STAGGERING SUM involved, OVERSHADOWS the fertilizer fund scandal during Gloria M-Arroyo's administration. In that scandal, the then Agriculture Usec Jocelyn Bolante was accused of diverting P728 million in fertilizer funds to the 2004 reelection campaign of Arroyo.

TRIBUNE: NOY'S SPRATLYS MOVES 'POLICY OF PROVOCATION' - EX SOLGEN
Former Solicitor General Estelito Mendoza has cautioned Malacañang against proceeding with its "policy of provocation" with China in connection with the ongoing crisis over portions of the South China Sea. Mendoza, a key player in the legal team of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos who met with Chinese leaders Deng Xiaoping in the 1970s during the height of the cold war, underscored that "then as now the United States will be unable to defend our interests."

GETREALPOST: Since BS Aquino had VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE managing people before he became the head of state, he might not know the concept of command responsibility. Although, when he was being interviewed by CNN for their program Eye on the Philippines in 2012, Anna Coren asked him why he seemed to be SINGLING OUT former President Gloria Arroyo in his fight against corruption. His response was that as the Chief Executive back then, GMA SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING about the transgressions during her term. Like I said before, if we are to follow his logic on this, then HE SHOULD DO SOMETHING about the transgressions committed by public servants DURING HIS TERM TOO.

Dzmm: Inamin ni budget secretary butch abad na naglaan ang pamahalaan ng P100 BILLION na PORK barrel para kay president bs aquino III.
Sa budget hearing kanina, inamin ni abad sa pagtatanong ni bayan muna rep neri colmenares ang "extra pork barrel" ng pangulo. Narito ang listahan ng mga ahensya na bubuhusan ng pdaf ng pangulo:
1. DENR
2. DPWH
3. DEPED
4. DSWD
5. DOH
6. DA
7. DAR at
8. DOTC
-- may kanya-kanyang increased BUDGET na, may PDAF pa????

ABS-CBN News by Michael Punongbayan
- The health of Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is continuously deteriorating and her prolonged hospital detention is not helping her - Docs

INQUIRER: House arrest is best for Arroyo's healing, doctors tell court

Former President and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's health will recover if she is put under house arrest, the head of the Philippine Medical Association said Wednesday. Dr. Leo Olarte supported the petition of doctors Ernesto Panaca and Antonio Sison, Arroyo's attending physician at the Veteran's Memorial Medical Center (VMMC), that she be given time off detention for her to recover her health.

PHILSTAR: GMA's health deteriorating - docs

Antonio Sison of the VMMC Department of Orthopedics: "Arroyo, who underwent three major cervical spine operations in October 2011, continues to complain of cervical and lower back pain, which are relieved temporarily by medicine and physiotherapy "but with no actual significant clinical improvement".

Ernesto Palanca, a clinician for more than 50 years and a former surgery professor of the University of Sto. Tomas, said he also examined Arroyo at the VMMC under the supervision of some of her attending physicians like his former student Martina Nocum late last month. Though medical help is being provided, Palanca stressed that "she is a person with body and spirit. How can she by her own self increase her antibodies and enhance her own immune system if the authorities continue to detain her as an accused criminal?

ANC: AMID THE FALLOUT FROM THE ALLEGED PORK BARREL SCAM... LAWMAKERS LOST NO TIME GOING AFTER WHAT THEY CLAIM... IS THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT'S OWN PORK BARREL. THIS, ON DAY 1 OF THE BUDGET HEARINGS AT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ACT PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE ANTONIO TINIO CRITICIZED SOME 400 MILLION PESOS... UNDER THE NEDA FOR 'FEASIBILITY STUDIES'.

Dzmm:
Dos por dos program:
Topic: pork

Baja: "dapat talaga ganya, malinaw kung saan napupunta ang pdaf ng mga mambabatas."

Taberna: "excuse sa sasabihin ko ha, pero yun konting utot lang eh iniimbestigahan nyo, yun mga anumalya sa pamahalaan etcetera iniimbestigahan nyo pero dito sa isyu ng pork barrel ayaw nyong imbestigahan dahil sabi nyo self serving?"

