PHILSTAR: MARICHU VILLANUEVA - Unfortunately, even P-Noy's official mouthpieces spoke too soon in defense of the checkpoint incident as a legitimate shootout. As a presidential spokesperson, you speak for and on behalf of the President. Unlike the President, Valte does not have all the information that the Chief Executive immediately gets from all sources, both official and unofficially. You are not supposed to second-guess your President. Obviously, she violated the cardinal rule for presidential spokespersons not to second-guess your principal. 

ISSUE: SUSPENDED CEBU GOV. GWEN GARCIA (6:17-6:18 am - GOOD MORNING CLUB - AKSYON TV) Cheryl Cosin
Kampo ni Suspended Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia, muling iginiit na politika ang dahilan ng panggigipit sa kanya.

ISSUE: NDRRMC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BENITO RAMOS (10:40-10:41 - Isyu - DZRH) by B. Pormento
NDRRMC Executive Director Benito Ramos, positibo na nagsumite na ng kaniyang resignation effective January 31. Tinanggap na umano ni Defense Sec. Voltaire Gazmin ang resignation ni Ramos.

BALITA: SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN: FREE GLORIA ARROYO
Malaki ang posibilidad na mahahalal muli si dating Pangulo at ngayo'y Pamp Rep. M-Arroyo sa muling pagtakbo nito bilang kongresista ng 2 Distrito ng Pampanga sa May 2013 elections kahit hindi ito mangampanya subalit dapat itong palayain mula sa hospital detention upang makapagsilbi sa kanyang susunod na termino. Sinabi ni Guagua Mayor Ricardo Rivera at Councilor Eugene Ponio sa Usaping Balita News Forum sa Quezon City, isang signature campaign ang kanilang ilulunsad sa Pampanga na nananawagan sa gobyerno na palayain si GMa mula sa VMMC upang siya ay makapagsilbi bilang kinatawan ng 2 Distrito ng Pampanga.

INQUIRER HEADLINES: Paalce body OKd Atimonan operation Ochoa disowns deadly mission
-- PNP pointing to ES Ochoa? with Ochoa denying 
-- PNP under DILG which is under sec mar roxas
-- OOPS! another Balay vs Samar shootout?

3 MALAKING pangyayari sa bansa NGAYON:
- shootout sa quezon, shootout sa senado on cash gifts, shootout sa palasyo between samar and balay.
- IISA and BIKTIMA: ang TAUMBAYAN!!!

Dzmm reporter:
> pangulong bs aquino pinulong ang mga manok para sa 2013 elections.
> ayon sa source naaalarma na ang mga lp candidates kung saan huhugutin ang campaign funds lalot may mga infomercials na ang mga kandidato ng una.
> ikina alarma din umano ng mga lp candidates ang di pagpapatawag ng meeting ni sen frank drillon na siyang campaign manager ng lp upang plantsahin ang campaign strategy ng partido.

Aksyontv: court of appeals wants oral arguments on govt suspension of cebu gov garcia; garcia stays in capitol; garcia family says vice gov magpale is abusing her authority; pres aquino applies for gun exemption for handgun and high powered rifle; pres aquino names classmate as chief presidential legal counsel; sen santiago wants coa to check how senate spends funds; militant farmers hold rally at pcgg - says with pcgg abolished who will go after ill gotten wealth; businessman ongpin files graft case against bangko sentral deputy gov espenilla.

ANC: alam party-list, which is seeking accreditation for the may midterm election, files petition asking the sc to cite the comelec in contempt. this is after the poll body refused to include alam in its official ballot raffle.

ANC: CA rejects govt's request for 3 days to submit written memo on Gov Garcia's petition for a TRO on suspension. CA instead submits it for resolution.

ANC: the comelec suffers a setback in its preparations for the may midterm polls. this is due to a delay in the review of the source codes that will run the precinct count optical or pcos machines.

BUSINESS MIRROR: Rights 'superbody' mere PR scheme-group
The human-rights watchdog Karapatan ang Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) have branded the first meeting of the government's high-level inter-agency superbody" against extrajudicial killings (EJKs) and other human-rights abuses as a "mere public-relations scheme." 

BUSINESSWORLD: Liquor companies question constitutionality of 'sin' tax law
The new law that raised excise taxes on tobacco and alcohol  products has been legally challenged by liquor manufacturers who complained of "DOUBLE TAXATION." Republic Act (RA) No. 10351 "...would have a very adverse effect on petitioners in the Philippines as they might forced to reduce or worse, to cease their manufacturing operations in the Philippines," the groups stated in a 30-page petition against the 'sin' tax law filed with the Manila Regional Trial Court last Monday.

GMA NEWS: PHL exports up by 5.5% in Nov. y-o-y, but DOWN 19% from Oct. - NSO
Philippine exports was up by 5.5 percent last November from a year earlier, but was DOWN by 19.5 percent from October, the National Statistics Office reported Thursday.

DZMM Story Jan 10 >>> Sa ikalawang sunod na taon...wala na namang nakuhang Pork Barrel ang 4 na Kongresistang malapit kay CGMA. Kinumpirma ni House Deputy minority Leader Mitos Magsaysay na wala silang natanggap na P-DAF mula 2011-2012 Bukod kay Rep. Magsaysay, hindi rin nabigyan ng Pork Barrel sina Reps Dato Arroyo, Mikey Arroyo at Augusto Syjuco.