PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino has no plans of dismissing three officials whom he referred to as “bearers of bad news” and his burdens. “It’s not a ground to terminate someone based on the fact that he provides bad news. Incompetence would be one but not certainly a bearer of bad news,” presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said [...]

A MALACANANG official has vowed to defend President Benigno Aquino III not only in press briefings but also on social media. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte, who exchanged public messages on Twitter with Zambales Representative Mitos Magsaysay, an ally of ex-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, for a period that lasted for nearly three hours, said she will [...]

MANILA (Updated 2:56 p.m.) — President Benigno Aquino III extended his sympathy to former President Fidel Ramos on the untimely death of his second daughter early Monday. Josephine Martinez Ramos succumbed to lung cancer at The Medical City in Pasig City past 1 a.m. Monday. She was 54. “President Benigno Aquino III extends his deepest [...]

MALACAÑANG on Sunday welcomed the return of former police superintendent Michael Ray Aquino to the country, hoping that it will lead to resolution of the Dacer-Corbito double murder case. “We hope that his return would bring us one step closer to the resolution of the Dacer-Corbito double murder case,” presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte in a [...]