Dzmm:
Nagtuturuan ang DOJ at BIR sa umano'y mabagal na pag-usad ng bilyong pisong tax evasion cases sa gobyerno. Nababagalan ang BIR sa pag-usad ng mga reklamong tax evasion sa DOJ. Hinaing ng BIR, mula 2011 wala pa ni isa sa limang pinakamalalaking kaso ang nakaabot sa tax court.

MLA STANDARD:
Ex-treasurer: Budget anti-poor
In a budget briefing for the independent minority bloc led by Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Briones said Luzon would get 58 percent or P726 billion; Visayas, 18 percent or P224.7 billion; and Mindanao, 24 percent at P301.1 billion. Citing government studies and surveys, Briones said the incidence of hunger in households has increased from July 1998 to March 2013 with Mindanao in the lead at 29.2 percent and Luzon 14.7 percent.

TRIBUNE: BSP exec tagged in SMC 'shakedown'

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) deputy governor Nestor Espenilla is totally mum over a report that his department, the supervision and examination sector (SES), is "shaking down" San Miguel Corp. (SMC) in favor of a rival conglomerate. According to the report, the SES started the shakedown of SMC as early as March 29, 2011. In his confidential memo to Gov. Amando Tetangco Jr., the deputy governor told the latter that 'SMC's rapid expansion to new businesses may result in financial distress for the conglomerate.

TRIBUNE: Enrile: Trillanes clueless on MWSS contract legalities
Enrile underscored the fact that even if they proceed with the inquiry, the only recourse to the issue at hand is that of a legal remedy as Congress is barred from passing any law to impair the obligations of contracts entered into by the government. "I will tell you that if I'm not a member of Congress and prohibited from handling this case, I will win it against you in a courtroom.

MLA TIMES: Doctors pitch for Arroyo's release from VMMC
- In separate medical bulletins, the lawmaker's physicians said that Arroyo's condition is not improving that a holistic approach requires, referring to her release from VMMC. According to Dr. Antonion Sison, spine surgeon from the VMMC, Arroyo still continue to complain of lower back pain which is only temporarily relieved through pain killers. She also still have difficulty in swallowing solid food "which contributes to her poor appetite and weight loss," Sison said. "Arroyo, after her three major cervical spine operations, has not been cured of her illness and she continued to fell its ill effects to date. Meanwhile, Dr. Ernesto Palanca, also a doctor of Arroyo, said that the lawmaker is experiencing "deterioration of her entire health," not only apparent delay in healing.

MANILA TIMES: Czech envoy spills beans on MRT extort probe
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Rychtar has provided the NBI information about the attempted shakedown on Inekon, which expressed interest in supplying coaches for the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) expansion project. De Lima refused to disclose the information provided by the ambassador to NBI investigators, but she admitted that Rychtar reiterated his earlier claim that MRT General Manager Al Vitangcol was involved in the extort try.

GMA News
Issue: Pork Scam
- The minority bloc in the House of the Representatives formally called for an investigation of the alleged P10B Priority Development Assistance Fund scam.

Did you notice chief many things gone higher in this daang matuwid higher crime rate almost everyday higher prices of food and gasoline higher degree in the exclusive trade of corruption by allies of the rascals what is lowering the morality of officials makakapal na ang mukha the very low economic standing among asian countries lowest rate no 133 were 113 what is the truth  we are higher in jobless people highest in number in poverty and hungry filipinos the tragedy is many filipinos are gullible and utu utu my god and my lord please have mercy on us.

NEWS: P4.5 BILLION GENSETS to ease Mindanao power crisis
rings a bell: DOES IT REMIND YOU OF THE MOTHER?

MLA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES - MEDIA DEODORANTS

Last week, various media reported that the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court's Third Division issued warrants of arrest last July 29 against 13 former officials of the state-owned Development Bank of the Philippines. But nearly all of the reports failed to mention one small thing: the most of the defendants had already posted bail on the charges of graft as early as last year, with one respondent, columnist and political scientist Alexander Magno, doing the same only two weeks ago.

