SWS AND PULSE ASIA are suspiciously QUIET about BS AQUINO'S approval and performance ratings amidst THE SABAH ISSUE MISHANDLING confronting him. YOU GUESSED IT TIGHT! they're waiting for the issue to SUBSIDE, then surveys and LO AND BEHOLD: PNOY IS STILL POPULAR!!! in the meantime, they are VERY BUSY conditioning the public's mind of a 12-0 SWEEP of TEAM PNOY.

TRIBUNE: The country's foreign direct investments (FDIs) for December 2012 SLID DOWN by 40 percent to just $20 million from $28 million in December 2011. However, it is very alarming for the FDI to hit only $28 million in December 2012 if the figure was over $100 million in November 2012. The figure for November 2012 was 72 percent lower than November 2011 when it was over $300 million. FDI is a direct investment into production or business in a country by a company in another country, either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country.

MLA STANDARD: 'PALACE FABRICATED SABAH CONSPIRACY'. Quoting an unnamed media source, Saycon said Carandang also tried to link Jose Conjuangco Jr., the Marcos family, and former Pres Gloria Arroyo to the plot. "I have never talked to Marcos who put me in jail. I saw former National Security Adviser Bert Gonzales visited Kiram, but we never talked. Gloria (Arroyo) filed libel cases against me in Manila. So how can there be conspiracy among us?" he asked.

Bagsak ang economy admitted ng mga rascal they cannot hide it anymore by press release truth cannot be hidden by deciiete in diabolical lies in falsehood.

GMA News: Malaysian defense minister warns PHL media lawsuit over 'wrong' reports. Recent reports in news media in the Philippines said that Filipino civilians in Sabah were being maltreated by Malaysian security forces.

MLA STANDARD: 'PALACE FABRICATED SABAH CONSPIRACY'
Talking to reporters at the NBI, Saycon said one of the President's spokesmen, Ramon Carandang, had TRIED TO PITCH THE CONSPIRACY THEORY to several media groups, including the international wire services AFP, AP and Reuters. "I'm thankful that they (media) immediately informed us about this. They did not allow themselves to be used," he added.

BUSINESSWORLD: Exports growth streak snapped in January
- OUTBOUND merchandise shipments fell for the first time in five months in January, the National Statistics Office (NSO) yesterday reported, weighed down by a huge drop in electronics exports. Preliminary NSO data placed the dip at an annual 2.7% to $4.01 billion. The result was also reversal of the 3.0% growth registered a year earlier and was the lowest since August 2012's 9.0% fall. Electronics products, the country's top export, fell by 31.9% to $1.466 billion.

ONE FOR THE BOOKS: Sardillo had reportedly lawyered for Benjamin Dy, who filed an election protest versus Padaca after the 2007 elections for Isabela governor. As a result of the protest, Comelec ruled Dy as WINNER and DENIED Padaca, who was accused of cheating, her second term as governor. De Lima was Padaca's election lawyer then. Aquino, who became president in 2010, later named THE LOSERS PADACA and DE LIMA to government posts.

BUSINESSWORLD: Focus urged on 'growing better' MARKET PLAYERS yesterday called on the government to ensure that the country's growth momentum is sustained by focusing not just on achieving a faster pace but also on "GROWING BETTER." The challenge is to bring it to 7% in next 10 years," International Monetary Fund (IMF) Asia-Pacific Director Anoop Singh said at the Philippine Investment Forum. Investments -- both the public and private, and foreign and domestic -- must be encourage by opening up the economy and making it more globalized, Mr. Singh said.

dzmm teleradyo: Dapat papanagutin sa batas ang Malaysian Troops na nasa likod ng pamamaslang sa mga pinoy sa Sabah. Ito ang giit ni Bayan Muna Rep Neri Colmenares kasabay ng pagsabing malinaw itong paglabag sa karapatang pantao. Binigyan diin din ni Colmenares na di dapat basta tanggapin ng gubyerno ang pagtanggi ng Malaysia na maimbestigahan ang naturang pamamaslang.