PHILSTAR: Comelec confirms case vs Lanto
- The Comelec yesterday confirmed that newly appointed commissioner Macabangkit Lanto has a pending case before the poll body. Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes said the commission is set to discuss and rule on the case filed against Lanto in connection with the 2007 elections. Brillantes said based on the case, Lanto allegedly coerced a member of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) in Lanao del Sur.

NEWS: MLA STANDARD: Sardillo quits, Lanto VOWS to HANG ON
- with a tarnished REPUTATION from the start, his decision TO CLING to his appointment CONFIRMS the FLAW in his character as clearly NOT FIT and without DELICADEZA as an official of an INDEPENDENT body like comelec. why is media NOT questioning Drilon's motive in lobbying for Lanto (being a campaign manager)? why did Pnoy lamely succumbed to Drilon's dictate.

MLA STANDARD: ALVIN CAPINO - We recall that Hontiveros even launched a multimillion pesos advertising campaign to push the RH bill. The TV ad campaign was also meant to boost her senatorial candidacy. So many people have asked Hontiveros at that time where the millions for her RH advocacy TV ad campaign were coming from. We don;t recall her revealing the source of the money for TV ads. There is no clear answer on the guesses that the money could have come from pharmaceutical companies or from international agencies pushing population control in third-world countries like the Philippines.

MANILA TIMES: AFTER admitting that it had NO idea that newly appointed Comelec Comm Macabangkit  Lanto had a "tainted" background, the next best thing for Malacañang to do is to withdraw the commissioner's appointment in the poll body. Rep. Tobias "Toby" Tiangco of Navotas City, sec general and campaign manager of the UNA, also said that Sen. Franklin Drilon should apologize to Pres Benigno Aquino 3rd for putting the chief executive in an embarrassing situation.

ABS-CBN NEWS: FVR urges heart-to-heart talk between PNoy, Kiram
- Former Pres Fidel V. Ramos advised Pres Benigno Aquino III to soften his stance and hear out the grievances of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III in connection with the claim over Sabah. The former pres also said Aquino should not waste precious minutes - amid growing death toll in Sabah - also in tapping the help of country's neighbors in the ASEAN in particular the BIMP-East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

GMA NEWS: Meralco: Customers to eventually pay for new info system costing P32M
- Manila Electric Co. said in its application for a provisional authority from the Energy Regulatory Commission that the customer information system (CIS) it wants to put in place will cost P325.243 million, which its client will pay for later on.

TRIBUNE: Noy's resolute action sought on Sabah strife - Mindanao bishops called on Aquino to support the United Nations' (UN) appeal for an immediate end of the violence in North Borneo. In a statement titled "Save our people - with honor," the bishops also appealed for the government to resume diplomatic work to resolve propriety and the sovereignty questions, "a task historically entrusted to the government by the Sultanate of Sulu, and thus to ensure the withdrawal with honor of armed forces from the area."

ANC: Members of the Kilusang Mayo Uno will troop the Comelec Office in Manila Monday morning to condemn the commission for harassing progressive party-lists as part of Aquino's anti-left campaign. The KMU condemns the COMELEC for being a vulgar lackey of the Aquino government's systematic campaign against party-list and candidates.

PEOPLE'S JOURNAL: 'Uncoordinated' NBI operation irks Biazon BUREAU of Customs Comm Rozzano "Ruffy" Biazon said he would "formally ask" National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Nonnatus Caesar Rojas to give due respect to his office before the NBI conducts any anti-crime operation in areas under his jurisdiction.

ANC: KONTRA DAYA: Atty. Lanto should follow Atty. Sardillo and decline his Comelec appointment due to issues related to election fraud. What kind of credibility will Comelec have if one of its commissioners has a record of being removed from office due to poll fraud? It's simply untenable. Seems like Pres. Aquino merely accepted the recommendation of LP party-mate Sen. Drilon despite the consequences of having a tainted official in a crucial agency.

INQUIRER: Irregularities custom 'old hand' behind delay in NSW2 project - VACC - In interview, VACC founding chairman Dante Jimenez claimed that "old hands" in the BoC could be deliberately delaying the process so that they could influence its result and hand the contract to their bidder of choice. Jimenez said his claim was boosted by Biazon's continued refusal to furnish him copies of pertinent documents in connection with the project, despite repeated demands.

INQUIRER: 'We're treated like animals'
ZAMBOANGA CITY - "They dragged all the men outside the houses, kicked and hit them," 32 year-old Amira Taradji said on Friday as she recounted her family's ordeal in Sandakan, which started when Malaysian security forces launched a crackdown on suspected supporters of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III in sabah. Taradji said Malaysian policemen ordered Filipino men to run as fast as they could and shot them.

