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 [...]

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 [...]

MANILA (Updated) — President Benigno Aquino III reiterated his commitment to fully implement the agrarian reform program before June 2014 during a meeting with farmer groups on Thursday. After the two-hour meeting in Malacañang, presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said the President affirmed several agreements with the farmers, including the issuance of notices of coverage (NOCs) [...]

MALACAÑANG asked farmers groups on Monday to help the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) determine the areas where the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp) are not yet implemented. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte made the appeal to farmers following criticisms of the administration’s apparent “ineffective and snail-paced” implementation of land distribution under Carp with reforms [...]