MANILA — The hunger rate in the country is down by five percent or from 20.5 percent in March last year to 15.1 percent in June this year, President Benigno Aquino III said in his address to the nation Monday. Before a joint session of Congress, Aquino said his anti “wang wang” (car siren) policy [...]

MANILA  — Thousand of protesters in various parts of the country staged demonstrations and protests Monday, as President Benigno Aquino III’s is set to deliver his second State of the Nation Address (Sona) at 4 p.m. In Quezon City, more than 15,000 protesters are expected to march to the Batasan complex where the President will [...]

MANILA  — President Benigno Aquino III will submit to Congress a proposed P1.816 trillion 2012 National Budget on Tuesday, a day after his second State of the Nation Address (Sona). Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said this is the first time after more than a decade that the proposed budget will be submitted to Congress one [...]

MANILA — Charter change, Reproductive Health (RH) bill and measures to address poverty and hunger will be among the issues the 15th Congress will prioritize, lawmakers said during the opening of the second regular session Monday. Hours before the second State of the Nation Address (Sona) of President Benigno Aquino III, the 15th Congress opened [...]