PHILSTAR: DICK PASCUAL - MILF QUIET: What can the MILF say about their brothers being massacred in Sabah and being told by the President talking from the safety and comfort of Malalcañang to lay down their arms and face charges? If indeed the MILF is the legitimate voice of Muslim Filipinos, how come not a peep is heard from it? Is the MILF, like the President, collaborating with Malaysia?

PHILSTAR: DICK PASCUAL - MILF QUIET: Now where is the MILF - the bloc pretending to represent the Muslims in their quest for their Bangsamoro - as Filipino Muslims who have settled home in Sabah are violently uprooted? Why is the MILF quiet as President Aquino and his foreign secretary talk with their Malaysian counterparts and then agree with what Kuala Lumpur wants to do with Filipinos in Sabah?

ISSUE: ATTY. BERNADETTE SARDILLO (12:09-12:10 pm - DATELINE PHILIPPINES ANC) Alvin Elchico - Atty. Bernadette Sardillo declines appointments as COMELEC Commissioner. COMELEC Chair. Sixto Brillantes confirmed the news on his tweeter account and was sadden and disappointed because he believed Sardillo would be a great addition to the poll body.
Usec. Abigail Valte: Sardillo prevailed upon by family to decline post.

Dzmm reporter:
Atty beng sardillo tinanggihan ang comelec commissioner post. Sa liham na pinadala nito sa palasyo, ikinatuwiran ni sardillo na nais na lamang niyang manatili sa private sector.

ABS-CBN: Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III's adviser Pastor Boy Saycon was served with a subpoena in his Makati office by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

TV PATROL: Watchdog slams appointment of new poll commissioner
Nababahala ang isang watchdog na nabahiran ang kredibilidad ng Comelec sa pagkakatalaga kay Macabangkit Lanto bilang commissioner.

RMN: ISSUE: PNOY Commentaries by M. Balawas - Asikasuhin niyo muna sana iyong mga problema.
- Bawas-bawasan ninyo ang pangangampanya.
- Ginagamit mo lang kasi ang pera ng taong bayan sa mga kandidato mo.
- In three years na nakaupo ka ultimo nga plaka ng sasakyan hindi mo maayos o masolusyunan.
- Mr. President pakiasikaso muna ang problema ng Pilipinas bago ang pangangampanya.

now media should ask experts pnoy and de lima: how come they're amenable to sultan kiram's extradition but you did not hear them complain when malaysia refused to extradite amalilio knowing the he committed crimes here in PH? and they keep calling malaysia a "friendly" neighbor??? watch the palace blabbermouths fumble their way to give the most stupid excuses.

TRIBUNE: NOY, LP WALK THE SINISTER POLL PATH
- UNA sec gen Rep. Toby Tiangco yesterday expressed apprehension over the appointment of a former congressman who was UNSEATED because of POLL FRAUD and known in political circles as a "CRONY" LP coalition campaign manager Sen. Fanklin Drilon. Tiangco said he believes the appointment of Macabangkit "Mac" Lanto to the Comelec is part of the administration grand scheme of a 12-0 sweep after a Palace insider reportedly told them Drilon HAD INTENSELY LOBBIED for the appointment of the former lawmaker to replace one of two retiring Comelec commissioners.

TRIBUNE: NOY TO EXTRADITE KIRAMS TO MALAYSIA - DoJ chief feeds Sulu Sultan to Malaysia wolves - Not only is President Aquino NOT PROVIDING ANY PROTECTION to Sultan Jamalul Kiram III's fighters in Malaysia, but he is also bent on EXTRADITING the Sultan and his Tausug followers to Malaysia, as its authorities have asked, despite there being NO EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE TWO ASIAN COUNTRIES. Justice Sec Leila de Lima yesterday bared Palace plans TO SURRENDER SULU SULTAN KIRAM TO MALAYSIAN AUTHORITIES.
-- and we call her JUSTICE secretary!!!---

TRIBUNE: CACHO OLIVARES - ON EXTRADITION OF KIRAM.
In much the same way, the other non-bailable charge in the PCSO plunder case against Noy's pet peeve Gloria, shows NO EVIDENCE of plunder. But with our courts that are politically vulnerable and highly influenced by Malacañang, the case is not dismissed outright.

