PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Friday addressed various media organizations underscoring the importance of coming up with “common standards” to avoid corruption in the media industry. Speaking at the 9th Media Nation Summit in Tagaytay, the President said he has been forthright about the shortcomings he sees in media not because he “enjoys criticizing” but [...]

AMID growing concerns over President Benigno Aquino III’s apparent recurring illness, Malacañang said the Chief Executive undergoes an annual medical check-up. Isabela Representative Rodolfo Albano on Thursday urged the President to undergo an executive medical check-up to determine his health condition after suffering from a slew of illnesses in the past weeks. Read more

A DIRECTIVE from President Benigno Aquino III to immediately pass the Reproductive Health (RH) bill can “change the equation” of debates on the controversial measure, a lawmaker said Tuesday. “Aquino’s certification of the (RH) bill as urgent, that changes the equation. We can pass it on second and third reading on the same day,” Aurora [...]

MALACANANG is giving the result of the Labor Force Survey (LFS) on unemployment rate more weight than that of the Social Weather Station (SWS). In a radio interview Sunday, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the Palace does not agree with the SWS survey that indicated an increase in the unemployment rate since the LFS [...]

MANILA — Sidelined by flu, President Benigno Aquino III skipped a meeting on Friday with the leader of multi-lateral lender International Monetary Fund (IMF) who praised the Philippines’ resiliency during the global economic crisis. “The President is not feeling well,” deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said. Read more

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III is scheduled to attend the 21st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Cambodia on November 18 to 20. In a press briefing in Malacanang Wednesday, Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the President is set to depart for Phnom Penh on Saturday.Read more

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III once again quipped about his love life in front of thousands of people present at the National Prayer Assembly in celebration of the 55th anniversary of World Vision held in Quezon City. While the President was delivering his speech, he was interrupted several times by persistent coughing, prompting him to say: [...]

THE government has allotted P8.9 million for President Benigno Aquino III’s participation to the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 9), which will be held in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) from November 5 to 6. President Aquino and his lean delegation left Sunday afternoon for Vientiane to attend the ASEM 9, his first since assuming the [...]