CPJ impunity index: PH 3rd worst - Today marks the 20th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day. And for the fourth straight time, the Philippines is ranked the third worst country for journalists. A study by the Committee to Protect Journalists says, there have been 55 unresolved cases of media killings since 2003.

Impunity vs media: Phl is 3rd worst
- The New York -based Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) reported that despite President Aquino's vow to reverse impunity in journalist murders, the Philippines ranked third worst worldwide for the fourth consecutive year.

INQUIRER: Stung by Aquino harsh words, Chinoy traders turn stingy - an FFCCCII source said that big businessmen in the group had ordered a freeze in financing for this project because they felt it was unfair for the President to generalize the Filipino-Chinese businessmen as tax cheats.

Comelec faces complaint at UN - An election watchdog will files charges against the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the alleged defective automated poll system. The group Automated Election System (AES) Watch, together with the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM), will file the complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland.

in 2012, while POVERTY remains 3 out of 10 and 11.1 million UNEMPLOYED as per SWS, Pnoy GREW poorer by P1,600 - kawawa naman!!!

TRIBUNE: Sandigan gives due course to Ongpin motion
- In an order dated April 23, the anti-graft court's Third Division directed the conduct of a public hearing on May 7 to determine if there was probable cause when the Ombudsman filed an information for two counts of graft charges against Ongpin as well as 24 other individuals including former DBP president and CEO Reynaldo David for an allegedly irregular loan transaction worth P660 million.

DZMM: Nagkaaberya ang unang araw ng final testing at sealing ng PCOS machines na ginawa sa Pasay City kahapon. Ilan sa mga makina ang hindi kaagad umandar at mayroon ding hindi tumugma ang resulta ng mga boto nang bilangin ng mano-mano ang mga balota. Sa isang presinto ay hindi kaagad nagsimula ang botohan dahil nag-hang ang mga PCOS machine at hindi kaagad na-detect ng makina ang CF cards.

Dzmm: Vic Lima over pasada sais trenta program:
"Kanina nai interview ko si mancao at right then and there nilinaw nya na hindi totoo na binayaran siya ni pangulong arroyo para idiin ang grupo ni lacson".

Former police officer Cezar Mancao on DZBB:
Re: Mancao escapes NBI custody - Kung ililipat po ako sa City Jail, eh saan pa ito patutungo. Mabubulok talaga ako sa kulungan. Sobra na pong pang-aapi ito. Parang Masyado nang pangigipit iyan.
- Sana po iyong mga naghahanap (na mga awtoridad sa akin), mag-isip-isip din. Hindi naman ako gagawa ng masama. Easy lang sila, easy lang din ako.
- Ako na nga nag-witness, ako pa makukulong.

Dzmm: Karen Davila over pasada sais trenta program
"Kahit ako si mancao magiging frustrated ako dahil sa matapos na gamitin ng pamahalaan ang testimonya ko laban sa ilang sangkot sa dacer-corbito murder case ako pa ang madidiin samantalang maganda na ang kalagayan ng mga talagang sangkot".