INQUIRER BUSINESS: Unemployment worsens to 7.5%

The unemployment rate inched up to 7.5 percent in January from 7.1 percent in the same month last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. This translated to about 2.96 million jobless Filipinos out of the 39.41 million members of the labor force.

PHILSTAR: Unemployment rises to P7.5% in January

- The number of jobless Filipinos grew in January compared to a year ago despite the country's strong economic performance. The Labor Force Survey (LFS) released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) yesterday showed the country's unemployment rate at 7.5 PERCENT or an estimated 2.9 MILLION individuals. The unemployment rate in January 2013 was at 7.1 percent or 2.7M individuals. The latest survey DID NOT COVER provinces in Eastern Visayas that were devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda.

PHILSTAR: GMA's health continues to deteriorate - VMMC

MANILA BULLETIN: No improvement in GMA's health - VMMC doctors

MANILA TIMES: 2 doctors confirm GMA health declining.

MLA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES - FLOATING PHOTO OPS

- Tolentino's ferries (he said he has had three prototypes built) are for all intents and purposes nothing but a floating PHOTO opportunities which he may or may not honestly believe to be substantial compliance with his job as the solver of all problems metropolitan.

With the Aquino administration launching more than a dozen infrastructure projects in Metro Manila as part of its "last minutes" policy, traffic on the streets is going to be hellish and beyond any solution that Tolentino can dream up. But Tolentino is just one of the officials of this "student government" who are still clueless after nearly four years in office. And like the student government President himself, about the only thing they have mastered is PROPAGANDA.

MANILA TIMES: YEN MAKABENTA AQUINO'S PERMANENT CAMPAIGN

I believe many of  the serious mistakes of the administration have been caused by the adoption of THE PERMANENT CAMPAIGN, and the OBSESSION WITH THE PUBLIC APPROVAL because of the VENGEFUL CHARACTER OF BS Aquino, deliver payback to his enemies and rivals as a top priority. Charge former Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with crimes of plunder and other crimes. Impeach Ombudsman Merciditas Guiterrez. Impeach Chief Justice Renato Corona.

MLA STANDARD: Rotten food aid buried

TACLOBAN CITY - Truckloads of food aid that had gone bad was buried in an open dump in Barangay San Jose on Feb. 5 and March 6, a municipal officer of Palo, Leyte, admitted Monday.

PHILSTAR: GMA asks Sandigan for 3-day birthday furlough

INQUIRER: Arroyo asks Sandiganbayan for birthday furlough

TRIBUNE: Gloria seeks Lubao furlough on birthday

INTERAKSYON TV 5: GMA petitions Sandiganbayan for birthday furlough

MANILA BULLETIN: GMA seeks 3-day birthday furlough

GMA NEWS: Gloria Arroyo petitions to spend birthday out of detention.

Dennis Cunanan and Benhur Luy, TWO OF THE GOVERNMENT WITNESSES in the pork barrel controversy, yesterday gave CONFLICTING STATEMENTS on the issue of kickbacks from the pork barrel funds of lawmakers.
- actually, it's NOT important for the govt WHO pocketed WHAT amount AS LONG AS THEY'RE POINTING TO THE SAME 3 TARGETS.

Solons demand CoA release report on PDAF under Noy

- The CoA should release in full its audit report on the pork barrel disbursement from the second half of 2010 up tp 2012, under the administration of Pres Aquino, which Abakada Rep. Jonathan De la Cruz said contains the findings of Napoles-type of operations in the DPWH and in the Visayas.

De la Cruz told reporters CoA chairman Grace Pulido-Tan should be made to explain why up to now she is withholding the release of the pork audit report from 2010 to 2012as he noted that all Pulido-Tan had released to date was the copy of special audit report on the lawmakers' PDAF from 2007 to 2009 which contains discrepancy with the regular audit report.

GMA NEWS: Ex-BIR examiner accuses Henares of sitting on P1.5-B tax case

Othello Delanon, a former Bureau of Internal Revenue examiner, has filed a complaint against BIR Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares for allegedly sitting on a P1.5-billion tax deficiency case involving Golden Donuts, Inc. (GDI), the exclusive Philippine franchisee of Dunkin' Donuts.

"Itong stockholder secretary daw ng Golden Donuts, si Ms. Marixi Prieto, ay nakipag-usap daw kay Commissioner Kim Henares at saka kay (BIR regional) director Nestor Valeroso, at mukhang binigyan ng leniency ang tax payer," Delanon said.

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