President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday received in Malacañang two foreign ministers from New Zealand and Canada who were both invited by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario. Aquino first received Foreign Minister New Zealand Murray McCully at the Music Room of the Malacañang Palace where they discussed the advancement of economic ties and various [...]

THE Ombudsman’s filing of plunder charges against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and nine others has nothing to do with the upcoming State of the Nation Address (Sona) of President Benigno Aquino III on July 23, Malacañang said. Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said the filing of charges against Arroyo was not politically motivated and the Ombudsman [...]

AMID tensions with China over the West Philippine Sea, President Benigno Aquino III thanked the People’s Republic of China for funding and providing Chinese expertise in the construction and completion of a water supply project. In his speech during the inauguration of the second phase of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System’s (MWSS) Angat Water [...]

ANGELES CITY — The Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid ng Gitnang Luson (AMGL), an alliance of Central Luzon farmers, gave President Benigno Aquino III a “double thumbs down” for his performance in the last two years in office. The militant farmers burned photos of the President in a protest in Plaza Miranda here on Monday afternoon [...]