ANC: KIRAM vs AQUINO
- SULTAN JAMALUL KIRAM CRITICIZED PRESIDENT AQUINO AND TWO CABINET MEMBERS. IN A STATEMENT READ BY HIS DAUGHTER, KIRAM SAID PRES AQUINO IS DOWNPLAYING THEIR CLAIM TO SABAH, AND REFUSES TO PERSONALLY TALK TO HIM. AND INSTEAD OF HELPING THEM RECLAIM WHAT HE SAYS IS THEIRS, KIRAM SAID THE PRESIDENT ISSUED AN ORDER TO HIS OFFICIALS TO DETERMINE WHAT LEGAL CHARGES SHOULD BE FILED AGAINST THEIR FOLLOWERS IN SABAH. KIRAM ALSO CRITICIZED DILG SEC MAR ROXAS FOR SAYING, GOVERNMENT WILL  NOT TALK TO THEM UNLESS THEIR FOLLOWERS RETURN HOME. THE SULTAN ALSO HIT JUSTICE SEC LEILA DE LIMA, FOR ALLEGEDLY INSULTING THE KIRAM CLAN.

BUSINESS MIRRIOR: Prof Ben Diokno - Fiscal myopia
- On the provision of public infrastructure, the Philippines is the WORST performing among ASEAN-5 economies. Foreign investors identified POOR public infrastructure as one of the reasons why the Phils has failed to attract FDIs into the country. In addition, they complain about the 60-40 foreign equity provision in the Phil Constitution. Relatedly, this also serves as a major constraint in the PPP program of the Aquino III administration.

MLA BULLETIN: Kirams Welcome Arrest; Palace Needs Big Prison - "We will welcome them. We will open our doors for the arrest!" Dayang Dayang Fatima Celia Kiram stressed this yesterday as she expressed the readiness and willingness of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and members of their clan for any eventually in the wake of the government's threat to arrest them. She said Malacañang should prepare a big prison for them if the government pursues its threat to put them in detention because of the still unresolved Sabah standoff.

dzmm reporter:
Mas marami pang diocese ng Simbahang Katolika sa bansa ang planong maglabas ng listahan ng mga kandidato sa pagkasenador na nabibilang sa 'Team Patay'. CBCP Episcopal Commission on Family and Life Exec Sec Fr. Melvin Castro na ang Archdiocese ng Lipa, Diocese ng Cubao at Diocese ng Tarlac ay balak na ring hikayatin ang mga nasasakupang botante na ibasura ang mga kandidatong "anti-life" dahil sa pagsuporta sa kontrobersyal na batas.

BUSINESS MIRROR: BIR collection up by 11.27%, but still SHORT of Jan. target - Despite an increase in collections in January compared to the same period last year, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) still fell short of its collection target for the month.

STANDARD: SOLIMAN SLAMMED OVER RELIEF OPERATIONS - Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino urged congress to make Soliman account for some P18 billion worth of calamity funds and international aid for the victims of typhoon Pablo in Mindanao. "What happened at the DSWD office was SIMPLY CRUEL, HEARTLESS AND INEXCUSABLE," said Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan "International aid poured in for typhoon Pablo victims. Why is the DSWD depriving them of food and TREATING THEM LIKE RATS? They are being victimized twice, even three times over. SO MANY HAVE ALREADY DIED IN THE STORM. Now, do  they want MORE TO DIE FROM HUNGER?"

STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES
- If dinky truly believed in what she's saying, she'd go to the residents of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley and explain herself to them. But if she did that, I'm not betting against her being hanged by her COLORED HAIR EXTENSIONS from the nearest tree and FLOGGED. This government has way too many rich people who know nothing (and care even less) about the poor, from ITS HACIENDA-HEIR LEADER on down. But the HEARTLESSNESS of its social welfare secretary, a supposed veteran of the NGO movement and an activist, is simply beyond belief.

BLOG: bam aquino on ex-Pres. Arroyo: Nasa utak ko, kulong. But justice system should prevail. It's a test case for our country's system - he said this over Karen's show this morning. She appointed him to the Nat Youth  Commission. She appointed his dad to PNOC-EC. OMG!! Ang kapal!