TRIBUNE: CAHCO OLIVARES - ON EXTRADITION OF KIRAM
De Lima and Noynoy certainly can do that very fast - after all, when they charge don't have to have any evidence, since the idea is to merely jail those whom they accuse and make life hell for them. Recall the electoral sabotage charges against Gloria and former COMELEC chief, where the govt complaint was drafted and submitted to the court in less than 24 HOURS, and where the accused were charged in court in LESS THAN FOR HOURS. To date, none of the prosecution witnesses against the accused has provided any evidence against them.

DZMM TELERADYO: PNOY MALI SA PAGTRATO SA SABAH ISSUE AYON SA 2 KANDIDATO NG TEAM PNOY
- Aminado sina Team PNoy senatorial candidates Risa Hontiveros at Alan Cayetano na may pagkakamali si Pang Noynoy Aquino sa paghawak sa isyu ng Sabah ang dalawang kandidato na sa halip na pasukin, pinauwi na lang dapat ng Pangulo ang mga tauhan ni Sultan Jamalul Kiram III na armadong nagtungo sa Sabah para igiit ang pagmamay-ari ng Sultanato sa rehiyon.
---ANYTHING TO GRAB HEADLINES! TANONG: EH BAKIT KAYO NANDYAN SA TEAM PNOY??

TRIBUNE: THE UNITED NATIONS HAS CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE IN SABAH AND TO ENGAGE IN DIALOG INSTEAD, SULTAN KIRAM III HAS ALSO CALLED FOR A UNILATERAL CEASEFIRE. MALAYSIA REJECTED THE CEASEFIRE, AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW, NOYNOY HAS SAID NOTHING ON THE CEASEFIRE, STILL FOLLOWING THE MALAYSIAN LINE, WHICH IS FOR THEM TO SURRENDER OR BE ANNIHILATED MESSAGE TO THE SULU FIGHTERS. WHY COULDN'T NOYNOY ASK MALAYSIA TO AGREE TO A CEASEFIRE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL HAS ALREADY CALLED FOR ONE? THE ANSWER SEEMS CLEAR: NOYNOY IS ANTI-FILIPINO AND PRO-MALAYSIA, AND SPINELESS TO BOOT.

INQUIRER: NEW POLL APPOINTEE CREDIBILITY ATTACKED
Haunted by his past as a congressman who was UNSEATED FOR POLL FRAUD, newly appointed Comelec Commissioner Macabangkit Lanto on Friday protested that he was a victim and that there was an "orchestrated move" to discredit him by people opposed to his appointment. Malacanang on Friday said it was reviewing Lanto's appointment after learning belatedly that he was unseated in 1994 for electoral fraud.

DZMM TELERADYO "BAGONG KOMISYONER NG COMELEC REKOMENDADO NG LIDERATO NG TEAM PNOY
" - AMINANDO ang bagong talagang commissioner ng Comelec Macabangkit Lanto na inirekomenda siya sa pwesto ng campaign manager ng Team PNoy na si Sen. Franklin Drilon. Ayon kay Lanto, inirekomenda rin siya noon ni Drilon para maging OIC-Governor ng Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) noong 2011.
---REKOMENDADO KA NG CAMPAIGN MANAGER NG TEAM PINOY, OUT OF DELICADEZA - DI BA DAPAT HINDI MO TINANGGAP???

DZRH by J. Taruc and C. Chavez
Interview with Julkipli Wadi, Dean of the UP Institute of Islamic Studies.
- Nanawagan ng ceasefire ang UN at nag-declare kaagad ng ceasefire si Sultan Jamalul Kiram III pero hindi ito dininig ng Malaysia bagkus ay lalo silang naging mahigpit.
- Sabi nga noon ng Malacanang matindi ang conspiracy ng Sultanate of Sulu at ibang grupo pero wala namang maipakita ang Malacanang.
- Pilipino sila Kiram pero bakit tila pinapaboran ng Malacanang ang Malaysia?
- Maging sina dating Pangulong FVR at Sen. Dick Gordon ay nanawagan na mag-usap ang pamilya Kiram at Phil Government.

ANC: Kontra Daya vs Lanto
- Kontra Daya's Renato Reyes says, Lanto's unseating as Congressman over electoral fraud in the 90's smears the credibility of the poll body. "Mas mainam kung ang appointed na commissioner ay di sangkot sa kontrobersya, lalo na sa election fraud," Reyes says. "Pero tila malakas ang backer ni Lanto mula sa LP. Inamin niyang si Sen. Drilon ang nag nominate sa kaniya. Dagdag na bahid ito sa kredibilidad ng Comelec," Reyes adds. Lanto was unseated as Lanao Del Norte Representative after the House of Representative Electoral Tribunal found him guilty of benefiting from poll fraud.

