DAVAO CITY — President Simeon Benigno Aquino III assured Dabawenyos on Thursday that more Filipinos will share in the bounties of the country. Addressing business leaders and stakeholders attending the Regional Economic Managers’ Briefing at the Marco Polo Hotel, Aquino said jobs generation is among the top priorities of his administration. Read rest of story
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CEBU CITY — Business leaders in Cebu asked President Benigno Aquino III to fund P4.404 billion in infrastructure projects and raised six other concerns with him during his first official visit Wednesday. President Aquino, in turn, assured business leaders there is a renewed interest among foreign investors to do business in the country. Read rest [...]
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PASAY CITY — Representative Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. (3rd district) urged President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday to give legislators a “more active role” in the Regional Development Council (RDC). In his privilege speech before members of Congress, Gonzales said in the current set-up, the RDCs are composed of local chief executives, regional directors of [...]
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CEBU — Security is tight today when President Benigno Aquino III visits Cebu for the first time since his electoral victory last May. He will be accompanied by at least five Cabinet members. Read rest of story
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MANILA — President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III directed the new leadership of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to continue the reforms in the agency. New PNP Chief Raul Bacalzo was also ordered by the President to upgrade police battle gears that shamed the operatives during a botched hostage rescue operation. Read rest of story
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MANILA — The health department brushed off Monday suggestions to declare a state of national calamity due to dengue, with its chief saying it is not necessary as only a few regions are affected. In a press briefing in Malacañang Monday, Department of Health (DOH) chief epidemiologist Eric Tayag said they receive fewer reports of [...]
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MANILA — Insisting that nothing is irregular with the act, Malacañang on Saturday brushed aside questions surrounding Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo’s blocking of a reshuffle in the Philippine National Police (PNP). Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Robredo was acting within his right as chairman of the National Police Commission (Napolcom), which supervises the police. [...]
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MANILA — The government is preparing contingency plans should Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight attendants push through with their strike next month while talks for the resolution of the dispute continue. Transportation Secretary Jose de Jesus said Saturday he has been meeting with concerned government agencies to discuss the details of the plans. Read rest of [...]
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MANILA — President Benigno Aquino III on Friday warned against any pronouncements on the August 23 hostage fiasco, pending reports from the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC). The statement came a day after Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, head of IIRC, said there is a high probability that some of the casualties were hit [...]
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MANILA — The government of China renewed its call for the Philippines to produce a truthful report on the August 23 hostage tragedy that killed eight mostly Chinese tourists. In a statement, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Liu Jianchao said his government acknowledges the effort being exerted by the Philippines in finding the truth about [...]
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MANILA — President Benigno Aquino III admitted in a panel interview on Thursday that he should have taken a more active role but not necessarily micro managing the hostage crisis last August 23 that killed eight tourists. Aquino expressed disappointment that he was not able to fully oversee the way the incident was managed by [...]
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MANILA — Members of a fact-finding committee tasked to investigate the hostage crisis that left eight tourists dead rebuked the media Wednesday for not following ethical standards while covering the August 23 tragedy. Two broadcast journalists face Wednesday’s hearing on the hostage crisis before the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) headed by Justice Secretary [...]
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MANILA — President Benigno Aquino III on Friday took full responsibility for what happened during the August 23 hostage crisis that killed eight tourists. “At the end of the day, I am responsible for everything that has transpired,” Aquino said at a press conference at Convergys San Lazaro in Sta. Cruz, Manila where he was [...]
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MANILA — The gag order imposed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the ongoing probe of the hostage crisis that killed eight tourists in Manila contradicted the promised transparency of the new government, a lawmaker said Tuesday. Representative Ben Evardone (lone district, Eastern Samar), chairman of the House of Representatives committee on public information, [...]
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MANILA — President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III said Tuesday that his scheduled trip to Vietnam and Indonesia this September will not push through. Aquino made the announcement during the awarding of Metrobank Foundation of outstanding teachers of the year. Read rest of the story
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MANILA — A Malacañang official on Monday expressed understanding over the non-appearance of several Chinese personalities in their scheduled functions in the Philippines. Two Chinese recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay awards, Pan Yue and Fu Qiping, informed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) of their non-attendance to the event that honors humanitarian works of outstanding [...]
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