MANILA TIMES: ILLUSIONS OF 'PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY' by RICK RAMOS
It is truly ironic that the semblance of "progress" we see has little to do with the work of the Aquino Government. In fact, it is the precisely the poor performance of of Government-both corrupt and incompetent-that makes millions Filipinos leave the country each year for jobs abroad. The phenomenon of the Filipino Global Diaspora is the simply the aftermath of almost half a century the dismal mismanagement of our beloved country. Due to lack of employment and business opportunities at home, the only alternative of our countrymen is to seek work overseas.

MLA STANDARD
EDITORIAL: Halfway through Mr. Aquino's six-year term, we can only hope that the President runs out of loyal friends to put in high places and that he appoint some competent bureaucrats who know what they are doing - for a change. Notwithstanding the President's appeal, OUR PATIENCE IS RUNNING THIN.

ABS-CBN TV PATROL:
NSO: 5.5 MILYONG BATA, BIKTIMA NG CHILD LABOR
Halos 6 milyong batang Pinoy ang biktima ng child labor sa bansa kaya nais ng gobyerno na mas palawakin ang Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program para masugpo ito. Nagpa-Patrol si Pia Guitierrez. TV Patrol , Hulyo 28, 2013, Linggo.

Dzmm: Dos por dos
Topic: boc/smuggling

Taberna: "sa dalawang taon ni biazon, at sa 3 taong panunungkulan ng pangulo pwede naman pala magpatupad ng pagsisibak ng mga customs collector, bakit ngayon lang ito ginawa?"

Baja: "sabi nila may mga nagpapanggap na kamag anak pero mayroon din daw na mismong kamag anak ng pangulo na tumatawag sa mga taga customs."

Dzmm:
Dps abigail valte todo tanggi na padrino ng ilang tiwaling opisyal sa boc si es jojo ochoa. Ngunit inamin ni valte na si ochoa ang nagrekomenda kay atty peter manzano bilang dep comm ng boc. Si atty manzano ay dating kasama ni ochoa sa law firm na most.