INQUIRER: KMP slams master list of Luisita land reform beneficiaries
"This sham master list is based on the whims of the Cojuangco-Aquino's and completely prejudiced the rights of legitimate farm workers," KMP deputy secretary general Randall Echanis said in a statement. "The master list submitted by the HLI to the Supreme Court is a product of an illegal process or the bogus referendum conducted by the Cojuangcos in August 2010," Echanis said.

TRIBUNE: Mark my words: There will be massive cheating in the 2013 senatorial polls, what with the yellow surveys setting the stage for a "landslide" victory for the senatorial bets of Team PNoy. It always goes this way: The yellow surveys start their "trending" or "mind-conditioning" early in the game where the opposing team's bets will be dropped, after the yellow media start their demonization of the leaders of the opposition, in this case, the UNA leaders, namely, VP Jojo Binay, former Pres Erap Estrada and Sen Pres Juan Ponce-Enrile.

ABS-CBN NEWS: Filipinos trust religious institutions more than the academe, media, government and business, according to the2nd Philippine Trust Index. The trust index, a study on trust among different stakeholder groups in the Philippines conducted by EON Stakeholder Relations  and Ateneo Graduate School of Business (AGSB), showed the public had the most trust in the Church (68.1%). Church refers to religious institutions in general and not any one particular religion.

TRIBUNE: No source code" No problem, said the poll chief yesterday, even as he explained that the automated polls will still go on, as scheduled, by using the binary code, which is not human readable but merely machine readable. Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr., who does not seem to care whether the elections would be seen as credible and fraudulent, yesterday admitted that the poll body may have the PCOS machines operating without the necessary source code, having expressed pessimism that the source code for the automated machines will be acquired in time for the May elections.

ANC: Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III remains optimistic that the standoff in Sabah will end peacefully. Mentioning reports from his brother, who is in Sabah, Kiram said 6 heavily armed soldiers from the Malaysian Army visited the group this afternoon. There was no hostility and the soldiers didn't say anything to the almost three hundred of their men who have been holed up in a town in Sabah for almost two weeks now. Jamalul Kiram said, if given the opportunity, they would agree to being granted Malaysian citizenship if it means they would be allowed to stay in Sabah. "Of course I would like to live in a Muslim country."

DZRH: Kinumpirma ng ilang opisyal sa Palasyo na nagbitiw na sa puwesto si Sec. Ricky Carandang. Ang dahilan umano ng pagbibitiw nito ay ang kagustuhan na bumalik na lamang sa mga balita, si Silvestre Afable na dating Pres Secretary noong Arroyo administration ang napipisil na ipalit ni PNoy kay Carandang.

BAKIT PAG SA MILF, ANG BAIT-BAIT NI PNOY? SIYA MISMO LUMIPAD SA TOKYO PARA KAUSAPIN SILA AND RECENTLY, DUMALAW PA SA KAMPO NILA. BAKIT SA SULTANATE NG SULU, SUPLADO SYA AT AYAW MAKIPAG-USAP? ANG IPINADALA HINDI OPISYAL AT EMISSARIES LANG? BAKIT BINUBUHUSAN NG PERA ANG MILF, KAHI'T HINDI PA KUMPLETO ANG KASUNDUAN SAMANTALANG ANG SULTANATE TINATAKOT NA KAKASUHAN? BAKIT MAS MAHAL NYA ANG MGA REBELDE KAYSA TAHIMIK NA MAMAMAYAN?----SABI NG KARAMIHAN, "ASA KA PA!!"

ABANTE: Team PNoy may tampo kay Cayetano
- Disimayado na umano ang Team PNoy kay Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano dahil kahit minsan ay hindi pa ito sumama sa kampanya ng grupo simula noong proclamation rally. Ito ang napag-alaman sa isang impormante sa Team PNoy dahil tanging si Cayetano na lamang ang hindi sumsama sa hanay ng NP sa kampanya. "Parang ayaw tumulong sa grupo," pahayag ng impormante na hindi na nagpabanggit ng pangalan.

GETREALPOST: Speaking of hopeless, there are people who also think that Pres BS Aquino is one hopeless case for coming across as mumbling fool. At one point he even alleged that those who want to sabotage the recently-singed Bangsamoro framework agreement between the MILF and the govt are funding Sultan Kiram. You can trust BS Aquino to throw around baseless allegations anytime, anywhere. Without proof or anything that could be used to back his claim, he'll just simply blame phantom enemies for his problem.