TRIBUNE: Noy to leave sorry legacy when he steps down in 2016 - Romualdez

"Media are giving an inordinate amount of focus here but a larger amount of funds is being unexamined, unaudited. In the total budget, the PDAF is only one percent. But what about the other component of the budget of which the Executive has the sole control? There is the special purpose fund, the unprogrammed fund and other lump sump allocations which are left unexamined, and unreviewed," said Romualdez. "Just where exactly does the money for these items go?," he asked. "Even Professor Leonor Briones who briefed us in our meeting earlier claimed she still finds items in the debt servicing provision in the budget she cannot understand."

TRIBUNE: Atienza questions pork barrel allocation for QC councilors
- While the whole country is keenly monitoring the development on the investigation into the Priority Development Assistance Fund of the lawmakers allegedly channeled to non-existent  non-governmental organizations, reports of distribution of pork barrel fund to Quezon City councilors caught Buhay partylist Rep. Lito Atienza by surprise as he aired serious reservations about its legality.
"The city council cannot appropriate something that its members will benefit from," said Atienza, a former mayor of the City of Manila.

INQUIRER: Poverty numbers unchanged, survey shows
- An estimated 10.4 million Filipino families described themselves as poor, while around 8.5 million families said they were food-poor over the past three months, according to a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). Both numbers are similar to the March figures, considering the survey's error margin of plus or minus three percentage points.

ANC: The independent bloc in the House of Representatives wants to fiscalize the executive's equivalent of the legislature's pork barrel funds. Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez notes that the legislative pork is but a mere fraction of the over 2 trillion peso budget, while the bigger bulk of lump sum funds in the budget are lodged with the executive. "these are lump sums going without accountability pdaf in the scheme of things, we're talking about 1% of total 2 trillion budget we feel due to circumstances media is putting inordinate focus here when in fact the bigger larger funds are going unexamined, unaudited, people are probably taking advantage of the funds attention natin 90% andito, pero dito naman sa special purpose funds plus unprogrammed   are examined, unreveiwed."

INQUIRER EDITORIAL: Doing business in PH
Given the government's determined stance to lure foreign investors and the big number of foreign firms sending representatives to case the joint, so to speak, one can expect the level of investments to be surging to record levels. That is NOT HAPPENING, however. Despite the rosy figures the Philippines is still LAGGING BEHIND its co-members in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations when it comes to attracting foreign investors.

PEOPLE'S JOURNAL: THE third force or the independent minority bloc of the House of Representatives yesterday urged lawmakers and the public to focus on the hundreds of billions of special purpose funds under the 2014 Php2.268-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB), which includes the Php27-billion retirement funds, that have been left unchecked over the years. In a press conference, Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, the head of the independent bloc, explained that special purpose funds or lump sum appropriations have been unaudited and there might be serious questions about its proper disbursements.

DZMM: Apat ang kumpirmadong patay sa naganap na pagsabog sa Sinsuat Avenue, Cotabato City. May ilang sasakyan at mga bahay rin ang nasusunog. Naganap ang pagsabog sa harapan ng isang paaralan doon. Maraming mga establishment sa nasabing lugar.

ask SWS:
is poverty now categorized as
- food poor?
- shelter poor?
- clothes poor?
- health poor?
- education poor?
ANYTHING to please the palace!

Sa totoo lang kumonti na talaga mahihirap at talagang kumonti na rin ang nagugutom kasi marami na ang nangamatay sa gutom!

SWS:
kumonti ang MAHIHIRAP pero dumami ang WALANG MAKAIN!

conclusion:
kailangan DUMAMI ang mahirap para KUMONTI ang nagugutom!!!
sanamagan!!!

GMA NEWS: BI accused of illegally detaining foreigners Mon, Aug 05, 2013 02:43 PM
Immigration officials have been accused of illegally detaining foreigners suspected of violating immigration laws and even asking for cash in exchange of the foreigners' freedom, a report on GMA News TV's "Balitanghali" said Monday.

GMA NEWS: COA Gov't yet to provide documentation for P24B in cash advances, Sun, Aug 04,2013 07:32PM
- Government agencies have yet to submit full documentation for their use of a total of P24.4 billion in cash advances, including P2.38B for the first three months of 2013, data from the Commission on Audit showed over the weekend.

