Aquino on Rizal: Be heroes in your own way

12/31/2015

  FOR the last time in his term, President Benigno Aquino III led the flag-raising ceremony at Rizal Park to mark  the 119th anniversary of the martyrdom of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal. In his message for…

Aquino signs P3-T budget for 2016

12/23/2015

President Benigno Aquino III signed the P3.002-trillion national budget for 2016 yesterday morning. The signing of the 2016 General Appropriations Act or Republic Act no. 10717, held at Rizal Hall in Malacañang, was witnessed by more than…

Aquino flies to Paris for climate confab

Inquirer 11/30/2015

President Benigno Aquino III flew to Paris, France Sunday morning to join other world leaders in forging a legally binding agreement that will aim to mitigate the effects of climate change, particularly the rising of global temperature.…

Sincerity and depth

Editorial 11/25/2015

Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Christian Monsod’s call for Filipino voters to choose leaders “with sincerity and depth” is borne not just out of experience but from years of seeing the country in a roller-coaster ride…

China to PH: No sea feud talk at APEC

AP 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,…

Aquino stops random physical inspection of balikbayan boxes

08/25/2015

Manila — Following the uproar on moves to inspect balikbayan boxes, President Aquino yesterday ordered the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to refrain from doing so unless inspectors find possible risks brought about by unscrupulous packages. Finance Secretary…

Make way for P-Noy, envoys

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Melissa Q. Cabahug, Nestle L. Semilla 08/23/2015

Truck ban for APEC, downtown Cebu City closed off for President’s visit The main streets of Cebu and Mandaue cities will be a lot more congested than usual today. Commuters, motorists and truck drivers in Metro Cebu…

Trillanes: ‘Decent, honest’ Roxas is not ‘daang matuwid’

08/17/2015

An administration senator said that Liberal Party (LP) presidential candidate Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II could not ride on the popularity of the administration’s “daang matuwid” (straight path) as he eyed the 2016 election. Administration ally…

Game of polls

08/06/2015

It was simply convenient for President Benigno Aquino III to sound off a call to Congress to pass the anti-dynasty bill so he could sign it into law before he leaves office. Maybe he’s confident that his…

It’s Roxas’ turn

08/04/2015

In anointing  Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas as the Liberal Party standard- bearer in next year’s elections, President Benigno Aquino III stayed true to form and tradition, picking  a successor from party ranks. Twenty five…

Thoughts on P-Noy’s SONA

07/30/2015

Long after his achievements may  be  forgotten – and public memory singles out  the Mamasapano massacre and Luneta bus hostage crisis – Filipinos will recall President Benigno Aquino III’s  use of a Biblical passage in his last…

Some thoughts on the Aquino presidency

Jobers R. Bersales 07/30/2015

In just a year from today, the six-year term of President Beningo “P-Noy” Aquino III shall have ended. The most palpable signal was his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday before both houses of…

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