EXCELLENT READ Today Mon. Dec 2- In Mla Standard: F Tatad's "REBUILDING TACLOBAN, TRANSFORMING THE NATION"..."Even if no natural calamity had intervened, we would have to rebuild and relaunch the Phil. all the same after having Aquino in office for the last 3 years. He is  arguably the most divisive force the nation has seen in years. Thanks to him, the constitutional order is a wreck - the separation of powers and principle of checks and balances have gone out the window.  All political institutions are in disarray - Congress has been totally discredited, the Pres exposed as the primary corruptor of Congress... as the pork barrel and bribery had shown, the gov't has long failed in its basic duties." ... "Nat'l transformation will require changing not only the economic and political, but first and above all the moral structures." Pls pass.

TRIBUNE: Dr. Raquel Fortun also lamented at how Aquino is running his government saying it was much better during the time of former Pres, now Pamp Rep. Gloria M-Arroyo. "Arroyo's term may not have been spanking clean. But at least there was a sense that we were GOVERNED," she said, Fortun also noted a major difference between Aquino and Arroyo saying Arroyo was NOT AFRAID to face and CONFRONT any problem, but that Aquino is too allergic to hear any negative news.

"With former President Gloria, you throw all the problems at her and she WILL DEAL with them. But the one who is sitting now is ALLERGIC to bad news," Fortun said.

"So if your boss does not like bad news, you are out of place with him. Thus you also end up delivering only good news to him," she said.

TRIBUNE: Dr. Raquel Fortun a respected and well-known forensic expert in the Philippines whose services were tapped by the DOH to help identify the bodies in typhoon-ravaged Tacloban but had to pull out after being insulted by her counterparts from the NBI, yesterday lashed out at Pres. Aquino, saying his latest pronouncement on the slow body count had only EXPOSED the extent of his INCOMPETENCE AND IGNORANCE.

TRIBUNE: GARNISHMENT OF PACQUIAO ASSETS ILLEGAL SANS COURT ORDER - TEVES

Former Finance Sec Margarito Teves yesterday reminded the BIR that it should have first secured all the necessary documents, particularly a court order, to warrant the garnishment of asset of boxing champion Rep. Manny Pacquiao. He stressed that there is a tedious process that needs to be followed before garnishing assets of any individual, whether already charged or still being accused of dodging tax payment. "My understanding of the law is the agency garnishing any asset should first secure a court order before doing so.

ABS-CBN NEWS: PH GROWTH SLOWEST IN MORE THAN A YEAR

MANILA- Annual growth in the Philippines cooled to its lowest in more than a year in the third quarter, and this month's destructive typhoon is set to dim the lights further in one of Asia's fastest growing economies.

Abs cbn news: CGMA, son files magna carta for crime victims.

PHILSTAR: More than P17.5 million worth of medicine procured by the Department of Health (DOH) in 2012 have reportedly expired and are rotting in the agency's storage room, according  to the Commission on Audit (COA).

ANC: The country's economic growth slowed as expected by 7% in the 3rd quarter, the weakest this year, dragged down by agriculture and exports. The slowdown also comes amid speculation that the government slowed down spending due to the pork barrel controversy. In a briefing Thursday, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) said the economic growth rate was pegged at 7%. But this is lower than the 7.6% growth in the 2nd quarter.

TRIBUNE: ABAD'S DBM KEPT COA IN THE DARK - AUDIT CHIEF

The CoA, since 2010, was being kept in the dark by the DBM as the state audit agency was denied any access on any documents pertaining to VILPs for "hard projects", CoA chairman Grace Pulido-Tan admitted to the Senators. In the course of auditing P32 billion worth of VILP releases for the said period, the CoA found out that the actual amount stood at P115.9 billion yet CoA could only trace P46.7 billion or only 40 percent "because of the DBM's refusal to cooperate."

NEWS: COA ADMITS RECEIVING P150-M DAP 'INCENTIVES', Computers, Brand New Cars, CCTV, and Consultancies. IS THIS WHAT ABAD WAS SAYING ABOUT DAP AS ECONOMIC "STIMULUS"?