INTERAKSYON TV 5: With P120B for 6 years, CCT barely dented poverty levels, says NGO alliance - According to Marivic Raquiza, co-convener of Social Watch Philippines, "since 2008, the budget of Pantawid Pamilya has increased dramatically every year without the benefit of a clear evaluation of the program. Today, that evaluation exist and it shows that on the poverty front, CCT beneficiaries are no better off than non-beneficiaries."

MANILA TIMES: '3 YEARS OF EMPTY PROMISES' -
Prof. Bobby Tuazon, CenPEG director for policy studies - "Three years of empty promises nuanced by vacillations and inaction only point to an "ampaw presidency" - deceptively solid outside but only hot air inside," Tuazon said. "In the end, Aquino's vaunted 'Kayo ang boss ko' [the masses are my boss] shibboleth is hypocritical and meaningless. Such deceptive phrase has been repeated over and over again a la Goebbels the motive being to hide the truth. And the truth is that Aquino's real bosses are his fellow political oligarchs, big business, and the Obama administration."

MLA STANDARD: KIT TATAD - A BUNGLED PRESIDENCY
Prado's reported presence in the company of Balssy and Eldon Cruz when the alleged extortion was reportedly attempted may have been completely coincidental. But his previous involvement in the procurement of Czech trains for the first LRT (now MRT) projects and his presence in the conversation when the $30-million facilitation fee was reported to have been proposed raises questions that are not easy to ask or answer. PRADO IS BELIEVED TO BE A BUSINESS PARTNER OF MR. CRUZ.

MLA STANDARD: IBON WARNS OF 'DEEP SIGNS OF REGRESSION'
The research and analysis outfit warned that there were "deep signs of a regression" in the national condition that "a recycled Aquino agenda" for the last half of its term will not remedy. The Aquino administration was serving "one nation in two worlds," said Ibon Executive Director Sonny Africa, pointing to the widening gap between the rich and the poor. Citing official government records, Africa said the country's JOBS AND POVERTY CRISIS HAS WORSENED UNDER THE AQUINO ADMINISTRATION.

ANC: Bishops tell PNoy to make poor Filipinos feel the so-called economic gains. Ex-Budget Sec. Ben Diokno believes economic momentum can't be sustained and that govt must solve unemployment; while the National Union of Lawyers of the Phils. says PNoy failed in judicial reforms and in addressing human rights problems in the country.

ANC: CENPEG gives PNoy failing grade in handling economy, says many Filipinos still do not feel PH economic gains. "Dumami pa rin ang unemployed, underemployed, at mga mahihirap," CENPEG's Ben Lim said. The group also hits PNoy's national security policy, particularly his response to the South China Sea dispute.

ANC: Activists gearing up for anti-SONA rallies Monday. Militant groups day three years into office Aquino fell short in fighting poverty and corruption.

BLOG: batangsulpok . 3 hours ago  -
Siyempre walang laban yun Czech Ambassador dahil Pilipinas yan dahil di pa naiimbestigahan ay cleared kaagad  kay Abaya ang kapatid ni Pnoy kasi naging aide siya ni Balsy nang nasa serbisyo pa, ika nga, may utang na loob siya.

PHILSTAR: The volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) called on the Czech ambassador and Inekon executives to come out in the open and file a complaint against those involved in the alleged shakedown attempt. "Ti's corruption season, it's payback time," VACC founding chairman and president Dante Jimenez told The STAR. "I appeal to the contractor to expose the documents and lay everything out in the open," he said.

INQUIRER: CATHOLIC BISHOPS: 'DO MORE FOR THE POOR' - CULTURE OF CORRUPTION - "He should address the culture of corruption, but I wonder if he will consider that," former Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñigues said. Iloilo Archbishop Angel Lagdameo said Mr. Aquino should announce how he intended to reform the graft-ridden pork barrel. "The pork barrel should be used for the common good. There must be honestly and transparency in reporting its use," Lagdameo said.