INQUIRER: MIRIAM ON HEADSTART - "one of Enrile's attack dogs is not a lawyer, but is PRETENDING to be one, and that is why that senator keeps on calling on Santiago to shut up." She used the term "nag-aabu-abugaduhan" during her interview with ANC's talk show "Headstart." "He does not even have a clue about the principle of exhaustion of administrative remedies. He was involved in a court case, and he turned tail and became a FUGITIVE from justice, WHICH is a criminal behavior. That is what you get when a layman filled with hubris pretends to be a lawyer," she added. Those who tuned in to the program immediately realized that Santiago had talked about LACSON.

INQUIRER: ENRILE RECALLS 'HIGH-SALARIED' WORKERS DETAILED TO ALAN CAYETANO, TRILLANES - Enrile said he directed the Office of the Senate Secretary as early as December 6,2012 to send these "high-salaried personnel" from the offices of Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano and Senator Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes IV back to their mother units.

INQUIRER EDITORIAL: CJ Maria Lourdes Sereno asserted that "There is absolutely nothing that you can delete in cyberspace" - a familiar assertion, to be sure, but in fact a somewhat INACCURATE ONE, depending on how one defines that now-quaint term cyberspace. The newest member of the Court, Assoc Justice Marvic Leonen, wondered aloud about the multiplier effect of social media. Yes, but if Leonen is suggesting that "cyberbullying" is the primary or even only consideration, then he is OFFERING A FALSE CHOICE. It is the obligation of the State both to offer protection to ordinary citizens and to protect the freedom of expression of every citizen.

ISSUE: POLITICS (7:28-7:29 - Todo Balita - R5) Commentaries by N. Ocampo
Una-una lang iyan Mr. President! Iyong paepal-epal na ginagawa ng kabila, ginagawa din ni Pnoy!
- Wala tayong maaasahan na pagtino sa Gobyerno!
- Wala tayong maaasahang tuwind na landas!
- Ang inaasahan nating liko-likong landas diretso sa kaharian ni Hudas!

Phil Star: DICK PASCUAL - POLITICAL COLOR: At the Supreme Court, we are watching if the hearing on the validity of the new Cybercrime Prevention Act will see the justices voting along political lines, with Aquino appointees supporting the law and those on the other side voting against it. Not a few have noticed that the TREND of questioning by CJ Ma. Lourdes Sereno during the oral arguments hewed to the THINKING of Pres Noynoy Aquino. Then she just noted the plea for extending the 120 day TRO.

DZMM: Desidido si House minority leader Danilo Suarez na isulong ang pagsisiyasat ng Kamara sa madugong Atimonan Encounter. Itoy sa kabila ng naunang pahayag ni Speaker Belmonte na hahayaan muna ng Kamara na matapos ang imbestigasyon ng NBI sa kaso. Ayon kay Suarez, wala namang problema kung simulan ng Kamara ang sariling imbestigasyon kahit di pa tapos ang pagsisiyasat ng NBI.

ANC: another delay in poll preparations? the Comelec resets the field testing of the pcos machines set on January 19 and the mock elections set on the 26th. this is to give systems lab inc more time to finish the review of the source codes for the pcos machines.

ANC: House Minority leader Danilo Suarez moves to probe Atimonan Quezon incident. He says the House approves the PNP budget and should therefore determine where it is being used. Rep Suarez adds, he's surprised that the House leadership opted to wait for the NBI probe instead of conducting its own investigation.

ANC: house minority leader and quezon rep danilo suarez has filed a resolution seeking a house probe into the bloody atimonan quezon shootout. a similar bill was filed at the senate by sen bong revilla.

ANC: members of gabriela march to protest rising electricity cost rates in the country is the highest in asia.

ANC: pnoy visits cebu with his senatorial bets AHEAD of the official start of the campaign period. it is also his first visit since the suspension of gov gwen garcia. speaking to reporters, aquino said the administration will exercise maximum tolerance on the political standoff in cebu.

Dzmm reporter:
> pres bs aquino III itinangging apektado na ang operasyon ng cebu capitol dahil sa stand off sa pagitan nila suspended gov gwen garcia at oic gov agnes magpale.
> itinanggi din nito na binu bully ng lp ang una.
> unang sinabi ni house deputy minority leader mitos magsaysay na pinag iinitan ng pamahalaan ang mga kaalyado ng una matapos sampahan ng kaso sina garcia, pangasinan gov amado espina at cagayan de oro city mayor vicente emano.

ABSNEWS 01/15 3:02 pm
The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) twitted the Liberal Party plans to file more cases against suspended Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, saying these prove further there is a grand plan to harass rivals in the upcoming polls.

Dzmm reporter:
> pres bs aquino nagpasaring sa united nationalist alliance.
> kaya daw maagang nangangampanya at maagang nagpalabas ng infomercials ay naghahabol dahil naman sa mga nagawa ng kanyang administrasyon!

ANC: sinulog organizers warn senatorial candidates against campaigning during the sinulog festival. the organizers say security personnel have been ordered to confiscate leaflets, banners, or any other campaign materials, "they must behave, it's a simple rule to follow," sinulog foundation  exec dir ricky ballesteros said.

TRIBUNE: RP ACTION ON ASEAN ECONOMIC UNION, FTA NEGOTIATIONS SLOW - ECCP CHIEF - ECCP
executive vice president Henry Schumacher said based on current trends, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and even Vietnam could sign an FTA with Europe by 2015. "The Philippines will be left behind if no FTA with Europe is signed by 2015, a critical phase in  the region as it is the start of the Asean economic integration.

TRIBUNE: ONGPIN: WHO IS PERSECUTING WHOM?
Businessman Roberto Ongpin described as "amusing" the statement of the lawyer representing BSP deputy gov. Nestor Espenilla that the BSP official is being "persecuted" by the former trade minister because he has been singled out of the three-man AMLC. "I understand very well that the AMLC is a collegial body, but of the three officials in it, only deputy governor Espenilla during the Senate hearings last year stated under oath that the DBP loans to Ongpin were 'PRUDENT,' 'POSITIVE,' AND MADE A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE DBP

MANILA TIMES: BOBI TIGLAO - GUN BUSINESS BOOMS UNDER AQUINO
With the President as the poster boy for gun ownership, it is no wonder that demand for guns has ballooned, and the gun business in our country has boomed. The bureaucracy Aquino leads have loosened import restrictions that the country's imports of pistols and revolvers in his first full year in office, in 2011, have doubled to nearly 49,000 units, more than double the 20,000 average annual imports from 2001-2010 (see chart). If that rate continues, 270,000 new guns, a fourth of the currently registered pistols and revolvers, will be brought into the country by the time he steps down.

TRIBUNE: NOY'S CJ, LEONEN SAY CYBER LAW NEEDED AGAINST BULLYING
- Petitioners asking the Supreme Court (SC) to strike down the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10175) as unconstitutional faced an uphill battle yesterday mostly at the hands of TWO of President Aquino's APPOINTEES to the high court who appeared to favor the government's position on the law, especially on Cyber libel.