PHILSTAR: ATTY. JOSE SISON - GETTING MESSIER
By this time, PNoy must have realized that POINTING FINGERS at others to project a "clean" image may even cause a backlash. Now even his sister Ballsy is being dragged into an alleged $30M payoff in the purchase of MRT trains from the Czech corporation, 'Inekon". Social media has been spreading the information that the deal was allegedly being facilitated by his cousin Jorge A. Lichauco and Ballsy's husband Eldon Cruz. The deal however did not push through when the company did not participate in the bidding because of the change in the terms of reference and not because it was blacklisted. In fairness to all concerned and in the interest of truth, an in depth PROBE MUST be conducted to find out what really happened here.

MLA STANDARD: Congress leaders defy Aquino order Palace bid to control Judiciary's fund questioned
- ADMINISTRATION allies in the House and Senate said Sunday they would defy Pres Benigno Aquino III's bid to seize control of co-equal branches of government by stripping the Judiciary of its fiscal autonomy and by taking away Congress' power of the purse in the 2014 budget.

MLA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES - What does Aquino know about corruption in the DoTC?
Malacañang appears to have decided to optimize use of the alleged P10B pork barrel scam, involving one pork barrel "integrator" named Janet Lim Napoles and some opposition senators, to DIVERT public attention from the Inekon affair. Although the Napoles affair is by itself a legitimate banner story, its timing and the extent of time and space devoted to it seem to fall very neatly within the administration's pattern of USING ONE SCANDAL to "KILL" and BURY another.

MANILA TIMES: ERWIN TULFO
According to a National Food Authority (NFA) insider, only two groups were given the permit to import rice after winning it through a bidding, and one of them was awarded to one alias "Mr. di bagayan." My source added that another 350 containers of rice is expected to arrive in the country next week from Vietnam and said to contain 182,000 sacks of rice or 9 million metric tons. But, I thought, didn't PNoy say we would import only 300 thousand metric tons this year?????

WALANG PAG-ASA SA PAGASA

DZBB: The state weather bureau lost another of its seasoned weather specialists,
reportedly after he failed to get his long-overdue benefits.
PAGASA forecaster Ricky Fabregas has left for Congo to take a high-paying job, radio dzBB's Allan Gatus reported early Friday.

ABSNEWS 08/02 3:26 PM
A freelance photojournalist was shot dead in General Santos City Thursday evening, the National Union of Journalist of the Philippines said. NUJP said Mario Sy, 53 was shot twice inside his own home at around 7:40 p.m. The motive behind his killing has yet to determined.

WEALTH DISTRIBUTION IN PH UNDER PNOY: SY, TAN still LEAD FORBES PH RICH LIST
Sy, the 88-year-old founder of the soon-to-be Southeast Asia's largest property firm, saw his fortune SWELL by $2.9B this year to $12 billion, or about P522.36 billion. Meanwhile, Tan, the 79-year-old chairman of flag-carrier Philippine Airline (PAL), is the country's second richest person with $7.5-billion fortune and this year's BIGGEST gainer with his $3B INCREASE in net worth.

the other side of the coin:
INQUIRER: Philippines FAILING to tackle RAMPANT POVERTY
NSCB: The RECORDED POVERTY INCIDENCE for the first half of 2012 was 27.9 PERCENT.

ANOTHER TUWID NA DAAN BULLETIN:
GMA NEWS: DOTC has a fleet of 50 CARS each WORTH P1 - COA
The Department of Transportation and Communication has a fleet of 51 motor vehicles with a total value of ONLY P50.00, according to a report from the Commission on Audit released Wednesday. The vehicles INCLUDE FIVE UNITS of Hyundai Starex vans LOANED TO THE OFFICE of THE PRESIDENT. However, only one, bearing Plate No. SFT-907 and valued at P830,000, was received.

Dzmm:
Failon ngayon program:
Topic: smuggling

Failon: "sa lunes dalawang linggo na simula nang magsona ang pangulo, pero ganun na lang ba? Wala bang mangyayari? Ang sabi nga ng iba hindi yan sona kungdi sosyalan! Kasi pagandahan lang ng damit ang nangyayari!"

BUSINESSWORLD: SONA -- a reality check - Streetwise by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
No amount of deception and coercion will be able to conceal reality and sustain the make-believe world of the Aquino regime despite the self-congratulatory press releases, the fawning media coverage, the engineered popularity surveys and the manufactured social media commentaries.