Fwd: from a Bishop: "I pray always for gma. I pray ma depose na si Pnoy. Grabe dito mindanao, the NPA attacks. Pnoy was here yesterday di man lang nag comment. 3 major attacks already. Komonista talaga si Pnoy and the country. pakaliwa na. Tama si CJ Corona."

BS Aquino's continuing bungling of the Sultan of Sulu's incident reminds ppl of the monumental bungling of the Luneta hostage incident. Expect the Sabah issue to escalate into hostilities caused not by the Sultan of Sulu but by an uninformed and bungling Phil. President.

INQURIER: H for Honasan, C for Corona, other Team PNoy bloopers - Whose candidate's surname starts with a C," hinting at Sen Alan Cayetano asked Drilon. "Corona," the people shouted back, referring to ousted CJ Renato Corona whom the Senate convicted in an impeachment trial last year. "and whose surname starts with an H?" Drilon followed up, referring to former Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros. "Honasan," the crowd roared, thinking of opposition reelectionist Gregorio Honasan of the UNA.

TRIBUNE: Carandang quits; GMA aide eyed as replacement - Pres Aquino is appears to have accepted Sec. Ramon Carandang's resignation from his post as chief Presidential Communications Development Strategic Planning Office. A top Malacañang official confirmed to the Tribune that Carandang wants to leave government service and return to private life. The Malacañang official said President Aquino is considering Silvestre Afable Jr. as Carandang's replacement. Afable, a Biology graduate from the University of the Philippines-Baguio, served as press secretary of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

BUSINESS MIRROR: MINDANAO POWER CRISIS LOOM ANEW
Just two days before the start of summer, the business sector prodded Malacañang to invoke the "power crisis" provision of the Epira to prevent an expected worsening of the electricity shortage in Mindanao. Jose S. Alejandro, chairman of the energy committee of the PCCI, said the hydro power-dependent region would surely experience anew less capacity during the summer months, worsening the already problematic power situation in Mindanao.

BUSINESS MIRROR: Farmers question Luisita beneficiaries' final list FARMERS belonging to the KMP on Wednesday questioned the final list of Hacienda Luisita qualified farmer-beneficiaries released on Wed by the DAR. "The DAR's list of so-called beneficiaries of Hacienda Luisita is highly questionable. This sham master list is based on the whims of the Cojuangco-Aquinos and completely prejudiced the rights of legitimate farm-workers," KMP Deputy Secretary-General Randall Echanis said.

ISSUE: DSWD SA DAVAO CITY (6:14am-6:15am - UKG ABS-CBN) Anthony Taberna
- Mga pulis at militante, nagkasakitan sa tanggapan ng DSWD sa Davao City. DSWD at mga residente nagkasundong bibigyan ng relief goods bago umalis.

ANC: Farmer's group AMBALA questions why some claimants were not included in the DAR's list of Hacienda Luisita beneficiaries. AMBALA says its members submitted the necessary documents to DAR, but the agency did not include them without even saying why.

ANC: Team PNoy campaigns in Bukidnon -- considered to be an opposition country. But instead of 12 candidates, only 3 showed up for a symposium at the Bukidnon State University. The stage which was set-up for the candidates, but it was filled with empty chairs as only Bam Aquino, Jamby Madrigal, and Cynthia Villar showed up and at different times.

DZMM TELERADYO: Nagpahayag ng matinding galit si Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III sa patuloy na pagbalewala sa kanila ng gobyerno. Ito'y matapos tumanggi ang Malakanyang na makipag-usap si Pang Noynoy Aquino sa kampo ng Pamilya Kiram bago paalisin ang mga tagasuporta sa Sabah, Malaysia. Ayon kay Kiram, masaya sila noong una na bumuo ang administrasyon ng panel para pag-aralan ang pag-angkin ng Sulu Sultanate sa Sabah ngunit matapos ang pagbabantang maaresto kahapon, paano aniya sila magtitiwala pa. Kabilang pa sa sama ng loob ni Kiram, hindi lamang aniya sila Pilipino dahil wala pang Pilipinas ay mayroon nang Sultanate of Sulu. Pinayuhan pa nito ang kanyang kapatid na nanguna sa grupo sa Sabah na si Rajah Mudah Agbimuddin Kiram na kung nauubusan na sila ng pagkain sa Sabah, mag-fasting at magtiis na lamang muna.

