STANDARD: VAL ABELGAS - Aquino's aversion to the FOI bill is understandable considering that since he took office in 2010, he ahs been blaming media each time his approval rating slips. He raised the bar on government officials when he vowed to fight corruption and to follow a "daang matuwid," and yet he cannot tolerate the media's exposing venalities in government. If he truly believes his Cabinet and his agencies are following the straight path, why is Aquino so afraid of a Freedom of Information Act?

GMA NEWS: PALACE DEFENDS PURCHASE OF SMARTPHONE FOR CCT PROGRAM - A report on The Daily Tribune had said the COMMISSION ON AUDIT instructed implementing officials to justify the necessity of ACQUIRING 30 SAMSUNG GALAXY SMARTPHONES COSTING P342,400 AND P428,750 worth of 2011 planners that were only delivered in May 2011. The Tribune report said the COA also questioned the use of P2.75 million worth of SUPPOSED "ADVOCACY MATERIALS" that were neither "responsive nor supportive" of program objectives.

GMA NEWS: 24 ORAS US DIPLOMAT KILLED IN MAKATI CITY STABBING INCIDENT.
American diplomat died after a stabbing incident in Makati City Saturday morning, an exclusive report on "24 Oras" said. It also said the American Embassy in Manila confirmed that the victim was one of its diplomats but it did not immediately identifying him. GMA News' Saleema Refran said the incident took place along Kalayaan Avenue in Bel-Air Village before dawn, and that the victim passed away in a hospital at about 7:20 a.m.

TRIBUNE: COA: DSWD CCT BENEFICIARIES DROP; P3.77-BILLION STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR DISBURSEMENTS
The CoA said that the decline in  the number of beneficiaries raises DOUBTS on the capacity of the DSWD to achieve the objectives of the program, which was allocated some p21-billion in 2011.

TRIBUNE: THE COA REPORT DISCLOSED THAT THE DSWD HAD INCURRED A WHOOPING P3.77 BILLION IN UNACCOUNTED DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE CCT FUNDS; DEFICIENT SUPERVISION OVER THE REGISTRATION OF QUALIFIED  HOUSEHOLDS; QUESTIONABLE AND EXTRAVAGANT PURCHASES USING PROGRAM FUNDS.

ANC: gabriela holds picket at doj, tells de lima to hasten maguindanao massacre trial.

ANC: Urban poor group to aquino: Don't sign sin tax bill.

GMA News: Fewer CCT beneficiaries in 2011 - COA
- The number of families benefiting under the government's Pantawid ng Pamilyang Pilipino Program or Conditional Cash Transfer program dropped in 2011 compared to 2010 the Commission on Audit revealed in its 135-page "2011 Consolidated Audit Report on Official Development Assistance Projects".

ISSUE: NEW CHINA PASSPORT (11:54-11:56 BALITANGHALI - GMA NEWS TV) Zandra Aguinaldo
- Teritoryo ng Pilipinas, isinama ng bansang China sa mapang naka-imprenta sa bago nilang passport: Pilipinas umalma. "ASEAN countries said they willing to keep communication and consultation with China and that the South China Sea should not be internationalized."

ISSUE: EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLING (11:46-11:47 - Aksyon Ngayon - DZMM) by J. Manabat - Nagsagawa ng ritwal na pag-aalay ng dugo ang mga militanteng katutubo sa harap ng Ancestral House ng pamilyang Aquino sa Times Street, Q. C. Giniltan nila ng leeg ang isang manok na dala ng grupo at ipinahid ang dugo nito sa larawan ni PNOY. Ayon sa mga militante, simbolo ito ng patuloy na paghahanap nila ng katarungan para sa mga katribong napaslang sa ilalim ng kasalukuyang Administrasyon. Isinama na rin ng grupo ang panawagan sa Pamahalaan na panagutin ang nasa likod ng Maguindanao Massacre. Tumagal at tinatayang may isang oras ang rally ng grupo at kusa din namang nilisan ang Times Street para maghanda sa Malawakang pagkilos sa Mendiola mamayang hapon.