MANILA — President Benigno Aquino III bagged the P21.4 billion loan assistance for road improvement and maintenance projects during his official trip to Vietnam for the 17th Asean Summit. A report in the government-run radio station dzRB stated that the loan assistance was easily granted by Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan to President Aquino for [...]

MANILA — President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III appointed Wilfredo Villacorta as the Philippines’ permanent representative to the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean). Aquino made the announcement while he is in Vietnam for the 17th Asean Summit. Read rest of story

BACOLOD CITY — President Benigno Aquino III’s scheduled visit to the province on November 3 has been cancelled. Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. confirmed this Tuesday, saying there was no reason given for the cancellation and no word of a new schedule. Read rest of story

MANILA — Malacañang assured Wednesday that the suspect in the post-Bar blast at De La Salle University will not get any special treatment despite his association with Vice President Jejomar Binay. The September 26 bombing suspect Anthony Leal Nepomuceno, a member of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) fraternity and a graduate of Manuel L. Quezon [...]