DZBB: by S. Nielsen
Masayang ibinalita ni Princess Jaycel Kiram na ligtas ang halos 300 Pilipinong deportees galing sa Sabah at nakabalik na sa ilang lugar ng Mindanao pagkatapos magsagawa ng humanitarian mission kahapon.

RADYO 5: Punto Asintado - by JV Arena
Team Pnoy, iba-iba ang opinyon kaugnay sa pagkakatalaga ni Macabangkit Lanto bilang COMELEC Commissioner kasunod ng paglutang ng ulat na umanoy natanggal sa pagka-Kongresista si Lanto sa Lanao matapos mapatunayang nakinabang ito sa dayaan sa halalan noong 1994. Ayon kay Team Pnoy Spokesman Miro Quimbo at Bam Aquino, welcome sa kanila ang pagkakatalaga kay Lanto at Election Lawyer Bernadette Sardillo, PERO para kay Jun Magsaysay, nakakagulat ang rebelasyong ito tungkol sa background ni Lanto. Nabatid na si Sen. Franklin Drilon ang nagrekomenda kay Lanto para italaga ni Pangulong Aquino sa COMELEC.

Aksyon Solusyon - R5) by JV Arcena
Team Pnoy Sen Candidate Grace Poe, aminado na may pagdududa na siya kung sinsero ang pagsuporta sa kaniyang kandidatura ng ninong na si dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada. Ayon kay Poe, walang napala at nakuhang pabor si FPJ sa pakikipagkaibigan nito kay Erap noong nabubuhay pa ang kaniyang ama. Wala raw nahita ang kaniyang ama kay Erap.

(12:17-12:18 - Radyo Inquirer Balita - DZIQ) by J. Torres
Malinaw naman ang pakikipagsabwatan ng Administrasyong Aquino sa Pamahalaan ng Malaysia sa patuloy na gulo sa Sabah. Ito ang sinabi ni Princess Jaycel Kiram III makaraang ibasura ni Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak ang panawagan nilang ceasefire. Iginiit pa nito na malakas ang loob ni Razak dahil alam niya na may basbas ni Pangulong Aquino ang kanilang ginagawa.

ANC: Newly-appointed Commission on Elections Commissioner Macabangkit Lanto admits, he was recommended by Team PNoy Campaign Manager Senator Franklin Drilon for the job. Lanto came to the Comelec for a courtesy call with Chairman Sixto Brillantes and Commissions Robert Lim and Elias Yusoph today, after which he faced the media.

It is a recorded fact in our history that Tunku AbdulRaman signed an agreement with Pres Diosdado Macapagal, witnessed by Pres Sukarno of Indonesia in 1963, the Manila Accord, starting that the claim of Sulu shall not be prejudiced in the formation of the Federal State of Malaysia.' It seems that PM Najib is ignorant of this pact, says Princess Jacel.

ABANTE: GRACE POE: FPJ WALANG NAHITA KAY ERAP - DAVAO CITY
- Wala umanong "nahita" o naging pakinabang si yumaong Fernando 'Da King' Poe Jr. (FPJ) kay dating Pangulong Joseph 'Erap' Estrada. Ito ang isiniwalat ng anak ni FPJ na si Grace Poe sa press conference dito kung saan nangampanya ang Team PNoy. Ayon kay Poe, tumatakbong mayor pa lamang umano ng San Juan si Estrada na kanyang ama hanggang sa maging senador ito, vice president at maging noong 1998 presidential election.

DZBB: COMMENTARIES OF JOEL REYES ZOBEL
- NATUWA ANG ATING SULTAN DAHIL NAUNAHAN PA NG UN ANG ATING PANG NOYNOY PARA GUMAWA NG PARAAN NA MARESOLBA SA MAPAYAPANG PARAAN ANG SIGALOT SA SABAH.
- ANG ATING PRESIDENTE MUKHANG BUSY SA KANIYANG MGA SORTIES KASAMA ANG TEAM PNOY.
- DAPAT HINDI NA SUMAMA SI PRESIDENTE DOON.
- NO AMOUNT OF PRESIDENTIAL PRESENCE AND PUPWEDENG MANGHIKAYAT SA MGA BOTANTE PARA IBOTO ANG MGA 'YAN KUNG WALA SILANG "K" SA MATA NG BOTANTE.
- ANG PRESIDENTE NATIN HABANG SINUSUWAY MO LALONG TUMITIGAS ANG ULO, LALONG NAGIGING MAKULIT LALONG NAGING PASAWAY.