Aquino vetoes SSS pension hike bill

01/15/2016

President Benigno Aquino III has vetoed the proposed bill providing for an increase in the pension of Social Security System (SSS) members, Malacañang said yesterday. “According to Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr., the President has informed Congress,…

Aquino visits wake of Inquirer editor in chief

12/29/2015

PDI chair Marixi Prieto says Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc’s legacy is paper’s strength President Benigno Aquino III yesterday attended the vigil  wake of the late  Inquirer editor in chief Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc at the Heritage Memorial Park in Taguig, Metro…

Pope, Aquino exchange tokens at Vatican

12/05/2015

POPE Francis yesterday gave President Aquino a bronze sculpture of an olive branch holding two halves of a cleft rock, which symbolizes peace and unity, as well as a copy of his encyclical on the environment, Laudato…

Obama calls on China to halt land reclamation

11/19/2015

Manila — President Barack Obama called on China to halt land reclamation and construction in the disputed South China Sea in his latest show of support for Southeast Asian nations unnerved by China’s assertiveness in the region.…

‘Tuwad na daan’

Gerard Pareja 11/09/2015

Tuwad na daan. Wordplay kini sa kang P-Noy nga “tuwid na daan” slogan, nga sa Ininglis pa “straight path.” What a difference a vowel makes! Pinaagi sa pag-ilis sa “i” ug “a”, nahimong Binisaya ang Tinagalog ni…

PH, Japan deepen ties

AP 06/05/2015

TOKYO—The Philippines and Japan on Thursday signed a joint declaration enhancing their defense ties amid threats to regional peace posed by China’s increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea. RELATED STORY: Japan envoy apologizes to PH for…

Japan to discuss military exports to Philippines

AP 06/04/2015

TOKYO — Japan and the Philippines are set to begin discussing exporting Japanese military hardware to the Philippines, possibly anti-submarine reconnaissance aircraft and radar technology, amid increasingly assertive Chinese activity in regional seas. An announcement on the…

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