MANILA TIMES: Presidential kin should not be spared in MRT extort inquiry - Erwin Tulfo
Surprisingly, after Rychter's expose came out in the press, Malacañang immediately cleared presidential sister and brother-in-law Ballsy and Eldon Cruz and Jorge Aquino Lichauco, first cousin of PNoy. Their names were mentioned in earlier reports but no officials investigation has been conducted yet by any agency at that time. However, if they are not really involved in this anomaly, then they should not be afraid or ashamed. They should voluntarily subject themselves to the investigation to clear their names. Right madam Ballsy? But as one old Filipino saying goes "iba na ang malakas" :)

MORE ON PNOY POLICIES AND SOLUTIONS ATTENTION weight
watchers: PORK HERE TO STAY!
solution to CORRUPTION: KKK HERE TO STAY! to alleviate rising
POVERTY: JUETENG HERE TO STAY!
solution to HUNGER AND
UNEMPLOYMENT: BIGGER CCT BUDGET!
solution to agrarian reform: distribute land titles ONLY to ACCREDITED HACIENDA LUISITA PROXY FARMERS!
media killings:
INVESTIGATE,
INVESTIGATE!
on national security: AMERICANS HERE TO STAY!
to maintain GDP growth:
SEND MORE OFWs OVERSEAS!
to maintain POPULARITY:
more YELLOW SURVEYS!

BULLETIN: De Lima clears 3 solons, DA chief in Pork Scam
EVEN BEFORE the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) could conclude its investigation in the alleged misuse of the lawmakers' PDAF, Justice Sec Leila de Lima yesterday CLEARED three administration senators  and Department of Agriculture Sec Proceso Alcala of involvement in the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam.

TUWIND NA DAAN
BULLETIN: Dzmm: National printing office employees union kinukwestiyon ang bidding process para sa pag arkila ng printing machine na gagamitin sa pag iimprenta ng strip stamp ng bir. Ayon sa mga kawani aarkilahin ng apo production unit inc. -accredited supplier ng natl printing office ang printing machine sa halagang P200 million, gayong maari naman itong bilhin sa P70 million lamang.

DZMM: Ayon kay BOCEA Pres Romulo "Rommie" Pagulayan, walang sapat na basehan at masyadong mapanghusga ang naging pahayag ni PNoy na ikinasira ng integridad ng mga ordinaryong empleyado ng ahensya. Hinanakit pa niya, nagawa ng Pangulo na batikusin ang BOC pero hindi nito inupakan ang mga mambabatas na isinasangkot sa P10 bilyong pork barrel scam.

BOC ISSUE:
It all started when Pnoy and his spin doctors tried to deodorize his SONA amidst his stagnant 3-year presidency. He thought of lambasting his agencies to reiterate his commitment to his tiring campaign slogan. He bored his listeners with unnecessary kilometric data and suddenly spiced it up by BERATING those agencies not knowing that the PADRINOS of those corrupt individuals are his ALLIES and FRIENDS and some of these appointed officials were HANDPICKED by him. With his spirit always buoyed up by his paid survey groups, mahilig kasing MAGYABANG! resulta? SIMPLANG! puro KAKAMPI ang tinatamaan!! beware of a forthcoming "sisters' act - live on television NATIONWIDE"!!

ANC: CUSTOMS EMPLOYEES CRY FOUL
At a press conference called by Bureau of Customs Employees Association (BOCEA), Vincent Villanueva, one of the Association's officer said Pres Noynoy Aquino might have been misinformed when he spoke of the P200 billion lost in revenue collection of the BOC. BOCEA's Chairperson on Comm of Education Remy Princesa lamented that if all of them are corrupt, all Customs employees would have lived comfortably. Princesa said there are employees who perform their job despite the lack of financial support from the Bureau, for transportation or communication expenses. "Di papayag ang mga kawani na lait-laitin ng sinuman" said Tony Bonifacio, another officer of BOCEA who joined the press conference.

ANC: Fr. Joe Dizon criticizes Comelec for refusing to extend the registration for the barangay and sk polls. Dizon says the poll body denied the youth their right to vote.