A MALACAÑANG official on Sunday said former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should not have to beg to be allowed to seek medical treatment abroad. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said Arroyo should only need to comply with all the requirements of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to be able to leave the [...]

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has ordered the allotment of P2.96 billion for the rehabilitation and improvement of agricultural infrastructures damaged by the recent typhoons. The Department of Budget and Management will release the fund to the Department of Agriculture (DA) as part of the P72-billion stimulus package approved by the President to push economic growth [...]

THE legal counsel and spokesperson of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo are “not competent” to discuss her medical condition, Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said. “The medical spokesperson of congresswoman GMA (Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo) is not doing the explaining,” Lacierda said over state-run dzRB radio. “Only her lawyer and spokesperson (are talking about it). As far as I’m [...]

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III will leave next week to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii in a bid to strengthen the country’s economic relations with the region. He will be joined by a delegation led by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory Domingo, and Finance [...]