In difficult times

Jose Ma. Montelibano - @inquirerdotnet 09/23/2022

Except for about 5 million families in the Philippines, the balance of about 21 million is too vulnerable because of the current economic conditions. With that many households looking to the government for varying levels of support,…

How did PNoy fare?

Solita Collas-Monsod - @inquirerdotnet 06/26/2021

PNoy was not my candidate for President in the 2010 elections, but he was certainly head and shoulders above the rest of the “frontrunners”—former president Joseph Estrada and Sen. Manny Villar. The smell of corruption surrounding these…

Cebu officials mourn passing of PNoy

CDN Digital News Team, Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 06/24/2021

GINATILAN, CEBU– Cebu officials on Thursday, June 24, 2021, expressed their grief on the passing of former president Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III.  Aquino died on Thursday morning at the Capitol Medical Center in Quezon City due to…

Locsin grieves passing of ‘incorruptible’ ex-president Noynoy Aquino

Neil Arwin Mercado 06/24/2021

MANILA, Philippines — “He wasn’t fond of me but I could not bring myself not to admire him.” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. had this to say Thursday, June 24, 2021, as he grieved the passing…

Aquino gives final plea against dictatorship

06/13/2016

President Benigno Aquino III on Independence Day gave a strongly-worded speech, possibly his last as head of state, against dictatorship and the demise of democracy. Aquino, addressing hundreds of diplomats and government officials, warned that freedom may…

Dealing with Digong

Jobers R. Bersales 06/08/2016

There are two ways to deal with incoming president Rodrigo Duterte: accept him for what he is or assail and lambast him to high heavens. The turncoats in the Liberal Party, who only a few weeks ago…

Ombud to investigate Kris’s use of presidential chopper

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/21/2016

The Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas is looking into reports that television host Kris Aquino used a presidential chopper during a campaign sortie of the Liberal Party (LP) in Cebu last Tuesday. Lawyer Ma. Corazon…

P-Noy stumps for Mar-Leni, LP Cebu’s lineup in Argao

Carmel Loise Matus 04/19/2016

Who’s qualified to become president of the Philippines? This was the question posed by President Benigno Aquino III to nearly 4,000 Cebuanos at the Sec. Serge Remonde Sports and Cultural Center during the Liberal Party (LP) rally…

Roads near basilica closed for P-Noy

Carmel Loise Matus, Juli Ann M. Sibi, Nestle L. Semilla 03/02/2016

THE roads near the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño will be closed starting 12 noon today for the brief visit of President Benigno Aquino III. Affected are Osmeña Boulevard, D. Jakosalem St. and P. Burgos St. Fr.…

The P-Noy Economy in the last five years

Fernando Fajardo 01/23/2016

Failure of policy to shift from early success in import substitution into export industrialization and poor governance in general, characterized by high level of corruption from the top down to the local level, constrained the country from…

Mandaue curator’s rattan sports car an expo hit

Nestle L. Semilla 11/15/2015

Owner wants CICC renovated as a showroom for more Mandaue gems The sign said “Please don’t ride” but visitors of Mandaue City’s exhibit in the international expo for the APEC in Manila are agog over the sports…

China to PH: No sea feud talk at APEC

11/11/2015

Manila — China’s top diplomat asked the Philippines yesterday not to raise contentious issues — an obvious reference to the Asian neighbors’ territorial spats — in an annual economic summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Manila next week,…

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