Duterte on PH court win over China: ‘That’s just paper; I’ll throw that in the wastebasket’

Neil Arwin Mercado 05/06/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The victory of the Philippines over China at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is just a “piece of paper,” trash to be thrown away, President Rodrigo Duterte said in his pre-recorded…

Makati City court wraps up Trillanes’ coup d’etat case

Inquirer.net 09/26/2018

THE Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 148 has submitted for resolution the bid of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to revive the coup d’ etat case against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Trillanes, along with other Magdalo…

SAF carnage: Napeñas hits back at P-Noy

Nestle L. Semilla 01/27/2017

President Aquino has “no balls.” This was the stinging rebuke of former Special Action Force (SAF) commander Getulio Napeñas Jr. who was visibly mad at his former commander-in-chief for blaming him for the botched operation in Mamasapano,…

Martial law in Sulu

06/16/2016

JOLO, Sulu—President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday admitted that he considered placing the entire province of Sulu under martial law to go after the Abu Sayyaf bandits who were holding foreign and Filipino hostages. In a news…

Digong did not snub President Aquino, says aide

05/14/2016

Davao City – The camp of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte denied that the presumptive president has been avoiding outgoing President Benigno Aquino III. Peter Laviña, spokesperson of the Duterte campaign team and a member of Duterte’s…

P-Noy to endorse local LP, BO-PK slates today

Apple Ta-as, Carmel Loise Matus, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/27/2016

AT least 500 policemen would be deployed all over Cebu today as President Aquino visits Cebu for the second time in just over a week to endorse local political allies led by former Cebu City mayor Tomas…

Solar power plant inaugurated

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/19/2016

San Carlos City, Negros Occidental — President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday graced the inauguration of a 59-megawatt solar power plant in San Carlos City owned by San Carlos Sun Power, Inc., a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power…

P-Noy apologizes to families of soldiers killed in Basilan

04/13/2016

ZAMBOANGA CITY — President Aquino apologized to the families of the 18 soldiers who were killed in an encounter with Abu Sayyaf bandits in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Saturday. “He said sorry. He said he was here to…

Aquino’s stony silence on Kidapawan violence

Ricky Poca 04/09/2016

I am appalled by the stony silence of President Noynoy Aquino on the violent dispersal of the protesting farmers in Kidapawan, North Cotabato who were only in the streets hoping to receive assistance from the local government…

Enrile slams Aquino’s ‘three-day presidency’

04/08/2016

SENATE Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile branded President Benigno Aquino III’s administration as a “three-day presidency,” noting its slow action on pressing matters like the violent dispersal of protesting farmers in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato and the…

AI dismayed over govt’s rights record

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/31/2016

THE local chapter of the human rights group Amnesty International railed against President Benigno Aquino III’s alleged failures to deal with extra-judicial killings and help victims of natural calamities. “We feel that the present administration’s performance is…

Overcoming dependence

03/08/2016

Surveys by the country’s top polling agencies and a statement by Cebu City’s Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) that cash aid remains a vital factor in determining voter support have presidential and local candidates scrambling to make…

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