anc: pablo victims and davao police clash again. the policemen were delivering food to their colleagues at the dswd ofc when protesters blocked them. a scuffle ensued leaving some protesters and policemen injured.

dzmm reporter:
SULTAN KIRAM, 'DI NATATAKOT SA MGA PULIS NA UMAALIGID UMANO SA KANYANG BAHAY - Ayon kay Fatina Kiram, asawa ni Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, sinabihan siya ng ilang taga-Barangay Hall na malimit ang pag-ikot ng mga pulis sa kanilang bahay. Ayaw namang isipin na pamilya na bahagi ito ng pananakot sa kanila, pero giit ni Sultan Kiram ay hindi naman siya natatakot sa anumang banta.

DZMM: Umapela kay Pnoy ang minorya sa Kamara na bawiin ang banta nitong posibleng kasuhan sina Sultan Jamalul Kiram III. Ito'y sakaling patuloy na magmamatigas sa pananatili sa lahad datu sa sabah sa kabila ng paki-usap ng Presidente. Naalarma si Min Leader Danilo Suarez sa naturang babala ni Pnoy dahil mistulang iniipit nito ang pinuno ng Sultanate of Sulu.

TRIBUNE: X-RAY machine, 2 column scanners in Palace rotting-An X-ray machine and two column scanners were kept inside the Executive building in Malacañang which were purportedly for the media practitioners covering Pres Aquino and other individuals coming in and out of the sentry of Malacañang Palace Gate 2 along J.P. Laurel Street.

PHILSTAR: Calling their buildup of forces in Sabah a "foolhardy act," Pres Aquino yesterday made a televised appeal to Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and his followers to stand down and leave the territory peacefully. The President said the Kirams would be made to answer for violating Philippine laws if they insist on staying in Sabah with their armed followers.

dzmm teleradyo: SULTAN KIRAM, BINANTAAN UMANO NG EMISARYO NI PNOY
Sa panayam ng DZMM, isiniwalat ni Abraham Idjirani, tagapagsalita ni Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, na mistulang binantaan ng mga kinatawan ni Pang Noynoy Aquino ang kanilang pinuno  nang makipag-usap ang mga ito sa kanila. "Ginawa ho nila 'yan (nakipag-usap), yung emissary ng Presidente sa halip na 'yung malumay na usapan ang ginagamit...parang threatening pa ang tone kay Sultan Jamalul Kiram III explaining... na ito ang mangyayari sa 'yo.

DZMM: SABAH STANDOFF - NEWS BY HENRY ATUELAN
VACC, UMAAPELA KAY PNOY NA RESOLBAHIN NA SA MAAYOS NA PARAAN ANG SABAH STAND OFF UPANG HINDI NA MATULAD SA HONGKONG HOSTAGE TAKING TRAGEDY ANG NASABING SITWASYON.

(7:11-7:12 INTENSITY 5 DWFM) NEWS BY HANIBAL TALETE VP JEJOMAR BINAY, HINDI NANINIWALA SA RESULTA NG PINAKAHULING SWS SURVEY KUNG SAAN 9 NA KANDIDATO NG TEAM PNOY ANG PASOK HABANG 3 LAMANG SA UNITED NATIONALIST ALLIANCE. BINAY, IGINIIT NA DAPAT ILAHAD ANG NAGING BATAYAN NG NATURANG SURVEY DAHIL HINDI UMANO ITO TUGMA SA KANILANG NAKIKITA.

DZBB: ISSUE: PCSO PHP302.8-M ALLOWANCES (9:52-9:55) - One on One with Igan Commentaries by Arnold Clavio
- Ang PCSO ay nagbigay ng Php302.8-M bilang Christmas and grocery bonuses sa kanilang mga empleyado noong 2011. Ang pondo dapat sa personnel retirement benefits. Ang nakatuklas nito ay ang COA ang sabi ng COA ang naturang expenditures ay excessive, irregular at without proper authority. Wala tayong balita kung tinigil na ito kasi 2013 na, hindi natin alam kung ano ang estado nito. Bugbog sarado iyong mga direksyon, sila na ang walang puso. Saan galing ang pondo ng PCSO? Nakakaawa ang mga mahihirap.