MALACANANG on Saturday reiterated its stand against proposals to revive the death penalty in the country. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the Philippine justice system should be reformed first before the capital punishment could be reimposed.Read more

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has signed Executive Order (EO) 98 to expand the investment areas and economic activities reserved to Philippine nationals under the 9th Regular Foreign Investment Negative list. Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said Friday that EO 98, signed by the President on October 29, replaces EO 858, which has been in effect [...]

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has directed the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) to lead the organization and implementation of activities for the commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of national hero Apolinario Mabini. Aquino issued the directive through Administrative Order 33 signed on October 18, setting the celebration of Mabini’s 150th birthday on [...]

MANILA — Malacañang extended on Tuesday its sympathies to the victims of Superstorm Sandy, which caused flooding and massive power outages in the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. As Superstorm Sandy churned slowly inland, millions along the US East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or mass transit, and huge swaths of New York City [...]

MALACAÑANG said Monday that it will accept the decision of government’s chief peace negotiator Marvic Leonen once he is appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court (SC). Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said Leonen still has time to meet with his counterpart in the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to finalize the annexes of [...]

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III’s observance of All Souls’ Day would be private, a Malacañang official said Sunday. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the Palace will not release the schedule on when the President will visit the grave of his parents — former President Corazon Aquino and former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. — at the [...]

MALACANANG said Friday that the appointment of Rene Almendras as Secretary to the Cabinet was “lateral” and not because he was ineffective in his post in the Department of Energy (DOE). While in Australia, President Benigno Aquino III announced the appointment of Leyte Governor Carlos Jericho Petilla as new Energy Secretary.Read more

MALACAÑANG said Thursday that the impeachment of former Chief Justice Renato Corona will not stop government from pursuing him for his alleged wrongdoings during his 10-year stint in the Supreme Court. Corona criticized President Benigno Aquino III when he filed his counter-affidavit on tax evasion charges filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Thursday, [...]