ABS-CBN: Ipinagdiwang ngayon ni Rep. GMA ang kanyang 66th birthday sa loob ng VMMC. Ayon kay Atty. Mike Arroyo, simple lang nilang ipagdiriwang sa loob ng hospital ang kaarawan ng kanyang asawa.

something is NOT RIGHT: Pnoy appointed 61 judges, plus DBP and LRA officials before March 29 election ban. Did they all take their oaths of office before March 29? Those who didn't may no longer assume the new post. That's the Aquino in EO2 firing Arroyo appointees not sworn in before 2010 election ban. If appointed MARCH 29 of before, why was it announced only yesterday APRIL 3? 5 DAYS AFTER THE DEADLINE? do they usually do  this? do they have the usual oath taking photos as filed by press office, PMS NIB fotogs?

MANILA TIMES: KRIS TO RUN FOR VP - According to Arch emeritus Oscar Cruz, former pres of the CBCP, that his information was confirmed by credible sources from within the present administration. "Formerly, it was only in whispers. Now, it has become more commonly said and heard that the youngest sister of the Pres of the Republic will also run as VP of the Republic come 2016," Cruz said. He revealed that the rumor started circulating as three months ago and has recently been reiterated by his sources from the administration.

MANILA TIMES: Sandiganbayan clears 8 agri officials in fertilizer fund scam
- The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the separate malversation cases filed against eight DA regional directors in connection with the fertilizer fund scam after the Office of the Ombudsman declared that the charges were "dead before they can ever begin. "In a 17-page resolution of its 1st Division, the Sandiganbayan granted the Ombudsman's motion to withdraw the charges after a review by state prosecutors, which was approved by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, found no criminal intent from the regional directors.

TRIBUNE: CACHO OLIVARES - Noynoy is filled with hubris. He believes that, as he sits in Malacañang, he can do as he pleases--including getting exemptions every time. Remember when he also sought an exemption from the election gun ban, claiming that he had to keep on with his target shooting practice, which the subservient poll commission granted? Again, he sought and was granted an exemption from the election ban law. He acts as though he is above the law and that he is the boss, not the Filipino people whom he claims are his boss, What Noynoy is, is a HYPOCRITE.

MLA STANDARD: Aquino, Binay show contrasting takes on economy
- PRES Benigno Aquino III compared the economy to Christ on Easter Sunday, saying the country had RISEN from the dead, but opposition leader and VP Jejomar Binay said the vast majority of Filipinos were still SUFFERING and that the nation had yet to be REBORN, and LIBERATED from the chains of POVERTY, HUNGER and INJUSTICE.

MLA STANDARD: DOJ won't lift arrest order vs ex-governor - Reyes lawyers cited De Lima's alleged bias against their client as shown by her media pronouncements that went as far as insinuating he had resorted to "foul tactics or illicit means" in having the charges against him dismissed by the Court of Appeals. Reyes' counsels led by Ferdinand Topacio asked her to "follow the dictates of ethics and the mandate of jurisprudence and inhibit herself and her Department from the case.

PHILSTAR: MARICHU VILLANUEVA
- Now that he is also doing what he denounced before against his immediate predecessor at Malacañang, will Pres Benigno Aquino III soon be eating humble pie? Corona's appointment was questioned as a violation of the constitutional provision that prohibits such appointments two month before elections. But the essence and spirit of the law being questioned here pertain to the same situation: the timing of presidential appointments being issued, in  this case, during the prescribed election campaign period ban.

TUWID NA DAAN BULLETIN: With a little over one month before midterm elections, Comelec commissioners are ALL going ABROAD as part (kuno) of Comelec preparations for the elections, specifically for "absentee voting" for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Padaca already left last Monday for Abu Dhabi. Lim left yesterday for Hong Kong. Yusuf is leaving today for Saudi Arabia. Tagle is leaving this Friday also for Abu Dhabi. Brillantes is leaving for Singapore on Sunday!!!!

INQUIRER: Mindanao rates seen rising by as much as P4/kWh
Power rates in Mindanao may shoot up by as much as P4 a kilowatt-hour should the electric cooperatives on the island agree to the government for them to acquire their own diesel-fired generators.