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Several bishops hold a mass on Sunday at the VMMC for the healing of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for the continuing recovery and improvement of [Arroyo's] health condition, which has deteriorated as per her doctor's findings in the recent months. [The mass is also for truth and justice to prevail in the cases filed against her, and for our countrymen who have suffered much in the grave calamities that happened in the recent past," Arroyo's spokesman, lawyer Raul Lambino, said. The Catholic leaders who visited Arroyo were Archbishop Diosdado Talamayan of Tuguegarao; Bishop Rodolfo Beltran of San Fernando, La Union; Bishop Emilio Marquez, coadjutor bishop of Lucena; and Bishop Ramon Villena of Nueva Vizcaya.

PEOPLE'S JOURNAL: BI-NAIA ERRONEOUSLY EXCLUDES CHINESE DIPLOMAT

- SOME immigration officials assigned at the NAIA Terminal 3 are being chided by their colleagues for allegedly causing a huge embarrassment to the country. This developed after they decided to "EXCLUDE" OR DISALLOW the entry of a Chinese diplomat who came to the Philippines to help Yolanda victims in Tacloban. The passenger, identified as Zheng Wanming, reportedly arrived in the country at around 5 a.m. last January 6 aboard Cebu Pacific flight 5j 679 from Shanghai, China. 

MLA STANDARD: PNOY'S EO GRANTED BONUS TO SSS BOARD

An executive order issued by Pres Benigno Aquino III and a law authored by Senate Pres Franklin Drilon allowed the Social Security System to grant bonuses to its board officers. The BONUS AMOUNTED TO P9.5 MILLION in 2012, according to SSS vice president for public affairs Marissu Bugante who said the compensation was based on the formula prescribed by law (RA No. 10149), which created the Governance Commission for GOCCs.

Inquirer - Return bonuses executives told - headline

COA issues order to 31 govt agencies... Imagine, in the PCSO case vs. PGMA, the COA cleared PCSO of their releases, yet a plunder case was filed vs PGMA and the pcso directors. In Today's headline, COA is only asking the return. Where is the justice here? Cleared na by COA, yet case was filed. What does that mean? Persecution? Vengeance? Politics? Injustice? Evil motive? or All of the above?

GMA news Jan 15, 2014 - "PNoy blames high poverty perception rate on Yolanda" Pucha, nag turo na naman! Lahat nalang may kasalanan maliban sya.

Meralco at fault -- Pnoy

Now Pnoy blames firm's unpreparedness, wrong decision (Mla Standard).....

Boy Turo na naman. Hugas kamay! He always finds fault in others, never offers a solution. He thinks that by pointing to others, he solves the problem. Tsk tsk tsk!

PEOPLE'S JOURNAL: Where's P91.6B revenues?

THE government must explain how it is using P91.6 billion in incremental revenues representing collection from the implementation of the Sin Tax law which were supposed to go to public health services, universal health care, and promote alternative livelihoods to tobacco farmers and workers.

MLA STANDARD: SWS: More Pnoys rank selves poor

MAJORITY of Filipinos, or about 11.8 million families, considered themselves poor, the 2013 fourth quarter survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations showed. Militant lawmakers said the latest results showed that more Filipinos were getting poorer, and that the Aquino administration needs to work harder to achieve its much-ballyhooed goal of "inclusive growth."

MLA STANDARD: Solons blame PNoy for rising power cost

ADMINISTRATION ally Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and opposition lawmakers on Sunday blamed President Benigno Aquino III, the Energy Regulatory Commission for the growing mess that threatens to punish consumers with the highest electricity rates in history.

Boo Chanco Phil Star p. B-3: "Because it takes at least five years to get a major plant on line from date of inception, power shortage in the last two years of P-Noy's watch is almost inevitable. P-Noy will almost surely inherit the title of Darkness before he bows out of office.