The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has announced alternate routes for private and public utility vehicles for Monday, July 23, when President Benigno Aquino III will deliver his State of the Nation Address (Sona). Aquino will deliver his third state address at the Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City. (Read more)

President Benigno Aquino III has designated Undersecretary Michael Frederick Musngi of the Office of the President to replace Justice Secretary Leila De Lima as the Executive department’s representative in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC). “I hereby designate Attorney Michael Frederick L. Musngi, Undersecretary of the Office of Special Concerns, Office of the President, as [...]

DESPITE President Benigno Aquino III’s promise to curb human rights violations in the country during his State of the Nation Address (Sona) last year, Amnesty International Philippines lamented his promise is not enough. In their recent State of the World’s Human Rights 2012 report, Amnesty International program coordinator Wilnor Papa, in his visit to the [...]

A LAWMAKER said he expects President Benigno Aquino III to mention concrete priority projects of his administration during his third State of the National Address (Sona) on Monday, July 23. In the last two years, the President harped on his anti-corruption drive with his battle cry “matuwid na daan.” “Now is the time that the [...]