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President Benigno Aquino III promised to continue the changes he has set in the country as he faced some 5,000 foreign delegates who attended the 45th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank Board of Governors Friday. In his speech during the meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center, the President related how the country [...]

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President Benigno Aquino III has signed into law a bill requiring five-year-old children to take up Kindergarten in preparation for entry to Grade 1, Malacañang said on Sunday. The Chief Executive has inked Republic Act 10157 or the Kindergarten Education Law on January 20 and formal announcement of its passage will be held on Monday [...]

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PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III’s Political Adviser Ronald Llamas fired two of his staff members after they found to have misused his government-issued vehicle, which figured in a traffic accident in Quezon City last Friday. Two of Llamas’s administrative and support staff—Joey Pecson and John Alarcon—rode Llamas’ official vehicle, a Mitsubishi Montero with the protocol license [...]

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PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III reiterated that his government will go after corrupt officials in the past administration and will find sufficient evidence to ensure their conviction. “A lot of this corruption that happened in the past still impacts in the present. And I think there has to be a singular message. You do something wrong [...]

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