TRIBUNE: MEDIA killings in RP deeply 'troubling' - US

The United States views the killing of jour-nalists in the Philippines as "deeply troubling," its ambassador yesterday said, adding his voice to growing criticism from local and international watchdog groups. "Attempts to silence journalists are deeply troubling and not acceptable," US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg told reporters. "Democracy needs free press," he stressed even as he reaffirmed the close alliance between Washington and Manila.

EDSA'S PUBLIC ENEMY NO 1 - PNOY AS DEMOCRACY'S SERIAL KILLER corrupted the legislative by BRIBES thru PDAF and DAP. bought peace by SUBDIVIDING the country and genuflecting before Malaysia. murdering the UNBORN through passage of the RH law. shabbily treated victims of calamities by not responding swiftly and mounting a turtle-paced rehab operation. blatant display of arrogance in mishandling luneta massacre by absolving his officials of culpability. extinguished the right of the population to free themselves of hunger and poverty by false economic data and prepaid surveys. refusing to act aggressively in returning hacienda luisita to its rightful owners.  

Our honorable solons got 6.5B from Pnoy's DAP funds to impeach CJ Corona. 5B to the Congressmen and 1.5B to the Senators. How come there are no calls for an investigation? Will the dirty senators investigate themselves? Will the dirty congressmen investigate themselves? How about Pnoy, why won't he have DOJ investigate this corruption? Investigate themselves? That would be a miracle!!!

Speech ni pnoy sa cebu celebration ogie alcasid emcee sa harap ng stage puro sundalo watch ch4 yun lang nag cover.

INQUIRER: Solons got P5B in DAP during impeachment trial of Corona

The Aquino administration used P6.5 billion from the little-known Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) before, during and after the impeachment trial of then Chief Justice Renato Corona to bend Congress to its will, two members of the House of Representatives told the Inquirer. The sources estimated that the House got as much as P5 billion in DAP funds, while the senators received the remaining P1.5 billion, as admitted by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) itself.

MANILA STANDARD: FR RANI AQUINO - THE RIGHT TO BAIL

The right to bail SHALL NOT BE IMPAIRED EVEN when the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus is suspended. Excessive bail SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED. "Shall be bailable - in the law, 'shall' mandates. This has led to the traditional formulation of the rule: In all cases except those punishable by reclusion perpetua (or, under special penal laws, life imprisonment) BAIL IS A MATTER OF RIGHT.When the offense of which a person stands accused is punishable by reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment, and EVIDENCE OF GUILT IS STRONG, it DOES NOT FOLLOW that bail must be denied, because that is NOT what the Constitution provides. IT ONLY SUBJECTS THE GRANT OF BAIL TO JUDICIAL DISCRETION. Bail is available then in all cases, if the judge would exercise discretion in favor of its concession, and discretion precisely means that IT IS THE JUDGE'S CALL. The judge must judge!

MANILA STANDARD: FR RANI AQUINO - THE RIGHT TO BAIL

The right to bail SHALL NOT BE IMPAIRED EVEN when the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus is suspended. Excessive bail SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED. "Shall be bailable - in the law, 'shall' mandates. This has led to the traditional formulation of the rule: In all cases except those punishable by reclusion perpetua (or, under special penal laws, life imprisonment) BAIL IS A MATTER OF RIGHT.When the offense of which a person stands accused is punishable by reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment, and EVIDENCE OF GUILT IS STRONG, it DOES NOT FOLLOW that bail must be denied, because that is NOT what the Constitution provides. IT ONLY SUBJECTS THE GRANT OF BAIL TO JUDICIAL DISCRETION. Bail is available then in all cases, if the judge would exercise discretion in favor of its concession, and discretion precisely means that IT IS THE JUDGE'S CALL. The judge must judge!

MLA STANDARD: KIT TATAD - DÉJÅ VU

That, indeed, is the word - we have seen all it more clearly as we prepare for the 28th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA "People Power", which installed Cory Aquino, PNoy's late mother, as revolutionary president. So many things happening today seem to be merely a replay of what had happened before. From the seemingly endless natural calamities to the man made disasters wrought by official arrogance and incompetence, what happened under Cory is simply being repeated under PNoy.

MLA STANDARD: TONY LOPEZ - REDUCING POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT

This early, there is one massive failure the BS Aquino administration will be known for - the failure to halve poverty from its level of 30 percent in 1990 to 15 percent by 2015, a period of 25 years. The deadline for halving poverty as a Millennium Development Goal (MDG), per international covenant, is next year. Today, poverty incidence as a percentage of the population is still at 25.2 percent - the same level when Aquino took office in July 2010. This year, poverty incidence is variously placed at between 25.2 percent and 28 percent.

MANILA BULLETIN: DBM ADMITS RELEASING DAP DURING CORONA TRIAL

The administration HAS FINALLY ADMITTED releasing funds from the Disbursement Acceleration Plan (DAP) to pet projects endorsed by four senators at the height of the impeachment trial of then Chief Justice Renato C. Corona in 2012.