MANILA — President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III on Wednesday formed the Presidential Situation Room (PSR) where events with national security implications will be monitored. The creation of the PSR came following the botched rescue operation during the August 23 hostage incident. Read rest of story

MANILA — President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III took interest in the proposal of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) to buy out the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor). “It is a proposal. It is very interesting proposal,” he said in an ambush interview Monday during the 43rd Asean Foundation Day at the Department of Foreign Affairs. [...]

MANILA — Four government agencies held a meeting to discuss details on the utilization of excess rice that are rotting in various warehouses, the Palace said Monday. Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said the Departments of Social Welfare and Development, Interior and Local Government, Agriculture, and National Food Authority (NFA) convened to come up with recommendations [...]

MANILA — President Benigno Aquino III said Saturday that he will meet with officials of Philippine Airlines (PAL) next week to discuss the latest problems hounding the national air carrier. “We will be sitting down with PAL officials,” President Aquino said Saturday during the unfurling of his late mother’s photo mosaic in Luneta Park in [...]