BUDGET OCCUPIES TOP SPOT: Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri answers queries from media during the presscon on Tuesday afternoon of January 13, 2009 where he stressed that the Budget will be given top priority on the resumption of the Second Regular Session on January 19. He also added that they (senators) tried to come up with the best and efficient identification and line up of legislative priorities such as HB 5116-the 2009 Budget (for Bicam), Baseline Bill, Tourism Development Bill (for Bicam), Anti-Child Pornography (for Bicam), Foster Care for Abandoned Children (for Bicam), Magna Carta for Women, Increasing the Maximum Deposit Insurance Coverage of PDIC, Picture-based Warnings on Tobacco Products, Amendment of the Pag-ibig Fund Charter, Amendment to the CARP Law, Creation of Climate Change Commission, VAT Exemptions of Senior Citizens, AFP Retirement and Disability Benefits, Creation of the Department of Housing, Amendment to the LWUA Charter, Mindanao Economic Development Authority Bill, Paglaum Fund, Bio-Organic Agriculture, Magna Carta for Homeowners and Homeowners Associations, Phil. Disaster Risk Management, National Land Use Policy and Rent Control Law.