ANC: kadamay begin series of protests vs privatization of ph orthopedic center and other state hospitals. group says privatization will mean annual death of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of indigent people unable to cope with rising cost of healthcare.

DZMM: ISSUE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION BILL by J. Hidalgo
Pangulong Aquino, wala umanong plano na sertipikahan bilang urgent ang FOI Bill. Ayon kay Pangulong Aquino, aalamin pa niya sa Kamara kung ano ang status ng panukala sapagkat naisumite na ng Palasyo ang utos sa mga mungkahing amyenda. Aniya, ipaubaya na niya sa Kamara ang desisyon sa pagpapasa ng FOI Bill.

PHILSTAR: ERNIE MACEDA: Supended Cebu Gov Gwen Garcia threw all caution to the winds as she left the Prov Capitol to fulfill her annual "panata" to dance at the Sinulog festival parade. Accompanied by 30 Mayors and Vice Mayors, she left her Capitol office at 5 p.m. and proceeded to the Cebu City Sports Complex where she joined her daughter Cristina and son-in-law, Mayor Duke Frasco to lead the Liloan Rosquillos Festival at around 7:30 p.m. VP Jojo Binay, Arch Jose Palma and UNA candidates Mitos Magsaysay, Dick Gordon and Migz Zubiri waited for 3 hours to watch Gwen fulfill her commitment to Señor Sto. Niño.

ANC: activists troop to u.s. embassy in manila to protest grounding of uss guardian in tubbataha reef.
militant group bayan also says ph govt should junk the vfa if the situation isn't resolved soon. "it is utterly insulting that the u.s. navy will drive away Philippine authorities and prevent us from exercising our sovereign right to inspect the damage causes by the uss guardian," bayan sec gen renato reyes added.

Aksyontv: sen enrile remains senate pres as 11 senators voted against his motion to declare top post vacant; sen trillanes maintains they have numbers to remove enrile; militant bloc of congressmen withdraw support for foi bill - says version to be presented is not acceptable; una says their bets will win because of track record of vp binay.

INQUIRER: Militant lawmakers on Monday said they would withdraw their co-authorship of the FOI bill in the House, noting that the latest version would impose more restrictions that propagate transparency and accountability in the government.

INQUIRER: CBCP presses for FOI bill passage
The social action arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is urging Congress to pass the freedom of information (FOI) bill before it goes on recess for the election campaign period even without the certification of urgency from President Aquino. In a statement, Bishop Broderick Pabillo, chairman of the CBCP National Secretariat for Social Action, also warned that candidates under Aquino's Liberal Party-led coalition might lose their credibility if the FOI bill remained merely as a "pie dream" for the Filipinos.

ANC: members of the 'right to know' coalition walk out of the house gallery to protest lawmakers' lack of action on the foi bill.

DZMM: Iginiit ng kampo ni CGMA na nabigo ang prosekusyon na ma-establish ang Probable Cause sa kaso niyang Plunder kaugnay ng pondo ng PCSO. Dahil dito...muling hiniling ni CGMA sa pamamagitan ng kanyang abugadong si atty rodolfo jimenez na idismis na ang kaso laban sa kanya.

ANC: enrile also moved to elect a new senate president, he said this will give his critics - the cayetanos, santiago, and trillanes the chance to be nominated.

MLA STANDARD: GMA ASK COURT TO DROP PLUNDER CASE
Former pres Gloria Arroyo, who has been held under hospital arrest for several months on charges of plunder, said on Sunday the case against her was never established in preliminary investigation by the Ombudsman but the SC sat on her petition to stop her indictment. Arroyo's lawyer, Rodolfo Jimenez, in a new petition to the SC, said they sought outright dismissal of the P365.9M plunder case for lack of probable cause. "There is no probable cause for the plunder charge against petitioner Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The charges against her should be dismissed outright," Jimenez said.

RADYO 5: ISSUE: OFW (9:44-9:45) - CBCP's Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People Exec Sec Fr. Edwin Corros, sinabing MALAKI ang pagkukulang ng pamahalaan dahil kung mayroon lamang mga trabaho na naghihintay sa mga Pilipino dito sa ating bansa hindi na sana sila nadadamay sa kaguluhan sa ibayong dagat. Ayon kay Fr. Corros, kung  talagang maganda ang ekonomiya ng bansa natin ngayon bakit nagkukumahog pa  rin ang mga Pilipino na makakuha ng trabaho sa ibang bansa para kumita.

ISSUE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION BILL (RMN) commentaries by M. Balabas
- Alam po ninyo very omportant ang FOI Bill para mapatunayan ang transparency, governance at ang matuwid na daan sa programa ni Pangulong Aquino.
_ Hihilingin ni Cong. Rufus Rodriguez kay Pang Aquino nai-certify as urgent ang amendments ng AMLA at Antitrust Law.
- Wala daw sa isip ng Kongreso ngayon ang FOI Bill ibig sabihin totoo talaga ang pinangalanito sa FOI Bill "For OUR Information Bill only."

PHILSTAR: Through her lawyer Rodolfo Jimenez, Arroyo said the necessary elements of plunder under RA 2080 have not been established in the preliminary investigation conducted by the Office of the Ombudsman. He cited 21 cases wherein the SC upheld the existence of of reasonable doubt in acquitting an accused in a criminal case. In the case of People vs Avila, the SC held: "IT IS NOT THE DUTY of an accused to prove his innocence before the prosecution proves the his guilt, but rather it is the reverse, that is, THAT THE PROSECUTION MUST PROVE the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt before the accused is put to proving his freedom and legal responsibility."